Brian Concannon (born 1997) is an

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hurler who plays as a right corner-forward for club side

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and at inter-county level with the

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. He usually lines out as a right corner-forward.

Playing career

NUI Galway

As a student at

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, Concannon has been a regular player on the university's senior hurling team in the

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Killimordaly

Concannon joined the

club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before joining the club's senior team.

Galway

Minor and under-21

Concannon first played for Galway as a member of the minor hurling team on 26 July 2015. He made his first appearance in a 1-14 to 0-13 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat of

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. On 6 September 2015, Concannon scored a goal from right wing-forward in Galway's 4-13 to 1-16 defeat of

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in the All-Ireland final at

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. On 20 August 2016, Concannon made his first appearance for the Galway under-21 team in a 0-21 to 0-19 All-Ireland semi-final defeat of

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. In the subsequent All-Ireland final on 10 September 2016, he was an unused substitute in the 5-15 to 0-14 defeat by

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. Concannon won a Leinster Championship medal on 4 July 2018 after a 4-21 to 2-26 extra-time defeat of

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in the final. In Concannon's last game in the grade on 8 August 2018, he was red-carded in the 33rd minute for an off-the-ball strike.

Senior

Concannon was one of eight new players drafted onto the Galway senior hurling panel prior to the start of the 2018 National League. He made his senior debut, scoring 1-01 from play at right corner-forward, in a 1-19 to 1-16

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defeat of Antrim on 28 January 2018. Later that season Concannon made his first appearance in the Leinster Championship, scoring 2-01 from play, in a 5-18 to 2-15 defeat of

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. On 8 July 2018, he was an unused substitute in Galway's 1-28 to 3-15 Leinster final replay defeat of

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. Concannon subsequently missed the All-Ireland final defeat by Limerick after having the red card he picked up in an under-21 game upheld after an appeal.

Career statistics

Honours

;Galway *

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurl ...

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All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). I ...

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References

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