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.

Early life

Born in New Zealand, Savage moved to Australia as a boy.[1] His father is Māori and his mother is European New Zealander.[2]

Playing career

Hawthorn (2009–2013)

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]

St Kilda (2014–2020)

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.

Personal life

In January 2015, Savage' partner, Sarah, gave birth to their first child, a son.[7]

Statistics

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
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[a] 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

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b Niall, Jake (13 March 2009). "Forget Irish, clubs turn to Kiwis". The Age. Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
  2. ^ 'Proud Kiwi' looks forward to homecoming
  3. ^ "Draft Bargains: #8 Shane Savage". hawthornfc.com.au. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. ^ Hawthorn ready to mix forward line
  5. ^ Holmesby, Luke. "Savage show". Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  6. ^ Gleeson, Michael; Quayle (10 October 2013). "Hawks secure big man Ben McEvoy from St Kilda". The Age. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  7. ^ "New Year Brings Bundle of Joy for Defender"
  8. ^ "Shane Savage". AFLTables. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Savage
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