| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left wing-forward | ||
| Born | 2003 (age 21–22) Cork,Ireland | ||
| Nickname | Benny | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club* | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
2021-present | St. Finbarr's | 16 (4-150) | |
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 1 | ||
| College | |||
| Years | College | Apps (scores) | |
2022-present | UCC | 4 (0-23) | |
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county** | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2022-present | Cork | 0 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| * club appearances and scores correct as of 22:18, 2 August 2024. **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 22:45, 21 December 2022. | |||
Ben Cunningham (born 2003[1]) is an Irishhurler. At club level he plays withSt. Finbarr's and is also a member of theCork senior hurling team.
Cunningham began hurling at juvenile and underage levels with theSt. Finbarr's club and was part of the club's minor team that won the Rebel Óg Premier 1 title in 2020.[2] He was immediately drafted onto the club'ssenior team and established himself as their top scorer. Cunningham won aCork PSHC title in 2022 after a defeat ofBlackrock in the final.[3]
Cunningham first appeared on the inter-county scene forCork as a member of the minor team in 2020.[4] He later progressed onto the Cork under-20 team and won anAll-Ireland U20HC title after coming on as a substitute in the 4-19 to 2-14 defeat ofGalway in the2021 All-Ireland U20 final.[5] Cunningham's club performances in 2022 earned a call-up to theCork senior hurling team's pre-season training panel and he was included amongst the substitutes for the opening game of the2023 Munster SHL.[6][7] He earned a place on the starting fifteen for a subsequentNational League game againstWestmeath.[8]
Cunningham was born inCork and attendedPresentation Brothers College.[9] He belongs to a family of hurlers; his father isGer Cunningham, the former St. Finbarr's and Cork goalkeeper.[10]
| Team | Year | Cork | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| St. Finbarr's | 2021 | 3 | 1-23 | — | — | 3 | 1-23 | ||
| 2022 | 6 | 2-50 | 1 | 0-09 | — | 7 | 2-59 | ||
| 2023 | 5 | 1-58 | — | — | 5 | 1-58 | |||
| 2024 | 3 | 0-24 | — | — | 3 | 0-24 | |||
| 2025 | 5 | 2-46 | — | — | 5 | 2-46 | |||
| Total | 22 | 6-201 | 1 | 0-09 | — | 23 | 6-210 | ||
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 2023 | Division 1A | 1 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| Career total | 1 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 | ||