Career
Is an Irish sportsperson. Club Lyng plays both hurling and Gaelic football with his local club Saint Martin"s in Piercestown and has enjoyed much success. After losing a final in the meantime Saint Martin"s were back in the championship decider in 2008.
A 1-13 to 1-8 defeat of Oulart-the-Ballagh gave Lyng his first county title on the field of play.
Inter-county He enjoyed little success in this grade having lost a Leinster decider to Kilkenny. He later joined the Wexford under-21 team, winning back-to-back Leinster titles in 2001 and 2002.
Lyng made his senior debut for Wexford in a National Hurling League game against Kilkenny in 2004. He remained on the fringes of the team and was a non-playing substitute when Wexford captured the Leinster title.
He made his championship debut later that year when he came on as a substitute against Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final.
By 2005 Lyng was a regular on the Wexford starting fifteen, however, the Slanysliders had to play second fiddle to Kilkenny in the provincial championship. Lyng lined out in four Leinster finals in-a-row, however, Kilkenny were the winners on all four occasions. In 2009 Lyng was appointed Wexford captain.
He retained that position in 2010 and guided the team to a National League Division 2 title following a defeat of Clare.
Inter-provincial Lyng has lined out with Leinster on a number of occasions in the inter-provincial series. 2 Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship 2001 2002.
