Colin Ryan (born 2 September 1988) is an Irish hurler. His league and championship career with the Clare senior team lasted ten years from 2007 to 2017.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left wing-forward | ||
| Born |
2 September 1988 Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Nickname | Colly | ||
| Occupation | Secondary school teacher | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2005-present | Newmarket-on-Fergus | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Clare titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2007-2017 | Clare | 25 (0-126) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 14:33, 7 October 2017. | |||
Born in Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, Ryan first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St. Flannan's College. Here he won an All-Ireland medal in 2005, as well as back-to-back Harty Cup medals.[1][2] Ryan simultaneously began his club career at juvenile and underage levels with Newmarket-on-Fergus. After earlier winning several county under-21 championship medals, he won a county senior championship medal in 2012.[3]
Ryan made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he joined the Clare minor team. After little success in this grade, he later won an All-Ireland medal with the under-21 team in 2009.[4] By this stage Ryan had joined the Clare senior team, making his debut during the 2007 championship. Over the course of the next ten years, Ryan won one All-Ireland medal and one National Hurling League medal.[5][6] Having earlier announced that he was taking an extended break from inter-county hurling, Ryan announced his retirement from the game on 6 October 2017.[7][8]
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team, Ryan won one Railway Cup medal.[citation needed]
Ryan attended NUI Galway.[9] He played for the university hurling team in the Fitzgibbon Cup, and was part of the side that lost the 2007 final.[10]
Career statistics edit
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Clare | 2007 | Division 1A | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 |
| 2008 | Division 1B | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | |
| 2009 | Division 1 | 6 | 1-24 | 1 | 0-12 | 1 | 0-00 | 8 | 1-36 | |
| 2010 | Division 2 | 8 | 5-36 | 1 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-03 | 10 | 5-40 | |
| 2011 | 7 | 3-23 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 8 | 3-23 | ||
| 2012 | Division 1B | 7 | 1-22 | 1 | 0-03 | 2 | 0-00 | 10 | 1-25 | |
| 2013 | Division 1A | 6 | 0-58 | 2 | 0-09 | 6 | 0-61 | 14 | 0-128 | |
| 2014 | 7 | 1-43 | 1 | 0-06 | 2 | 0-17 | 10 | 1-66 | ||
| 2015 | 5 | 0-29 | 1 | 0-07 | 2 | 0-05 | 8 | 0-41 | ||
| 2016 | Division 1B | 7 | 0-27 | 1 | 0-02 | 1 | 0-00 | 9 | 0-29 | |
| Total | 53 | 11-262 | 10 | 0-40 | 15 | 0-86 | 78 | 11-388 | ||
Honours edit
Team edit
- St. Flannan's College
- All-Ireland Colleges' Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2005
- Munster Colleges' Senior Hurling Championship (2): 2004, 2005
- Newmarket-on-Fergus
- Clare Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2012
- Clare
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2013
- National Hurling League (Division 1B) (1): 2012
- National Hurling League (Division 1A) (1): 2016
- All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2009
- Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 2009
- Munster
- Railway Cup (1): 2013
References edit
- ^ "Flannan's final flourish". Irish Independent. 15 March 2004. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ Larkin, Brendan (14 March 2004). "Flannan's power to Harty history". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (29 October 2012). "Newmarket end 31 years of hurt". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ O'Toole, Fintan (14 September 2009). "Last-gasp O'Donovan makes it a Clare day at Croker". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
- ^ "Clare win eight-goal thriller". Breaking News. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
- ^ "Colin Ryan: 'We live and die by the standards we set ourselves'". Irish Independent. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ^ "Colin Ryan's extended break from inter-county hurling paves way for big soccer quarter-final". Irish Independent. 8 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Colin Ryan becomes second Clare 2013 All Ireland winner to retire this week". Irish Independent. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "NUI Galway Students and Alumni Among All-Ireland Senior Hurling Finalists". 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ "Major Clare influence on NUIG Fitzgibbon campaign". The Clare Champion.