Shane Conway
Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Seán Ó Conbhuí | ||
Sport | Hurling | ||
Position | Full-forward | ||
Born | (1998-10-26) 26 October 1998 (age 25) Lixnaw, County Kerry, Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Occupation | Quality assurance engineer | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
2015-present 2018-2021 | Lixnaw → UCC | 34 (10-254) 11 (2-82) | |
Club titles | |||
Kerry titles | 1 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | Apps (scores) | |
2017-2021 | UCC | 10 (0-71) | |
College titles | |||
Fitzgibbon titles | 2 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2018-present | Kerry | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
NHL | 0 | ||
All Stars | 0 |
Shane Conway (born 26 October 1998) is an Irish hurler who plays for Kerry Senior Championship club Lixnaw and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a forward.
Career
A member of the Lixnaw club, Conway first came to prominence at underage levels by winning minor and under-21 championship titles. He progressed onto the club's senior team and won a County Championship title in 2018.[1] Conway subsequently lined out with University College Cork, winning consecutive Fitzgibbon Cup titles in 2019 and 2020.[2][3] He first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kerry minor and under-21 teams that won All-Ireland titles in the respective second tier championships. He made his debut with the Kerry senior hurling team in 2018.[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 27 June 2024
Team | Season | Kerry | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||
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Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Lixnaw | 2015 | 3 | 1-07 | — | — | 3 | 1-07 | ||
2016 | 3 | 1-03 | — | — | 3 | 1-03 | |||
2017 | 5 | 2-35 | — | — | 5 | 2-35 | |||
2018 | 5 | 1-58 | 2 | 0-21 | — | 7 | 1-79 | ||
2019 | 4 | 4-40 | — | — | 4 | 4-40 | |||
2020 | 1 | 0-09 | — | — | 1 | 0-09 | |||
2021 | 4 | 0-35 | — | — | 4 | 0-35 | |||
2022 | 2 | 0-06 | — | — | 2 | 0-06 | |||
2023 | 4 | 0-33 | — | — | 4 | 0-33 | |||
2024 | 1 | 1-07 | — | — | 1 | 1-07 | |||
Total | 32 | 10-233 | 2 | 0-21 | — | 34 | 10-254 |
Inter-county
- As of match played 25 May 2024
Team | Year | National League | McDonagh Cup | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Kerry | 2018 | Division 2A | 4 | 1-21 | 5 | 0-36 | — | 9 | 1-57 | |
2019 | 4 | 2-45 | 4 | 0-44 | — | 8 | 2-89 | |||
2020 | 5 | 1-49 | 5 | 2-45 | — | 10 | 3-94 | |||
2021 | 3 | 1-28 | 3 | 1-22 | — | 6 | 2-50 | |||
2022 | 6 | 1-41 | 6 | 3-24 | 1 | 0-00 | 13 | 4-65 | ||
2023 | 6 | 1-27 | 5 | 0-38 | — | 11 | 1-65 | |||
2024 | 1 | 1-09 | 0 | 0-00 | — | 1 | 1-09 | |||
Career total | 29 | 8-220 | 28 | 6-209 | 1 | 0-00 | 58 | 14-429 |
Honours
- University College Cork
- Lixnaw
- Kerry Senior Hurling Championship: 2018
- Kerry Under-21 hurling championship: 2016
- Kerry Minor Hurling Championship: 2014, 2015
- Kerry
- All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling Championship: 2017, 2018
- All-Ireland Minor B Hurling Championship: 2015, 2016
- Awards
- Bord Gáis Energy All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurler of the Year: 2017
- Electric Ireland Higher Education GAA Rising Stars Hurling Team of the Year: 2019, 2020
- GAA/GPA Joe McDonagh Cup Team of the Year: 2020, 2021
- Fitzgibbon Cup Player of the year: 2019
References
- ^ "Conway is star man for Lixnaw on day referee requires Garda escort at finale". Irish Independent. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ O'Callaghan, Therese (23 February 2019). "UCC claim double with emphatic win over Mary I". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Farrell, Sinéad (12 February 2020). "14-man UCC come from 6 points down to win Fitzgibbon Cup final against IT Carlow". The 42. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Brennan, Éoin (6 January 2018). "Banner rising swamps the Kingdom". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 March 2018.