Shane Savage | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Shane Savage | ||
Date of birth | 5 January 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Ōtorohanga, New Zealand [1] | ||
Original team(s) | Dandenong Stingrays (TAC Cup) | ||
Draft | No. 75, 2008 national draft | ||
Debut | Round 20, 2009, Hawthorn vs. Adelaide, at Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2009–2013 | Hawthorn | 56 (37) | |
2014–2020 | St Kilda | 109 (26) | |
Total | 165 (63) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2020. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Shane Savage (born 5 January 1991) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Hawthorn Football Club, and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Born in New Zealand, Savage moved to Australia as a boy. [1] His father is Māori and his mother is European New Zealander. [2]
Savage was drafted by Hawthorn from the Dandenong Stingrays with the 75th selection (5th round) in the 2008 AFL Draft. [3] He plays as a medium-sized midfielder and wore the number 21 guernsey at Hawthorn.
Savage made his debut against Adelaide at the MCG on 14 August 2009. [4] He had four kicks and three handpasses and also kicked a point.
Savage was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star after Hawthorn's round 8 game against St Kilda. He had 26 disposals, 14 marks and kicked 2 goals in Hawthorn's 30-point win. [5]
In the 2013 trade period, Savage was traded to St Kilda with Pick 17 for ruckman Ben McEvoy. [6]
Savage made his debut for St Kilda in round 1 of 2014 against Melbourne and became a regular in Alan Richardson's lineup.
By the 2020 AFL season, under new coach Brett Ratten, Savage could no longer maintain a spot in St Kilda's best 22. He was delisted after the 2020 season, his last match for the Saints being a semi-final against Richmond.
In January 2015, Savage' partner, Sarah, gave birth to their first child, a son. [7]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
2009 | Hawthorn | 40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 8 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 8.7 | 13.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 0 |
2010 | Hawthorn | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2011 | Hawthorn | 21 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 184 | 111 | 295 | 91 | 44 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 10.8 | 6.5 | 17.4 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 2 |
2012 | Hawthorn | 21 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 148 | 92 | 240 | 65 | 59 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 11.4 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 0 |
2013 | Hawthorn | 21 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 149 | 60 | 209 | 60 | 49 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 9.9 | 4.0 | 13.9 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3 |
2014 | St Kilda | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 157 | 95 | 252 | 51 | 30 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 6.8 | 18.0 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 0 |
2015 | St Kilda | 5 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 228 | 126 | 354 | 85 | 40 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.4 | 6.3 | 17.7 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0 |
2016 | St Kilda | 5 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 249 | 176 | 425 | 99 | 46 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 20.2 | 4.7 | 2.2 | 0 |
2017 | St Kilda | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 161 | 95 | 256 | 57 | 29 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.4 | 7.9 | 21.3 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 0 |
2018 | St Kilda | 5 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 256 | 142 | 398 | 95 | 34 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 14.2 | 7.9 | 22.1 | 5.3 | 1.9 | 0 |
2019 | St Kilda | 5 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 288 | 144 | 432 | 117 | 54 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 13.1 | 6.5 | 19.6 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 0 |
2020 [lower-alpha 1] | St Kilda | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 15.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0 |
Career [8] | 165 | 63 | 46 | 1846 | 1046 | 2892 | 728 | 389 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 11.2 | 6.3 | 17.5 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 5 |
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