Liam Shiels
Liam Shiels | |||
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![]() Shiels playing for Hawthorn in June 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Liam Shiels | ||
Date of birth | (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991 (age 33) | ||
Original team(s) | The Basin / Eastern Ranges | ||
Draft | No. 34, 2008 national draft | ||
Debut | Round 10, 2009, Hawthorn vs. Adelaide, at AAMI Stadium | ||
Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | North Melbourne | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2009–2022 | Hawthorn | 255 (90) | |
2023– | North Melbourne | 018 0(4) | |
Total | 273 (94) | ||
International team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
2011 | Australia | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 5, 2024. 2 State and international statistics correct as of 2011. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Liam Shiels (born 29 April 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the North Melbourne Football Club, in the Australian Football League (AFL). Shiels is a midfielder who developed into a key member of the midfield for the Hawthorn Football Club that would win three premierships in a row from 2013 to 2015. Shiels would also serve as vice-captain for Hawthorn from 2017–2018.
AFL career
Shiels was a 2nd round selection in the 2008 AFL draft, being selected at No. 34 overall. He was the youngest player drafted that year. Shiels was still a high school student when he joined the Hawks; as a result, Hawthorn needed to obtain special dispensation from Shiels' high school in order to enable him to train during periods where training clashed with his afternoon classes.[1]
Not expected to play in his first year, Shiels was training part-time and completing his schooling at Aquinas College Melbourne but after performances playing for Box Hill, Shiels was promoted to play against Adelaide.[2] He played eleven games in his debut season.[citation needed]
Shiels and Josh Gibson were the only Hawthorn players to play every game in 2011.[3]
Shiels was made joint vice-captain of the club in 2017, together with Isaac Smith.[4] During Hawthorn's poor start to the 2017 season, Shiels instigated an assessment that the club was not playing satisfactorily.[5] In the preseason, Shiels was sent to the AFL tribunal for striking Darcy Lang, but was not suspended.[6] Shiels was widely regarded as having performed well as vice-captain and player during the 2017 season, registering a personal record for number of clearances per game.[7]
Liam Shiels was regarded as having another good season in 2018, recording the sixth highest number of tackles in the league and setting a new disposal average record.[8]
Shiels, along with Smith was replaced as Co-Vice-Captain prior to the 2019 season with Jack Gunston, though he remained part of the leadership group.[9] Shiels played his 200th game during that season, which was a 24-point victory over rivals Geelong.[10]
On August 31, 2022, Shiels announced his retirement after 14 seasons, 255 games & 3 premierships with the Hawks.[11] His retirement didn't last long though, as on the 22nd November 2022, he came out of retirement to play for North Melbourne as a rookie listed player, reuniting with coach Alistair Clarkson.[12]
Statistics
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | ||
# | Played in that season's premiership team |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
2009 | Hawthorn | 26 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 65 | 85 | 150 | 25 | 49 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 13.6 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 0 |
2010 | Hawthorn | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 27 | 64 | 25 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 4.5 | 10.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 0 |
2011 | Hawthorn | 26 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 344 | 221 | 565 | 138 | 150 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 13.8 | 8.8 | 22.6 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 0 |
2012 | Hawthorn | 26 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 243 | 177 | 420 | 74 | 106 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 19.1 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 1 |
2013# | Hawthorn | 26 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 164 | 96 | 260 | 61 | 54 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 9.6 | 5.6 | 15.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 0 |
2014# | Hawthorn | 26 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 292 | 184 | 476 | 79 | 129 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 13.9 | 8.8 | 22.7 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 7 |
2015# | Hawthorn | 26 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 248 | 229 | 477 | 79 | 162 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 21.7 | 3.6 | 7.4 | 5 |
2016 | Hawthorn | 26 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 191 | 124 | 315 | 41 | 153 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 10.6 | 6.9 | 17.5 | 2.3 | 8.5 | 0 |
2017 | Hawthorn | 26 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 239 | 216 | 455 | 76 | 129 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 21.7 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 5 |
2018 | Hawthorn | 26 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 332 | 200 | 532 | 85 | 149 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.4 | 8.7 | 23.1 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 8 |
2019 | Hawthorn | 26 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 249 | 192 | 441 | 65 | 126 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 13.1 | 10.1 | 23.2 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 5 |
2020[a] | Hawthorn | 26 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 162 | 124 | 286 | 46 | 55 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 7.8 | 17.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 1 |
2021 | Hawthorn | 26 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 244 | 200 | 444 | 93 | 99 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 21.1 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 0 |
2022 | Hawthorn | 26 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 84 | 62 | 146 | 32 | 39 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 6.5 | 4.8 | 11.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0 |
2023 | North Melbourne | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 139 | 144 | 283 | 66 | 88 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 17.7 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 0 |
Career[13] | 271 | 93 | 96 | 3033 | 2281 | 5314 | 985 | 1514 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 11.2 | 8.4 | 19.6 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 32 |
Notes
- ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Honours and achievements
Team
- 3× AFL premiership player (Hawthorn): 2013, 2014, 2015
- 2× Minor premiership (Hawthorn): 2012, 2013
Individual
- Hawthorn vice-captain: 2017–2018
- Hawthorn best player in finals: 2018
- Hawthorn best clubman: 2017
- Hawthorn most improved player: 2011
- Hawthorn best first year player (debut season): 2009
- Australian international rules football team: 2011
- Hawthorn life member
Cited references
- ^ Sebastiani, Paul. "Hawthorn hope to keep Shaun Burgoyne despite Suns' interest". The Australian. News Corp. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Shiels next Hawk to fly - Official AFL Website of the Hawthorn Football Club". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
- ^ Allsop, Richard (7 September 2011). "Qualifying Final Footy Flashbacks". Australian Football League. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Hawks Liam Shiels learns leadership ropes". 13 February 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ Niall, Jake (18 April 2017). "'Just not good enough': Hawthorn vice-captain Liam Shiels' brutal assessment of club's 0-4 start". Fox Sports. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ Australian Associated Press (20 February 2017). "Liam Shiels cleared after stray elbow, Jack Frost suspended". ESPN. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ Paine, Jackson (5 September 2017). "Season review: Liam Shiels". Hawthorn Football Club. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Season snapshot: Liam Shiels". Hawthorn Football Club. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ Kennett, Jeff (28 February 2019). "Letter to members: Our captain". Hawthorn Football Club. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Hawthorn beats Geelong by 24 points at the MCG, the Saints down the Bulldogs and West Coast beats Melbourne". ABC News. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ Staff Writer (1 September 2022). "'It's been a great journey': Three-time premiership Hawk says farewell". AFL. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ Twomey, Callum (22 November 2022). "Three-time premiership Hawk set to come out of retirement". AFL. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ Liam Shiels' player profile at AFL Tables
External links
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- Liam Shiels's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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