Shane Birss

Personal information
Birth	11 March 1983 (1983-03-11) (age 26)
Recruited from	Sale/Gippsland U18
Height and weight	183cm / 80kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 2, 2002, Western Bulldogs vs. Kangaroos, at Telstra Dome
Team(s)	Western Bulldogs (2002–2006) 51 games, 20 goals St Kilda (2007–2008) 20 games 13 goals
¹ Statistics to end of {{{statsend}}} season
Career highlights
* St Kilda AFL NAB Cup winning side 2008 [1] [2]

Shane Birss (born 11 March 1983) is an Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Birss was drafted by the Western Bulldogs from the Gippsland Under 18s in the 2001 AFL Draft. He was unable to play consistently to establish himself in the Bulldogs' best 18. He played 51 games and kicked 20 goals in 5 seasons, having debuted in 2002. To date he has played mostly as a wingman/flanker and is often used off the bench. His playing measurements as at the commencement of the 2006 season were 183 cm and 83 kg. He plays in number 40.

The 2006 Record describes Birss as a long kicking utility and as possessing ball winning abilities with a capacity for hard running. He is a player that wins plenty of the ball at VFL level but due to a low game-time has never been able to display this at the elite level. He uses the ball well hitting the target 80% of the time across five seasons. In nine VFL games in 2006 he featured in the best seven times.

He was traded to St Kilda during the 2006 Trade period for their 4th round draft selection at number 59.

He was delisted by St Kilda at the end of the 2008 season.

[edit] External links

• Shane Birss profile on the Official AFL Website of the Western Bulldogs Football Club
• Shane Birss's statistics from AFL Tables

[edit] References

• AFL Record 2006 Season Preview, ed. Michael Lovett, AFL Publishing.