Roche joined the Bride Rovers club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels.
Roche central to the Dean Ryan Success forced his way onto the Dr Harty Cup starting side of 2016/17.
Roche lined out at wingback on a young St Colman’s outfit boasting 4 transition year students in the starting 15 in the Dr Harty Cup Final which fell short to Our Ladys Templemore on a scoreline of 2-22 to 1-06.
[4] On 9 July 2017, he was again at left corner-back when Cork defeated Clare by 4-21 to 0-16 to win the Munster Championship for the first time since 2008.
On 4 July 2018, he won a Munster Championship medal as an unused substitute after Cork's 2-23 to 1-13 defeat of Tipperary in the final.
[8] On 3 July 2019, Roche made his first appearance for Cork's inaugural under-20 team when he was selected at left corner-forward in the 1-20 to 0-16 defeat of Limerick.
[12] He made his first appearance for the team on 20 December 2019 when he was introduced as a 58th-minute substitute for Robbie O'Flynn at right wing-forward in Cork's 1-27 to 0-11 defeat of Kerry.