Code: | Hurling |
Sport: | Hurling |
Conor Leen | |
Irish: | Conchúr Ó Laighin |
County: | Clare |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Corofin |
Clyears: | 2020-present |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Clallireland: | 0 |
Counties: | Clare |
Icposition: | Left corner-back number 4 |
Icyears: | 2024- |
Icapps(Points): | 6 (0-01) |
Icprovince: | 0 |
Icallireland: | 1 |
Nhl: | 1 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Icupdate: | 18:33, 6 July 2024 |
Birth Date: | 2002 |
Birth Place: | Corofin, County Clare, Ireland |
The Sunday Game Team Of The Year: 2024: | 2024 |
Conor Leen (born 2002) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Corofin and at inter-county level with the Clare senior hurling team with whom he won an All-Ireland Senior Hurling medal after extra time one point victory vs Cork on 21st July, 2024, final score 3.29 to 1.34.
Leen played schools hurling while a student at Ennistymon CBS.[1] At club level, he played in the various underage grades with the Corofin/Ruan amalgamation and won consecutive Clare MAHC titles in 2019 and 2020, as well as a Clare U21AHC title in 2021.[2] [3] [4] Leen progressed to adult level and won a Clare IHC medal in 2023.[5]
Leen first appeared on the inter-county scene with Clare as a member of the minor team beaten by Limerick in the 2019 Munster MHC final.[6] He later spent two seasons with the under-20 team. Leen made his senior team debut during Clare's National Hurling League-winning campaign in 2024.[7] On 21st July, 2024 he started and won his first Senior All-Ireland Hurling medal in an epic 3.29 to 1.34 aet victory vs Cork. He lined out at left-corner back, number 4 and played the entire game. Conor was also picked at number 4 on The Sunday Game Team of the Year. His father, Edward, is a former Kerry hurler and his mother Barbara comes from Clare / Connemara.
On 21 July 2024, he started at corner back as Clare won the All-Ireland for the first time in 11 years after an extra-time win against Cork by 3-29 to 1-34, claiming their fifth All-Ireland title.[8] [9] [10] [11]
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