| Shane Cooney | |
| Irish: | Seán Ó Cuana |
| Birth Date: | 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Peterswell, County Galway, Ireland |
| Feet: | 6 |
| Inches: | 0 |
| Sport: | Hurling |
| Code: | Hurling |
| County: | Galway |
| Province: | Leinster |
| Club: | St Thomas' |
| Clyears: | 2012-present |
| Clcounty: | 6 |
| Clallireland: | 1 |
| Colleges: | NUI Galway |
| Fitz: | 0 |
| Counties: | Galway |
| Icyears: | 2018-present |
| Icposition: | Centre-back |
| Icapps(Points): | 1 (0-00) |
| Icprovince: | 1 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Nhl: | 1 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 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.
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]
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.
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]
| Team | Year | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | |||
| Galway | 2018 | Division 1B | 4 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-00 | |
| Total | 4 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 5 | 0-00 | |||