Brian Turnbull (born 1999) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Senior Championship club

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and at inter-county level with the

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

Playing career

St. Francis College

Turnbull first came to prominence as a hurler with

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. He played in every grade of hurling before eventually joining the college's senior hurling team. On 21 December 2015, Turnbull scored 3-04 for St. Francis College when they defeated Scoil Mhuire gan Smál from

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to win the Dr. O'Callaghan Cup.

Douglas

Turnbull joined the

club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. On 21 September 2015, he scored three points from right corner-forward when Douglas defeated Sarsfields by 3-12 to 0-13 to win the Premier 1 MHC title. Turnbull subsequently joined the Douglas under-21 team. On 13 November 2016, he won a Cork Premier Under-21 Championship title after a defeat of reigning-champions

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. Turnbull made his first senior championship appearance on 7 May 2017 when he came on as a substitute in a 0-22 to 0-20 defeat by

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. On 10 September 2017, Turnbull ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during a training session with the Douglas under-21 football team. He later said: "I was coming onto a ball and while I was turning, another player came into the back of me. The knee was driven inwards, I heard the pop. I went down and I wasn’t able to walk then. I went about getting the scan done as quick as possible. If anybody told me it was going to be the cruciate, I refused to listen. I probably should have because it made the hearing very hard to take. I was very upset for the next couple of weeks after it but I have to start moving on." Turnbull underwent surgery at the Santry Sports Clinic on 31 October.

Cork

Minor, under-21 and under-20

Turnbull first lined out for

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as a member of the minor team during the 2016 Munster Championship. He was an unused substitute when Cork exited the championship after a 0-23 to 1-12 defeat by

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at the semi-final stage. Turnbull was eligible for the minor grade again the following year and made his first appearance on 3 May 2017. He scored ten points, including three frees, in Cork's 1-24 to 0-08 defeat if

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. On 9 July, Turnbull scored four points when Cork defeated

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by 4-21 to 0-16 to win the

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for the first time since

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. On 3 September, he was at left corner-forward when Cork faced

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in the

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. Turnbull finished the game as top scorer with 1-07, however, Cork were defeated by 2-17 to 2-15. He finished the championship as top scorer while he was later included at left corner-forward on the inaugural GAA Minor Star Awards Hurling Team of the Year as well as being named GAA Minor Star Hurler of the Year. On 26 August 2018, Turnbull was named on the Cork under-21 team as a substitute for the

against Tipperary. He was introduced as a 38th-minute substitute for Liam Healy in the 3-13 to 1-16 defeat. On 3 July 2019, Turnbull made his first appearance for Cork's inaugural under-20 team. He scored four points from right corner-forward in the 1-20 to 0-16 defeat of

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. On 23 July 2019, Turnbull scored two points from play when Cork suffered a 3-15 to 2-17 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster final. He was selected at right corner-forward when Cork faced Tipperary for a second time in the

on 24 August 2019. Turnbull top scored for Cork with 0-08, including seven frees, but ended the game on the losing side after a 5-17 to 1-18 defeat.

Senior

Turnbull was added to the Cork senior hurling team for their

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game against

on 24 February 2019. He remained on the bench throughout and was not included on any of Cork's subsequent league or championship match-day panels. On 20 December 2019, Turnbull made his first appearance for the Cork senior team when he was selected at left corner-forward for Cork's Munster League game against

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. He scored two points from play in the 1-27 to 0-11 victory. Turnbull subsequently made his

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debut on 16 February 2020 when he was introduced as a 60th-minute substitute for Jack O'Connor in a 3-12 to 1-14 defeat of

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. He was later included on Cork's

panel and made his debut as a 72nd-minute substitute for

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in a 1-28 to 1-24 defeat by

Career statistics

Club

Inter-county

Honours

Team

;St. Francis College * Dr. O'Callaghan Cup (1): 2015 ;Douglas *

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(1): 2016 *Cork Premier 1 Minor Hurling Championship (1): 2015 ;Cork *

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(1):

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Individual

;Awards *GAA Minor Star Hurler of the Year (1): 2017 *GAA Minor Star Hurling Team of the Year Award (1): 2017

References

External links

2018 Cork Under-21 Hurling team player profiles
at the Cork GAA website {{DEFAULTSORT:Turnbull, Brian 1999 births Living people Douglas hurlers Cork inter-county hurlers