Shaun Edwards (born 13 December 1993) is a former professional
Australian rules football
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 ...
er who played for the
Greater Western Sydney Giants and
Essendon Football Club in the
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...
(AFL).
AFL career
Edwards was drafted by Greater Western Sydney in 2011, where he played his debut year in the
NEAFL before they moved into the AFL, his first NEAFL match was against the
Northern Territory Thunder
Northern Territory Football Club, nicknamed NT Thunder, was a Northern Territory-based Australian rules football club that competed in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) between 2011 and 2019. It also competed in the VFL Women's i ...
at
TIO Stadium
Marrara Oval, currently branded TIO Stadium under a naming rights agreement (and previously also known as Football Park), is a sports ground in Darwin, the capital of Australia's Northern Territory. The ground primarily hosts Australian rules ...
.
He made his AFL debut against at
AAMI Stadium in round 4,
2012. In October 2013, he was traded to for pick 48, in a deal that also saw
Kurt Aylett arrive at Essendon. Edwards played the 2014 season in the Essendon VFL team before breaking into the senior team in round 11 of the 2015 season. Edwards won the Bill Hutchinson Community Award at the 2016 Crichton Medal presentations.
At the conclusion of the 2016 season, despite strong performances in the VFL, Edwards was delisted by Essendon. He was subsequently drafted by Sydney in the
2017 rookie draft. After failing to play a match during the 2017 season, he retired from AFL football at the conclusion of the season to focus on Indigenous education in Australia and around the world.
Statistics
: ''Statistics are correct to the end of the 2017 season''
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2012
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, 22 , , 10 , , 2 , , 4 , , 91 , , 41 , , 132 , , 31 , , 11 , , 0.2 , , 0.4 , , 9.1 , , 4.1 , , 13.2 , , 3.1 , , 1.1
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2013
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, 22 , , 2 , , 0 , , 1 , , 10 , , 15 , , 25 , , 6 , , 2 , , 0.0 , , 0.5 , , 5.0 , , 7.5 , , 12.5 , , 3.0 , , 1.0
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2014
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, 19 , , 0 , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , —
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2015
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, 19 , , 9 , , 8 , , 6 , , 62 , , 28 , , 90 , , 21 , , 19 , , 0.9 , , 0.7 , , 6.9 , , 3.1 , , 10.0 , , 2.3 , , 2.1
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2016
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, 19 , , 3 , , 0 , , 1 , , 33 , , 16 , , 49 , , 7 , , 5 , , 0.0 , , 0.3 , , 11.0 , , 5.3 , , 16.3 , , 2.3 , , 1.7
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2017
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, 19 , , 0 , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , — , , —
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! colspan=3, Career
! 24
! 10
! 12
! 196
! 100
! 296
! 65
! 37
! 0.4
! 0.5
! 8.2
! 4.2
! 12.3
! 2.7
! 1.5
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Shaun
1993 births
Living people
Greater Western Sydney Giants players
Essendon Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from the Northern Territory
Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
Australia international rules football team players
St Mary's Football Club (NTFL) players
Sydney University Australian National Football Club players
Australian rules football players from Darwin, Northern Territory