Shaun Higgins
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| Personal information | |
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| Birth | March 4, 1988 , |
| Recruited from | Geelong Falcons |
| Height and weight | 1.85 m / 85 kg |
| Playing career¹ | |
| Debut | Round 9, 2006, Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood, at MCG |
| Team(s) | Western Bulldogs (2006-)
25 games, 29 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season | |
| Career highlights | |
Shaun Higgins (born March 4, 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League.
Higgins was picked with the Western Bulldogs first pick in the 2005 AFL Draft, 11th overall. He grew up in Geelong and was drafted from the Geelong Falcons. Played juniors with St Josephs and briefly with Bell Park, but then moved to Newtown for his intermedient football, progressing to the Geelong Falcons TAC Cup team.
He was part of the 2005 TAC Cup team of the year (the under 18 competition).
He managed to make his debut in his first season (2006), against Collingwood. He played mostly as a small forward then but suffered a season ending elbow injury in Round 13 against the West Coast Eagles. This ruled him out of playing finals at the end of 2006.
Shaun visited Emmaus Christian School in 2008 to explain stuff.
Although he is primarily a forward, Higgins has been used sometimes in the midfield.
He was the Round 8 nominee for the 2007 NAB Rising Star award.
[edit] External links
- Shaun Higgins profile on the Official AFL Website of the Western Bulldogs Football Club
- Shaun Higgins's statistics from AFL Tables
[edit] References
- AFL Record 2006 Season Preview, ed. Michael Lovett, AFL Publishing.
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1 Ray • 2 Murphy • 3 Everitt • 4 Cross • 5 Boyd • 6 Johnson • 7 West • 8 Hahn • 9 Gilbee • 10 Eagleton • 11 Street • 12 Williams • 13 Giansiracusa • 14 Ward • 15 Hudson • 16 Griffen • 17 Cooney • 18 Stack • 19 Higgins • 20 Hill • 21 Akermanis • 22 Addison • 23 McDougall • 24 Grant • 25 Hargrave • 26 Reid • 27 Minson • 28 Welsh • 29 Wood • 30 O'Keefe • 31 Mulligan* • 32 Boumann • 33 Callan • 34 Skipper • 35 Tiller • 36 Lake • 37 Wight • 38 Morris • 39 Lynch • 40 Harbrow • 41 White* • 42 Hughes* • 42 Shaw* • 44 O'Shea • Coach: Eade * denotes Rookie Listed players |
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