Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Riobeard Ó Dúnaigh | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Full-back | ||
Born | Ballyvolane, Cork, Ireland | 21 September 1999||
Nickname | Rob | ||
Occupation | Administration assistant | ||
Club(s)* | |||
Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
2016-present | Glen Rovers | 28 (1-05) | |
Club titles | |||
Cork titles | 1 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
2018-2021 | University College Cork | ||
College titles | |||
Fitzgibbon titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies)** | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2018-present | Cork | 8 (0-00) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 | ||
* club appearances and scores correct as of 22:39, 9 July 2024. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:52, 31 July 2021. |
Robert Downey (born 21 September 1999) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Glen Rovers and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a full-back or half-back.
Born and raised in Cork, Downey first played hurling to a high standard as a student at Christian Brothers College, Cork. He progressed through the various age grades before beginning a three-year tenure with the school's senior team in 2015. [1] [2] Downey later studied at University College Cork and was added to their Fitzgibbon Cup panel in 2020, having earlier lined out with the freshers' team. He won a Fitzgibbon Cup winners' medal that year after lining out at full-back in UCC's 0-18 to 2-11 defeat of the Institute of Technology, Carlow in the final. [3]
Downey began his club career at juvenile and underage levels with the Glen Rovers club on the northside of Cork city. He had success in the minor grade in 2017 when the Glen won the Cork Premier 1 MHC title after beating Midleton in the final. [4]
Downey was still eligible for the minor grade when he joined the Glen's senior team. He was an unused substitute when Glen Rovers won the Cork SHC title after beating Erin's Own by 0-19 to 2-10 in the 2016 final. [5] Downey subsequently became a regular member of the team and moved between the half-back line and full-back line for the Glen's defeats by Imokilly, Blackrock and Midleton in the respective 2019, 2020 and 2021 finals. [6] [7] [8]
Downey first appeared on the inter-county scene with Cork as a member of the minor team in 2017. [9] He won a Munster MHC that year after scoring 1-02 in Cork's 4-21 to 0-16 defeat of Clare in the final. [10] He later lined out at full-forward for Cork's 2017 All-Ireland minor final defeat by Galway. [11] Downey made his first appearance for Cork's inaugural under-20 team two years later. [12] He ended the season without success, as Cork were beaten by Tipperary in the Munster and All-Ireland finals. [13] [14]
Downey made his first appearance for the senior team in a pre-season Munster SHL game against Clare in December 2018. [15] [16] Debuts in the National Hurling League and Munster SHC followed later that season. [17] [18] Downey was at full-back when Cork suffered a 3-32 to 1-22 defeat by Limerick in the 2021 All-Ireland final. [19] He was at left wing-back when Cork lost the 2022 National League final to Waterford. [20]
Team | Year | Cork PSHC | Munster | Total | |||
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Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Glen Rovers | 2016 | 0 | 0-00 | — | 0 | 0-00 | |
2017 | 2 | 0-00 | — | 2 | 0-00 | ||
2018 | 2 | 0-01 | — | 2 | 0-01 | ||
2019 | 5 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | 6 | 0-00 | |
2020 | 5 | 1-02 | — | 5 | 1-02 | ||
2021 | 6 | 0-00 | — | 6 | 0-00 | ||
2022 | 4 | 0-00 | — | 4 | 0-00 | ||
2023 | 4 | 0-01 | — | 4 | 0-01 | ||
Total | 28 | 1-05 | 1 | 0-00 | 29 | 1-05 | |
Year | Cork SAHC | Munster | Total | ||||
Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
2024 | 0 | 0-00 | — | 0 | 0-00 | ||
Total | 0 | 0-00 | — | 0 | 0-00 | ||
Career total | 28 | 1-05 | 1 | 0-00 | 29 | 1-05 |
Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Cork | 2019 | Division 1A | 2 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-00 |
2020 | 4 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-00 | ||
2021 | 4 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | 8 | 0-01 | ||
2022 | 5 | 0-03 | 4 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 11 | 0-01 | ||
2023 | 3 | 0-01 | 4 | 0-03 | — | 7 | 0-04 | |||
2024 | 4 | 0-05 | 4 | 1-02 | 3 | 0-01 | 11 | 1-08 | ||
Career total | 22 | 0-10 | 16 | 1-05 | 11 | 0-01 | 49 | 1-16 |
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