Jamie Coughlan (born 13 January 1992) 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 currently lines out as a right corner-forward.

Playing career

Newtownshandrum

Coughlan joined the

club at the age of five and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels with amalgamated side Shandrum. Om 23 October 2010, he was an unused substitute when Newtownshandrum defeated

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by 1-19 to 1-16 to win the Cork Under-21 Championship. On 3 May 2009, Coughlan made his first championship appearance at senior level when Newtownshandrum defeated

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by 2-15 to 1-12. On 11 October, he scored 1-01 from right corner-forward when Newtownshandrum defeated Sarsfields by 3-22 to 1-12 to win the Cork Senior Championship. Coughlan's debut season ended with further success on 29 November following Newtownshandrum's 2-11 to 2-09 defeat of

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to win the Munster Championship.

Cork

Minor and under-21

Coughlan first played for Cork at minor level on 25 June 2008 and scored two goals after being introduced as a substitute in Cork's 4-13 to 1-06 Munster Championship defeat of

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. On 13 July, Coughlan started on the bench but was once again introduced as a substitute in Cork's 0-19 to 0-18 Munster final defeat of

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. On 15 July 2011, Coughlan made his debut in the under-21 grade in a 4-19 to 1-21 defeat of Tipperary. He top scored with 0-12 in the subsequent 1-27 to 4-20

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defeat by

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Senior

Coughlan made his first appearance for the Cork senior team on 23 January 2011 and scored seven points in a 3-17 to 1-22 defeat of

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in the pre-season Waterford Crystal Cup. He was an unused substitute throughout the subsequent

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and Munster Championship. Coughlan made his championship debut on 18 June, scoring two goals, in Cork's 10-20 to 1-13 All-Ireland Qualifier defeat of

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. On 11 March 2012, Coughlan made his first appearance in the National Hurling League. He was introduced as a 59th-minute substitute for Ben O'Connor in a 2-18 to 2-17 defeat of

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. On 8 September 2013, Coughlan lined out at left corner-forward in the All-Ireland final against

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having earlier lost the

to Limerick. He was held scoreless during the game which ended in a draw. Coughlan was dropped in favour of

Cian McCarthy Cian McCarthy (born 3 September 1989) is an Irish hurler who plays for Junior Championship club Passage. He usually lines out in the half-forward line. McCarthy is a former member of the Sarsfields and the Cork senior hurling team. Early lif ...

for the subsequent replay on 28 September, which saw Cork lose by 5–16 to 3–16. On 13 July 2014, Coughlan was an unused substitute when Cork won the Munster Championship after a 2-24 to 2-18 defeat of Limerick in the final. After failing to secure a regular place on the starting fifteen, Coughlan contemplated leaving the panel in favour of travel in June 2015. He remained with the team and lined out in Cork's subsequent championship games that season. In January 2016, Coughlan was effectively dropped from the Cork senior team when he failed to be included on

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's panel for the

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. Kingston's departure saw Coughlan return to the Cork panel under new manager

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. On 1 July 2018, he won a second Munster Championship medal as an unused substitute following a 2-24 to 3-19 defeat of Clare in the final.

Career statistics

Club

Inter-county

References

External links

Jamie Coughlan profile
at the Cork GAA website {{DEFAULTSORT:Coughlan, Jamie 1992 births Living people Newtownshandrum hurlers CIT hurlers Cork inter-county hurlers