Moylan flourishing for Cardiff and Republic of Ireland after summer move
Jack Moylan has scored 11 goals in 17 appearances for Cardiff City since joining the club in the summer and has four goals in six senior caps for the Republic of Ireland, having played in all four Nations League matches during the extended September/October window.
The 25-year-old outlined his intention in August, shortly after arriving from Lincoln City, to establish himself at Cardiff and become a regular for the Republic of Ireland after winning his first two caps in May. Moylan moved to Lincoln in January 2024 from Shelbourne, where he finished as the Irish Premier Division's joint top scorer with 15 goals, and described the transfer at the time as "the next step" in his career. After initial adaptation and two separate spells on the treatment table with an ankle problem, his form and Lincoln's surged from November 2025 onward.
At Cardiff, under manager Brian Barry-Murphy, Moylan has produced 11 goals and three assists in 17 games across all competitions; he scored the winner on his debut in the EFL Cup against Swindon and added three more goals before the first international break. The versatile attacker has featured as a false nine, a number 10 and on the left this season and has recorded seven goals in his last seven league matches, including a first-half hat-trick against West Ham with his opening goal a long-range finish.
On the international stage Moylan featured in all four Nations League fixtures in the September/October window, starting three of those games after coming off the bench in the defeat to Kosovo. He scored and created in the 3-0 win over Israel, setting up Adam Idah's goal before running through and calmly slotting home, and produced lively displays in the subsequent draws with Austria and Israel while linking well with Troy Parrott and Idah.
His club manager described him to BBC Sport Wales in October as a "very exciting player to watch because of how attack-minded he is". Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson said: "Moylan of course has taken the headlines and taken the spotlight the last couple of weeks and hopefully he can transfer that into the national team. His rise has been really fast, but that's brilliant when you find someone in the May [friendly] camp, coming in and scoring three goals in his first game and since then he's been involved in the starting 11 more or less. "Absolute impact from his first game. Sometimes you need up to 10 games to be comfortable at this level, but he was comfortable from the first minute and from the first training session he had a 'wow' impact."
While it remains early in his Cardiff and international careers, Moylan has moved from promising to influential in a short period and is expected to play a key role in the Republic of Ireland's remaining Nations League fixtures, beginning with Saturday's trip to Linz to face Austria and followed by the match against Kosovo.
