Rugby League Career
Shea's first game for Wasps was on Christmas Eve, 1921, scoring a try on his debut. He remained with the club for three seasons, two of them as captain, though he never moved to Wigan and always traveled to matches from Wales. On 11 December 1922 he became a dual-code international when he turned out for the Wales national rugby league team in an away match against England. He played his second and final league international match the next year, when Wales beat England 13-2 in an encounter at Wigan. After leaving Wigan, Shea was instrumental in setting up Pontypridd RLFC, a lone professional league team in Wales that competed in the Northern League, though the club failed to find support and folded the following season.
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