WXV: London Royals

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Time for an update:

We farewelled the following players thanking them for services to the club:

Josh Clayton
Jonathan Giles
Ryan Harwood
Jarrad Jansen
Josh Hill
Maboir Chol
Corey Gregson
Jack Frost
Cameron Ellis Yeoman  :(
Matthew Shaw
Darcy MacPherson   :(
Claye Beams
Jake Stein (rookie)

Trades completed:
Hanneberry and Weller for Matthieson, Sheed and N6
N6 For Jordan Roughead and Timothy English
Chris Mayne for PSD7
Billy Harting for David Cunningham + 86
Chris Mayne for PSD7
Dane Rampe + Pick 58 for Shaun Burgoyne, James Cousins + Pick 73
PSD 7 for Dylan Grimes and PSD12

2017 Draft Picks
Pick 5 - Jack Higgins
Pick 25- Charlie Spargo
Pick 27 - Hamish Brayshaw
Pick 30 - Sam Hayes

Pre-Season Draft
PSD 3 Trent Mynott
PSD 12 Brady Grey
PSD 21 Sam Skinner

Rookie Draft
R3 Kaiden Brand
R21 Josh Jaska

Was sad to see a lot of these players go. However to assist our rebuild some pruning was needed.

Trading was quite successful and happy with draft picks.

Will finish towards the bottom of the ladder but hope to achieve a few wins along the way.

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Rd 1

London Royals (19.11.125) defeated Buenos Aires Armadillos (19.6.120)

First up win for the club. Shaun Burgoyne was outstanding in his debut for the club and ably supported by Captain Luke Shuey, Ruckman Callum Sinclair and Tim Membrey.

Best and Fairest Points:
5. Luke Shuey
4. Tim Membrey
3. Callum Sinclair
2. Shaun Burgoyne
1. Blake Hardwick

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Rd 2.

PNL Reindeers (16.7.103) defeated London Royals (15.8.98).

In a very scrappy we were brought back to earth by the Reindeers. we suffered a serious injury to new recruit Shaun Burgoyne and this seemed to take some momentum from us.  however this was not an excuse as players should have stepped up to cover the loss.

Coach did not want really any points in Best and Fairest this week but to keep faith awarded the following:
5. Rhys Matthieson
4. Blake Hardwick
3. Josh Bruce
2. Brad Shepphard
1. Callum Sinclair.

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Rd 3.

London Royals (21.8.134) defeated Cape Town Cobras (19.11.125)

After last weeks pathetic effort coach wielded the axe dropping 6 players. Draft pick 5 Jack Higgins was given his first run in the team along with new recruit David Cunningham. Coachs wrath inspired the team lead by a dominant ruck performance from Callum Sinclair to a win over the Cobras. Sinclair was ably supported by Captain Luke Shuey who responded to criticism of his leadership last week. Sam Gray also lifted. lets hope they continue against the revolution next week who we have not beaten in the last 3 years,

Best and Fairest,
5: Callum Sinclair
4. Sam Gray
3. Dom Sheed
2. Luke Shuey
1. Brad Shepphard

[Purple 77]

Any week that is a 36 point improvement on the last is a good week! Well done Royals

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Rd 4


New York Revolution (21.10.136) defeated London Royals (17.11.113)

In a match we were hoping to be extremely competitive we really disappointed with quite a few players putting in below par performances. The Revolution continue to have the wood over us. The players can expect hard work on the training track to improve our attack on the ball.  We can not continue to use injuries to senior players as an excuse.

Points awarded for best and fairest this week. (Although coaches struggled to find worthy recipients given the extent of the performance,

5. Callum Sinclair who continues to be the shining light.
4. Luke Shuey
3. Lin Jong
2. Dom Sheed
1. Tim English

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Rd 5

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (20.11.131) def London Royals (18.7.115)

We were competitive early against the Jags but then their captain Cripps sprang into action and that was the difference. We have to regroup for next weeks clash against the high flying Tigers.

Best and Fairest Points
5.  Adam Saad
4. Luke Shuey
3. Lin Jong
2. Tim English
1. Callum Sinclair

Progress after 5 Rds:
We Have Joint leaders who at this early stage have broken away.
15. Luke Shuey
14. Callum Sinclair
6. Lin Jong
5.  Dom Sheed
5. Adam Saad
5. Rhys Matthieson
5. Blake Hardwick

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Rd 6

New Delhi Tigers (21.10.136) def London Royals (19.9.123)

Another spirited showing by the young team started strongly but were over run in the 4t qtr. Captain Luke Shuey was well held and had a subdued game. Sinkers again shone in the ruck and has really lifted this year. VC Tom Lynch showed a welcome return to form after a down day last week. Shaun Burgoyne is slowing regaining form after injury lay off and hopefully will return to last seasons form. Youngsters showing good signs of development as well.

