Eoin Cody (born 12 September 2000) is a hurler who plays for Kilkenny Senior Championship club Ballyhale Shamrocks and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a corner-forward.
Cody first came to hurling prominence as a student at St. Kieran's College in Kilkenny. After lining out in different grades throughout the years, he eventually joined the college's senior team. In his first big game at college's level, Cody scored eight points from placed balls in a 1âÂÂ14 to 1âÂÂ11 defeat by Dublin North in the 2018 Leinster final. He was dropped from the starting fifteen for the subsequent All-Ireland final against Presentation College, Athenry, but collected a winners' medal after coming on as a substitute in the 5âÂÂ19 to 3-16 extra-time victory.
Cody was once again eligible for the college's senior team the following year and claimed a Leinster Colleges Championship title after a 1âÂÂ17 to 2âÂÂ07 defeat of Coláiste Eoin. The subsequent All-Ireland final was a repeat of the previous year, with Cody scoring eight points and collecting a second successive winners' medal after the 1âÂÂ15 to 1âÂÂ12 win over Presentation College, Athenry.
After an underage career that yielded minor and under-20 championship successes, Cody joined the Ballyhale Shamrocks senior team for the 2018 Kilkenny County Championship. He made his debut on 23 September 2018, scoring a goal in the 3âÂÂ22 to 1-12 first-round win over St. Patrick's. Cody ended the championship by claiming his first winners' medal after scoring 1-01 from play in the 2âÂÂ20 to 2âÂÂ17 defeat of Bennettsbridge in the final. He later claimed his first Leinster Club Championship medal after the 2âÂÂ21 to 0âÂÂ11 win over Ballyboden St. Enda's in the Leinster final. Cody was selected at left corner-forward when Ballyhale qualified for the All-Ireland final on 17 March 2019. He collected a first winners' medal following the 2âÂÂ28 to 2âÂÂ11 victory over St. Thomas's. Cody was one of six Ballyhale Shamrocks hurlers later chosen on the Team of the Year.
Cody won a second successive Kilkenny County Championship title after scoring 1-02 from play in the 2âÂÂ21 to 1âÂÂ15 win over James Stephens in the 2019 final. His undefeated championship run continued when he subsequently won a second successive Leinster CLub Championship medal after a 1âÂÂ21 to 0âÂÂ15 victory over St. Mullin's in the 2019 Leinster final. On 18 January 2020, Cody was again selected at left corner-forward when Ballyhale Shamrocks faced Borris-Ileigh in the 2020 All-Ireland final. He was held scoreless over the course of the game but claimed a second successive All-Ireland Club Championship medal after the 0âÂÂ18 to 0âÂÂ15 victory.
Cody first played for Kilkenny as a 16-year-old when he was drafted onto the minor team for the 2017 Leinster Minor Championship. He claimed a Leinster Minor Championship title that season after coming on as a substitute in the 3âÂÂ15 to 1âÂÂ17 defeat of Dublin in the Leinster final. After being overage for the minor grade the following year, Cody was added to the Kilkenny under-20 team in 2019. He won a Leinster Under-20 Championship medal that season after scoring two points from play in the 1âÂÂ17 to 0âÂÂ18 win over Wexford in the final.
Performances at club level saw Cody drafted onto the Kilkenny senior team during the 2020 National League. He made his first appearance for the team when he came on as a substitute for Billy Ryan in a drawn round 4 game with Clare. Cody was later retained on Kilkenny's Leinster Championship panel, and claimed a provincial winners' medal after lining out at left corner-forward in the 2âÂÂ20 to 0âÂÂ24 victory over Galway in the 2020 final.