{{short description|Irish hurler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox Gaelic games player | code= Hurling | sport = Hurling | image = | name = Shane Bennett | irish = Seán Mac Beinéid | feet = 6 | inches = 0 | nickname = | occupation = Student | county = Waterford | province = Munster | club = [[Ballysaggart GAA|Ballysaggart]] | clubs = | clyears = | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 0 | clprovince= | clallireland = | counties = [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]] | icposition = Centre-forward | icyears = 2015- | icapps(points) = 3 (1-2) | icprovince = 0 | icallireland = 0 | nhl = 0 | allstars = 0 | clupdate = | icupdate = 18:48, 27 July 2015 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1996|12|5}} | birth_place=[[Ballysaggart, County Waterford|Ballysaggart]], [[County Waterford]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] }} '''Shane Bennett''' (born 5 December 1996) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[hurling|hurler]] who plays as a centre-forward for the [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]] senior team.
== Early life and career == Born in [[Ballysaggart, County Waterford|Ballysaggart]], [[County Waterford]], Bennett first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Blackwater Community School. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the Waterford minor team before later joining the under-21 side.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/waterford/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=167911|title=Three brothers named in Waterford minor team|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=2 May 2012|accessdate=27 July 2015|first=|last=}}</ref> Bennett played wing back in 2013 as Waterford won the All Ireland minor title for the first time since 1948. Three years later, he was part of the same team that captured the county's second All Ireland U-21 title, again beating Galway. He made his senior debut during the [[2015 National Hurling League|2015 league]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/waterford-ignore-scoreboard-confusion-to-power-past-laois-31011095.html|title=Waterford ignore scoreboard confusion to power past Laois|publisher=Irish Independent|date=21 February 2015|accessdate=27 July 2015|first=Cliona|last=Foley}}</ref> Bennett has since become a regular member of the starting fifteen.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
At club level, Bennett is a one-time [[Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship|Munster]] medallist in the junior grade with [[Ballysaggart GAA|Ballysaggart]]. In addition to this, he has also won one [[Waterford Junior Hurling Championship|championship]] medal in the same grade.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
== Personal life == His brothers, [[Kieran Bennett|Kieran]] and [[Stephen Bennett (hurler)|Stephen]], also plays with Waterford.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.punditarena.com/gaa/smurphy/bennetts-story-waterford/|title=The Bennett brothers story that makes Waterford’s weekend win so much sweeter|publisher=Pundit Arena|date=9 June 2015|accessdate=27 July 2015|first=Seán|last=Murphy|archive-date=29 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829120116/http://www.punditarena.com/gaa/smurphy/bennetts-story-waterford/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Honours==
===Player===
;Ballysaggart *[[Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship]] (1): 2019 *[[Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship]] (1): 2013 *[[Waterford Junior Hurling Championship]] (1): 2013
;Waterford *[[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship]] (1): [[2013 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship#Munster Minor Hurling Championship|2013]] *[[Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship]] (1): 2016
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Waterford Hurling Team}} {{Waterford Minor Hurling Team 2013}} {{Waterford Under-21 Hurling Team 2016}} {{Waterford Hurling Team 2017}}
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