Matthew Shir is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played with Adelaide in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (AFL).

Shir, a defender, was drafted by Adelaide from the Murray Bushrangers

Murray Bushrangers

Murray Bushrangers is an Australian rules football team playing in TAC Cup since 1993 based in Wangaratta. The team trains in WJ Findlay Oval. The team is coached by Darren Ogier...

 of the TAC Cup

TAC Cup

The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing 12 Victorian regions....

, although he was from Benalla originally. He was hampered by groin injuries during his time in Adelaide. At SANFL level he played for Glenelg.

Richmond

Richmond Football Club

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 secured him in the 2002 Rookie Draft

2002 AFL Draft

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, but he didn't make any senior league appearances.

From 2004 to 2009 he played as a midfielder for Wodonga

Wodonga Football Club

The Wodonga Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Wodonga, Victoria.Wodonga made four consecutive grand finals from 1967 to 1970, winning two premierships....

 in the Ovens & Murray Football League

Ovens & Murray Football League

The Ovens and Murray Football League, often referred to locally as the O&M, is a semi-professional Australian rules football league based around ten clubs in north-eastern Victoria and the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, and affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League...

. He won three club Best and Fairest

Best and Fairest

Best and Fairest is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.In the...

 awards and was a member of a premiership team in his first season.

He made his way to Queensland

Queensland

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 in 2010 to play with Aspley

Aspley Australian Football Club

Aspley Hornets Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the AFL Queensland State League competition.-Overview:A strong club financially and in terms of playing numbers, the Aspley Hornets were admitted to the Division One competition in 2009 following the collapse of fellow...

.