Jason Flynn
.jpg) Flynn in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 November 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right corner forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jason Flynn (born 16 November 1994) is an Irish hurler who plays as a right corner-forward for club side Tommy Larkin's and at senior level with the Galway county team.
Playing career
College
Flynn first came to prominence as a hurler with Mercy College in Woodford. Having played in every grade as a hurler, he was subsequently selected for the college's senior hurling team as well as playing for the amalgamated Mercy Colleges team. In 2013, Flynn won a Connacht Championship medal when Mercy Colleges defeated Presentation College from Athenry by 0–14 to 0-09.
University
As a student at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Flynn was a regular player on the institute's senior hurling team in the Fitzgibbon Cup.
Club
Flynn joined the Tommy Larkin's club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels before eventually joining the club's top adult team.[citation needed]
Inter-county
Minor and under-21
Flynn first played for Galway as a member of the minor hurling team on 25 July 2010. He made his first appearance in a 1–15 to 2-08 All-Ireland quarter-final defeat of Waterford at Croke Park.
On 4 September 2011, Flynn scored three points from right wing-forward in Galway's 1–21 to 1–12 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final.
After completing an unsuccessful third season with the Galway minor team, Flynn made his first appearance for the Galway under-21 team on 24 August 2013 in a 1–16 to 0-07 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Clare.
Senior
Flynn made his first appearance for the Galway senior hurling team in a 0–28 to 1-12 National Hurling League defeat of Dublin on 16 February 2014. Later that season he made his first championship appearance, replacing Cathal Mannion in the 50th minute of a Leinster Championship defeat of Laois.
On 6 September 2015, Flynn scored four points from right corner-forward in Galway's 1–22 to 1–18 defeat by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.
On 23 April 2017, Flynn scored 2-01 from play when Galway defeated Tipperary by 3–21 to 0–14 to win the National Hurling League. Later that season he won his first Leinster Championship medal after Galway's 0–29 to 1–17 defeat of Wexford in the final. On 3 September 2017, Flynn came on as a substitute when Galway won their first All-Ireland in 29 years after a 0–26 to 2–17 defeat of Waterford in the final.
On 8 July 2018, Flynn won a second successive Leinster Championship medal following Galway's 1–28 to 3–15 defeat of Kilkenny in the final replay.
Career statistics
- As of match played 24 July 2021.
| Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Galway | 2014 | Division 1A | 7 | 1-04 | 3 | 1-06 | 1 | 1-00 | 11 | 3-10 |
| 2015 | 6 | 0-29 | 3 | 1-11 | 3 | 0-12 | 12 | 1-52 | ||
| 2016 | 5 | 0-05 | 3 | 1-03 | 2 | 0-02 | 10 | 1-10 | ||
| 2017 | Division 1B | 6 | 4-22 | 3 | 1-02 | 2 | 0-02 | 11 | 5-26 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 1-17 | 6 | 1-14 | 3 | 0-03 | 13 | 2-34 | ||
| 2019 | 5 | 1-16 | 4 | 0-15 | — | 9 | 1-31 | |||
| 2020 | Division 1A | 5 | 1-02 | 2 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-01 | 9 | 1-05 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 2-01 | 5 | 2-03 | ||
| Total | 42 | 8-97 | 24 | 5-53 | 14 | 3-21 | 80 | 16-171 | ||
Honours
- Mercy College
- Connacht Colleges Senior Hurling Championship: 2013
- Connacht Colleges Senior B Hurling Championship: 2012
- Galway