WXV: Berlin Brewers

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After long discussions with c4v3m4n and hawk_88, who both presented strong cases by submitting their own logos respectively, the Berlin Brewers are proud to present their new logo created by hawk_88 as shown below:



Star recruit Lance Franklin had this to say about the new logo, "I for one am stoked with our new logo. The team is coming together very nicely!"

"A Storm is Brewing"

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The Berlin Brewers are happy to announce that they have signed a 5 year deal with the Olympic stadium, which is situated in the heart of Berlin, to play 8 games a year in the much hyped up game of the World 15's.

In a statement made by President Christian Wulff and star recruit Lance Franklin, they, and the German people, are delighted to have this game hosted in their capital of Germany and would make sure they fill up every seat of the 74,500 seat stadium.

He went on to say that their were many adjustments needed to be done to the stadium for it is not up to the requirements of the game, but assured the German people that it would be ready, round 1 against the reindeers.

"We have a big pre-season ahead of us and it is really good that we have a stadium to train in," Lance Franklin said.




           

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2017 Playing Guernsey

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At long last, the Berlin Brewers have signed a contract that will see their reserves team under new management and under a new name; The Rhineland Rum-Runners! This move by the Brewers is an attempt to increase the amount of time and development put into its players that are currently not in the senior side; whether it be because of injury or poor form. Berlin also sees this as boosting the profile of fellow German state Rhineland and hence Germany.

A logo has already been produced by the designer of our Guernsey and whom also presented a possible logo for the Brewers, c4v3m4n as shown below:

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Our Sponsors

The Berlin Brewers are proud to present their first official club sponsor - Volkswagen. Volkswagen have signed a three year deal with the Brewers allowing the club to make advancements both on and off the field. Their company logo will appear on the front of the Brewer Guernsey along with the yet to be released World 15s logo.   


Along with the signing of Volkswagen, the Brewers also managed to get Adidas to sponsor the club for the next 4 years. This is another major signing for they are a well-known and highly profitable company. The Adidas logo will appear on all advertisements made by the Brewers.


The Berlin Brewers made sure that both of their major sponsors are local Germany companies to provide long lasting partnerships and to promote the team in the new World 15s competition that is due to start in 2012.

The Brewers have now struck a deal with a third sponsor, and our first gold sponsor. The Berlin Brewers are proud to announce Oettinger as our first Gold Sponsor. For those of you who don't know, Oettinger is Germany's best selling beer brand and we thought it appropriate to get them on board with the Berlin Brewers. The decision to make Oettinger our gold Sponsor was not totally based on the fact that they were beer brewers, it was a strategic move that will give our Football Club more funding and awareness around the World, with Oettinger agreeing to have our logo endorsed on their produce. The Brewers, along with Germany and the World have growing excitement as the weekend of the inaugural first round of the World 15s approaches, which we believe will hit the world like nothing before has.

