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 Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

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 Hawth ...

, and

St Kilda Football Club The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league. The club's name originates fro ...

in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

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 Co ...

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 Talent League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition. 1992 saw the birth of the Southern Stingrays, developed under the leadership of Steve Kennedy (Regiona ...

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 Ben McEvoy.

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

2020 AFL season The 2020 AFL season was the 124th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featur ...

, 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.

Statistics

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

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2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

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Honours and achievements

Team * 2×

Minor premiership A minor premiership is the title given to the team which finishes a sporting competition first in the league standings after the regular season but prior to commencement of the finals in several Australian sports leagues. Origins The etymolo ...

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

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Savage, Shane 1991 births Australian people of Māori descent Australian people of English descent Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Box Hill Football Club players Dandenong Stingrays players Hawthorn Football Club players Living people New Zealand people of English descent 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 21st-century Australian sportsmen