Eoin Roche (born 2000) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Championship club

Bride Rovers Bride Rovers GAA is a Gaelic games club located in the villages of Rathcormac and Bartlemy in east County Cork, Republic of Ireland. The club fields Gaelic football and hurling teams in Cork GAA and Imokilly GAA divisional competitions. They w ...

and at inter-county level with the

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

Playing career

Bride Rovers

Roche joined the

club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. On 9 December 2018, he was at midfield when the Bride Rovers under-21 team qualified for the Under-21 A Championship final. Roche ended the game with a winners' medal after the 1-14 to 1-10 defeat of

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. On 22 April 2018, Roche made his first appearance for the Bride Rovers senior team in the 2018 Cork Senior Championship. He scored 1-01 from play in the 4-21 to 2-13 defeat by Erin's Own.

St Colman’s College, Fermoy

Roche enjoyed much success during his tenure as a student at St. Colman's College, Fermoy. After winning the Cork Colleges U16A Hurling County title in third year. Roche stepped up to represent both the Colleges Junior and Senior teams in his 4th year “transition year”. He was appointed captain of the Junior team alongside his twin brother Brian in the 2016/17 campaign. A team primed with 14 transition year students on the starting 15 would win the school its first Dean Ryan Cup U16.5A Munster Colleges Hurling Championship title after a stunning replay win over a talented Thurles CBS outfit ended 2-12 to 1-13. This win was hugely important for the Colleges ambitions to return to the top table as it was a first Dean Ryan Cup success since the 2002/03 school year when boarders were still part of the Colleges teams. Roche central to the Dean Ryan Success forced his way onto the Dr Harty Cup starting side of 2016/17. The College avenged Semi Final heartbreak from the year prior 2015/16, and would reach the penultimate stage after a 1-08 to 0-07 defeat of fierce rivals Midleton CBS in the Semi Final stages. This all the more impressive as St Colman’s would win a trilogy of encounters over the Imokilly hurling nursery at Senior level that year after a first round Harty Cup win 2-15 to 1-14 was followed up by a Dr O’ Callaghan Cup Final loss 0-11 to 0-10. A huge achievement with that Midleton CBS outfit the defending Rice Cup, White Cup and Dean Ryan Cup winners never losing in Munster up to Harty level and tipped as favourites for the Harty title that year. Roche lined out at wingback on a young St Colman’s outfit boasting 4 transition year students in the starting 15 in the Dr Harty Cup Final which fell short to Our Ladys Templemore on a scoreline of 2-22 to 1-06.

Cork

Under-17 and minor

Roche who played with cork all the way from u14 lined out for

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as joint-captain of the under-17 team with his twin brother

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during the 2017 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance for the team on 11 April in a 0-16 to 0-06 defeat of

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. On 25 April, Roche won a

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medal after a 3-13 to 1-12 defeat of

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in the final. He was again at right corner-back for Cork's 1-19 to 1-17

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defeat of

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on 6 August 2017. Roche was also a member of the Cork minor team during the 2017 Munster Championship and made his first appearance on 3 May 2017 when he lined out at left corner-back in Cork's 1-24 to 0-08 defeat of Waterford. On 9 July 2017, he was again at left corner-back when Cork defeated

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by 4-21 to 0-16 to win the

for the first time since

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. On 3 September 2017, Roche was in his now customary position of left corner-back when Cork faced

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in the

, however, Cork were defeated by 2-17 to 2-15.

Under-21 and under-20

Roche was drafted onto the Cork under-21 team for the 2018 Munster Championship. On 4 July 2018, he won a

medal as an unused substitute after Cork's 2-23 to 1-13 defeat of

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in the final. On 26 August 2018, Roche was again an unused substitute for Cork's 3-13 to 1-16

defeat by Tipperary. On 3 July 2019, Roche made his first appearance for Cork's inaugural under-20 team when he was selected at left corner-forward in the 1-20 to 0-16 defeat of

. On 23 July 2019, he was again at left corner-back when Cork suffered a 3-15 to 2-17 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster final. Roche was again in his customary position when Cork faced Tipperary for a second time in the

on 24 August 2019. He ended the game on the losing side after a 5-17 to 1-18 defeat.

Senior

Roche first played for the Cork senior team when he was added to the panel during the 2020 Munster League. He made his first appearance for the team on 20 December 2019 when he was introduced as a 58th-minute substitute for

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at right wing-forward in Cork's 1-27 to 0-11 defeat of

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Bride Rovers * Cork Premier 2 Minor Hurling Championship (1): Winner 2018 * Cork Premier 2 Under-21 Hurling Championship (0): Runners-Up 2019 ;St Colman’s College, Fermoy * Dean Ryan Cup 2016/17 Winner *

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2016/17 Finalist ;Cork *

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* All-Ireland Under-17 Hurling Championship (1):

* Munster Under-17 Hurling Championship (1):

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References

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