David Blanchfield
{{short description|Irish hurler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
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|birth_place = Bennettsbridge,
County Kilkenny, Ireland
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|sport = Hurling
|code = Hurling
|county = Kilkenny
|province = Leinster
|club = Bennettsbridge
|clyears = 2018-present
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|icyears = 2021-present
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David Blanchfield (born 24 April 2000{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=KIlkenny player profiles|date=15 July 2022|publisher=Kilkenny People|access-date=26 July 2022|first=|last=}}) is an Irish hurler who plays for Kilkenny Senior Championship club Bennettsbridge and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team.
Career
Blanchfield first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with Bennettsbridge before eventually joining the club's senior team. He also played as a schoolboy with St. Kieran's College and won consecutive All-Ireland titles in 2018 and 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/blanchfield-shines-as-kierans-break-pres-hearts-37969793.html|title=Blanchfield shines as Kieran's break Pres hearts|date=1 April 2019|publisher=Irish Independent|access-date=5 December 2020|first=|last=}} Blanchfield first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny under-20 hurling team that won the Leinster U20HC title in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/kilkenny-wexford-u20-hurling-4729171-Jul2019/|title=Shefflin goal the difference as DJ Carey's Kilkenny land first provincial title in two years|date=17 July 2019|publisher=The 42|access-date=4 December 2020|first=Ronan|last=Fagan}} He was added to the senior team two years later and, after winning National League and Leinster Championship titles, lined out in the 2022 All-Ireland final defeat by Limerick.{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/gaa/hurling/news/30554/12332956/galway-and-kilkenny-have-bigger-fish-to-fry-than-a-shared-national-hurling-league-title-says-jamesie-oconnor|title=Galway and Kilkenny have bigger fish to fry than a shared National Hurling League title, says Jamesie O'Connor|date=15 June 2021|publisher=Sky Sports|access-date=4 December 2021|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/limerick-kilkenny-all-ireland-hurling-5819034-Jul2022/|title=Limerick complete All-Ireland three-in-a-row after epic contest against Kilkenny|date=17 July 2022|publisher=The 42|access-date=26 July 2022|first=|last=}}
Honours
;St. Kieran's College
- All-Ireland Colleges Senior Hurling Championship: 2018, 2019
- Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship: 2019
;Kilkenny
References
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Category:Bennettsbridge hurlers