Evan Niland (born 10 July 1998) is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club

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and at inter-county level with the

Galway senior hurling team The Galway county hurling team ( ) represents Galway in hurling and is governed by Galway GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Hu ...

. He usually lines out as a corner-forward.

Career

Niland first came to hurling prominence as a schoolboy with the Presentation College in

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, with whom he won three successive Connacht Colleges Championships. He simultaneously lined out with the

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

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in the 2015 All-Ireland minor hurling final. He later won a Leinster U21 Championship. Niland was drafted onto the

in 2019.

Career statistics

Club

Inter-county

Honours

;Presentation College, Athenry * Connacht Colleges Senior Hurling Championship: 2014, 2015, 2016 ;Clarinbridge *Galway Minor A Hurling Championship: 2015, 2016 *Galway Under-21 A Hurling Championship: 2018 ;Galway *

National Hurling League The National Hurling League is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition featuring teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925 by the Gaelic Athletic Association, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation within the l ...

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Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship The Leinster GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-20 Championship known simply as the Leinster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the high ...

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All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). I ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Niland, Evan 1998 births Living people University of Galway hurlers Clarinbridge hurlers Galway inter-county hurlers