Shannon Byrnes

Shannon Byrnes
Personal information
Full name	Shannon Byrnes
Date of birth	(1984-04-07) 7 April 1984
Place of birth	Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)	Shepparton / Murray U18
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Position(s)	Rover
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2004–2012	Geelong	108 (100)
2013–2014	Melbourne	023 0(17)
Total		131 (117)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2014.
Career highlights
AFL National Rising Star nomination 2005 Geelong Third reserves best & fairest 2003 Premierships NAB Cup 2006 AFL Premierships 2007, 2009
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Shannon Byrnes (born 7 April 1984) is a former Australian rules footballer who last played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) after a ten year career with the Geelong Football Club. He has served as the development and welfare coach of the Melbourne Football Club since November 2014.

Career

Byrnes was recruited from the Murray Bushrangers and was the last draftee selected by the Geelong Football Club in the AFL rookie draft in 2002. He was given the guernsey number 46, but changed it to 17 at the start of the 2005 season. Byrnes also wore the #10 guernsey when he co-captained the Murray Bushrangers.

As a second year rookie, he was promoted to Geelong's senior list for the remainder of the 2004 season, replacing James Kelly who was out for the rest of the year after breaking his leg against the West Coast Eagles.

Byrnes competed in the 2005 AFL Grand Final sprint, coming in third place. The speedy-left footer had an inconsistent season in 2006, with fluctuating form, failure to convert in front of goals and the inability to break into a strong team seeing him being put in and out of the playing squad. In 2007, Byrnes was a part of the 2007 Premiership team, picking up 14 disposals and kicking one goal.

After a lacklustre season in 2008 and missing out on finals, he produced the best year of his career in 2009 kicking 32 goals 11 behinds for the season, crediting his form to an early pre-season and improved fitness. He cemented a spot in the team, missing only two games due to injury, and was picked to play in the 2009 AFL Grand Final, where he had 16 possessions, kicked one goal and became a two-time premiership player. He backed up this year with another solid season in 2010 kicking 35 goals for the season.

In 2011 he only played five games, missing most of the season due to calf and knee injuries. He was selected as an emergency for the 2011 AFL Grand Final, but despite there being some injury concerns over Steve Johnson, he was not called up to the final team.

Byrnes announced his retirement on 30 July 2014, effective immediately.

Statistics

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2004	Geelong	46	4	1	3	22	13	35	13	15	0.3	0.8	5.5	3.3	8.8	3.3	3.8
2005	Geelong	17	19	8	13	150	95	245	56	47	0.4	0.7	7.9	5.0	12.9	2.9	2.5
2006	Geelong	17	10	3	11	100	47	147	58	26	0.3	1.1	10.0	4.7	14.7	5.8	2.6
2007	Geelong	17	12	7	11	90	107	197	53	40	0.6	0.9	7.5	8.9	16.4	4.4	3.3
2008	Geelong	17	9	8	10	78	65	143	35	28	0.9	1.1	8.7	7.2	15.9	3.9	3.1
2009	Geelong	17	22	32	11	196	212	408	111	64	1.5	0.5	8.9	9.6	18.5	5.0	2.9
2010	Geelong	17	23	35	20	199	195	394	109	65	1.5	0.9	8.7	8.5	17.1	4.7	2.8
2011	Geelong	17	5	5	2	31	16	47	8	5	1.0	0.4	6.2	3.2	9.4	1.6	1.0
2012	Geelong	17	4	1	2	18	22	40	10	12	0.3	0.5	4.5	5.5	10.0	2.5	3.0
2013	Melbourne	10	17	12	11	127	116	243	62	38	0.7	0.6	7.5	6.8	14.3	3.6	2.2
2014	Melbourne	10	6	5	3	28	37	65	11	16	0.8	0.5	4.7	6.2	10.8	1.8	2.7
Career			131	117	97	1039	925	1964	526	356	0.9	0.7	7.9	7.1	15.0	4.0	2.7

External links

• Shannon Byrnes's profile on the official website of the Melbourne Football Club
• Shannon Byrnes's playing statistics from AFL Tables