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| Born | 1999 (age 26–27) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Secondary school teacher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left wing-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * club appearances and scores correct as of 21:58,5 February 2026. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:58,5 February 2026. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simon Kennefick (born 1999) is an Irish hurler who plays as a forward for club side Glen Rovers and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He is a grandson of Christy Ring. [1]
Kennefick joined the Glen Rovers club at a young age and played in all levels at juvenile and underage levels. It was the club with whom his grandfather,Christy Ring,won a record 14 championship titles. [2] Kennefick had his first championship success at minor level when Glen Rovers secured the 2017 Premier 1 Championship title after a 0-19 to 1-11 defeat of Midleton in the final. [3] He was subsequently drafted onto the Glen Rovers senior team and made his championship debut on 28 April 2018 when he scored 1-03 in a first round defeat of Ballymartle. [4] Kennefick lined out in three successive county finals over the following three seasons,experiencing defeats to Imokilly in 2019,Blackrock in 2020 and Midleton in 2021. [5] [6] [7]
Kennefick never played at minor level for Cork,but was drafted onto the under-21 team in 2018. He was a member of the extended training panel when Cork secured the Munster Championship title after 2-23 to 1-13 defeat of Tipperary in the final. [8] He was again eligible for the now renamed under-20 grade the following year and made his first appearance at right wing-forward in a 1-20 to 0-16 first-round defeat of Limerick. [9] On 24 August 2019,Kennefick was a late addition to the Cork starting fifteen that suffered a 5-17 to 1-18 defeat by Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. [10]
Kennefick made his first appearance for Cork at senior level when he was selected on the team at right wing-forward for the annual Canon O'Brien Cup game against University College Cork in January 2019. He scored four points from play in the 1-24 to 1-23 victory but was not included on the Cork panel for the rest of the season. [11]
In May 2021,Kennefick received his first competitive call-up at senior level when he was named amongst the substitutes for Cork's National League game against Westmeath.
| Team | Year | Cork SHC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | ||
| Glen Rovers | 2018 | 2 | 1-05 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1-06 | |
| Total | 7 | 2-11 | |
| Year | Cork PSHC | ||
| Apps | Score | ||
| 2020 | 5 | 5-08 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0-09 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0-11 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 1-04 | |
| Total | 19 | 6-32 | |
| Year | Cork SAHC | ||
| Apps | Score | ||
| 2024 | 5 | 3-13 | |
| Total | 5 | 3-13 | |
| Year | Cork PSHC | ||
| Apps | Score | ||
| 2025 | 3 | 0-06 | |
| Total | 3 | 0-06 | |
| Career total | 34 | 11-62 | |
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 2019 | Division 1A | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2021 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| Career total | 9 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||