Shane Savage
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Shane Savage is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League
, playing for the Hawthorn Football Club
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Born in New Zealand, Savage moved to Australia as a boy. He was drafted by Hawthorn from the Dandenong Stingrays
with the 75th selection (5th round) in the 2008 AFL Draft
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Savage plays as a medium-sized midfielder and wears the number 21 guernsey.
Savage made his debut against Adelaide on the MCG on 14 August 2009. Savage had 4 kicks and 3 handpasses, he also kicked a point.
Savage was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star
after Hawthorn's round 8 game against St Kilda. Savage had 26 disposals, 14 marks and kicked 2 goals in Hawthorn's 30 point win.
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
, playing for the Hawthorn Football Club
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
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Born in New Zealand, Savage moved to Australia as a boy. He was drafted by Hawthorn from the Dandenong Stingrays
Dandenong Stingrays
The Dandenong Stingrays are an Australian rules football team in a Victorian under 18s league called the TAC Cup.1992 saw the birth of the ‘Southern Stingrays’ and they were developed under the leadership of Steve Kennedy and Ron Roach with the home base located at the Ben Kavanagh Reserve,...
with the 75th selection (5th round) in the 2008 AFL Draft
2008 AFL Draft
The 2008 AFL Draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2008/09 Australian Football League off-season. These were Trade Week , the National Draft , the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft...
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Savage plays as a medium-sized midfielder and wears the number 21 guernsey.
Savage made his debut against Adelaide on the MCG on 14 August 2009. Savage had 4 kicks and 3 handpasses, he also kicked a point.
Savage was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star
2011 AFL Rising Star
The AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League. The 2011 Ron Evans Medal will be awarded to one of the 24 nominees. The 2011 award was won by Dyson Heppell of the Essendon Football Club....
after Hawthorn's round 8 game against St Kilda. Savage had 26 disposals, 14 marks and kicked 2 goals in Hawthorn's 30 point win.