Shane Roche
Shane Roche is a Gaelic football manager and former player. He played for the Geraldine O'Hanrahans club and at senior level for the Wexford county team and later managed Wexford.
Career[edit]
When Paul Galvin left Wexford in 2020, Roche, who was working with him, became interim manager in September 2020. He was formally ratified as manager and was given a two-year contract in January 2021. He chose to step down as Wexford manager in 2022.[1] Roche was a selector under Galvin's management and took over from Galvin amid the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games and was in charge for the last two league games.[2]
Roche led Wexford to a Division Four Shield in the 2021 National League and to sixth position finish in Division Four of the 2022 National Football League; however, Dublin defeated the team twice in the Leinster Senior Football Championship. Roche was a squad member when Wexford played in the 2008 and 2011 Leinster SFC finals.[3] He scored 2–04 against Carlow in the 2011 Leinster Senior Football Championship semi-final and was awarded 'man of the match'.[4]
Roche is a Geraldine O'Hanrahans player and he got a win over Wicklow as well in the 2021 championship.[5] Another achievement for Shane Roche as Wexford manager was defeating Offaly in the Leinster Preliminary Round in 2022 with Offaly being two divisions above Wexford at the time.[6][7]
Outside of football, Roche is a P.E. teacher in St Peter's College, Wexford.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Shane Roche steps down as Wexford manager". RTÉ. 18 July 2022.
- ^ Furlong, Brendan (26 September 2020). "Roche relishes new role: Selector elevated to football boss after Galvin departs". Enniscorthy Guardian.
- ^ Cooney, Gavin (18 July 2022). "Shane Roche steps down as Wexford football manager". The42.ie.
- ^ "Hot-shot Roche's goals show Carlow real world". Sunday Independent. 27 June 2011.
- ^ Furlong, Brendan (18 July 2022). "Shane Roche steps down as Wexford senior football manager". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Shane Roche: 'We knew something was around the corner' for Wexford". RTÉ. 25 April 2022.
- ^ Fagan, Ronan (24 April 2022). "Brosnan to the fore as Wexford stun Offaly". RTÉ.
- ^ O'Brien, Kevin. "'It gave me a very quick introduction' - replacing Paul Galvin as Wexford boss". The42. Retrieved 6 October 2022.