Shane Brick (born ) is a hurler from

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. He has played with the Kerry county team, and originally played his club hurling with Kilmoyley. He won six

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medals with Kilmoyley. In 2014, he switched to the southeast of Cork to play with

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. He retired from playing in 2016, and joined the management team with Douglas GAA in 2019.

Inter-county career

With the

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, he won

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Div 2 (2001) and Div 3A (2010) titles. He was also part of the Kerry team that made the 2010 final of the Christy Ring Cup, which was won by

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. He missed the following years win with an injury, before returning in 2012. He later retired from inter-county hurling.

Club career

Brick originally played club hurling for Kilmoyley in County Kerry, with whom he won several

titles. He was

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of the 2004 winning team, and was man-of-the-match in three of the wins. He later moved to Cork and played with

, before returning to Kilmoyley. He retired from playing in 2016. As of 2020, Brick was on the management team with Douglas GAA in Cork.

References

1980s births Living people Champion 15 Awards winners Irish schoolteachers Kerry inter-county hurlers Kilmoyley hurlers Tracton hurlers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Kerry-hurling-bio-stub