David Collins (hurler)

David Collins

Personal information
Irish name	Daithí Ó Coileáin
Sport	Hurling
Position	Left Half Back
Born	1984 Galway
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Nickname	Davy
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Liam Mellows
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
2004-	Galway	9 (0-0)

David Collins (born 1984) is an Irish sportsman. He plays hurling with his local club Liam Mellows and with the Galway^[1] senior inter-county team. He plays in the midfield position on both teams.

Early life

David Collins was born in the Renmore area of Galway in 1984. From an early age he showed a great interest in the game of hurling. In time he would go on to play for club and county, and currently captained the Galway county senior hurling team.^[1]

Playing career

Club

Collins plays his club hurling with his local Liam Mellows GAA club in Galway. He has had some success at underage level, however, the club hasn't won a senior county championship since 1970.

Inter-county

In the early 2000s Collins started playing on the Galway minor huling panel. He had little success at this level but won an All-Ireland medal at under-21 level in 2005. By this stage Collins had already joined the Galway senior hurling panel. He won a National Hurling League medal in 2004 and made his senior championship later that same year. The following year Galway played Cork in the All-Ireland final. Collins ended up on the losing side in the final, however, his performance in the championship earned him the coveted "Young Hurler of the Year" award. In 2006 Galway had a poor season and they were eliminated from the championship by eventual winners Kilkenny. At the end of the year Ger Loughnane was appointed manager of Galway and Collins was appointed captain of the side for the 2007 championship.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Collins handed Galway start". Hogan Stand. 25 February 2010. http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=124483. Retrieved 17 January 2011. 

Preceded by Brian Murphy (Cork)	Vodafone Young Hurler of the Year 2005	Succeeded by James 'Cha' Fitzpatrick (Kilkenny)
Preceded by Liam Donoghue	Galway Senior Hurling Captain 2007	Succeeded by Ollie Canning

Teams

Persondata
Name	Collins, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1984
Place of birth	Galway
Date of death
Place of death