'Go-to guy' Evan Niland backed for breakout year for Galway hurlers

Evan Niland of Galway takes a free against Tipperary at Pearse Stadium. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Whether it be as a first-team regular or coming off the bench, former Galway hurler Cathal Moore and the county’s U20 manager Jeffrey Lynskey have backed Evan Niland to make his mark on this summer’s Championship.

A standout talent at minor and post-primary level, Niland, though still only 23, has taken slightly longer than expected to climb to a point on the Galway ladder where he is now seeing game-time with each outing of Shane O’Neill’s side.