Shayne McMenemy

Shayne McMenemy

McMenemy in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Shayne McMenemy
Born	(1976-07-19) 19 July 1976 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height	6 ft (1.83 m)
Weight	15 st 5 lb (98 kg)
Position	Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1997–99	Western Suburbs	31	1	1		6
2000	Oldham	26	8	5
2000–03	Halifax	80	13	10
2003–07	Hull	102	15
	Total	239	37	16	0	6
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2001–08	Ireland	10

Shayne McMenemy is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. An Ireland international representative forward, he played his club football in Australia for the Western Suburbs Magpies and in England for Oldham, Halifax and Hull, with whom he won the 2005 Challenge Cup.

Born in Sydney, Australia, Mcmenemy played for Western Suburbs Magpies in the NRL. A local junior he played in every grade for the club from 1993-1999. Was first signed on a Scholarship and played all thru the juniors ranks until reaching 1st grade with the Magpies. He went on to play in the 1st grade squad for 3 seasons before moving to the UK.

He then moved to England at the end of the 1999 season where he joined Oldham (2000), Halifax (2000–2003) in the European Super League. Then onto his current team Hull. He has also represented Ireland Rugby League Team.

He won the 2005 Challenge Cup with Hull at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff against the Leeds Rhinos, 25-24. Playing a starring role in the game putting in two decisive kicks. The first leading to Hull's first try. The 2nd giving them the ball again which let to the winning try.

Hull reached the 2006 Super League Grand final to be contested against St Helens RLFC and McMenemy played at second-row forward in his side's 4-26 loss at Old Trafford, Manchester.^[1]

Shayne was player of the year for Oldham in 2000 also picking up Clubman of the year awards and making the Northern Ford Dream Team of the year as the team fell one game short of making the Grand Final. He was player of the year for Halifax in 2001 and defensive player of the year in 2002.

He will always be a firm favorite with the Hull fans for his kick in the Challenge Cup final in 2005 which won them the game and also for his loyalty shown to the club when he was offer the chance to leave at the end of the 2006 season. He denied this chance to stay on for another season. Shayne's career with Hull ended as he suffered a dislocated shoulder scoring against Wakefield Trinity at Belle Vue. He needed an operation and his 2007 season finished early.

He was named in the Ireland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[2] In 2008 he played in the Jim Beam Cup for Western Reds. After initially missing out on the final 24 man squad he has been called up as a replacement in the Ireland squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[3]

References

External links

• Ireland profile
• Shayne McMenemy Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.com