Evan Niland

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Evan Niland
Personal information
Irish name Eimhín Ó Nialláin
Sport Hurling
Position Full-forward
Born (1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 25)
Clarinbridge,
County Galway, Ireland
Occupation Student
Club(s)*
YearsClubApps (scores)
2015-present
 Clarinbridge 54 (3-535)
Club titles
Galway titles 0
Colleges(s)
YearsCollegeApps (scores)
2017-present
 University of Galway 19 (1-224)
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)**
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2019-present
 Galway 24 (0-118)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 1
All Stars 0
* club appearances and scores correct as of 22:28, 06 December 2023.
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:42, 26 May 2024.

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.

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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 December 2023.
TeamYear 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
2023 51-54
Career total543-535

Inter-county

As of match played 26 May 2024.
TeamYear National League LeinsterAll-IrelandTotal
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 00-0000-00—00-00
2020 Division 1A 30-1810-0020-0260-20
202150-4210-0210-0270-46
202231-0740-0320-0091-10
202340-4160-6020-17120-118
2024 Division 1B 40-4050-3200-0090-72
Total191-148170-9770-21431-266
Career total191-148202-119151-71544-338

Honours

Presentation College, Athenry
National University of Galway
Clarinbridge
Galway

Individual

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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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