Shaun Mannagh | |
Birth Date: | 6 August 1997 |
Originalteam: | Walla Walla, Murray Bushrangers, North Albury, (VFL), Lavington, Werribee (VFL) |
Draftpick: | No. 36, 2023 AFL draft |
Debutdate: | Round 1, 2024 |
Debutstadium: | Kardinia Park |
Height: | 178cm |
Weight: | 80kg |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 2024– |
Games Goals1: | 12 (15) |
Statsend: | 2024 |
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Shaun Mannagh (born 6 August 1997) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Geelong Cats in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Originally from Walla Walla in the Hume Football League, Mannagh represented the NSW / ACT Under 16 Rams at the National Championships in 2013,[1] while playing with Walla Walla[2] and winning their 2013 seniors best and fairest.[3]
Mannagh then played with the Murray Bushrangers in 2014 and 2015[4] in the TAC Cup and also played with North Albury in the Ovens & Murray Football Netball League from 2014 to 2018.[5] Mannagh also represented the Ovens & Murray Football Netball League in the senior interleague side in 2016 too.[6]
Mannagh was then recruited to 's VFL reserves team where he played with them from 2017 to 2019. While remaining on Richmond's VFL list, Mannagh returned to the Ovens & Murray League, this time playing for Lavington in 2019[7] and was best on ground in their 2019 premiership with five goals,[8] winning the Did Simpson Medal.
Mannagh spent the summer of 2020/2021 playing in the Northern Territory Football League[9] with the Wanderers Football Club,[10] who lost the preliminary final to St Mary's Football Club (NTFL).[11]
Mannagh then played for Werribee in the VFL from 2021 to 2023,[12] where he was runner up in the club's 2021[13] and 2023[14] best and fairest and finished 3rd in Werribee's best and fairest award in 2022.[15]
He then kicked six goals from 28 disposals in a losing Grand Final against the Gold Coast Suns in 2023, being rewarded with the Norm Goss Memorial Medal.
After a few years of attracting the attention of AFL clubs, his Grand Final performances were enough to enter the national draft as a mature-aged rookie.[16] Mannagh had a medical with, an interview with, and even mid-season draft conversations with before finally being chosen by in the second round of that year's national draft.[17]
Mannagh was drafted by in the 2023 AFL draft at pick 36 as a mature-aged recruit.[18] He made his senior debut at 26 years of age against at GMHBA Stadium in round 1 of 2024.[19] He kicked his first career goal against the next week at Adelaide Oval, before he was omitted from the team for Geelong's Easter Monday clash with rivals .[20]
Mannagh played his first final in September of 2024 against at Adelaide Oval. He was one of the best players on the ground, involved in 13 scores and kicking three goals, two of which came in a dominant third quarter. Mannagh's forward craft set up a home preliminary final for the Cats.[21]