Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Liam Ó Coileáin | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Right corner-forward | ||
Born | 2003 Cappataggle, County Galway, Ireland | ||
Occupation | Student | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Cappataggle | |||
Club titles | |||
Galway titles | 0 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
2022-present | University of Galway | ||
College titles | |||
Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2022- | Galway | 0 (0-00) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Leinster titles | 0 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NHL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 19:44, 22 March 2023. |
Liam Collins (born 2003) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Cappataggle and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. Collins usually lines out as a forward.
Collins first played hurling and Gaelic football as a schoolboy at Garbally College where he won a Connacht SBFC title in 2022. [1] He later won an All-Ireland freshers' title as a student at the University of Galway in 2023. [2] By this stage, Collins had already joined the Cappatagle senior team. [3]
Collins first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Galway minor hurling team that won a record fourth successive All-Ireland MHC title in 2020. [4] He was the team's top scorer with 3-14 and was later named GAA Minor Star Hurler of the Year. [5] Collins immediately progressed onto the Galway under-20 hurling team and came on as a substitute when they were beaten by Cork in the 2002 All-Ireland under-20 final. [6]
Collins made his senior team debut against Wexford during the 2023 National League. [7]
Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Galway Minor | 2020 | — | — | 3 | 3-14 | 3 | 3-14 | |||
Total | — | — | 3 | 3-14 | 3 | 3-14 | ||||
Galway U20 | 2021 | — | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | ||
2022 | — | 1 | 0-12 | — | 1 | 0-12 | ||||
Total | — | 2 | 0-12 | 1 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-12 | |||
Galway | 2023 | Division 1A | 4 | 0-04 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-04 |
Total | 4 | 0-04 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-04 | ||
Career total | 4 | 0-04 | 2 | 0-12 | 1 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-16 |