| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Brion Saunderson | |
| Occupation: | Student |
| County: | Cork |
| Province: | Munster |
| Clubs: | Midleton |
| Clyears: | 2021-present |
| Clapps(Points): | 13 (0-01) |
| Clcounty: | 1 |
| Colleges: | University College Cork |
| Colyears: | 2021-present |
| Fitz: | 0 |
| Counties: | Cork |
| Icposition: | Goalkeeper |
| Icyears: | 2024- |
| Icprovince: | 0 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Nhl: | 0 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Clupdate: | 20:31, 14 January 2024 |
| Icupdate: | 20:31, 14 January 2024 |
| Birth Date: | 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Midleton, County Cork, Ireland |
Brion Saunderson (born 2003) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Midleton and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team.
Saunderson first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Midleton club. He later played as a schoolboy with Midleton CBS Secondary School in the Harty Cup before attending University College Cork (UCC).[1] Saunderson was part of the UCC team that won the Canon O'Brien Cup in 2024.[2]
After progressing from the underage grades, Saunderson first played at adult club level with Midleton as goalkeeper with the senior team in 2021. He won a Cork PSHC medal in his debut season as Midleton beat Glen Rovers in the final.[3]
Saunderson first appeared for Cork during a two-year stint as goalkeeper with the minor team in 2019 and 2020.[4] [5] He later spent two years with the under-20 team, culminating with a defeat of Offaly in the 2023 All-Ireland under-20 final.[6] Saunderson was drafted onto the senior team following this victory and made his debut in the pre-season Munster SHL in 2024.[7]
| Team | Year | Cork | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
| Midleton | 2021 | 6 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | — | 7 | 0-00 | ||
| 2022 | 3 | 0-00 | — | — | 3 | 0-00 | ||||
| 2023 | 3 | 0-01 | — | — | 3 | 0-01 | ||||
| Total | 12 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | — | 13 | 0-01 | |||
2020
2024
2023