Shane Morwood

Shane Morwood
Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-12-01) 1 December 1961
Original team(s)	Noble Park
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1981–1982 1983–1993 Total -	South Melbourne/Sydney Collingwood	017 0(13) 195 (111) 212 (124)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993.
Career highlights
Collingwood premiership player 1990

Shane Morwood (born 1 December 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL/AFL.

From Noble Park, Morwood played alongside his brother Paul at South Melbourne, but in 1982 he quit the club, refusing to move to Sydney with the re-location of South Melbourne into the Sydney Swans. He then was recruited by Collingwood in what seemed to be a recruiting frenzy by the Pies, as they were in a development period. Morwood would soon become an experienced backman, yet could play on either flank, but under Leigh Matthews he was played as a defender, and his role as bringing the ball out of trouble saw him become one of the best defenders in the game.

In 1988 Morwood represented Victoria for the first time, and would play State of Origin footy the next two seasons in the 'Big V'. His form from the backline gave him selection in the official VFL 'Team of the Year', placed on the Interchange. In 1990 he would be a member of the Magpies premiership side, their first Grand Final win since 1958, and would break the 'colli-wobbles' curse.

After thirteen seasons, Morwood retired from the AFL at the end of 1993, with over 200 games to his name. In 1994 he played in the Victorian Football Association with Frankston.^[1]

References

↑ Stewart Oldfield (15 April 1994). "VFA opens new season with changing of guard". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. p. 26.

External links

Shane Morwood's statistics from AFL Tables

Collingwood Football Club 1990 AFL premiers

Collingwood 13.11 (89) defeated Essendon 5.11 (41), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Monkhorst 2. Francis 3. Gayfer 7. Morwood 12. Banks 17. Barwick 19. Wright 21. Christian 22. Shaw (c) 23. Kelly 24. Turner 26. Brown 27. Starcevich 28. Crosisca 29. Russell 30. Manson 34. McGuane 35. Daicos 42. Millane 44. Kerrison

Coach: Matthews

Victorian team – 1989 State of Origin

Victoria 19.12 (126) defeated Western Australia 10.12 (72), at the WACA Ground, 16 May 1989, crowd: 20,993 Victoria 22.17 (149) defeated South Australia 9.9 (63), at the MCG, 1 July 1989, crowd: 91,960

Both games	Bews Brown Collins Daniher Dunstall Langford Lovett Lyon Madden (c) Murphy Scott Stoneham Weightman Coach: Goggin

vs. Western Australia	Ablett Armstrong Ayres Lambert Larkin Maginness Schwass Stynes Williams

vs. South Australia	Brereton Bruns Couch Darcy Lockett Mitchell Morwood Pritchard Watson

Coach: Goggin

Victorian team – 1990 State of Origin

New South Wales 13.8 (86) defeated Victoria 10.16 (76), at the SCG, 22 May 1990 Victoria 14.13 (97) defeated Western Australia 8.12 (60), at the WACA Ground, 26 June 1990

Both games	Brereton Collins Morwood O'Donnell Salmon Silvagni Stoneham Weightman

vs. New South Wales	Ayres Brown Crosisca Febey Gleeson Jeffrey Langford Lovett Lyon Malakellis Scott Stynes Wright

vs. Western Australia	Ablett Anderson Bruns Couch Daicos Ezard Frawley Loewe Madden McGuane Mitchell Rice Shaw Watson

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