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2011/2012 Articles

Recruits from the World 15s Draft

Recruits from the 2011 International Draft

Recuits from the 2011 Preseason Draft

2011/12 Trade Period Activity

2012 Fixture/Results

Round 1 - Berlin shows a Storm is Brewing

Round 2 - Suns shine bright on hungover Brewers

Round 3 - Pumas savage stumbling Brewers

Round 4 - Brewers yield under mighty Warriors

Coach Denies Talks of Tanking

Berlin Finishes Year on a High

Berlin proves too strong against Islanders

Berlin Brewers 2012 Best and Fairest Count

2012 Awards

2012/2013 Articles

Recruits from the 2012 International Draft

Recruits from the 2012 Rookie Draft

2012/13 Trade Period Activity

2013 Team Photo

2013 Fixture/Results

Round 1 - Brewers Serve Tigers On Their All Time Low

Round 2 - Cobras Venomous Midfield Prove too Strong for Brewers

Round 3 - Pumas survive spirit-ed Brewers

Round 4 - Brewers Too Strong For Lost Islanders

Round 5 - Brewers Prevail over Holidaying Reindeers

Round 6 - Brewers Flat in London Scrap

Round 7 - Berlin pass out, Dublin walk home after Contest

Round 8 - Berlin send Cairo in de-Niall

Round 9 - Berlin serve it Ice-Cold to Wellington

Round 10 - Boozing Armadillos send Brewers into Shells

Round 11 - Brewers Hold on against Rampaging Revolution

Round 12 - Spetsnaz brings out the Big Guns against Berlin

Round 13 - Brewers Strangled by Tough Suns

Round 14 - Brewers met with dull Samurai Blades

Round 15 - Brewers Tame Timid Wolves

Round 16 - Berlin Swoop on Tired Magpies

Round 17 - Berlin left waiting for Thunder

Elimination Final - Brewers Bubbling in Upset Win

Semi Final - Brewers fire, Spetsnaz out in Two Shots

Preliminary Final - Brewers Dried out by Intense Suns

Game Report Cards

2013 Awards

2013/2014 Articles

Recruits from the 2013 International Draft

Recruits from the 2013 Rookie Draft

2013/14 Trade Period Activity

2014 Team Photo

2014 Fixture/Results

Round 1 - Different Year, Different Brewers, Same Result

Round 2 - Wolf Leader without a pack in Brewer Victory

2014 Game Report Cards

Recruits from the 2014 International Draft

Recruits from the 2014 Rookie Draft

2014 Awards

2014/2015 Articles

2014/15 Trade Period Activity

2015 Team Photo

2015 Fixture/Results



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Club Records

Champions, Games, Points, Honours & Awards

Established 2012 (Inaugural Season)

Updated Annually

(* denotes players currently playing for Berlin)

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(click on photo for profile)

Michael Hibberd	Jamie MacMillan	Shaun Burgoyne	Michael Johnson

Sam Fisher	Colin Garland	Kyle Cheney	Zak Jones
Xavier Ellis	Dylan Grimes	Josh Cowan
Joshua Prudden	Darcy Byrne-Jones	Jaden McGrath (FOR)
Joel Patfull	# Corey Adamson (MID)	# Daniel Talia

Nat Fyfe	Jack Steven	Tom Liberatore	Brad Crouch
Jack Viney	Chris Masten	Jordan Murdoch
Nick Suban	Mason Redman (FOR)	Corey Wagner
Josh Smith	# Corey Adamson (DEF)	# Malcolm Karpany (FOR)

Max Gawn	Jake Spencer	Mitch King (FOR)	# Max King (FOR)

Drew Petrie	Michael Walters	Mark LeCras	Steve Johnson

Charlie Dixon	Lachlan Henderson	Jay Kennedy-Harris	Darren Minchington
Mason Redman (MID)	Jaden McGrath (DEF)	Mitch King (RUC)
William Hams	Wylie Buzza	Brodie Murdoch
# Max King (RUC)	# Lachlan Langford	# Malcolm Karpany (MID)

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2015/16 Trade Period Activity

Farewells	Arrivals
Marco Paparone Jarryn Geary Jack Watts Dale Thomas Jack Grimes Rory Atkins Pick 35 Pick 53 Adam Treloar Jacob Townsend Pick 71 Josh Saunders Jonathan Marsh # Jack Redpath Jack Fitzpatrick Ben Sinclair Will Langford Jesse Lonergan Pick 15 Lewis Jetta	Jamie MacMillan Lachlan Henderson Tom Liberatore Pick 57 Michael Johnson Pick 47 Pick 56 Michael Walters Pick 74 Pick 79 Sam Fisher Josh Prudden Mark LeCras Pick 63 Shaun Burgoyne Nick Suban Chris Masten Steve Johnson

Trades in Full

Trade 1
Toronto trade: Jamie MacMillan, Lachlan Henderson + Bradley Hill
Berlin trade: Marco Paparone, Jack Watts + Jarryn Geary

Trade 2
Berlin trade: Dale Thomas, Jack Grimes, Rory Atkins, Pick 35 + Pick 53
Tokyo trade: Chris Yarran + Pick 10

