Shane O’Regan transfer refused by Cork County Board

The Cork U20 All-Ireland winner had requested a transfer from Watergrasshill to neighbouring Sarsfields

10 July 2021; Shane O'Regan of Cork during the 2020 Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling All-Ireland U20 Championship Final match between Dublin and Cork at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

The proposed transfer of All-Ireland U20 hurling winner Shane O’Regan from Watergrasshill to neighbouring Sarsfields has been refused by the Cork County Board.

The transfer request had been based on a change of residence, but the Cork County Board has decided not to allow the transfer.

At a recent Cork County Board meeting, the Watergrasshill delegate, on behalf of the club, asked the Cork executive “to give great consideration not to granting the transfer”.

O’Regan won an All-Ireland U20 hurling medal with Cork last summer, he was introduced as a second-half sub during the delayed 2020 final win over Dublin. O’Regan has also played senior for Cork in the pre-season Munster SHL competition.

Watergrasshill are a Premier Intermediate hurling club. They ended up in the relegation play-off last season, a game during which O’Regan hit 1-11 to help the club maintain their Premier Intermediate status for 2022.

His was one of four transfer requests refused by the Cork County Board.