B & F Points:
5: Callum Sinclair
4. Tom Lynch
3. Sam Gray
2. Luke Shuey
1. Jake Waterman

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B & F Points

Rd 7
5. Callum Sinclair
4. Blake Hardwick
3. Tom T Lynch
2. Charlie Spargo
1. Jack Higgins

Rd 8
5. Shaun Burgoyne
4. Heath Grundy
3. Sam Gray
2. Jake Waterman
1. Callum Sinclair

Rd 9
5. Orazio Fantasia
4. Brad Sheppard
3. Blake Hardwick
2. Adam Saad
1. Heath Grundy

Rd 10
5. Adam Saad
4. Brad Sheppard
3. Blake Hardwick
2. Dominic Sheed
1. Sam Gray

Rd 11
5. Callum Sinclair
4. Shaun Burgoyne
3. Tim Membrey
2. Adam Saad
1. Heath Grundy

Rd 12
5. Callum Sinclair
4. Adam Saad
3. Darcy Gardiner
2. Shaun Burgoyne
1. Heath Grundy

Rd 13.
5. Orazio Fantasia
4. Luke Shuey
3. Jack Higgins
2. Tim Membrey
1. Blake Hardwick

Rd 14
5. Luke Shuey
4. Jack Higgins
3. Tim Membrey
2. Blake Hardwick
1. Brad Sheppard

Rd 15.
5. Tom T Lynch
4. Luke Shuey
3. Tim Mermbrey
2. Charlie Spargo
1. Blake Hardwick

Rd 16.
5. Orazio Fantasia
4. Darcy Gardiner
3, Jack Higgins
2. Adam Saad
1. Luke Shuey.

Rd 17
5. Shaun Burgoyne
4, Tim Membrey
3. Callum Sinclair
2. Adam Saad
1. Jack Higgins

Final Points (Top 8 )
39. Callum Sinclair
31. Luke Shuey
22. Adam Saad
19.  Blake Hardwick
19. Tim Membrey
18. Shaun Burgoyne
12. Tom T Lynch
12. Jack Higgins
11. Sam Gray

Congratulations to Callum Sinclair and we wish him well at Rio de Janeiro following his transfer request,

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As we approach end of trade Period time to review our trades

Trade 1:
Callum Sinclair and Sam Hayes for National 6.
Sinkers requested a trade and happy to oblige and with Pick 6 we can gain here.

Trade 2:
James Cousins + Pick 57 for Pick 38
Sad to see James go but he was not doing enough to gain selection. Packaged with a lower pick to move up the order.

Trade 3:
N6 for Jared Polec and Lewis Jetta
Using National 6 to get some strength in our midfield and Polec will certainly give us run and Jetta will keep the pressure on. So effectively we have now Traded Sinclair for Polec and Jetta so fair trade.

Trade 4.
Shaun Burgoyne + Pick 75 for 47 & 48
Shaun is reaching the end of his career and decided to trade while he had currency. Gaining some extra 3rd rd picks in this strong draft.

Trade 5.
Jacob Allison for PSD 14
We were going to delist Allison from our list so an extra pick in PSD first round will be handy.

Current Picks National Draft 2,21,38.39. 47, 48 PSD Picks 2, 14, 20, 38

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Summary for London for 2021 year

London continued to bounce up and down having some strong games and some very average games frustrating the coach. Coach was really disappointed with some of their showings. Losses to Seoul by 1 point in Rd 12 and Buenos Aries by 10 points in Rd 13 stopped our finals charge and ultimately cost us our finals spot.

Coaching staff will sit down over the next few weeks and decide on contracts for next year with a few players not playing to full potential and a couple nearing end of careers. We need to bring another midfielder to support our Captain in Touk Miller.

Coaching staff have tallied votes for our MVP and it is no surprise that Touk Miller is our MVP this year polling maximum votes in 8 games.

Top 5 in MVP (23 players received votes)
1.  Touk Miller 61 votes
2. Dom Sheed 24 votes
3. Adam Saad 21 votes
4. a three way tie on 18 votes Nick Hind, Tim Membrey and the much maligned Willem Drew.

Congratulations Touk Miller on a very dominant performance for the year.