David Collins (hurler)

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David Collins

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Irish Name	Daithí Ó Coileáin
Full name	David Collins
Date of Birth	1984
Place of birth	Galway, Ireland
Nickname(s)	Dave
Club information
Club	Liam Mellows
Position	Midfield
Club(s)*
Club	Years	Apps (scores)
Inter County
County	Galway
Position	Midfield
Inter County(ies)**
County	Years	Apps (scores)
Galway	2004-	9 (0-0)
Inter County Titles
Connacht Titles	0
All-Ireland	0
* club appearances and scores correct as of . **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of .

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

Contents 1 Early life 2 Playing career 2.1 Club 2.2 Inter-county 3 Teams

[edit] 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 and in time he would go on to play for club and county.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] 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.

[edit] Inter-county

In the early 2000s Collins started playing on the Galway minor huling panel. He had little success at this level, however, he won an All-Ireland medal with his native county's under-21 side 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.

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 Incumbent

[edit] Teams

	Galway Senior Hurling Team 2006
1 L. Donoghue (Capt.) | 2 D. Joyce | 3 T. Óg Regan | 4 O. Canning | 5 D. Hardiman | 6 S. Kavanagh | 7 David Hayes | 8 F. Healy | 9 D. Collins | 10 G. Farragher | 11 D. Forde | 12 A. Keary | 13 Damien Hayes | 14 R. Murray | 15 A. Kerins | Manager: C. Hayes