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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Eimhín Ó Nialláin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
10 July 1998 Clarinbridge, County Galway, Ireland | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
2015-present | Clarinbridge | 54 (3-535) | |
| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 0 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | Apps (scores) | |
2017-present | University of Galway | 19 (1-224) | |
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)** | |||
| Years | County | Apps (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. | |||
Career
editNiland 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
editClub
edit- As of match played 6 December 2023.
| Team | Year | Galway SHC | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | ||
| Clarinbridge | 2015 | 4 | 0-39 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1-44 | |
| 2017 | 9 | 0-70 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 0-76 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 1-58 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0-32 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0-75 | |
| 2022 | 8 | 0-87 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 1-54 | |
| Career total | 54 | 3-535 | |
Inter-county
edit- As of match played 26 May 2024.
| Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Galway Minor | 2015 | — | — | 4 | 0-31 | 4 | 0-31 | |||
| 2016 | — | — | 2 | 1-12 | 2 | 1-12 | ||||
| Total | — | — | 6 | 1-43 | 6 | 1-43 | ||||
| Galway U21 | 2017 | — | — | 1 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-01 | |||
| 2018 | — | 3 | 2-22 | 1 | 0-06 | 4 | 2-28 | |||
| Total | — | 3 | 2-22 | 2 | 0-07 | 5 | 2-29 | |||
| Galway | 2019 | Division 1B | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | — | 0 | 0-00 | |
| 2020 | Division 1A | 3 | 0-18 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-02 | 6 | 0-20 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0-42 | 1 | 0-02 | 1 | 0-02 | 7 | 0-46 | ||
| 2022 | 3 | 1-07 | 4 | 0-03 | 2 | 0-00 | 9 | 1-10 | ||
| 2023 | 4 | 0-41 | 6 | 0-60 | 2 | 0-17 | 12 | 0-118 | ||
| 2024 | Division 1B | 4 | 0-40 | 5 | 0-32 | 0 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-72 | |
| Total | 19 | 1-148 | 17 | 0-97 | 7 | 0-21 | 43 | 1-266 | ||
| Career total | 19 | 1-148 | 20 | 2-119 | 15 | 1-71 | 54 | 4-338 | ||
Honours
edit- Presentation College, Athenry
- Connacht Colleges Senior Hurling Championship: 2014, 2015, 2016
- National University of Galway
- Fitzgibbon Cup Runners-up (2): 2022, 2023
- Clarinbridge
- Galway Minor A Hurling Championship: 2015, 2016
- Galway Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 2018
- Galway
Individual
edit- Fitzgibbon Cup All Star: 2019, 2022
- All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship Final Man of the Match: 2015
References
edit- ^ Dooley, Alan (12 November 2015). "Niland's free bails Clarinbridge boys out of trouble". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Galway All-Ireland winner Niland hits 0-12 as Athenry win Connacht senior hurling title". The 42. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Jeffrey Lynskey's young Galway confound critics". Irish Examiner. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ 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.