Evan Niland

Evan Niland (born 10 July 1998) is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club Clarinbridge and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team.[1] He usually lines out as a corner-forward.

Evan Niland
Personal information
Irish name Eimhín Ó Nialláin
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born (1998-07-10) 10 July 1998
Clarinbridge,
County Galway, Ireland
Occupation Student
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
2015-present
Clarinbridge 49 (2-481)
Club titles
Galway titles 0
Colleges(s)
Years College Apps (scores)
2017-present
University of Galway 15 (1-183)
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
2019-present
Galway 19 (0-86)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 1
All Stars 0
* club appearances and scores correct as of 22:28, 19 January 2023.
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:42, 08 July 2023.

Career

Niland first came to hurling prominence as a schoolboy with the Presentation College in Athenry, with whom he won three successive Connacht Colleges Championships.[2] He simultaneously lined out with the Clarinbridge club at juvenile and underage levels and was part of the senior team that lost the 2021 Galway SHC final to St Thomas's.[3] Niland first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Galway minor hurling team that beat Tipperary in the 2015 All-Ireland minor hurling final.[4] He later won a Leinster U21 Championship.[5] Niland was drafted onto the Galway senior hurling team in 2019.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 November 2022.
Team Year Galway SHC
AppsScore
Clarinbridge 2015 40-39
2016 51-44
2017 90-70
2018 70-76
2019 61-58
2020 30-32
2021 70-75
2022 80-87
Career total 492-481

Inter-county

As of match played 08 July 2023.
Team Year National League Leinster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Galway Minor 2015 40-3140-31
2016 21-1221-12
Total 61-4361-43
Galway U21 2017 10-0110-01
2018 32-2210-0642-28
Total 32-2220-0752-29
Galway 2019 Division 1B 00-0000-0000-00
2020 Division 1A 30-1810-0020-0260-20
2021 50-4210-0210-0270-46
2022 31-0740-0320-0091-10
2023 40-4160-6020-17120-118
Total 151-108120-6570-21341-194
Career total 151-108152-87151-71454-266

Honours

Presentation College, Athenry
Clarinbridge
  • Galway Minor A Hurling Championship: 2015, 2016
  • Galway Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 2018
Galway

References

  1. Dooley, Alan (12 November 2015). "Niland's free bails Clarinbridge boys out of trouble". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  2. "Galway All-Ireland winner Niland hits 0-12 as Athenry win Connacht senior hurling title". The 42. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  3. Verney, Michael (5 December 2021). "Conor Cooney on song as St Thomas' outlast Clarinbridge to make it four in a row in Galway". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. "Jeffrey Lynskey's young Galway confound critics". Irish Examiner. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  5. Fallon, John (4 July 2018). "Sean Bleahene claims Leinster title as Galway see off Wexford in dramatic extra time finish". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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