| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Gearóid Ó Coileáin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Born | 13 July 1999 Ballinhassig, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2018-present | Ballinhassig | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 0 | ||
| College | |||
| Years | College | ||
2018-present | Cork Institute of Technology | ||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2018-2023 | Cork | 0 (0-00) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 21:34, 3 July 2021. | |||
Ger Collins (born 13 July 1999) is an Irish hurler who plays as a goalkeeper for Cork Premier Championship club Ballinhassig and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team.
Collins joined the Ballinhassig club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels as a hurler and Gaelic footballer.[ citation needed ]
On 16 September 2018, Collins made his first appearance for Ballinhassig's top adult team when he lined out in goal for their 1-22 to 0-14 defeat by Valley Rovers in the Premier Intermediate Championship.[ citation needed ]
Collins first lined out for Cork as a member of the minor team during the 2016 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance in goal on 6 April in a 0-17 to 1-10 defeat of Waterford. [1]
Collins was eligible for the minor grade again the following year. On 9 July, he was in goal when Cork defeated Clare by 4-21 to 0-16 to win the Munster Championship for the first time since 2008. [2] On 3 September, Collins was again in goal when Cork suffered a 2-17 to 2-15 defeat by Galway in the All-Ireland final. [3]
Collins subsequently joined the Cork under-21 team for the 2018 Munster Championship and took over as goalkeeper from his brother Patrick. [4] On 4 July, he won a Munster Championship medal following Cork's 2-23 to 1-13 defeat of Tipperary in the final. [5] On 26 August, Collins was in goal for Cork's 3-13 to 1-16 All-Ireland final defeat by Tipperary. [6] He was later named as goalkeeper on the Team of the Year. [7]
On 3 July 2019, Collins made his first appearance for Cork's inaugural under-20 team in the Munster Championship. He lined out in goal in the 1-20 to 0-16 defeat of Limerick. [8] On 23 July 2019, Collins was again in goal when Cork suffered a 3-15 to 2-17 defeat by Tipperary in the Munster final. [9] He was again selected in goal when Cork faced Tipperary for a second time in the All-Ireland final on 24 August 2019, however, he ended the game on the losing side after a 5-17 to 1-18 defeat. [10]
Collins was a late addition to the Cork senior team during the 2018 All-Ireland Championship. [11] On 29 July, he was an unused substitute when Cork suffered a 3-32 to 2-21 extra-time defeat by Limerick in the All-Ireland semi-final. [12]
| Team | Year | Cork PIHC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | ||
| Ballinhassig | 2018 | 1 | 0-00 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0-00 | |
| Career total | 2 | 0-00 | |
| Team | Year | Cork SHC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | ||
| Cork I.T. | 2019 | 1 | 0-07 |
| Career total | 1 | 0-07 | |
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 2018 | Division 1A | — | — | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| 2019 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2021 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | ||