[1] Hiney won his first Dublin Senior Hurling Championship medal with his club Ballyboden St Enda's in October 2007 his second in 2008, his third (with a sore leg) in 2009 and his fourth in 2010.
He is captain of the Dublin Senior Hurling Team and travelled to Argentina with the GAA All-Stars in December 2009.
[citation needed] Stephen was back to his powerful self in 2010 having missed a lot of games in 2009 with a sore leg.
In a League game for Dublin against Wexford in March 2011, he damaged his cruciate and missed the remainder of the season for both County and Club.
[citation needed] After a successful operation and recovery, Hiney made his comeback in a club league game with Ballyboden St Enda's on 19 April 2012.