Liam Collins
{{Short description|Irish hurler (born 2003)}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| code = Hurling
| sport = Hurling
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| name = Liam Collins
| irish = Liam Ó Coileáin
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| occupation = Student
| county = Galway
| province = Leinster
| club = Cappataggle
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| clcounty = 0
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| colleges = University of Galway
| colyears = 2022-present
| fitz = 0
| counties = Galway
| icposition = Right corner-forward
| icyears = 2022-
| icapps(points) = 0 (0-00)
| icprovince = 0
| icallireland = 0
| nhl = 0
| allstars = 0
| clupdate =
| icupdate = 19:44, 22 March 2023
| birth_date = 2003
| birth_place = Cappataggle,
County Galway, Ireland
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Liam Collins (born 2003) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Cappataggle and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. Collins usually lines out as a forward.
Career
Collins first played hurling and Gaelic football as a schoolboy at Garbally College where he won a Connacht SBFC title in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://roscommonherald.ie/2022/02/12/garbally-college-blow-nathys-away-with-a-stunning-attacking-display/|title=Garbally College blow Nathy's away with a stunning attacking display|date=12 February 2022|publisher=Roscommon Herald|access-date=22 March 2023|first=|last=}} He later won an All-Ireland freshers' title as a student at the University of Galway in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41083396.html|title=University of Galway too good for UL in Fresher Final|date=1 March 2023|publisher=Irish Examiner|access-date=22 March 2023|first=|last=}} By this stage, Collins had already joined the Cappatagle senior team.{{cite web|url=https://connachttribune.ie/dozen-points-for-collins-in-cappataggles-romp-home/|title=Dozen points for Collins in Cappataggle’s romp home|date=25 August 2022|publisher=Connacht Tribune|access-date=22 March 2023|first=|last=}}
Collins first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Galway minor hurling team that won a record fourth successive All-Ireland MHC title in 2020.{{cite web|url= https://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/all-ireland-mhc-final-galway-retain-title/|title =All Ireland MHC Final: Galway retain title|date=10 July 2021|publisher=GAA website|accessdate=10 July 2021}} He was the team's top scorer with 3-14 and was later named GAA Minor Star Hurler of the Year.{{cite web|url=https://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/electric-ireland-announce-2020-minor-hurling-team-of-the-year/|title=Electric Ireland announce 2020 Minor Hurling Team of the Year|publisher=GAA website|date=20 July 2021|accessdate=12 September 2021|first=|last=}} Collins immediately progressed onto the Galway under-20 hurling team and came on as a substitute when they were beaten by Cork in the 2002 All-Ireland under-20 final.{{cite web|url=https://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/impressive-cork-crowned-bge-all-ireland-u-20-hurling-champions/|title=Impressive Cork crowned BGE All-Ireland U-20 Hurling Champions|date=18 August 2021|publisher=GAA website|access-date=18 August 2021|first=|last=}}
Collins made his senior team debut against Wexford during the 2023 National League.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/galway-wexford-5987854-Feb2023/|title=Galway stride clear in second half for an opening-day win away to Wexford|date=4 February 2023|publisher=The 42|access-date=6 February 2023|first=|last=}}
Career statistics
{{updated|19 March 2023}}
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| 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="2"|Galway Minor
|2020 |colspan=3|— | colspan=2|— | 3 | 3-14 | 3 | 3-14 | |||
| Total
!colspan=3|— | colspan=2|— | 3||3-14 | 3 | 3-14 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|Galway U20
|2021 |colspan=3|— | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | ||
| 2022
|colspan=3|— | 1 | 0-12 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0-12 | |||
| Total
!colspan=3|— | 2 | 0-12 | 1 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-12 | ||
| rowspan="2"|Galway
|2023 |rowspan="1"|Division 1A |4 | 0-04 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-04 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!4 | 0-04 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-04 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!4 | 0-04 | 2 | 0-12 | 1 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-16 |
Honours
;Garbally College
- Connacht Post Primary Schools Senior B Football Championship: 2022
;University of Galway
- All-Ireland Freshers' Hurling Championship: 2023
;Galway
References
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