Shane Nolan

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Shane Nolan
Personal information
Irish name Seán Ó Nualláin
Sport Hurling
Position Forward
Club(s)
YearsClub
2000's
 Crotta O'Neill's
Club titles
Kerry titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2010-2022
 Kerry
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0

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]

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]

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

As of match played 30 June 2018.
TeamYear National League McDonagh Cup Ring Cup Leinster All-Ireland Total
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Kerry 2010 Division 3A 40-0200-0041-0200-0000-0081-04
2011 Division 2 60-0900-0040-2000-0000-00100-29
2012 Division 2A 54-1300-0021-0300-0000-0075-16
201354-3400-0042-3100-0000-0096-65
201463-4800-0044-2400-0000-00107-72
201571-3400-0042-3500-0000-00113-69
2016 Division 1B 51-2800-0000-0031-1600-0082-44
201751-2700-0000-0033-2200-0084-49
2018 Division 2A 40-1831-0300-0000-0000-0071-21
Total4714-21331-032210-11564-3800-007829-369

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  3. ↑ "All-Ireland MHC 'B' semi-final: Kerry rout Royals - HoganStand". hoganstand.com. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
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