Donie Collins
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Dónall Ó Coileáin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right wing-forward | ||
| Born |
1 September 1950 Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland |
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| Occupation | Insurance official | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
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Blackrock James Stephens Castlehaven |
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| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 5 | ||
| Munster titles | 5 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 4 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 1971-1972 | Cork | 4 (1-4) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Donal "Donie" Collins (born 1 September 1950) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Cork senior team.
Collins joined the team during the 1971-72 National Hurling League and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for just one season until he left the panel after the 1972 championship. During that time he won one Munster medal and one National League medal. Collins was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.
At club level Collins was a record four-time All-Ireland medalist with Blackrock and James Stephens. In addition to this he has also won five Munster medals and five county club championship medals.
Collins began his club hurling career with Castlehaven, however, a move to Cork city resulted in a transfer to Blackrock.
In 1971 he lined out in his first senior decider as Blackrock faced St. Finbarr's. After a decade in the doldrums the Rockies were back and a 2-19 to 5-4 victory secured a championship medal for Collins. Blackrock subsequently represented Cork in the provincial series of games and faced Moyne-Templetuohy in the decider. An impressive 4-10 to 3-1 victory gave Collins a Munster medal. The subsequent All-Ireland decider pitted Blackrock against Rathnure. A high-scoring game followed, however, a narrow 5-13 to 6-9 victory gave Collins an All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship medal.
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