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| Born | 1 October 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Bank official | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * club appearances and scores correct as of 21:03,20 January 2026. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:42,8 July 2025. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack O'Connor (born 1 October 1998) is an Irish hurler. At club level,he plays with Sarsfields and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. O'Connor usually lines out as a corner-forward.
Born and raised in Glanmire,County Cork,O'Connor played hurling and Gaelic football as a student at Glanmire Community College. [1] He later studied at University College Cork and was included on their Fitzgibbon Cup panel. [2]
O'Connor began his club career at juvenile and underage levels with the Sarsfields club in Glanmire. He won a Premier 1 MHC title in 2014 after a 3-12 to 2-14 defeat of amalgamation side Killeagh/Ita's in a final replay. [3] O'Connor progressed to the club's under-21 team and won Premier U21HC medals in 2017 and 2019,after defeats of Killeagh/Ita's and Blackrock respectively. [4] [5]
O'Connor was just 17-year-old when he made his senior team debut in May 2016. [6] He claimed his first senior silverware in October 2023 when Sarsfields beat Midleton by 0–21 to 0–19 to win the Cork PSHC title. [7] In spite of losing their title to Imokilly a year later,Sarsfields were the Cork representatives for the subsequent provincial series of games and O'Connor added a Munster Club SHC title to his collection after a 3–20 to 2–19 win over Ballygunner in the final. [8] He scored five points from play in the 2–23 to 0–20 defeat by Na Fianna in the 2025 All-Ireland club final. [9]
O'Connor first played for Cork at minor level in 2016,however,his sole season in the grade ended with a defeat by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final. [10] He immediately progressed to the under-21 grade and won a Munster U21HC medal in July 2018 after scoring 1-02 from play in Cork's 2–23 to 1–13 defeat of Tipperary in the final. [11] His last game in the grade was a 3–13 to 1-16 defeat by Tipperary in the 2018 All-Ireland final. [12]
O'Connor made his senior team debut as a substitute for Alan Cadogan in a National League game against Kilkenny in January 2018. [13] He made a number of appearances that season and claimed a Munster SHC medal as a substitute in Cork's 2–24 to 3–19 defeat of Clare in the final. [14] O'Connor was at corner-forward when Cork suffered a 3–32 to 1–22 defeat by Limerick in the 2021 All-Ireland final. [15] He came on as a substitute for Conor Lehane when Cork lost the 2022 National League final to Waterford. [16]
O'Connor came on as a substitute for Alan Connolly at full-forward for Cork's 3–29 to 1–34 extra-time defeat by Clare in the 2024 All-Ireland final. [17] He claimed his first national silverware,this time as an unused substitute,in April 2025 when Cork won the National Hurling League title following a 3–24 to 0–23 win over Tipperary in the final. [18] This was later followed by a second Munster SHC medal after Cork's penalty shootout defeat of Limerick in the 2025 Munster final. [19]
| Team | Season | Cork | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||
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| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Sarsfields | 2016 | 2 | 0-01 | — | — | 2 | 0-01 | ||
| 2017 | 7 | 3-15 | — | — | 7 | 3-15 | |||
| 2018 | 2 | 1-03 | — | — | 2 | 1-03 | |||
| 2019 | 3 | 0-10 | — | — | 3 | 0-10 | |||
| 2020 | 4 | 3-08 | — | — | 4 | 3-08 | |||
| 2021 | 4 | 1-08 | — | — | 4 | 1-08 | |||
| 2022 | 3 | 1-09 | — | — | 3 | 1-09 | |||
| 2023 | 6 | 1-11 | 1 | 0-00 | — | 7 | 1-11 | ||
| 2024 | 5 | 0-18 | 2 | 1-06 | 2 | 0-09 | 9 | 1-33 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 1-27 | 1 | 0-00 | — | 7 | 1-27 | ||
| Career total | 42 | 11-110 | 4 | 1-06 | 2 | 0-09 | 48 | 12-125 | |
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 2018 | Division 1A | 4 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 | 6 | 0-02 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 1-00 | ||
| 2020 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-01 | 4 | 0-01 | ||
| 2021 | 4 | 4-03 | 1 | 0-03 | 4 | 2-07 | 9 | 6-13 | ||
| 2022 | 7 | 0-01 | 3 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-00 | 12 | 0-03 | ||
| 2023 | 3 | 0-03 | 0 | 0-00 | — | 3 | 0-03 | |||
| 2024 | 3 | 1-04 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 7 | 1-04 | ||
| 2025 | 3 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 | 4 | 0-02 | ||
| Total | 28 | 6-13 | 9 | 0-05 | 12 | 2-10 | 49 | 8-28 | ||