As a member of the University College Cork senior hurling team, Halbert was a regular player in the Fitzgibbon Cup campaigns in 2007 and 2008.
[1][2] Halbert joined the Watergrasshill club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels.
[4] Halbert subsequently joined the Cork under-21 hurling team, making his debut at midfield on 6 June 2007 in a 1–14 to 2-10 Munster Championship quarter-final defeat of Tipperary.
[5] Halbert undertook a dual role as a member of Cork's senior and intermediate hurling teams during the 2007 season.
After little success in 2007 and 2008, he played no part with the intermediate team in 2009, before winning a Munster medal following a 0–15 to 0–13 defeat of Waterford in the 2010 final.