Colin Ryan
Personal information
Sport Hurling
Position Left wing-forward
Born (1988-09-02) 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.

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.

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.

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

Team Year National League Munster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Clare 2007 Division 1A 00-0010-0000-0010-00
2008 Division 1B 00-0000-0000-0000-00
2009 Division 1 61-2410-1210-0081-36
2010 Division 2 85-3610-0110-03105-40
2011 73-2310-0000-0083-23
2012 Division 1B 71-2210-0320-00101-25
2013 Division 1A 60-5820-0960-61140-128
2014 71-4310-0620-17101-66
2015 50-2910-0720-0580-41
2016 Division 1B 70-2710-0210-0090-29
Total 5311-262100-40150-867811-388

Honours

Team

St. Flannan's College
Newmarket-on-Fergus
Clare
Munster

References

  1. ↑ "Flannan's final flourish". Irish Independent. 15 March 2004. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Brendan (14 March 2004). "Flannan's power to Harty history". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  3. ↑ O'Flynn, Diarmuid (29 October 2012). "Newmarket end 31 years of hurt". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  4. ↑ O'Toole, Fintan (14 September 2009). "Last-gasp O'Donovan makes it a Clare day at Croker". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Clare win eight-goal thriller". Breaking News. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Colin Ryan: 'We live and die by the standards we set ourselves'". Irish Independent. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "Colin Ryan becomes second Clare 2013 All Ireland winner to retire this week". Irish Independent. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "Major Clare influence on NUIG Fitzgibbon campaign". The Clare Champion.
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