| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Daithí Ó Gríofa | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left wing-back | ||
| Born | 14 May 1997 Carrigaline, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2015-present | Carrigaline | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 0 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| University College Cork | |||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2017-present | Cork | 0 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 11:01, 8 July 2018. | |||
David Griffin (born 14 May 1997) is an Irish hurler who plays as a full-back for club sides Carrigaline and University College Cork and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left wing-back.
In secondary school, Griffin played as a dual player with St. Francis College in Rochestown. Having played both codes at every grade, he was a forward on both of the college's senior teams that lost the Harty Cup and Corn Uí Mhuirí finals in 2015. [1] [2]
On 23 February 2019, Griffin lined out at left wing-back for University College Cork when they faced Mary Immaculate College in the Fitzgibbon Cup final. He scored a point from play in the 2-21 to 0-13 victory. [3]
Griffin played in a second successive Fitzgibbon Cup final on 12 February 2020. Lining out at left corner-back, he ended the game with a second successive winners' medal after the 0-18 to 2-11 defeat of the Institute of Technology, Carlow. [4]
Griffin joined the Carrigaline club at a young age and played both hurling and Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels. In 2014 he was at centre-back in the final as Carrigaline defeated St. Finbarr's to take the Premier 1 MFC title. [5] Griffin was still eligible for the minor grade when he was added to the club's top adult team. On 18 October 2015, he was introduced as a substitute in the 43rd minute in Carrigaline's one-point defeat of St. Michael's in the premier intermediate championship final. [6]
Griffin first played for Cork at minor level in 2015, however, his sole season in that grade ended without success with a defeats by Limerick. [7] On 23 June 2016, Griffin made his first appearance for the Cork under-21 hurling team in a seven-point defeat by Limerick. [8] He also played in Cork's championship campaign the following year.
On 4 July 2018, Griffin won a Munster medal after Cork's 2-23 to 1-13 defeat of Tipperary in the final. [9] On 26 August 2018, he was at full-back for Cork's 3-13 to 1-16 All-Ireland final defeat by Tipperary in what was his last game in the grade. [10]
Griffin was called up to the Cork senior panel in October 2016 and made his debut at right corner-back in a Munster League defeat of Kerry on 8 January 2017. [11] [12] He was introduced as a substitute for Damien Cahalane in Cork's subsequent league final defeat of Limerick on 29 January 2017. [13] Griffin made his first start in a National League defeat of Clare on 11 February 2017 and was later added to Cork's championship panel. [14] On 9 July 2017, he won his first Munster medal as an unused substitute following a 1-25 to 1-20 defeat of Clare in the final. [15]
On 1 July 2018, Griffin won a second successive Munster medal as a substitute following a 2-24 to 3-19 defeat of Clare in the final. [16]
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 2017 | Division 1A | 3 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-00 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| 2019 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | ||
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