Shane Shackleton

Shane Shackleton is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop and second-row forward who played for the Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels and the Penrith Panthers in the NRL. He played twice for NSW City between 2009 and 2011.

Shane Shackleton
Personal information
Full nameShane Shackleton
Born (1982-07-08) 8 July 1982
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
PositionProp, Second-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2005–09 Sydney Roosters 65 3 0 0 12
2010–11 Parramatta Eels 24 1 0 0 4
2012 Penrith Panthers 4 0 0 0 0
Total 93 4 0 0 16
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–11 NSW City 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Playing career

Shackleton made his first grade debut for the Sydney Roosters in 2005. Shackleton's last season at the club ended with a wooden spoon in 2009. In total, Shackleton made 65 appearances for the club. Shackleton was selected for City in the City vs Country match on 8 May 2009.[2] Shackleton was also eligible to play for Malta in the same year.[3]

Shackleton signed for the Parramatta Eels for a reported three-year deal starting from 2010.[4] He made his debut for the Parramatta Eels coming of the bench in round 1 up against St. George Illawarra, but only to suffer a horrific hamstring injury immediately ending his season.[5]

After suffering one of the worst hamstring injuries seen by doctors, Shackleton had worked hard to get back into the side and was a regular off the bench for Parramatta. In early 2011 when Parramatta played the Gold Coast, Shackleton scored a try after pouncing on a bomb which was the match winner for Parramatta.[6]

In 2012, Shackleton was dropped to the Wentworthville Magpies, the Eels NRL feeder team. When asked on Facebook why he was not playing first grade, he replies, because, "Kearney's a fucker."[7]

Soon after, Shackleton signed a two-year deal to link up with the Penrith Panthers prior to the 30 June trade deadline, resulting in an immediate switch to the new club. In 2013, Shackleton was working part time as a labourer and also a comedian while playing for the Mount Pritchard Mounties in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW competition.[8] In 2016, Shackleton while playing for the Guildford Owls, was named in the Ron Massey Cup representative side to play the Queensland Rangers.[9]

In November 2018, Shackleton played for Parramatta in the Legends of League tournament which was staged at the Central Coast Stadium in Gosford.[10]

Career highlights

First grade debut: Sydney Roosters v Brisbane, Suncorp Stadium, 26/08/05 (Rd 25)

Footnotes
  1. Rugby League Project
  2. Balym, Todd (3 May 2009). "Blues halfback duel in two as Mitchell Pearce misses selection". Fox Sports. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
  3. http://www.rleague.com/db/article.php?id=22277
  4. "Eels sign Justin Poore and Shane Shackleton". The Daily Telegraph. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  5. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/shane-shackleton-shattered-as-season-ends/story-e6frexnr-1225840873143
  6. "Official Player Numbers". Parramatta Eels.
  7. James Phelps. "Shane Shackleton says his card was marked once Stephen Kearney took over at the Eels". Daily Telegraph.
  8. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/shane-shackleton-doesnt-see-funny-side-of-blake-fergusons-boxing-foray/news-story/b9ad083d0dc59bbc249593a88bcf9eb9
  9. https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2016/07/18/ron-massey-cup-representative-team-announcement/
  10. https://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2018/11/19/parramatta-at-legends-of-league-tournament/
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