| Luke Shuey | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Shuey playing for West Coast in July 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Luke Shuey | ||
| Nicknames | Boots, Chingy | ||
| Born | (1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (age 35) | ||
| Original team | Oakleigh Chargers/Marcellin College/Bulleen-Templestowe | ||
| Draft | 18th overall,2008(West Coast) | ||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2009–2023 | West Coast | 248 (142) | |
| International team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017 | Australia | 2 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023. 2 Representative statistics correct as of 2017. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Luke Shuey (born 2 June 1990) is a formerAustralian rules footballer and former captain of theWest Coast Eagles in theAustralian Football League (AFL). He retired at the conclusion of the2023 AFL season.
Shuey was recruited from theOakleigh Chargers with pick 20 in the2008 National Draft. After a series of injuries, he made his AFL debut during the2010 season. He was runner-up in theAFL Rising Star award in 2011. Shuey won theJohn Worsfold Medal as West Coast's best and fairest player in 2016, and again in 2019, and finished third in the award in 2014 and 2017. Awarded 'Player of the finals' in 2019, adding to his September reputation where a year earlier he played in the club's victory overCollingwood in the2018 Grand Final, and was awarded theNorm Smith Medal as the best player on the ground.
Shuey was raised in theMelbourne suburb ofTemplestowe and attendedMarcellin College, playing for the school football team. One of his teammates wasDavid Zaharakis, who was also drafted into the AFL.[1] Outside of school football, Shuey played his junior football for Bulleen-Templestowe.[2][3]
In 2008, his final year of high school, he was selected for theOakleigh Chargers in theTAC Cup. He also represented Vic Metro at the2008 AFL Under 18 Championships, winning the team'sbest and fairest award. Shuey placed fourth in thebeep test at the 2008 AFL Draft Camp. At the2008 National Draft, he was selected in the second round, taken by West Coast with the 18th pick overall.[4]
As part of West Coast'saffiliation with theWest Australian Football League (WAFL), Shuey was allocated toEast Perth upon his arrival in Perth to pursue his career.[5] However, he did not play senior football at all during the 2009 season (in either the WAFL or AFL), suffering a series of injuries which includedosteitis pubis, a broken leg, and twohernias.[6][7] Shuey later said his injuries were in part due to playing too much football during the previous year.[8] After a strong pre-season, Shuey made his AFL debut in round one of the2010 season, against theBrisbane Lions.[9] He scored a goalwith his first kick.[10] However, after just three games at AFL level, Shuey suffered a knee injury. He was due to return midway through the season, but then contracted a virus which was eventually diagnosed asglandular fever.[11][12] He eventually returned for West Coast's last three games of the season,[13] as well as two WAFL matches for East Perth.[14] He established himself in West Coast's midfield line-up during the2011 season, playing in all 25 of his team's matches (one of only seven West Coast players to do so).[15] He was nominated for the2011 AFL Rising Star award in round two, after a 27-disposal and three-goal game againstPort Adelaide.[16] He eventually finished runner-up toEssendon'sDyson Heppell in the award, with Heppell polling 44 votes and Shuey 37 votes. This was the best finish by a West Coast player sinceChris Judd was runner-upin 2002.[17] Shuey also polled 12 votes in the2011 Brownlow Medal, and including three votes in the round-18Western Derby againstFremantle (althoughDean Cox won theRoss Glendinning Medal). In the round-nine game against theWestern Bulldogs he had kicked a career-high five goals and recorded 27 disposals but was only awarded two Brownlow votes.[13]
During the2012 season, Shuey was suspended on two occasions – for one week after striking Fremantle'sPaul Duffield in round nine, and for two weeks after strikingNorth Melbourne'sLindsay Thomas in round 15.[18] He polled 11 votes in the2012 Brownlow Medal, includingbest on ground performances againstGreater Western Sydney in round three (25 disposals and five goals) and againstGold Coast in round 14 (32 disposals and three goals).[13]
After a career best season in 2016, Shuey was named in the initialAll-Australian 40-man squad, though he did not make the final team.[19] He also won theJohn Worsfold Medal as the clubbest and fairest.[20]
In September 2017, Shuey kicked agoal after the siren againstPort Adelaide to win thefirst elimination final atAdelaide Oval. It was the first after-the-siren goal inextra time in AFL history.[21][22]
Shuey won the 2018 Norm Smith Medal for his brilliant performance against Collingwood in theAFL Grand Final, recording 34 possessions and a goal. He received eleven out of twelve possible votes from the four judges. His team, the West Coast Eagles, won the premiership.[23]
On 6 December 2019 it was announced that Shuey would become the 11th captain of the West Coast Eagles.
After battling frequent hamstring injuries during his captaincy, Shuey announced on 8 August 2023 that he would retire at season's end.[24]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks | ||
# | Played in that season's premiership team |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2010 | West Coast | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 47 | 106 | 20 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 17.7 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 0 |
| 2011 | West Coast | 13 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 323 | 179 | 502 | 65 | 104 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 12.9 | 7.2 | 20.1 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 12 |
| 2012 | West Coast | 13 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 286 | 197 | 483 | 82 | 89 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 13.6 | 9.4 | 23.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 11 |
| 2013 | West Coast | 13 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 178 | 123 | 301 | 48 | 67 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 12.7 | 8.8 | 21.5 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 5 |
| 2014 | West Coast | 13 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 249 | 235 | 484 | 74 | 80 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 24.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 9 |
| 2015 | West Coast | 13 | 25 | 24 | 12 | 273 | 320 | 593 | 82 | 123 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 10.9 | 12.8 | 23.7 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 7 |
| 2016 | West Coast | 13 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 272 | 324 | 596 | 56 | 149 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 11.8 | 14.1 | 25.9 | 2.4 | 6.5 | 10 |
| 2017 | West Coast | 13 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 312 | 293 | 605 | 93 | 134 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 13.6 | 12.7 | 26.3 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 10 |
| 2018# | West Coast | 13 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 257 | 219 | 476 | 63 | 97 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 11.0 | 23.8 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 6 |
| 2019 | West Coast | 13 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 409 | 238 | 647 | 81 | 129 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 17.0 | 9.9 | 27.0 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 15 |
| 2020 | West Coast | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 101 | 245 | 33 | 46 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 7.7 | 18.8 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 6 |
| 2021 | West Coast | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 56 | 160 | 23 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 14.8 | 8.0 | 22.8 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 0 |
| 2022 | West Coast | 13 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 207 | 157 | 364 | 48 | 100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 12.1 | 9.2 | 21.4 | 2.8 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 2023 | West Coast | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 105 | 93 | 198 | 20 | 48 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 10.5 | 9.3 | 19.8 | 2 | 4.8 | 2 |
| Career | 248 | 142 | 112 | 3178 | 2582 | 5760 | 788 | 1218 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 12.8 | 10.4 | 23.2 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 93 | ||
AFL
West Coast Eagles
In February 2009, Shuey's younger sister Melanie was struck and killed by a motorcycle while walking. He was given indefinite leave from football after her death and stayed in Melbourne for six weeks before returning to Perth.[7][26]
Shuey and his wife Dani Orlando have two children.[27][28][29]
Patrick Skene also reports that Luke Shuey has Chinese ancestry. He is a descendant of Ah Shuey, who came to Australia in 1862.[30]
