Career
He also played for the Salford City Reds in the European Super League and for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup. He primarily played at Centre or in the Second row. Shipway made his professional debut for the North Queensland Cowboys in the Australian Super League in round 2 of the 1997 season against the Western Reds.
Shipway played a further four more seasons for the Cowboys in the National Rugby League.
The competition formed following the Super League War. Shipway then joined the Northern Eagles for a year before the side reformed itself as the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles after which he played one further year for the club before leaving for a two year stint in the European Super League.
Shipway had originally joined the Cowboys after several years playing in the Queensland Cup (formerly known as the BRL Cup) for the Redcliffe Dolphins. He made his debut for Redcliffe in 1996 but had joined them a season earlier as a colt.
