Shane Nolan

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]

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]

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.