Trade 3
Dublin trade: Tom Liberatore + Pick 18
Berlin trade: Adam Treloar

Trade 4
Mexico City trade: Pick 57
Berlin trade: Jacob Townsend

Trade 5
Mexico City trade: Michael Johnson, Bailey Dale, Nathan Krakouer, Blake Acres + Jake Barrett
Mexico City receive: Chris Masten, PSD Pick 1 + Pick 71

Berlin trade: Bradley Hill + Pick 71
Berlin receive: Michael Johnson, Bailey Dale + Pick 47

New Delhi trade: Chris Masten, PSD Pick 1 + Pick 47
New Delhi receive: Brad Hill, Nathan Krakouer, Blake Acres + Jake Barrett

Trade 6
Berlin trade: Josh Saunders + Jonathan Marsh
Mexico City trade: Pick 39

Trade 7
New York trade: Heath Hocking + Pick 56
Berlin trade: Jack Redpath + Jack Fitzpatrick

Trade 8
Dublin trade: Michael Walters, Pick 74 + Pick 79
Berlin trade: Chris Yarran + Bailey Dale

Trade 9
New York trade: Sam Fisher, Dylan Buckley, Shaun Grigg, Pick 85 + PSD Pick 11
New York receive: Reece Conca, Ben Sinclair, Pick 18, Pick 19 + PSD Pick 1

Mexico City trade: Reece Conca, Josh Prudden, Darcy Byrne-Jones, Pick 19 + PSD Pick 1
Mexico City receive: Shaun Grigg, Dylan Buckley, Pick 85 + PSD Pick 11

Berlin trade: Ben Sinclair + Pick 18
Berlin receive: Sam Fisher, Josh Prudden + Darcy Byrne-Jones

Trade 10
Berlin trade: Will Langford, Jesse Lonergan + Pick 10
London trade: Brent Stanton + Mark LeCras + Pick 63

Trade 11
Berlin trade: Pick 15 + Pick 39
Tokyo trade: Shaun Burgoyne + Nick Suban

Trade 12
Mexico City trade: Chris Masten
Berlin trade: Brent Stanton + Heath Hocking

Trade 13
Berlin trade: Lewis Jetta
Dublin trade: Steve Johnson

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Recruits from the 2015 International Draft

Pick 46 - Mason Redman	Pick 52 - Jaden McGrath	Pick 53 - Corey Wagner	Pick 59 - Mitch King

Pick 66 - William Hams	Pick 71 - Wylie Buzza	Pick 78 - Brodie Murdoch	Pick 87 - Joel Patfull

With this haul of mid to late draft picks, the Brewers were pleased to get promising first year players Mason Redman, Corey Wagner and Wylie Buzza to go with Mitch King; thereby completing the entire Melbourne ruck set. We have also managed an absolute steal from the PNL Reindeers whom really let one go in William Hams; with the suspended Bombers, expect Hams to take a step up this year. We also managed to pick up ex-Christchurch experienced defender Joel Patfull - for insurance - and ex-New Yorker Brodie Murdoch to reunite him with his brother in an attempt to bring out the best of them both. Finally, we feel that ex-Cobra Jaden McGrath will surprise 2016 and look forward to an exciting career at the Brewers.

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Recruits from the 2015 Pre-Season & Rookie Draft

PSD Pick 12 - Josh Smith	Rookie Pick 14 - Corey Adamson	Rookie Pick 30 - Daniel Talia	Rookie Pick 60 - Malcolm Karpany

The Brewers were stoked to grab Josh Smith with Pick 12 in the Pre-Season draft; we reckon he will get games this year for Rhineland at least, and we think he can develop into something quite handy down the line. We also nabbed 3 recycled players with our 3 rookie picks; Corey Adamson (Toronto), Daniel Talia (New Delhi) and Malcolm Karpany (Beijing) - all of which have something to hopefully offer the Brewers.

