Introduction
Darren Browne (born 10 October 1996) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Senior Championship club Kanturk and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left wing-back.
Playing career
Kanturk
Browne joined the Kanturk club at a young age and played in all grades of hurling and Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels before joining the club's top adult teams as a dual player.
On 7 October 2017, Browne was at centre-back when Kanturk defeated Mallow by 0-17 to 1-12 to win the Premier Intermediate Championship title. Kanturk completed the double on 29 October, with Browne lining out at full-back in the 0-14 to 0-13 defeat of Mitchelstown to win the Intermediate Football Championship. He scored a point from left corner-back when Kanturk defeated Kilmaley by 1-23 to 0-25 to win the Munster Championship. Browne won an All-Ireland Championship medal from centre-back on 4 February 2018, after Kanturk's 1-18 to 1-17 defeat of St. Patrick's Ballyragget in the final at Croke Park.
Cork
Minor and under-21
Browne first played for Cork as a member of the minor team on 9 April 2014. He was at left wing-back for Cork's 5-26 to 0-09 defeat of Kerry in the Munster Championship.
On 17 June 2015, Browne made his first appearance for the Cork under-21 team in a 1-21 to 1-11 defeat by Waterford in the Munster Championship.
Browne was appointed captain of the Cork under-21 hurling team for the 2017 Munster Championship. On 26 July, he captained the team to a 0-16 to 0-11 Munster Championship final defeat by Clare. Browne was later nominated for a position on the Team of the Year.
Senior
Browne made his first appearance for the Cork senior hurling team on 10 January 2016 when he came on as a substitute in Cork's 1-20 to 0-18 defeat of Kerry in the Munster League. He was later cut from the panel before the National Hurling League.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 19 April 2019.
| Team | Year | Cork PIHC | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Kanturk | 2014 | 4 | 0-00 | — | — | 4 | 0-00 | ||
| 2015 | 5 | 0-00 | — | — | 5 | 0-00 | |||
| 2016 | 3 | 0-00 | — | — | 3 | 0-00 | |||
| 2017 | 5 | 0-02 | 3 | 0-01 | 3 | 0-00 | 11 | 0-02 | |
| Total | 17 | 0-02 | 3 | 0-01 | 3 | 0-00 | 23 | 0-02 | |
| Year | Cork SHC | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| 2018 | 3 | 0-00 | — | — | 3 | 0-00 | |||
| 2019 | 1 | 0-00 | — | — | 1 | 0-00 | |||
| Total | 4 | 0-00 | — | — | 4 | 0-00 | |||
| Career total | 21 | 0-02 | 3 | 0-01 | 3 | 0-00 | 27 | 0-02 | |
Division
| Team | Year | Cork SHC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | ||
| Duhallow | 2015 | 3 | 0-00 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0-00 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0-00 | |
| Career total | 10 | 0-00 | |
Inter-county
- As of match played 14 July 2019.
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 2018 | Division 1A | 4 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | — | 4 | 0-01 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-00 | ||
| Career total | 7 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 8 | 0-01 | ||
Honours
- Kanturk
- All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1): 2018
- Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship (1): 2018
- Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (1): 2017
- Cork Intermediate Football Championship (1): 2017