Jezzza
11th January 2008, 14:26
Name Shannon Hurn
Jumper No 25
DOB 4-9-1987
Height 186cm
Weight 92kg
Drafted Pick 13 in 2005 from Central Districts
Career Games 30
Bit of useless trivia In 2004 he had a rookie contract with SACA to play for the Redbacks as a RH batsmen but turned down a second one in 2005 to cencentrate on his footy. Phew!!
2006
Games 6
Kicks
Total 40
Average 6.7
Handballs
Total 20
Average 3.3
Disposals
Total 60
Average 10
Marks
Total 18
Average 3
Goals
Total 1
Average 0.2
Behinds
Total 3
Average 0.5
Tackles
Total 6
Average 1
2007
Games 24
Kicks
Total 171
Average 7.1
Handballs
Total 158
Average 6.6
Disposals
Total 329
Average 13.7
Marks
Total 72
Average 3
Goals
Total 11
Average 0.5
Behinds
Total 7
Average 0.3
Tackles
Total 53
Average 2.2
After getting a taste of AFL level footy in 2006 where he played 6 games, Shannon played in all 24 games in 2007.
He played mainly in the back half either as a back pocket or halfback flanker with the very occasional run in the midfield. Did some good stopping jobs players like A Davey in round 9 & S Grant in round 10. Round 12 against the Saints was where he scored the most votes in our award, 103 of them. Coincidently that was where he played more in the midfield.
Purely on stats he improved his averages in most in 2007 as should be expected. Only missing out on getting 10 or more possessions in 1 game. A couple of things I noticed though is that he is yet to achieve a game of 20 possessions and his ratio of kicks to handballs is nearly 1 to 1. That probably is partly due to it being his second season so he lays the ball off to more experienced players. With one of his main assets being his kicking hopefully he will start to kick it more often as on the run his kicking especially his depth of kicking would easily be in the top 5 of our current squad.
Where to in 2008? Most of us here would love to see him move further up the ground. Whether that be right in the middle, where his clean hands and size would be useful as a clearance player. Or trying to give him a bit of time and space on the wing. When Hansen takes his marks up near the wing who better would there be to running past to receive a handball, run his full measure and kick deep into the forward line or just go straight for the goals? Would be a great floodbuster as the ball would move 65-80 meters in a matter of seconds. I guess the only question is whether given how solidly built he is does he have the tank to do it for long periods? The other role I think he could perform well would be the Rojo one but more offensive, where he plays as a HFF pushing up the ground and then running forward as required. Having played in defense the defensive side of his game has been developed where he should be able to help keep the ball in our forward line if we are going to have a tall forward line this year.
Personally I'm really looking forward to seeing the continued development of my sponsored played as there will be opportunities to show us all the talent that we have seen glimpses of on a more consistent basis in 2008.
Jumper No 25
DOB 4-9-1987
Height 186cm
Weight 92kg
Drafted Pick 13 in 2005 from Central Districts
Career Games 30
Bit of useless trivia In 2004 he had a rookie contract with SACA to play for the Redbacks as a RH batsmen but turned down a second one in 2005 to cencentrate on his footy. Phew!!
2006
Games 6
Kicks
Total 40
Average 6.7
Handballs
Total 20
Average 3.3
Disposals
Total 60
Average 10
Marks
Total 18
Average 3
Goals
Total 1
Average 0.2
Behinds
Total 3
Average 0.5
Tackles
Total 6
Average 1
2007
Games 24
Kicks
Total 171
Average 7.1
Handballs
Total 158
Average 6.6
Disposals
Total 329
Average 13.7
Marks
Total 72
Average 3
Goals
Total 11
Average 0.5
Behinds
Total 7
Average 0.3
Tackles
Total 53
Average 2.2
After getting a taste of AFL level footy in 2006 where he played 6 games, Shannon played in all 24 games in 2007.
He played mainly in the back half either as a back pocket or halfback flanker with the very occasional run in the midfield. Did some good stopping jobs players like A Davey in round 9 & S Grant in round 10. Round 12 against the Saints was where he scored the most votes in our award, 103 of them. Coincidently that was where he played more in the midfield.
Purely on stats he improved his averages in most in 2007 as should be expected. Only missing out on getting 10 or more possessions in 1 game. A couple of things I noticed though is that he is yet to achieve a game of 20 possessions and his ratio of kicks to handballs is nearly 1 to 1. That probably is partly due to it being his second season so he lays the ball off to more experienced players. With one of his main assets being his kicking hopefully he will start to kick it more often as on the run his kicking especially his depth of kicking would easily be in the top 5 of our current squad.
Where to in 2008? Most of us here would love to see him move further up the ground. Whether that be right in the middle, where his clean hands and size would be useful as a clearance player. Or trying to give him a bit of time and space on the wing. When Hansen takes his marks up near the wing who better would there be to running past to receive a handball, run his full measure and kick deep into the forward line or just go straight for the goals? Would be a great floodbuster as the ball would move 65-80 meters in a matter of seconds. I guess the only question is whether given how solidly built he is does he have the tank to do it for long periods? The other role I think he could perform well would be the Rojo one but more offensive, where he plays as a HFF pushing up the ground and then running forward as required. Having played in defense the defensive side of his game has been developed where he should be able to help keep the ball in our forward line if we are going to have a tall forward line this year.
Personally I'm really looking forward to seeing the continued development of my sponsored played as there will be opportunities to show us all the talent that we have seen glimpses of on a more consistent basis in 2008.