Shane Fives | |
Irish: | Seán de Fibhis |
Occupation: | Pig farmer |
Feet: | 6 |
Inches: | 0 |
Sport: | Hurling |
Code: | Hurling |
County: | Waterford |
Province: | Munster |
Club: | Tourin Carrigtwohill |
Clcounty: | 0 |
Colleges: | Waterford Institute of Technology |
Fitz: | 1 |
Counties: | Waterford |
Icyears: | 2008–present |
Icposition: | Right Corner Back |
Icprovince: | 1 |
Icallireland: | 0 |
Nhl: | 1 |
Allstars: | 0 |
Birth Date: | 26 May 1989 |
Birth Place: | Tourin, County Waterford, Ireland |
Icupdate: | 17:55, 14 August 2017 |
Shane Fives (born 26 May 1989) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a right corner-back for the Waterford senior team.[1]
Born in Tourin, County Waterford, Fives developed as a hurler during his secondary schooling at Blackwater Community School in Lismore. He later attended the Waterford Institute of Technology where he won a Fitzgibbon Cup medal in 2008.
At club level, Fives came to prominence in juvenile and underage grades with Tourin, before winning a county junior championship medal in 2009. He also played with the Carrigtwohill club in Cork from 2013 to 2015.
Fives made his debut on the inter-county scene when he was selected for the Waterford minor team in 2006. After two championship seasons with the minor team, he subsequently joined the Waterford under-21 team. By this stage Fives had also joined the Waterford senior team after being added to the panel during the 2008 championship. After a number of years he became a regular member of the starting fifteen, while also being joined by his brother Darragh, and has won one Munster medal as a non-playing substitute and one National Hurling League medal.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team, Fives has won one Railway Cup medal.