Paul Codd

{{Infobox GAA player

| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

| image =

| name = Paul Codd

| irish = Pól Mac Óda

| height =

| occupation = Farmer{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/wexford-hurlers-1996-where-are-they-now-2955096-Sep2016/|title=20 years ago today the Wexford hurlers won the All-Ireland... but where are they now?|publisher=The 42|date=1 September 2016|access-date=2 January 2025|first=|last=}}

| county = Wexford

| province = Leinster

| club = Rathnure

| clposition = Half-back

| clubs =

| clyears =

| clapps(points) =

| clcounty = 5

| clprovince= 1

| clallireland = 0

| counties = Wexford

| icposition = Forward

| icyears = 1995-2006

| icapps(points) = 32 (5-127)

| icprovince = 3

| icallireland = 1

| allstars nominations = 1 (2002)

| clupdate =

| icupdate = 00:20, 12 June 2022

| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1976|12|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place=Rathnure,
County Wexford, Ireland

}}

Paul Codd (born 1 December 1976) is an Irish former hurler. At club level, he played with Rathnure and at inter-county level was a member of the Wexford senior hurling team.

Career

At club level, Codd first played for Rathnure at juvenile and underage levels, before progressing to adult level. He went on to win four Wexford SHC titles between 1996 and 2003, as well as a Leinster Club SHC medal in 1998.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rathnure-cope-better-1.225447|title=Rathnure cope better|publisher=Irish Times|date=14 December 1998|access-date=2 January 2025|first=|last=}} Codd was also part of the Rathnure team beaten by St Joseph's Doora-Barefield in the 1999 All-Ireland club final.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/clare-stars-take-final-hurdle-in-their-stride-26156936.html|title=Clare stars take final hurdle in their stride|date=18 March 1999|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=11 August 2015|first=Liam|last=Horan}} He won a fifth and final SHC title after a defeat of Oulart–The Ballagh in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/enniscorthy-news/commanding-rathnure-make-no-mistake-this-time/27177692.html|title=Commanding Rathnure make no mistake this time|date=26 October 2006|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=11 August 2015|first=|last=}}

Codd first appeared on the inter-county scene with Wexford as part of the under-21 team. He won a Leinster U21HC medal before facing defeat by Galway in the 1996 All-Ireland under-21 final. Codd made his senior team debut in 1995. He won a Leinster SHC medal in 1996, before coming on as a substitute for Garry Laffan when Wexford beat Limerick in the 1996 All-Ireland final.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40370429.html|title=A player-by-player guide to Wexford's All-Ireland 25 years on: 'We laughed as much as we hurled'|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=1 September 2021|access-date=2 January 2025|first=|last=}}

A second Leinster SHC medal followed for Codd in 1997, when Wexford retained the title after a defeat of Kilkenny.{{cite web|url=https://leinster.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2017/03/P40-69-%E2%80%93-Snr-%E2%80%A6rling-Finalis.pdf|title=Leinster Senior Hurling Finalists|publisher=Leinster GAA website|date=|access-date=2 January 2025|first=|last=}} He claimed a third Leinster winner's medal in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-10107694.html|title=Wexford and Offaly stick with winning combinations|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=30 June 2004|access-date=2 January 2025|first=|last=}} Codd retired from inter-county hurling in December 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-30288195.html|title=Wexford's Codd announces retirement from inter-county hurling|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=6 December 2006|access-date=3 January 2025|first=|last=}}