[1] It became quite a disappointing season for Mumford, only playing in six games for the premiership winning side, (being replaced by Steven King for the VFL Grand Final, and then the next week, Steven King replaced Mark Blake in the 2007 AFL Grand Final),[1] but his pure rucking ability won over the Geelong recruiters, who then drafted him with their last pick (57) in the 2007 Rookie Draft.

[1] Mumford was elevated from Geelong's rookie list on 23 April 2008, due to long-term injury of Matthew Egan,[2] and was then immediately named to play in his first match in round 6 - the following weekend.

Mumford was suspended for two weeks in his return to Geelong in round 7 following a spear tackle on Gary Ablett Jr., in a match Sydney lost by 67 points.

His best game for the Swans came against Essendon the week after, with a season-high 46 hitouts against the Bombers whose ruckman David Hille was injured in the same match.

At the end of the 2010 season Shane Mumford was third in the AFL for hitouts despite missing three matches due to suspension and a knee injury.

[3] Mumford moved across to Greater Western Sydney (GWS) prior to the commencement of the 2014 AFL season, after he was forced out of the Swans due to their acquisition of Lance Franklin during the 2013/14 off-season.

[5] After both Mumford and the Giants had a strong start to the season in 2015, the ruckman suffered a serious ankle injury against Collingwood at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in round 11.

In round two against Geelong, Mumford pulled off what could possibly be "the greatest AFL hit of all time" when he took out Mitch Duncan with a solid shirtfront in the third quarter.