Liam Shiels

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.

Liam Shiels
Shiels playing for Hawthorn in June 2017
Personal information
Full name Liam Shiels
Date of birth (1991-04-29) 29 April 1991
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 Hawthorn
Number 26
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2009– Hawthorn 208 (75)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2011 Australia 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 3, 2020.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2011.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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. 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 competing 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.

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

Shiels was made joint Vice-Captain of the club in 2017, together with Isaac Smith.[3] During Hawthorn’s poor start to the 2017 season, Shiels instigated an assessment that the club was not playing satisfactorily.[4] In the preseason, Shiels was sent to the AFL tribunal for striking Darcy Lang, but was not suspended.[5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8] Shiels played his 200th game during that season, a 24-point victory over rivals Geelong.[9]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of 2019. [10]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2009 Hawthorn 261113658515025490.10.35.97.713.62.34.5
2010 Hawthorn 2660037276425260.00.06.24.510.74.24.3
2011 Hawthorn 262511143442215651381500.40.613.88.822.65.56.0
2012 Hawthorn 262277243177420741060.30.311.08.019.13.44.8
2013 Hawthorn 2617381649626061540.20.59.65.615.33.63.2
2014 Hawthorn 2621811292184476791290.40.513.98.822.73.86.1
2015 Hawthorn 2622139248229477791290.60.411.310.421.73.67.4
2016 Hawthorn 261848191124315411530.20.410.66.917.52.38.5
2017 Hawthorn 2621910239216455761290.40.511.410.321.73.66.1
2018 Hawthorn 262393332200532851490.40.114.48.723.13.76.5
2019 Hawthorn 26191012249192441651260.50.613.110.123.23.46.6
Career 205758524041750415474812330.40.411.78.520.33.66.0

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

Cited references
  1. Sebastiani, Paul. "Hawthorn hope to keep Shaun Burgoyne despite Suns' interest". The Australian. News Corp. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Hawks Liam Shiels learns leadership ropes". 13 February 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. Australian Associated Press (20 February 2017). "Liam Shiels cleared after stray elbow, Jack Frost suspended". ESPN. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  6. Paine, Jackson (5 September 2017). "Season review: Liam Shiels". Hawthorn Football Club. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  7. "Season snapshot: Liam Shiels". Hawthorn Football Club. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  8. Kennett, Jeff (28 February 2019). "Letter to members: Our captain". Hawthorn Football Club. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  9. "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.
  10. Liam Shiels' player profile at AFL Tables
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