{{short description|Irish hurler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2020}} {{infobox Gaelic games player |image = |name = Evan Niland |irish = Eimhín Ó Nialláin |nickname = |occupation = Teacher |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|7|10|df=yes}} |birth_place = Clarinbridge,<br>County Galway, Ireland |height = 1.73m (5ft 8in) |sport = Hurling |code = Hurling |county = Galway |province = Leinster |club = Clarinbridge |clyears = 2015-present |clposition = corner forward |clapps(points) = 64 (6-647) |clcounty = 0 |clprovince = |clallireland = |colleges = University of Galway |fitz = 0 |colyears = 2017-2023 |colapps(points) = 20 (1-225) |counties = Galway |icyears = 2019-present |icposition = Corner-forward |icapps(points) = 26 (1-125) |icprovince = 0 |icallireland = 0 |nhl = 1 |allstars = 0 |clupdate = 22:28, 06 December 2025 |icupdate = 21:42, 26 May 2026 }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://connachttribune.ie/63108-2-444/|title=Niland’s free bails Clarinbridge boys out of trouble|publisher=Connacht Tribune|date=12 November 2015|accessdate=13 January 2020|first=Alan|last=Dooley}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/athenry-gort-connacht-2615092-Feb2016/|title=Galway All-Ireland winner Niland hits 0-12 as Athenry win Connacht senior hurling title|publisher=The 42|date=20 February 2016|accessdate=17 March 2022|first=|last=}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/conor-cooney-on-song-as-st-thomas-outlast-clarinbridge-to-make-it-four-in-a-row-in-galway-41120291.html|title=Conor Cooney on song as St Thomas' outlast Clarinbridge to make it four in a row in Galway|publisher=Irish Independent|date=5 December 2021|accessdate=17 March 2022|first=Michael|last=Verney}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/jeffrey-lynskeys-young-galway-confound-critics-352431.html|title=Jeffrey Lynskey's young Galway confound critics|date=7 September 2015|publisher=Irish Examiner|accessdate=8 September 2015}}</ref> He later won a Leinster U21 Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/sean-bleahene-claims-leinster-title-as-galway-see-off-wexford-in-dramatic-extra-time-finish-37082167.html|title=Sean Bleahene claims Leinster title as Galway see off Wexford in dramatic extra time finish|publisher=Irish Independent|date=4 July 2018|accessdate=17 March 2022|first=John|last=Fallon}}</ref> Niland was drafted onto the Galway senior hurling team in 2019.
==Career statistics== ===Club===
{{updated|match played 6 December 2025.}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|Year !colspan="2"|Galway SHC |- !Apps!!Score |- |rowspan="11”|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 |- |2024 ||6||2-72 |- |2025 ||4||1-43 |- !colspan="2”|Career total !64!!6-647 |}
===Inter-county===
{{updated|match played 26 May 2025.}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|Year !colspan="3"|National League !colspan="2"|Leinster !colspan="2"|All-Ireland !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Score!!Apps!!Score!!Apps!!Score!!Apps!!Score |- |rowspan="3"|Galway Minor |2015 |colspan=3|—||colspan=2|—||4||0-31||4||0-31 |- |2016 |colspan=3|—||colspan=2|—||2||1-12||2||1-12 |- !Total !colspan=3|—!!colspan=2|—!!6!!1-43!!6!!1-43 |- |rowspan="3"|Galway U21 |2017 |colspan=3|—||colspan=2|—||1||0-01||1||0-01 |- |2018 |colspan=3|—||3||2-22||1||0-06||4||2-28 |- !Total !colspan=3|—!!3!!2-22!!2!!0-07!!5!!2-29 |- |rowspan="8””|Galway |2019 |rowspan="1"|Division 1B |0||0-00||0||0-00||colspan=2|—||0||0-00 |- |2020 |rowspan="4"|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||0-02||9||1-12 |- |2023 |4||0-41||6||0-60||2||0-17||12||0-118 |- |2024 |rowspan="2”|Division 1B |5||0-40||5||0-32|| colspan=2|— ||10||0-72 |- |2025 |2||0-16||0||0-00|||0||0-00||2||0-16 |- |2026 |rowspan="1”|Division 1A |1||0-01||2||0-06|||0||0-00||3|||0-07 |-
!colspan="3”|Total !23!!1-165!!19!!0-103!!7!!0-21!!50!!1-289 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !23!!1-165!!22!!2-125!!15!!1-71!!61!!4-361 |}
==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 *Fitzgibbon CupTop Scorer 2019, 2022, 2023
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Galway Hurling Team}} {{Navboxes |title= Evan Niland navigation boxes |bg= |fg= |list1= {{Galway Minor Hurling Team 2015}} {{2019 GAA Rising Stars Hurling Team}} {{2022 GAA Rising Stars Hurling Team}} }}
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