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{{short description|Australian rules football player}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Shane Birss
| image = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| originalteam = [[Sale Football Club|Sale]] / [[Gippsland U18]]
| debutdate = Round 2, 2002
| debutteam = Western Bulldogs
| debutopponent = Kangaroos
| debutstadium = Docklands Stadium
| height = 183 cm
| weight = 80 kg
| position = 
| years1 = 2002–2006
| club1 = [[Western Bulldogs]]
| games_goals1 = 51 (20)
| years2 = 2007–2008
| club2 = [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]
| games_goals2 = 20 (13)
| games_goalstotal = 71 (33)
| careerhighlights = * St Kilda pre-season premiership side 2008 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeld-wen.com.au/pr/St-Kilda-2008/20080308.php|title=Saints are NAB Cup Champions in 2008|work=Jeld-Wen|date=8 March 2008|accessdate=7 November 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120003712/http://www.jeld-wen.com.au/pr/St-Kilda-2008/20080308.php|archivedate=20 November 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/st-kilda-wins-nab-cup-by-five-points/2008/03/08/1204780132457.html?s_cid=rss_news|title=St Kilda wins NAB cup|work=The Age|date=8 March 2008|accessdate=7 November 2009}}</ref>
}}

'''Shane Birss''' (born 11 March 1983) is an [[Australian rules football]] player.

Birss played for both [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] and the [[Western Bulldogs]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL).  He was drafted with the 26th pick by the Western Bulldogs from the Gippsland Under 18s in the [[2000 AFL Draft]]. Debuting in [[2002 AFL season|2002]], Birss was unable to play consistently to establish himself in the Bulldogs' senior side, playing 51 games and kicking 20 goals in five seasons.

Birss was traded to St Kilda during the [[2006 AFL Draft|2006 Trade period]] for their fourth Round draft selection at Number 59.  He played two seasons for St Kilda before being delisted at the end of the [[2008 AFL season]].  Birss was then recruited by [[South Australian Football League]] (SANFL) club [[West Adelaide Football Club|West Adelaide]] where he went on play more than 100 games.

==References==
{{reflist}}
* ''AFL Record 2006 Season Preview'', ed.  Michael Lovett, AFL Publishing.

==External links==
*{{Wbplayer|ref=13577}}
*{{AFL Tables|S/Shane_Birss}}

{{2002 AFL Rising Star nominees}}
{{2000 AFL national draft}}

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[[Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Western Bulldogs players]]
[[Category:St Kilda Football Club players]]
[[Category:West Adelaide Football Club players]]
[[Category:Gippsland Power players]]
[[Category:Sale Football Club players]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen]]