As a player Shaw won Irish Senior Cup and EuroHockey Club Trophy titles with both Glenanne and Monkstown.
As a player coach, he also guided Monkstown to three successive Irish Hockey League titles in 2012–13, 2013–14 and 2014–15.
[8][9] His father, Victor, his uncle Gerry, his brother, David and his cousins, Gary and Richie Shaw, all played for Glenanne.
[14][21] However he subsequently continued as a player coach and guided Monkstown to three successive Men's Irish Hockey League titles in 2012–13, 2013–14 and 2014–15.
[1][2][3][8][22] He was a member of the Ireland teams that won the 2005 and 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy tournaments.
[24][25] He also represented Ireland at the 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, scoring in a 10–0 win against the Czech Republic.
Other members of the winning Loreto team included Nikki Symmons, Nicola Daly, Lizzie Colvin and Alison Meeke.
[41] In the men's final, Shaw was named man of the match after helping Glenanne defeat Monkstown 4–1.
[1] At the World Cup itself he guided Ireland to the final, helping the team win the silver medal.