Shane Kersten
| Shane Kersten | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Shane Kersten | ||
| Date of birth | 15 March 1993 | ||
| Original team(s) | South Fremantle (WAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 34, 2011 national draft | ||
| Height / weight | 191 cm / 96 kg | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Fremantle | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2012–2016 2017– Total |
Geelong Fremantle |
37 (41) 0 (0) 37 (41) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2016. | |||
Shane Kersten (born 15 March 1993) is an Australian rules footballer with the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Geelong Football Club from 2012 to 2016. He was recruited from the South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) with the thirty-fourth selection in the 2011 AFL draft.
Kersten was considered to make his AFL debut in the 2013 preliminary final,[1] but due to a knee injury[2] had to wait until round 14 of the 2014 AFL season to be selected. He kicked three goals in his debut game and was a standout despite Geelong losing to Gold Coast by 40 points.[3] Kersten celebrated his first win the following week against Essendon when he kicked two goals as Geelong. After making his debut Kersten struggled at times to maintain his spot in the side but developed into a second forward target alongside Tom Hawkins, as well as a effective defenside.[2]
At the conclusion of the 2016 season, after not playing in Geelong's two final series games, Kersten was traded to Fremantle in return for selection 63 in the 2016 AFL draft.[4]
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season[5]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Geelong | 39 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | Geelong | 39 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | Geelong | 39 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 43 | 13 | 56 | 26 | 19 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
| 2015 | Geelong | 39 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 47 | 40 | 87 | 37 | 28 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 7.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| 2016 | Geelong | 39 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 123 | 76 | 199 | 80 | 43 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 4.5 | 11.7 | 4.7 | 2.5 |
| Career | 37 | 41 | 29 | 213 | 129 | 342 | 143 | 90 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 9.2 | 3.9 | 2.4 | ||
References
- ↑ Diamond, Brent (15 September 2013). "'Fantastic': Kersten in running for surprise debut".
- 1 2 Connolly, Rohan (28 May 2016). "AFL 2016: Geelong's Shane Kersten: The kid is all right".
- ↑ "Harley Bennell shines as Gold Coast upsets Geelong". theage.com.au. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
- ↑ "Dockers grab Cats key forward for pick 63". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ↑ "Shane Kersten". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
External links
- Shane Kersten's profile on the official website of the Fremantle Football Club
- Shane Kersten's statistics from AFL Tables
- Player rating at Inside Football