Cody first played hurling as a schoolboy at St Kieran's College in Kilkenny.
[5] Cody won a second set of Kilkenny and Leinster Club SHC medals the following year when James Stephens retained those titles.
[6] He claimed a third and final Kilkenny SHC medal after a defeat of Ballyhale Shamrocks in 2011.
[7] Cody first appeared on the inter-county scene with Kilkenny, as a member of the minor team that won the All-Ireland MHC title after a defeat of Galway in 2003.
[8] He subsequently progressed to the under-21 and, after losing the 2005 All-Ireland under-21 final to Galway, Cody claimed a winners' medal in that grade the following year, however, he missed the all-Ireland final defeat of Tipperary through injury.