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11 Facts About Shaun Rehn

1.

Shaun Jason Rehn was born on 17 August 1971 and is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League.

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Shaun Rehn was invited to try out for the West Adelaide Under-19s despite being from the Port Adelaide zone.

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Shaun Rehn made his senior debut for West Adelaide in 1990, playing two games for the season; Rehn was then selected in the Adelaide Crows inaugural 52-man squad wearing number 52.

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At 19 Shaun Rehn started his AFL career in 1991 with the Adelaide Crows in their inaugural year in the Australian Football League.

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Shaun Rehn's injury kept him on the sidelines for most of the 1996 season after having spent much of the previous season out with the same injury.

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Shaun Rehn played 134 games and kicked 55 goals for the Crows between 1991 and 2000 and was a member of the Crows 1997 and 1998 premiership teams, before moving to Hawthorn in 2001 in the twilight of his career.

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From 2003 to 2005, Shaun Rehn was the coach of the West Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL, leading them to the Grand Final in his debut season as coach.

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In 2006, Shaun Rehn joined the Brisbane Lions as ruck coach where he helped develop Brisbane's young ruck division including Jamie Charman, Cameron Wood and Matthew Leuenberger.

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In 2010, Shaun Rehn coached the Byron Bay Magpies under-14 side in the Northern Rivers League.

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In 2011 Shaun Rehn coached South Australia in the 2011 State of Origin Slowdown to a 17.10 to 17.9 victory over Victoria in a charity match at the Adelaide Oval for the Little Heroes Foundation and the Reach Foundation youth charities started by former Melbourne ruckman and 1991 Brownlow Meadallist Jim Stynes.

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On 19 October 2011, Port Adelaide announced that Shaun Rehn would be an assistant coach at the club.