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2016 Fixture/Results

Round	Home/Away	Opponent	Location	Berlins' Score	Opponents Score
Round 1	Away	Tokyo Samurai	Tokyo Olympic Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 2	Home	New York Revolution	Berlin Olympic Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 3	Away	Cape Town Cobras	Newlands Cricket Ground	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 4	Away	Pacific Islanders	Tuanaimato International Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 5	Away	Seoul Magpies	Seoul World Cup Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 6	Away	Toronto Wolves	Rogers Centre	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 7	Home	London Royals	Berlin Olympic Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 8	Home	New Delhi Tigers	Berlin Olympic Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 9	Home	Beijing Thunder	Berlin Olympic Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 10	Home	Buenos Aires Armadillos	Berlin Olympic Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 11	Away	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	Maracana Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 12	Away	Cairo Sands	Borg El Arab Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 13	Neutral	PNL Reindeers	Bellerive	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 14	Home	Mexico City Suns	Berlin Olympic Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 15	Home	Dublin Destroyers	Berlin Olympic Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 16	Home	Christchurch Saints	Berlin Olympic Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)
Round 17	Away	Moscow Spetsnaz	Luzhniki Stadium	(00.00.000)	(00.00.000)

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Berlin Game Report Cards

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Match Reviews

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2015 Awards

Best & Fairest Count

Reserves Best & Fairest Count

2015 Award Winners

The Best & Fairest	The "Heinz Tonn" Medal	Nathan Fyfe
The Reserves Best & Fairest	The "Harry Frei" Medal	Dylan Grimes
The Coaches Award	The "Your Shout" Medal	Marco Paparone
The Most Consistent Player	The "Designated Driver" Medal	Mark Jamar
The Rising Star Award	The "DUI" Medal	Rory Atkins

(Note: Heinz Tonn was the first ever German AFL/VFL player, Harry Frei was the second)

Heinz Tonn (Best & Fairest) Final Placings

Harry Frei (Reserves Best & Fairest) Final Placings

In previous years, we have seen the Coaches Award won by mature aged players experienced an unconventional and unexpected standout season. This years recipient is in fact just starting his career, acquired in trade we he came along with Xavier Ellis in exchange for ex-Brewer Mitch Clark. At the time, he was just seen as a sweetener to the deal, but ended up being the most valuable part of the deal. Congratulations to Marco Paparone for winning the "Your Shout" Medal (Coaches Award) for 2015! Paparone displayed outstanding consistency within the 70-100 range, with only 4 scores below 70 and two centuries outside that range. Marco also finished 3rd in the "Designated Driver" Medal (for consistency), and was one of 5 Brewers to play all 19 senior games in 2015. Coach Purple 77 just marveled at Paparone the longer the year went on; proving to be a vital cog in the forward line. Paparone has a long and successful career ahead of him, that is for sure.

Congratulations to veteran ruckman Mark Jamar for winning the "Designated Driver Medal" for the most consistent/reliable player in 2015! The winner of the award would register the lowest Standard Deviation throughout the year, taking into account both their senior and reserve games. To be eligible for the award, a player must have played at least 5 games at senior level. Jamar has also retired from the WXV club that picked him second after Lance Franklin and that he played for in his entire career. Although Jamar played just the 5 games (the first 5) this year at an average of 74.2, his guidance of Max Gawn and Jake Spencer has ensured a powerful ruck combination for many years to come. Mark;s contribution to the Berlin Brewers WXV Football Club cannot not be underestimated, with a legacy worthy of his round 2 selection in 2011.

Congratulations to the patient; persistent Rory Atkins for winning the The "DUI" Medal for Berlin under the WXV Rising Star qualifications for the 2015 season! Although his achievements have been less of that than the previous recipients of the award, Rory's story has been one largely of patience; having been on Berlin's list for all 3 years of his career before making his debut in his one and only game in the Elimination Final win against New York. It was a baptism of fire for the young Atkins; and one he responded well to with a solid 50. Had he had played in the last H&A game of the season, he would have won a WXV Rising star nomination as well. Although he has had to work harder and for longer than others to get a game, Atkins carries the attributes to make it in WXVs going forward.