Shane Shackleton

Shane Shackleton
Personal information
Full name Shane Shackleton
Born (1982-07-08) 8 July 1982
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Position Prop, Second-row, Lock

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005–09 Sydney Roosters 65 3 0 0 12
2010–11 Parramatta Eels 24 1 0 0 4
2012 Penrith Panthers 4 0 0 0 0
Total 93 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–11 NSW City 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Shane Shackleton is an Australian professional rugby league player. He last played in the NRL for the Penrith Panthers in 2012 and previously played for the Sydney Roosters from 2005–2009 and the Parramatta Eels from 2010-2012. His position of choice is at second row.

Shackleton signed for the Parramatta Eels for a reported 3-year deal starting from 2010.[2] He made his debut for the Parramatta Eels coming of the bench in Round 1 up against the Dragons, but only to suffer a horrific hamstring injury immediately ending his season.[3] After suffering one of the worst hamstring injuries seen by doctors, he had worked hard to get back into the side and was a regular off the bench for Parramatta. In early 2011 when Parramatta played the Gold Coast, Shackleton scored a try after pouncing on a bomb which was the match winner for Parramatta.

He was selected for City in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009.[4]

He was also eligible to play for Malta.[5]

In 2012, Shackleton was dropped to the Wentworthville Magpies, the Eels NRL feeder team. When asked on Facebook why he was not playing first grade, he replies, because, "Kearney's a fucker."[6] Soon after, Shackleton signed a two-year deal to link up with the Penrith Panthers prior to the 30 June trade deadline, resulting in an immediate switch to the new club. In 2013, Shackleton was working part time as a labourer and also a comedian while playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW competition.[7] In 2016, Shackleton while playing for the Guildford Owls, was named in the Ron Massey Cup representative side to play the Queensland Rangers.[8]

Career highlights

First grade debut: Sydney Roosters v Brisbane, Suncorp Stadium, 26/08/05 (Rd 25)

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
  2. ↑ "Eels sign Justin Poore and Shane Shackleton". The Daily Telegraph. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  3. ↑ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/shane-shackleton-shattered-as-season-ends/story-e6frexnr-1225840873143
  4. ↑ Balym, Todd (2009-05-03). "Blues halfback duel in two as Mitchell Pearce misses selection". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  5. ↑ http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=22277
  6. ↑ James Phelps. "Shane Shackleton says his card was marked once Stephen Kearney took over at the Eels". Daily Telegraph.
  7. ↑ https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/shane-shackleton-doesnt-see-funny-side-of-blake-fergusons-boxing-foray/news-story/b9ad083d0dc59bbc249593a88bcf9eb9
  8. ↑ https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2016/07/18/ron-massey-cup-representative-team-announcement/
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