Shane Savage (born 5 January 1991) is a former

Australian rules footballer Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

who played with the

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawt ...

, and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Early life

Born in New Zealand, Savage moved to Australia as a boy. His father is

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

and his mother is European New Zealander.

Playing career

Hawthorn (2009–2013)

Savage was drafted by Hawthorn from the

Dandenong Stingrays The Dandenong Southern Stingrays are an Australian rules football team in the NAB League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition. 1992 saw the birth of the Southern Stingrays, developed under the leadership of Steve Kennedy (Regional M ...

with the 75th selection (5th round) in the 2008 AFL Draft. 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. 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. In the 2013 trade period, Savage was traded to with Pick 17 for ruckman

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St Kilda (2014–2020)

Savage made his debut for St Kilda in round 1 of 2014 against and became a regular in Alan Richardson's lineup. By the

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, under new coach

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, 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.

Statistics

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

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2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

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2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

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Honours and achievements

Team * 2× Minor premiership ():

* VFL premiership player (): 2013 Individual * AFL Rising Star nominee: 2011

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Savage, Shane 1991 births Australian people of Māori descent Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Box Hill Football Club players Dandenong Stingrays players Hawthorn Football Club players Living people New Zealand emigrants to Australia New Zealand players of Australian rules football Sandringham Football Club players St Kilda Football Club players VFL/AFL players born outside Australia