Liam Shiels

Liam Shiels
Personal information
Full name	Liam Shiels
Date of birth	(1991-04-29) 29 April 1991
Original team(s)	The Basin / Eastern Ranges
Draft	34th, 2008 AFL Draft
Debut	Round 10, 2009, Hawthorn vs. Adelaide, at AAMI Stadium
Height / weight	183cm / 81 kg
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Hawthorn
Number	26
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2009–	Hawthorn	142 (47)
International team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2011	Australia	1 (0)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016. ² State and international statistics correct as of 2011.
Career highlights
3× AFL Premiership (2013, 2014, 2015)

Liam Shiels (born 29 April 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Shiels is a midfielder and has developed into a key member of the Hawthorn midfield alongside Luke Hodge and Sam Mitchell.

AFL Career

After Hawthorn won the 2008 premiership the Hawthorn recruitment officer concentrated on the younger players in the 2008 AFL Draft. Shiels was a 2nd round selection (Hawthorn) No. 34 overall. He was the youngest player chosen that year.

Not expected to play in his first year, Shiel was training part-time and competing his schooling at Aquinas College Melbourne but after performances playing for Box Hill, Shiels was promoted to play against Adelaide. ^[1] He played eleven games in his debut season.

Shiels and Josh Gibson were the only Hawthorn players to play every game in 2011.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season ^[2]

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
Season	Team	#	Totals								Averages (per game)
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
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
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
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
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
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
2015	Hawthorn	26	22	13	9	248	229	477	79	129	0.6	0.4	11.3	10.4	21.7	3.6	7.4
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
Career			142	47	60	1584	1143	2727	522	829	0.3	0.4	11.2	8.1	19.2	3.7	5.8

Honours and achievements

Team
- 3x AFL Premiership: 2013, 2014, 2015
- 2x McClelland Trophy: 2012, 2013

Cited references

External links

Liam Shiels's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
Liam Shiels's statistics from AFL Tables

Hawthorn Football Club – current squad

2 Roughead (vc)
3 Mitchell
4 Hartung
5 Burton
6 Gibson
7 McEvoy
8 Duryea
9 Burgoyne
10 O'Meara
11 Whitecross
12 Frawley
13 O'Rourke
14 Birchall
15 Hodge (c)
16 Smith
17 Howe
18 Ceglar
19 Gunston
20 Willsmore
21 Sicily
22 Breust
23 O'Brien
24 Stratton
25 Schoenmakers
26 Shiels
27 Vickery
28 Puopolo
29 Langford
30 Brand
31 Henderson
32 Fitzpatrick*
33 Rioli
34 Heatherley
35 Morrison
36 Lovell
37 Hardwick
38 Surman*
39 Lewis
40 Stewart
41 Hanrahan*
42 Miles
43 Pittonet
44 Glass*
45 Nash*
46 Cousins*

Coach: Clarkson

* denotes rookie listed players

Hawthorn Football Club 2013/14/15 AFL premiers

2013: Hawthorn 11.11 (77) defeated Fremantle 8.14 (62), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 2014: Hawthorn 21.11 (137) defeated Sydney 11.8 (74), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 2015: Hawthorn 16.11 (107) defeated West Coast 8.13 (61), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

2. Roughead 3. Lewis 5. Mitchell 6. Gibson 9. Burgoyne 10. Hill 14. Birchall 15. Hodge (c) 16. Smith 17. Lake 19. Gunston 20. Hale 22. Breust 24. Stratton 26. Shiels 28. Puopolo 33. Rioli

Coach: Clarkson

Australian squad – 2011 International Rules Series

Douglas Frawley Gray Green (c) Grigg Kelly King McGlynn McKenzie Milne Monfries Nahas Nicoski Patfull Robinson Shiels Smith Suckling (gk) Swallow ~~Sylvia~~ Trengove Vince Ward Wojcinski Wood

Coach: Eade

2008 AFL national draft

First round	1. Jack Watts 2. Nic Naitanui 3. Stephen Hill 4. Hamish Hartlett 5. Michael Hurley 6. Chris Yarran 7. Daniel Rich 8. Ty Vickery 9. Jack Ziebell 10. Phil Davis 11. Steele Sidebottom 12. Lewis Johnston 13. Tom Lynch 14. Ayce Cordy (F/S) 15. Mitch Brown 16. Ryan Schoenmakers 17. Sam Blease (PP) 18. Luke Shuey (PP)

Second round	19. James Strauss 20. Tom Swift 21. Hayden Ballantyne 22. Jackson Trengove 23. David Zaharakis 24. Nick Suban 25. Jack Redden 26. Jayden Post 27. Sam Wright 28. Shaun McKernan 29. Dayne Beams 30. Dan Hannebery 31. Jordan Roughead 32. Liam Jones 33. Tom Gillies 34. Liam Shiels

Third round	35. Jamie Bennell 36. Ashley Smith 37. Zac Clarke 38. Matthew Broadbent 39. Steven Motlop 40. Mitch Robinson 41. Todd Banfield 42. Mitch Banner 43. Liam Anthony 44. Rory Sloane 45. Jarrad Blight 46. Luke Rounds 47. Rhys Stanley 48. Nick Heyne 49. Taylor Hunt 50. Jordan Lisle

Fourth round	51. Neville Jetta 52. Jordan Jones 53. Michael Walters 54. Jarrad Redden 55. Michael Still 56. Ben Bucovaz 57. Aaron Cornelius 58. Tom Hislop 59. Nathan O'Keefe 60. Tom Lee 61. Campbell Heath 62. Alistair Smith 63. Luke Lowden

Fifth round	64. Rohan Bail 65. Rhys O'Keeffe 66. Glenn Dawson 67. Tyson Slattery 68. Tim Ruffles 69. Bart McCulloch 71. Warren Benjamin 72. Will Young 73. Leigh Brown 74. Paul Cahill 75. Shane Savage

Sixth round	77. Chris Hall 78. Jason Davenport 80. Caleb Tiller 81. Kieran King 83. Colm Begley

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