Seán Twomey (born 2000) is an Irish hurler who plays for Cork Senior A Championship club Courcey Rovers and at inter-county level with the

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

Playing career

Courcey Rovers

Twomey joined the Courcey Rovers club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels. On 10 October 2015, he lined out at left wing-forward when Courcey Rovers suffered a 1-14 to 2-10 defeat by Ahan Gaels in the Minor A Championship final. On 22 April 2018, Twomey made his first appearance for the club's top adult team in the Premier Intermediate Championship. He scored a hat-trick of goals in the 3-18 to 0-19 defeat of

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. On 21 October 2018, Twomey scored two points from left corner-forward when Courcey Rovers drew 0-12 to 1-09 with

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in the

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. He was switched to right wing-forward for the replay a week later but ended on the losing side after a 0-15 to 0-14 defeat. Three years later on the 27 November 2021 Twomeys side got to another Premier Intermediate Final played in Pairc Uí Choaimh in a incredible comeback from 8 points down against

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to go on to win 1-19 to 1-18 with Twomey scoring 2 points to earn Twomey a championship medal. Twomeys side went on to get into the Munster Intermediate Final in the same year after a late rally of points to send it to extra time to go on and lose to

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0-24 to 0-21 with Twomey scoring 1 point played in the

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. Twomeys side yet again got to another final in the 2022 Senior A final just after winning Premier Intermediate year prior but lost to a very talented Fr. O'Neill's 0-20 to 2-12 played in Pairc Uí Choaimh with Twomey being held scoreless.

Cork

Under-17 and under-20

Twomey first lined out for

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as a member of the under-17 team during the 2017 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance for the team at midfield on 11 April in a 0-16 to 0-06 defeat of

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. On 25 April 2017, Twomey 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 midfield for Cork's 1-19 to 1-17

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defeat of

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on 6 August 2017. On 3 July 2019, Twomey made his first appearance for Cork's inaugural under-20 team in the

. He came on as a 39th-minute substitute for

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in the 1-20 to 0-16 defeat of Limerick. On 23 July 2019, Twomey top-scored for Cork with 1-02 from left wing-forward in a 3-15 to 2-17 defeat by

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in the Munster final. He was selected at right wing-forward when Cork faced Tipperary for a second time in the

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

Senior

On 20 December 2019, Twomey made his first appearance for the Cork senior team when he was selected at left wing-forward for Cork's Munster League game against

. He scored four points from play in the 1-27 to 0-11 victory. Twomey made his first

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appearance on 26 January 2020 when he was introduced as a 60th-minute substitute for

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in a 1-24 to 3-17 first round defeat by

Career statistics

Club

Inter-county

Honours

;University of Limerick *

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;Cork *

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References

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