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. He usually lines out as a corner-forward. His brother Aaron also plays for both teams.
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. 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. 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. He later won a Leinster U21 Championship. Niland was drafted onto the Galway senior hurling team in 2019.
Career statistics Club
TeamYearGalway SHCAppsScoreClarinbridge201540-39201651-44201790-70201870-76201961-58202030-32202170-75202280-87202351-54202462-72202541-43Career total646-647
Inter-county
TeamYearNational LeagueLeinsterAll-IrelandTotalDivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreGalway Minor2015——40-3140-312016——21-1221-12Total——61-4361-43Galway U212017——10-0110-012018—32-2210-0642-28Total—32-2220-0752-29Galway2019Division 1B00-0000-00—00-002020Division 1A30-1810-0020-0260-20202150-4210-0210-0270-46202231-0751-0320-02102-12202340-4160-6020-17120-1182024Division 1B50-4050-32— 100-72202520-1600-0000-0020-162026Division 1A10-0120-0600-0030-07Total231-165201-10470-21502-290Career total231-165233-126151-71615-362
Honours 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 National Hurling League: 2021 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 2026 Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2018 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 2015 Walsh Cup: 2023, 2026
Individual Fitzgibbon Cup All Star: 2019, 2022 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship Final Man of the Match: 2015 Fitzgibbon CupTop Scorer 2019, 2022, 2023
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