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David Griffin
Personal information
Irish name	Daithí Ó Gríofa
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left wing-back
Born	14 May 1997 (age 27); Carrigaline, County Cork, Ireland
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Occupation	Student
Club(s)
Years	Club
2015-present	Carrigaline
Club titles
Cork titles	0
Colleges(s)
Years	College
	University College Cork
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles	2
Inter-county(ies)*
Years	County
2017-present	Cork
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	2
All-Irelands	0
NHL	0
All Stars	0
	*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 11:01, 8 July 2018.

David Griffin (born 14 May 1997) is an Irish hurler who plays as a full-back for club sides Carrigaline and University College Cork and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left wing-back.

Playing career

St. Francis College

In secondary school, Griffin played as a dual player with St. Francis College in Rochestown. Having played both codes at every grade, he was a forward on both of the college's senior teams that lost the Harty Cup and Corn Uí Mhuirí finals in 2015.^[1]^[2]

University College Cork

On 23 February 2019, Griffin lined out at left wing-back for University College Cork when they faced Mary Immaculate College in the Fitzgibbon Cup final. He scored a point from play in the 2-21 to 0-13 victory.^[3]

Griffin played in a second successive Fitzgibbon Cup final on 12 February 2020. Lining out at left corner-back, he ended the game with a second successive winners' medal after the 0-18 to 2-11 defeat of the Institute of Technology, Carlow.^[4]

Carrigaline

Griffin joined the Carrigaline club at a young age and played both hurling and Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels. In 2014 he was at centre-back in the final as Carrigaline defeated St. Finbarr's to take the Premier 1 MFC title.^[5] Griffin was still eligible for the minor grade when he was added to the club's top adult team. On 18 October 2015, he was introduced as a substitute in the 43rd minute in Carrigaline's one-point defeat of St Michael's in the premier intermediate championship final.^[6]

Cork

Minor and under-21

Griffin first played for Cork at minor level in 2015, however, his sole season in that grade ended without success with a defeats by Limerick.^[7] On 23 June 2016, Griffin made his first appearance for the Cork under-21 hurling team in a seven-point defeat by Limerick.^[8] He also played in Cork's championship campaign the following year.

On 4 July 2018, Griffin won a Munster medal after Cork's 2-23 to 1-13 defeat of Tipperary in the final.^[9] On 26 August 2018, he was at full-back for Cork's 3-13 to 1-16 All-Ireland final defeat by Tipperary in what was his last game in the grade.^[10]

Senior

Griffin was called up to the Cork senior panel in October 2016 and made his debut at right corner-back in a Munster League defeat of Kerry on 8 January 2017.^[11]^[12] He was introduced as a substitute for Damien Cahalane in Cork's subsequent league final defeat of Limerick on 29 January 2017.^[13] Griffin made his first start in a National League defeat of Clare on 11 February 2017 and was later added to Cork's championship panel.^[14] On 9 July 2017, he won his first Munster medal as an unused substitute following a 1-25 to 1-20 defeat of Clare in the final.^[15]

On 1 July 2018, Griffin won a second successive Munster medal as a substitute following a 2-24 to 3-19 defeat of Clare in the final.^[16]

Career statistics

Inter-county

As of match played 16 March 2019.

Team	Year	National League			Munster		All-Ireland		Total
Team	Year	Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
Cork	2017	Division 1A	3	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	3	0-00
	2018		0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00
	2019		1	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	1	0-00
Total			4	0-00	0	0-00	0	0-00	4	0-00