Jason Flynn
# Jason Flynn

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 inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling 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.

### 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 | National League | National League | Leinstser | Leinstser | All-Ireland | All-Ireland | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Year | 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 |
| Galway | 2015 | Division 1A | 6 | 0-29 | 3 | 1-11 | 3 | 0-12 | 12 | 1-52 |
| Galway | 2016 | Division 1A | 5 | 0-05 | 3 | 1-03 | 2 | 0-02 | 10 | 1-10 |
| Galway | 2017 | Division 1B | 6 | 4-22 | 3 | 1-02 | 2 | 0-02 | 11 | 5-26 |
| Galway | 2018 | Division 1B | 4 | 1-17 | 6 | 1-14 | 3 | 0-03 | 13 | 2-34 |
| Galway | 2019 | Division 1B | 5 | 1-16 | 4 | 0-15 | — | — | 9 | 1-31 |
| Galway | 2020 | Division 1A | 5 | 1-02 | 2 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-01 | 9 | 1-05 |
| Galway | 2021 | Division 1A | 4 | 0-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 2-01 | 5 | 2-03 |
| Total | Total | 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

* All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: 2017
* Leinster Senior Hurling Championship: 2017, 2018
* National Hurling League: 2017, 2021
* All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: 2011
