Shane Conway
{{short description|Irish hurler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| code= Hurling
| sport = Hurling
| image =
| name = Shane Conway
| irish = Seán Ó Conbhuí
| fullname =
| feet = 5
| inches = 10
| nickname =
| occupation = Quality assurance engineer
| county = Kerry
| province = Munster
| clposition =
| clubs =
| clyears = 2015-present
2018-2021
| clapps(points) = 34 (10-254)
11 (2-82)
| clcounty = 1
| clprovince=
| clallireland =
| colleges = UCC
| colyears = 2017-2021
| colapps(points) = 10 (0-71)
| fitz = 2
| counties = Kerry
| icposition = Full-forward
| icyears = 2018-present
| icapps(points) =
| icprovince =
| icallireland =
| nhl = 0
| allstars = 0
| icupdate = 22:37, 25 May 2023
| birth_date={{Birth date and age|1998|10|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place=Lixnaw, County Kerry, Ireland
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/conway-is-star-man-for-lixnaw-on-day-referee-requires-garda-escort-at-finale-37254907.html|title=Conway is star man for Lixnaw on day referee requires Garda escort at finale|publisher=Irish Independent|date=27 August 2018|accessdate=11 July 2021|first=|last=}} Conway subsequently lined out with University College Cork, winning consecutive Fitzgibbon Cup titles in 2019 and 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/ucc-claim-double-with-emphatic-win-over-mary-i-906636.html|title=UCC claim double with emphatic win over Mary I|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=23 February 2019|accessdate=12 January 2020|first=Therese|last=O'Callaghan}}{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/it-carlow-ucc-match-report-5004314-Feb2020/|title=14-man UCC come from 6 points down to win Fitzgibbon Cup final against IT Carlow|publisher=The 42|date=12 February 2020|accessdate=13 February 2020|first=Sinéad|last=Farrell}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/sport/gaa/banner-rising-swamps-the-kingdom-36453837.html|title=Banner rising swamps the Kingdom|publisher=Irish Independent|date=6 January 2018|accessdate=12 March 2018|first=Éoin|last=Brennan}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 27 June 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|Kerry !colspan="2"|Munster !colspan="2"|All-Ireland !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| rowspan="10"|Lixnaw
|2015 | 3 | 1-07 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 3 | 1-07 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 1-03 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 3 | 1-03 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 2-35 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 5 | 2-35 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 1-58 | 2 | 0-21 | colspan=2|— | 7 | 1-79 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4-40 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 4 | 4-40 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0-09 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0-09 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0-35 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 4 | 0-35 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0-06 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 2 | 0-06 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0-33 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 4 | 0-33 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 1-07 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 1 | 1-07 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!32 | 10-233 | 2 | 0-21 | colspan=2|— | 34 | 10-254 |
=Inter-county=
{{updated|match played 25 May 2024}}
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| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Year !colspan="3"|National League !colspan="2"|McDonagh Cup !colspan="2"|All-Ireland !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| rowspan="7"|Kerry
|2018 |rowspan="7"|Division 2A |4 | 1-21 | 5 | 0-36 | colspan=2|— | 9 | 1-57 | ||
| 2019
|4 | 2-45 | 4 | 0-44 | colspan=2|— | 8 | 2-89 | ||
| 2020
|5 | 1-49 | 5 | 2-45 | colspan=2|— | 10 | 3-94 | ||
| 2021
|3 | 1-28 | 3 | 1-22 | colspan=2|— | 6 | 2-50 | ||
| 2022
|6 | 1-41 | 6 | 3-24 | 1 | 0-00 | 13 | 4-65 | |
| 2023
|6 | 1-27 | 5 | 0-38 | colspan=2|— | 11 | 1-65 | ||
| 2024
|1 | 1-09 | 0 | 0-00 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 1-09 | ||
| colspan="3"|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
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