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{{Short description|Kilkenny hurler}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2008}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| code= Hurling
| sport = Hurling
| image = 
| name = James Ryall
| irish = Séamas Ó Raghaill
| fullname = James Ryall|
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| feet = 6
| inches = 3
| occupation = Sales representative
| nickname = Ryallers
| county = Kilkenny
| province = Leinster
| club = [[Graigue–Ballycallan GAA|Graigue–Ballycallan]]
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| clcounty = 1
| clprovince= 1
| clallireland = 0
| counties = [[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]]
| icposition = Right wing-back
| icyears = 2003–2010
| icapps(points) = 20 (0–00)
| icprovince = 7
| icallireland = 6
| allstars = 0
| nhl = 2
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| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1980|11|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place=[[Ballycallan]], [[County Kilkenny]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
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'''James Ryall''' (born 14 November 1980) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Hurling|hurler]] who plays for his local club [[Graigue–Ballycallan GAA|Graigue–Ballycallan]] and at senior level for the [[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny county team]] from 2002 to 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/1220/ryall_kilkenny.html|title=Ryall calls time on Cats career|date=20 December 2010|publisher=RTÉ|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223084445/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/1220/ryall_kilkenny.html|archive-date=2010-12-23 }}</ref>

==Biography==
James Ryall was born in Kilmanagh, [[County Kilkenny]] in 1980. He was educated locally and later attended [[Coláiste Éamann Rís]] in [[Kilkenny]], a well known hurling school. Here his hurling talents were quickly spotted and he won a Leinster Colleges' title with the school's senior hurling team. Ryall later attended the [[Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology]], where he was named Hurler of the Year in 2001. He currently{{when|date=October 2020}} works as a sales rep with Michael Lyng Motors Kilkenny.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

==Playing career==
===Club===
Ryall plays for his local [[Graigue–Ballycallan GAA|Graigue–Ballycallan]] club. He had some success at underage level and was on the panel when his club won the [[Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship|county championship]] in 1998 and 2000.

===Inter-county===
Although never having All-Ireland success at minor or under-21 level with [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]], Ryall became a key member of the team after joining the panel in [[2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2002]]. Within a year of joining the team he had won his first [[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|Leinster SHC]] and [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland SHC]] titles, following wins over [[Wexford county hurling team|Wexford]] and [[Cork county hurling team|Cork]] respectively. In 2004 Kilkenny were aiming to win a third All-Ireland SHC title in-a-row; however, Kilkenny ended that year without any major title. The team was back in 2005 with Ryall collecting his first [[National Hurling League]] medal,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2005/0424/kilkenny.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908220658/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2005/0424/kilkenny.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 September 2012|title=Cats exude class dispensing with Tipp|date=24 April 2005|publisher=RTÉ|access-date=21 November 2010}}</ref> as well as a second Leinster SHC title. [[Galway county hurling team|Galway]] later defeated Kilkenny in an All-Ireland SHC semi-final. In 2006 Ryall won his third Leinster SHC medal, before later collecting his second All-Ireland medal following a win over Cork.

On 8 September 2010, speculation went around that Ryall was retiring from inter-county hurling defeat by [[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]]; however, it turned out originally that the report was misquoted. In December, 2010 Ryall confirmed his retirement from inter-county hurling.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/2010/12/20/james-ryall-retires-from-kilkenny-team/ | title=SportsNewsIreland | work=sportsnewsireland.com}}{{dead link|date=April 2012}}</ref>

==Honours==
;Kilkenny
*'''[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]]''':
**'''Winner (6):''' 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
*'''[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]''':
**'''Winner (8):''' 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
*'''[[National Hurling League]]''':
**'''Winner (5):''' 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009
*'''[[Walsh Cup (hurling)|Walsh Cup]]''': 
**'''Winner (4):''' 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Graigue–Ballycallan Hurling Team 1999}}
{{Graigue–Ballycallan Hurling Team 2000}}
{{Graigue–Ballycallan Hurling Team 2001}}
{{2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions}}
{{2003 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions}}
{{Kilkenny Hurling Team 2004}}
{{2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions}}
{{2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions}}
{{2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions}}
{{2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions}}
{{Kilkenny Hurling Team 2010}}

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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners]]
[[Category:Graigue-Ballycallan hurlers]]
[[Category:Irish salespeople]]
[[Category:Kilkenny inter-county hurlers]]
[[Category:21st-century Irish sportsmen]]