# Evan Niland

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.

## 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

    As of match played 6 December 2024.
| Team | Year | Galway SHC | Galway SHC |
| Team | Year | Apps | Score |
| Clarinbridge | 2015 | 4 | 0-39 |
| Clarinbridge | 2016 | 5 | 1-44 |
| Clarinbridge | 2017 | 9 | 0-70 |
| Clarinbridge | 2018 | 7 | 0-76 |
| Clarinbridge | 2019 | 6 | 1-58 |
| Clarinbridge | 2020 | 3 | 0-32 |
| Clarinbridge | 2021 | 7 | 0-75 |
| Clarinbridge | 2022 | 8 | 0-87 |
| Clarinbridge | 2023 | 5 | 1-54 |
| Clarinbridge | 2024 | 6 | 2-72 |
| Career total | Career total | 60 | 5-607 |

### Inter-county

    As of match played 26 May 2024.
| Team | Year | National League | National League | National League | Leinster | Leinster | All-Ireland | All-Ireland | Total | Total |
| Team | Year | Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| Galway Minor | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0-31 | 4 | 0-31 |
| Galway Minor | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1-12 | 2 | 1-12 |
| Galway Minor | Total | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1-43 | 6 | 1-43 |
| Galway U21 | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-01 |
| Galway U21 | 2018 | — | — | — | 3 | 2-22 | 1 | 0-06 | 4 | 2-28 |
| Galway U21 | Total | — | — | — | 3 | 2-22 | 2 | 0-07 | 5 | 2-29 |
| Galway | 2019 | Division 1B | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | — | — | 0 | 0-00 |
| Galway | 2020 | Division 1A | 3 | 0-18 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-02 | 6 | 0-20 |
| Galway | 2021 | Division 1A | 5 | 0-42 | 1 | 0-02 | 1 | 0-02 | 7 | 0-46 |
| Galway | 2022 | Division 1A | 3 | 1-07 | 4 | 0-03 | 2 | 0-00 | 9 | 1-10 |
| Galway | 2023 | Division 1A | 4 | 0-41 | 6 | 0-60 | 2 | 0-17 | 12 | 0-118 |
| Galway | 2024 | Division 1B | 4 | 0-40 | 5 | 0-32 | 0 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-72 |
| Galway | Total | Total | 19 | 1-148 | 17 | 0-97 | 7 | 0-21 | 43 | 1-266 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 19 | 1-148 | 20 | 2-119 | 15 | 1-71 | 54 | 4-338 |

## 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 Under-21 Hurling Championship: 2018
* All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 2015
* Walsh Cup: 2023

## Individual

* Fitzgibbon Cup All Star: 2019, 2022
* All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship Final Man of the Match: 2015