Meath's Thomas Shine NAME: Thomas Shine DATE OF BIRTH: 7-9-1973 HEIGHT: 5' 9" WEIGHT: 12st 7lbs CLUB: Gaeil Colmcille (Kells) COUNTY: Meath NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): All-Ireland Under 21, All-Ireland Under 16 Special Hurling, Meath Senior Club Championship (OTHER): Leasing a pub INTER-COUNTY DEBUT: Meath Minors 1991; Senior - still waiting - kind of!; the infamous O'Byrne Cup - does that count? TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Barry Dardis (workmate), can't get him to do anything FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Croker - all 10 minutes that I played there HOBBIES: Sleeping, eating, drinking, walking, talking, stalking, reading, riding, cycling, writing, fishing, water polo, polo, cricket, a small bit of footy FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre forward or on top! FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Colm Coyle, Mickey Linden, I have to put Derry in this category again INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Pat and Daisy Irish as a boy in the Kilkenny suburbs THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Playing intercounty at any level is always nice, but its great reaching senior level and getting a crack at it BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Nothing major to date - touch wood OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Derry Hunt (he told me to put his name down), Paddy Reilly 'The Legend', Drumconrath WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Making refs take regular courses - on refereeing if possible DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA:The clubs or clubs lack of understanding to county players commitment ie training etc. Can't forget the inconsistent refs DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Chris Shine - Armagh hurler (first cousin). Brendan Shine - he plays for a lot of clubs around the country PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Magoosh - I heard a lot about this guy, but I've get to meet him - he's involved with the Meath team in some way. I think FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Have ye' not?' 'It's hot alright!' PET HATES: Envelopes with windows, thinking about training, driving to training, training - I love it really WHO WOULD BE THE LAST PERSON YOU WOULD GO FOR A PINT WITH: Mark McCabe or Derry Hunt. I'd never be seen drinking with either of them! IDEAL DATE: Cindy Crawford or any of the three menaces HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: As the second Irish Catholic President of the USA Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 2nd February 1996 Vol 6 No 5 Tweet

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