Shane Savage
Introduction '''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. His father is Māori and his mother is European New Zealander.
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. 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, 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  2009    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    21 0  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  —  — 2011    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    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    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    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    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    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    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    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    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    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 165  63  46  1846  1046  2892  728  389  0.4  0.3  11.2  6.3  17.5  4.4  2.4  5'''Notes'''
Honours and achievements '''Team'''* '''2× Minor premiership ()''': 2012, 2013* '''VFL premiership player ()''': 2013'''Individual'''* '''AFL Rising Star nominee''': 2011
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