Retired #41 Shane Mumford (traded in, 2013)

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SHANE MUMFORD

Height: 198cm
Weight: 105kg
D/O/B: 5/7/1986
Position: Ruck

Mumford was recuited by the Giants to address the teams need for a high quality ruck and to also add further experience to the young Giants team.

Leon Cameron rated not only the ruck skills of Mumford, but the guidance and experience he would be able to impart from time spent at Geelong and Sydney - two of the league’s most successful teams in recent years.
‘‘Coming out of a strong Sydney system, where their actions are very important on the field and off the field,’’ Cameron said, adding he expects him to be a leader, ‘‘he’s been in two very, very good environments and no doubt that’s going to help our young midfielders and our young ruckmen.
‘‘You look at the whole package ... you look at what he can provide on the field and off the field in terms of leadership.’’
http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/shane-mumford-to-join-giants-20131002-2ushd.html#ixzz2sURC63hZ

STAR recruit Shane Mumford have been promoted to the GWS Giants' player leadership group for 2014.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...leadership-group/story-fngr8il0-1226782572685

 

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An interesting stat from the "totally useless but interesting nonetheless stats" department

 

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I am so going to miss watching him play, hopefully he is the coach we want him to be, helping Rory hone his draft and shaping Flynn into the beast ruck I believe he can be

 

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Might be wrong spot to put this.. but wishing all the best post playing career had huge respect for the big fella.

 

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http://www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/2018-11-30/cameron-confirms-mumford-return

Cameron Confirms Mumford Return
Senior Coach Leon Cameron talk to the media before the majority of players return for the 2019 pre-season training on Monday.

GIANTS coach Leon Cameron admits his club will take a "calculated risk" when it adds Shane Mumford to its list on Saturday.
Cameron confirmed that the GIANTS will sign Mumford, who retired at the end of the 2017 season with a serious foot injury, under the competition's new supplemental selection period on December 1.

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Mumford's return to the GIANTS will cap a remarkable 12 months for the former club champion, who was the club's ruck coach last season.
The 32-year-old flagged his intentions to come out of retirement at the end of the 2018 season, before he was embroiled in controversy last month after a video emerged of Mumford snorting a white powder.
He was fined $25,000 and suspended for two matches by the club, and Cameron said the incident – that occurred three years ago - didn't reflect the character of the player he's worked closely with since 2014.
"I'm a believer of second chances and guys make mistakes in life, and Shane made a really big one," he said.
"We'll work with him closely to make sure he makes better decisions.
"He's determined to make the wrongs right and we'll be there to help him through that.
"It's a wonderful story, it's an interesting story, and no doubt plenty is going to be written about it.
"We look forward to the journey and we know there'll be some ups and downs, but that’s like any club."
Mumford's foot issue was so serious that when he retired, he said he was forced to give the game away or risk permanent damage to his body.
Cameron said the GIANTS have put plenty of time into the ruckman's injury but there's no guarantee Mumford will return to the AFL and be the player he once was.
"How do you know (his body will stand up) in March, April and May when you're playing back to back-to-back (games)?" he said.
"But we're willing to take a calculated risk because we've done all the research on him.
"Am I really confident that his attitude and his application is spot on? Yes, it is.
"The way he's gone about his boxing and his cross-training in his own time and present himself in a manner that we think can stand up to AFL footy has been great.
"But if you look back at history, it's really hard to come back after a year out.
"The most important thing is that Shane is really driven and when he's driven, he can do some things."
Mumford, who turned his attention to boxing when his footy career was ended and won both his professional fights this year, will begin officially training with the GIANTS on Saturday.
Cameron ruled out any more bouts for his big man while he's in-season, but hinted that Mumford could step back into the ring in the off-season.
"He's got a passion for it and he actually thinks he's Muhammad Ali at 2-0, and I'm not going to take that away from him," Cameron said.
"The training he does is really beneficial for him and if that helps him in his return from retirement, then we'd be mad not to explore that."

 

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https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/...n/news-story/398292f7ec9e3884dc57f5bbc24be538

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Shane Mumford’s ‘go hard or go home’ attitude worth its weight in gold, says Leon Cameron
Jon Ritson, The Daily Telegraph
February 8, 2019 6:36pm

“Warrior” Shane Mumford’s “go hard or go home” attitude will be worth its weight in gold for the GWS Giants this season, insists head coach Leon Cameron.

The 32-year-old has put both retirement and a controversial ‘snorting’ video firmly behind him and both Cameron and the Giants’ leadership group are delighted with Mumford’s impact and influence on those around him.

Injury woes saw the ruckman call it a day at the end of 2017 and he moved into a coaching role at the Giants but both parties came to realise there may be more left in the tank and on came the boots again.

The Giants were hugely disappointed last October when a 2015 video surfaced, showing Mumford snorting a powder but after imposing a fine and a two-match ban they stuck by him and are confident they will reap the rewards for doing so.
“Firstly, we don’t condone the position Shane found himself in and we were really disappointed as a footy club,” Cameron told The Saturday Telegraph.
“But Shane himself was at the forefront of making the wrongs right, which I’m really proud of.

“He’s been a really good warrior for our footy club. He retired because of the nasty injuries that he sustained.
“He became our ruck coach but then it became apparent that maybe we could get another a year or two out of Shane. Since we got to that November period where we made that decision, he has put himself physically in a really good position.
“He had a 10-day setback with a hammy before Christmas but other than that he’s doing as much, if not more, than what he was before he retired.”

Cameron is not expecting miracles however and certainly won’t be putting all his ruck eggs into one basket. And even when Mumford isn’t on the field, his contribution off it will be just as crucial.
“The challenge is though, we understand that he is coming off retirement and so the expectation is we want Shane to play some really good footy but we’re also confident in our rucks stocks in Dawson Simpson, Shane and Matthew Flynn that they can really hold up throughout the year.
“Mummy’s value off the field is his cheekiness, his hard training philosophy. He only knows one way. It’s either go hard or go home and he brings a really good set of values and set of habits that I really love.”

Co-captain Phil Davis has also hailed Mumford’s pre-season impact, describing him earlier this week as “hungry” for success.

As the new season draws ever closer the club are working hard to try and lock down several players to new contracts.
They hit the jackpot on two fronts on Friday with defender Nick Haynes agreeing to a new five-year deal and forward Brent Daniels extending his stay until 2021.
“It’s obviously the first Giants free agency year,” Cameron said.
“So we’ve got probably three or four players in that boat. In saying that I wouldn’t be surprised if by the time the season starts that a number of players put pen to paper that sit in that bracket.

 

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Shane Mumford started his AFL career as a mature-aged rookie after being selected by Geelong in 2007’s NAB AFL Draft. The former boiler-maker from Bunyip in south-east Victoria made his AFL debut in round six, 2008. He joined the Swans at the end of 2009, playing a key role in their 2012 premiership win.

Mumford was traded to the Giants ahead of the 2014 season and was immediately named in the club’s leadership group. He was awarded the Kevin Sheedy Medal in his first season with GWS. After four seasons with the Giants, Mumford retired at the end of 2017. Mumford spent 2018 as the GIANTS' ruck coach and took up boxing before coming out of retirement as a supplemental selection. Mumford is married to Eva and they have two sons – Ollie and Theo. He retires (again) after the 2021 season and 216 AFL games, 116 of them with the GWS Giants.