Wayne Sherlock

Wayne Sherlock, born on 21 June 1978, is an Irish retired hurler who played for the Cork Senior Championship club Blackrock and for the Cork senior hurling team for 8 seasons, starting as a right wing-back before lining out as a right corner-back, and is considered one of the greatest defenders of his era. He began with Ballinure before transferring to Blackrock, broke onto the top adult team straight out of the minor grade in 1996, made 69 championship appearances for the club before retiring in 2012 and was part of the Cork Senior Championship winning teams of 1999, 2001 and 2002. With Cork he won back-to-back All-Ireland under-21 titles in 1997 and 1998, joined the senior team in 1999, was ever-present as a defender with 66 combined appearances until 2007, was part of three All-Ireland winning teams in 1999, 2004 and 2005, won five Munster medals and captained the team in 2002.