Shane Bourke (born 9 November 1988) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays

hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...

with his local club J.K. Bracken's and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.

Career

Bourke won an All-Ireland Minor Hurling medal with Tipperary in 2006, and played Under 21 Hurling with Tipperary in 2008 and 2009, winning a Munster Under 21 winners medal in 2008. He made his senior Tipperary debut in the fourth round of the

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on 13 March 2011 against

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in a 1-20 to 0-10 win, coming on in the fifth minute as a substitute for the injured Eoin Kelly and scoring three points. He made his first start on 27 March 2011 in the fifth round of the league against

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in a 1-14 to 1-14 draw at

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. On 3 April 2011 in the sixth round of the league against

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, Bourke scored 3-4 from play as Tipperary defeated Galway by 4-23 to 1-14.

Honours

Tipperary

Munster Senior Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the h ...

(3) ** 2011, 2012, 2015 *

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship) is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Associ ...

(1) ** 2006 *

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Munster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-c ...

(1) ** 2008

University College Cork

Fitzgibbon Cup The Fitzgibbon Cup () is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, colleges and institutes of technology) in Ireland. The Fitzgibbon Cup competition is administered by Comhairle Ard Oideac ...

(1) ** 2009 (c)

References

External links

Tipperary GAA Player Profiles
Living people Tipperary inter-county hurlers J.K. Bracken's hurlers 1988 births 21st-century Irish sportsmen {{Tipperary-hurling-bio-stub