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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Seán Ó Nualláin | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2000's | Crotta O'Neill's | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Kerry titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2010-2022 | Kerry | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
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.
| Team | Year | National League | McDonagh Cup | Ring Cup | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Kerry | 2010 | Division 3A | 4 | 0-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 1-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 8 | 1-04 |
| 2011 | Division 2 | 6 | 0-09 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-20 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 10 | 0-29 | |
| 2012 | Division 2A | 5 | 4-13 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 1-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 7 | 5-16 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 4-34 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 2-31 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 9 | 6-65 | ||
| 2014 | 6 | 3-48 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 4-24 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 10 | 7-72 | ||
| 2015 | 7 | 1-34 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 2-35 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 11 | 3-69 | ||
| 2016 | Division 1B | 5 | 1-28 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 1-16 | 0 | 0-00 | 8 | 2-44 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 1-27 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 3-22 | 0 | 0-00 | 8 | 4-49 | ||
| 2018 | Division 2A | 4 | 0-18 | 3 | 1-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 7 | 1-21 | |
| Total | 47 | 14-213 | 3 | 1-03 | 22 | 10-115 | 6 | 4-38 | 0 | 0-00 | 78 | 29-369 | ||