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Shaun Higgins (born 4 March 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League.
He was part of the 2005 TAC Cup team of the year (the under-18 competition). Higgins can play a variety of positions up forward and now has been playing a lot in the Midfield. He is now considered[by whom?] one of the Bulldogs most important players and is a key to their future. It is a pretty sight seeing Higgins kick a goal on the run and it something he is now doing on a regular basis. He has a great ability of finding space and damaging the opposition by making it count on the scoreboard.[citation needed] Higgins has been nominated[by whom?] one of the best players to ever come from the Geelong Falcons. The cats were hoping he would have fallen to them but got picked up by the Western Bulldogs. He had a great couple of years at the Falcons playing a damaging role as an onballer taking home many awards.[citation needed] Higgins started his career in the number 19, but with the retirement of Scott West, West handed down the famous number 7 to Shaun. The day Shaun received the jumper, in an interview he said that it is a tremendous honour to be wearing the number 7. And he will be wearing it with great pride.[citation needed]
[edit] 2005Higgins 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 the Geelong Falcons best onballer and was projected to go higher than pick 11, but fell in the lap of the Western Bulldogs. Ahead of him were players such as Dale Thomas, Pendlebury and Mark Murphy. He was part of the 2005 TAC Cup team of the year (the under 18 competition). [edit] 2006He 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, ruling him out of that year's finals campaign. Before his injury he showed flashes of brilliance in front of goals. But his fitness levels were not quite up. But even at that stage he was a standout with his accurate kicking and awareness of what was around him. [edit] 2007With the frustration of missing his first season, This was Higgins'breakout year after coming off a season ending elbow injury. He proved a handy Goal Kicker up forward that could take a good mark and set up players for a Goal. This was the year where the doubters got off his back and found out just how good he really was, and proved what kind of prospect he is. The game most notable was against the team he made his debut against, Collingwood where he kicked the Winning Goal. He was the Round 8 nominee for the 2007 NAB Rising Star award [edit] 2008With a great win against Adelaide to open the season Higgins played a vital role in the win. His Season was cut short in round 2 with a Broken Ankle against Melbourne when he landed on it coming down from a Marking contest. It was only supposed to keep him our for a few weeks but the injury was worse than first thought. But came back to play in the Finals. Higgins learned a valuable lesson that year and it has made him a better Footballer. When he was injured he was always in the Bulldogs rooms encouraging his team mates and this was the first sign of Leadership that he shown and he later was voted by his peers as a leader. In the preliminary Final against Geelong Higgins was playing on Darren Milburn, Higgins went on to kick two goals on him and set one up and Milburn got taken off. [edit] 2009Although he is primarily a forward, Higgins has been used sometimes in the midfield. In 2009 Higgins was promoted into the Leadership group. And he received the famous number 7 that was worn by Scott West and Doug Hawkins before him. Higgins had a brilliant pre-season that was up there with Daniel Cross and Matthew Boyd in the time trials. He is tutored as being the next captain of the Club and he has a lot of skill and flair. Along with Selwood he is ranked as one of the best young players in the competition. He had a solid 2009 season but had hamstring troubles that put a damper on his performance. He has the ability of kicking both feet and has great speed and breaks a lot of tackles. His most notable goal was against Geelong. He was tackled in the back on the boundary and he got up and kicked a blinder. He is a very fit onballer that can run all day. The only critical thing about him is the injuries he tends to get but if he stays fit and healthy theres a big chance he may take home the Brownlow and have a very long career in the Red White and Blue. And be one of the Bulldogs favourite sons. He signed a contract extension midway through the season that proved his loyalty. [edit] Personal lifeHiggins grew up in Geelong and went to Saint Josephs High School. He played Junior Football for Newtown where his younger brother currently plays. As a youngster he was a mad Geelong supporter, that went to all the home games in his Geelong jumper. His Dad too was also a great Football player. Who taught him how to kick a Football. He later went on to play for the Geelong Falcons where he went on to get Drafted. [edit] External links
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