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Shane Nolan
Irish hurler From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shane Nolan is a hurler from County Kerry. He has played with the Kerry intercounty team and with his local Crotta O'Neill's club.
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Club
At club level Nolan plays with Crotta O'Neill's. He won the County League Div 1 title in 2010 beating County Championships Ballyduff in the final.
In 2011 he helped Crotta O'Neill's to their first County Championship final in 12 years. Despite scoring 0-13 of his sides 0-15 and picking up the Man of the Match award Crotta ended up the wrong side of a 2–11 to 0–15 scoreline.[1]
Nolan and Crotta wouldn't return to the final again until 2023. where they faced Lixnaw in the final. Four points from Nolan saw Crotta win a first title since 1968.[2]
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Underage
He first made his mark in 2009, helping Kerry to win All-Ireland Minor B Hurling Championship[3] with a win over Westmeath and All-Ireland Under 21 B Hurling Championship with a win over Roscommon titles.[4] He won a second Under 21 title in 2010 as captain of the team after a win over Meath. In 2011, he won a third All Ireland B title and was awarded "man of the match" when they beat Westmeath.[5]
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Senior
He first came on the senior team in 2010, helping Kerry win Div 3A of the National Hurling League[6] and later in the year Kerry made it to the Christy Ring Cup final but lost out to Westmeath.[7] He and Kerry returned the following year, and made no mistake second time round and beat Wicklow in the final, where Nolan scored five points.[8] He later picked up the Christy Ring Cup Player of the Year award; He was the first Kerry player to win it.[9]
In 2013, he played in his third final in four years but was on the losing side this time to Down, at the end of the year he picked up a Christy Ring All Star.[10]
He was top scorer as Kerry won the 2014 National Hurling League Division 2A title with a win over Carlow in the final. Nolan lined out in his fourth Christy Ring Cup final where Kerry faced Kildare. Despite being favorites, and 1-04 from Nolan, Kildare took the title on a 4–18 to 2–22 scoreline.[11]
He was part of the Under 21 Hurling/Shinty International team and was captain of the team in 2012.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 28 June 2024
Inter-county
- As of match played 30 June 2018.
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References
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