Jack Goulding

{{Infobox Gaelic games player

| code= Hurling

| sport = Hurling

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| name = Jack Goulding

| irish = Seán Ó Gabhláin

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| occupation = Physiotherapist

| county = London

| province = Leinster

| club = Ballyduff
Fulham Irish
St Gabriel's
Ballyduff

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| clyears = 2014-2019
2020-2023
2020-2023
2024-

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| colleges = University of Limerick

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| counties = Kerry
London

| icposition = Right corner-forward

| icyears = 2016-2019
2022-present

| icapps(points) = 6 (0-06)

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| icupdate = 22:37, 11 March 2018

| birth_date=1997

| birth_place=Ballyduff, County Kerry, Ireland

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Jack Goulding (born 1997) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays hurling with St Gabriel's and Gaelic football with Fulham Irish, having earlier played with Ballyduff, while he has also played at senior inter-county level with Kerry and London.

Career

Goulding first played hurling to a high standard as a student at Causeway Comprehensive school. He scored a vital goal when the school's under-16 team beat Roscrea Vocational School to claim the Munster Vocational JAHC title in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20184412.html|title=Goulding the Causeway hero|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=20 February 2012|accessdate=11 March 2018|first=|last=}} Goulding later lined out with University of Limerick and was a substitute for their Fitzgibbon Cup success in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/uls-scary-fitzgibbon-forward-line-rack-almighty-total-dit-148046|title=UL’s scary Fitzgibbon forward line rack up almighty total against DIT|publisher=SportsJoe|date=21 January 2018|accessdate=11 March 2018|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/starstudded-ul-claim-fitzgibbon-cup-despite-spirited-dcu-effort-36639644.html |title= Star-studded UL claim Fitzgibbon Cup despite spirited DCU effort|date=24 February 2018|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=26 February 2018}}

After progressing through the juvenile and underage ranks with the Ballyduff club, Goulding made his senior team debut in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20276978.html|title=Ballyduff pull clear with wind at backs|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=28 July 2014|accessdate=11 March 2024|first=|last=}} He won a Kerry SHC medal after a 4-13 to 1-19 defeat of Lixnaw in the 2017 final replay.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/brilliant-boyle-bags-hat-trick-and-25th-title-for-ballyduff/36230149.html|title=Brilliant Boyle bags hat-trick and 25th title for Ballyduff|publisher=Irish Independent|date=16 October 2017|accessdate=11 March 2024|first=|last=}} Goulding continued his club career after moving to London in 2020. With the Fulham Irish club he has won London SFC medals in 2020 and 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/2020-london-senior-football-final-5459632-Jun2021/|title=Fulham Irish clinch 2020 London SFC title with dramatic extra-time victory|publisher=The 42|date=6 June 2021|accessdate=2 December 2023|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2023/1029/1413613-fulham-irish-surge-to-fourth-london-sfc-crown/|title=Fulham Irish surge to fourth London SFC crown|publisher=RTÉ Sport|date=29 October 2023|accessdate=2 December 2023|first=Conor|last=Martin}} Goulding also won a London SHC medal with St Gabriel's in 2022.{{cite web |title=St Gabriels power to another London SHC title |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2022/1023/1330884-st-gabriels-power-to-another-london-shc-title/ |publisher=RTÉ Sport|access-date=26 October 2022 |date=23 October 2022}}

Goulding first appeared on the inter-county scene for Kerry as a dual player at minor level. He won back-to-back All-Ireland MBHC medals in 2014 and 2015, while he was also a member of the extended minor football panel that beat Tipperary by 4-14 to 0-06 to win the All-Ireland MFC title in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.kerrygaa.ie/news.php?item=1270&full=y|title=Kerry are Minor B Hurling Champs|publisher=Kerry GAA website|date=7 September 2013|accessdate=8 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810091309/http://www.kerrygaa.ie/news.php?item=1270&full=y|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/hurling/14-man-kerry-bag-three-in-a-row-285345.html|title=14-man Kerry bag three in-a-row|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=8 September 2014|accessdate=8 July 2015|first=James|last=Hayden}}{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/oconnors-troops-run-riot-31543869.html|title=O'Connor's troops run riot|date=21 September 2015|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=21 September 2015}} Goulding ended his underage inter-county tenure by winning an All-Ireland U21BHC medal in 2017, before becoming ineligible for the grade in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/kerry-wicklow-u21-b-3589847-Sep2017/|title=Kerry land 8th All-Ireland U21 B hurling crown with win over Wicklow|date=9 September 2017|publisher=The 42|accessdate=21 September 2023}}

Goulding made his senior team debut in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20381486.html|title=Daire Quinn and Dan McCormack set to debut for Tipperary|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=12 February 2016|accessdate=11 March 2024|first=|last=}} He later declared for London and made his first appearances for them in the 2022 National Hurling League.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/sport/gaa/first-win-of-league-campaign-as-classy-sligo-defeat-london/41404640.html|title=First win of league campaign as classy Sligo defeat London|publisher=Sligo Champion|date=3 March 2022|accessdate=11 March 2024|first=|last=}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|Year !colspan="3"\|National League !colspan="2"\|Ring Cup !colspan="2"\|McDonagh Cup !colspan="2"\|Leinster !colspan="2"\|All-Ireland !colspan="2"\|Total
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Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
rowspan="5"\|Kerry \|2016 \|rowspan="2"\|Division 1B \|5	0-06	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	3	0-04	colspan=2\|—	8	0-10
2017 \|6	0-03	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	3	0-02	colspan=2\|—	9	0-05
2018 \|rowspan="2"\|Division 2A \|5	2-06	colspan=2\|—	5	2-09	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	10	4-15
2019 \|5	3-10	colspan=2\|—	4	0-02	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	9	3-12
colspan="2"\|Total !21	5-25	colspan=2\|—	9	2-11	6	0-06	colspan=2\|—	36	7-42
rowspan="6"\|London \|2020 \|rowspan="5"\|Division 2B \|4	0-02	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	4	0-02
2021 \|colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—
2022 \|5	0-11	4	2-13	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	9	2-24
2023 \|4	5-14	5	0-13	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	9	5-27
2024 \|4	4-35	5	5-50	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	9	9-85
colspan="2"\|Total !17	9-62	14	7-76	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	colspan=2\|—	31	16-138
colspan="3"\|Career total !38	14-87	14	7-76	9	2-11	6	0-06	colspan=2\|—	67	23-180