Shane Cooney

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Shane Cooney
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Cuana
Sport Hurling
Position Centre-back
Born 1995
Peterswell, County Galway, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Club(s)
YearsClub
2012-present
 St Thomas'
Club titles
Galway titles 6
All-Ireland Titles 1
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
 NUI Galway
College titles
Fitzgibbon titles 0
Inter-county(ies)*
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2018-present
 Galway 1 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 1
All-Irelands 0
NHL 1
All Stars 0
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 16:10, 29 August 2018.

Shane Cooney (born 1995) is an Irish hurler who plays for Galway Senior Championship club St Thomas' and at inter-county level with the Galway senior hurling team. He is usually deployed as a centre-back. [1] His brother, Conor Cooney, also plays for both teams.

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Playing career

St Thomas'

Cooney was just 17-years old when he joined the St Thomas' senior hurling team. On 18 November 2012, he was introduced as a 35th-minute substitute when St Thomas' defeated Loughrea by 3–11 to 2–11 to win the Galway Senior Championship. [2] On 17 March 2013, Cooney was at centre-back when St Thomas' defeated Kilcormac/Killoughey by 1–11 to 1–09 in the All-Ireland final. [3]

On 16 October 2016, Cooney was at centre-back when St Thomas' defeated Gort by 1–11 to 0–10 to win their second ever Galway Senior Championship. [4]

On 18 November 2018, Cooney won a third Galway Senior Championship medal from centre-back after a 2–13 to 0–10 defeat of reigning champions Liam Mellows. [5]

Galway

Minor and under-21

Cooney first played for the Galway minor hurling team on 28 July 2012 in a 4–20 to 2–11 defeat of Wexford in the All-Ireland quarter-final. [6] He was eligible for the minor grade again the following year and, on 8 September 2013, was at centre-back for Galway's 1–21 to 0–16 defeat by Waterford in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. [7]

On 22 August 2015, Cooney made his first appearance for the Galway under-21 hurling team in a 1–20 to 0–17 defeat by Limerick in the All-Ireland semi-final. [8]

On 10 September 2016, Cooney was at centre-back when Galway suffered a 5–15 to 0–14 defeat by Waterford in the All-Ireland final. [9] It was his last game in the under-21 grade.[ citation needed ]

Senior

Cooney made his first appearance for the Galway senior hurling team on 3 February 2018 in a 2–18 to 0–17 defeat of Laois in the National Hurling League. [10] On 9 June, he made his first Leinster Championship appearance when he came on as a 50th-minute substitute for Paul Killeen in a 0–26 to 2–19 defeat of Dublin. [11] On 8 July, Cooney was an unused substitute for Galway's 1–28 to 3–15 defeat of Kilkenny in the Leinster final. [12] In the subsequent All-Ireland final against Limerick on 19 August, he was also an unused substitute fr Galway's 3–16 to 2–18 defeat. [13]

Career statistics

As of match played 19 August 2018.
TeamYear National League Leinster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Galway 2018 Division 1B 40-0010-0000-0050-00
Total40-0010-0000-0050-00

Honours

St Thomas'
Galway

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  2. ↑ Fallon, John (19 November 2012). "Heavenly day for Burke's Saints". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "St Thomas claim their first ever All-Ireland title against 13-man Kilcormac-Killoughey". Irish Independent. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
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  6. ↑ "Murphy joy as goal blitz sinks Model". Irish Independent. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  7. ↑ Fennessy, Paul (8 September 2013). "Waterford end 65-year wait for All-Ireland minor title". The 42. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Limerick progress past Galway to Under-21 hurling final". RTÉ Sport. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
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