WXV: London Royals

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2015 Trading Details and will be kept updated throughout the trading period:

Trading will be detailed here:

Trade 1
Pacific give: Brad Sheppard
London give: Rory Laird

Simple trade here we need some midfield depth and with a surplus of defenders trade made sense for depth.

Trade 2
Moscow trade: Callum Sinclair and SECOND Round Pick (35)
London trade: Guess Joe Daniher

With the retirement of Ben Hudson and Daniel Gorringe not getting games we needed another ruck and Sinclair filled the bill.  May be a long term project given he is staying with his club.

Trade 3
Pending
Mexico City give: Mark Baguley, Matt Shaw + Pick 40
London give: Matthew Broadbent + Pick 83

Broadbent created a fair bit of interest and as we needed to get some one with similar scoring to maintain team balance Baguley although older met the bill.  Addition of Matt Shaw also gives added depth.

Trade 4
Pending
Cairo give: Jon Giles + Pick 60
London give: Andrew Mackie + 65

Giles will give us ruck depth and he his looking forward to playing all games for the Royals with Bellchambers. We will have the option of playing both forward as well.

Trade 5
Seoul give: Mark Lecras
London give: Brandon Matera + N29

With the retirements of Brown and Lynch needed a high scoring forward.  Although Matera is younger LeCras brings the scoring ability.

Trade 6
New York give: Will Hoskin-Elliott
London give: Pick 11 and Ben Lennon

Could not pass Hoskine Elliott when he came out and worth the trade of pick 11 and Ben Lennon to secure.  Will give us depth in mids and also a possible forward as well.

Trade 7
NDT Give: N29
London Give: Dan Gorringe + N47

Gorringe has been unable to break into teams and with the opportunity to upgrade picks as well Did the trade.

We currently have 5 Senior and 2 Rookie vacancies on our list.

Current Draft Picks:
29, 35, 40, 60

Rookie Draft:

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Summarising our movements after trading and delistings.

Traded Out: Joe Daniher, Rory Laird, Andrew Mackie, Matthew Broadbent, Brandon Matera, Ben Lennon and Dan Gorringe
Delisted or retired players: Kaiden Brand, Jonathan Brown, Mitchell Brown, Jaryd Cachia, Ben Darrou, Stephen Gilham, Sean Gregory, Ben Hudson, Quentin Lynch, Fraser Thurlow, Matthew Warnock, Tom Young.
making 19 players leaving the Royals in the off season.

Traded In: Callum Sinclair, Brad Sheppard, Jonathan Giles, Mark Baguley, Matt Shaw, Mark LeCras, Will Hoskin Elliott
making 7 players transferring in to the club.

This leaves us with 9 vacancies on our Senior List and 2 vacancies on our rookie list.

We have picks 29, 35, 42, 60 and 5 additional picks in either National or PSD and 2 picks in rookie draft.

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After again finishing midfield The Royals coaching staff have adopted a part rebuilding program with their trading this year., we are perilously close to the salary cap so also need to move on some of our higher scoring older players to make room.

We have fare-welled the following players who have announced their retirement from football:
Brent Reilly, Brent Staker, Jason Winderlich, Scott McMahon and Lachlan Dalgleish.

Trades we have completed this trading season so far:

Trade 1
Christchurch trade: Luke Shuey, Pick 55 + Pick 73
London trade: Jarrad McVeigh + Will Hoskin-Elliott

We thank Jarrad and Will for their service at London and wish them well at Christchurch.

Welcome Luke Shuey to the Royals



Age: 25yr 4mth    Games: 111     Born: June 2, 1990   
Height: 183cm     Weight: 88kg     Position: Midfield
SC Average 2015  97.

Trade 2
London trade: Shane Edwards + Zach Tuohy
Buenos Aires trade: Ben Cunnington + Tim Membrey

We again thank Shane and Zac for their service to the Royals and wish them well at Buenos Aires

Welcome
Ben Cunnington to the Royals



Age: 24yr 3mth    Games: 123     Born: June 30, 1991   
Height: 185cm     Weight: 87kg     Position: Midfield
SC Average 2015 92.9

Welcome Tim Membrey to the Royals



Age: 21yr 5mth    Games: 13     Born: May 26, 1994   
Height: 188cm     Weight: 90kg     Position: Forward
SC 2015 Average 56.5

Taking a risk with Membrey but we need to improve forward depth


Trade 3
New York trade: Mitch Clark + Orazio Fantasia
London trade: Tom Bellchambers

We thank Tom Bellchambers for his services to the Royals

We welcome Mitch Clark to the Royals:



Age: 28yr    Games: 105     Born: October 19, 1987   
Height: 200cm     Weight: 103kg     Position: Forward, Ruck
SC 2015 Average 64.1

Taking another risk with our forward line. If Mitch can remain focused and overcome injury he will be very serviceable in our forward line.

We Welcome Orazio Fantasia to the Royals



Age: 20yr 1mth    Games: 8     Born: September 14, 1995   
Height: 177cm     Weight: 66kg     Position: Forward
SC 2015 average 65.2

An exciting young forward who should service the club well into the future.

Trade 4
Mexico City trade: Sam Gray + Pick 19
London trade: Brent Stanton + Mark Baguley

This Trade was rejected

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Trade 5
Mexico City give: Mav Weller + pick 71
London give: Mark Baguley

The club thanks Mark for his services but as a defender surplus to our needs and we welcome Maverick Weller to the Club.



Age: 23yr 8mth    Games: 68     Born: February 13, 1992   
Height: 182cm     Weight: 87kg     Position: Midfield
2015 SC Average 71.6

Will add depth to our midfield

Trade 6
PNL Give: Tom T.Lynch + #36
London Give: #7  + Troy Menzel + Billy Stretch

Feel sorry to give up Troy and Billy but when a forward of the caliber of Tom Lynch comes along you have to strike.



Tom T Lynch
Age: 25yr 1mth    Games: 60     Born: September 15, 1990   
Height: 191cm     Weight: 87kg     Position: Forward
2015 SC Average 88.4

Trade 7
London give: H.Lumumba
Beijing give: C.Beams + J.Jansen + N44

In keeping with our rebuilding strategy we say goodbye to Heretier and thank him for his years of service and welcome Claye Beams and Jarrad Jansen to the Royals



Claye Beams
Age: 24yr 2mth    Games: 36     Born: September 1, 1991   
Height: 182cm     Weight: 83kg     Position: Midfield, Forward
2015 SC Average 62.2
Claye has had an injury interrupted career but if he remains injury free will give added depth and push for inclusion in the xv.



Jarrad Jansen
Age: 20yr 6mth    Games: 0     Born: May 2, 1995   
Height: 192cm     Weight: 93kg     Position: Midfield
Yet to play a game but at only 20 has plenty of time and will give depth. Speculative trade for the future

Trade 8
Berlin trade: Will Langford, Jesse Lonergan + Pick 10
London trade: Brent Stanton + Mark LeCras + Pick 63

Again we thank Brent and Mark for the service to the club and welcome Will Langford and Jesse Lonergan to the Royals.



Will Langford
Age: 23yr 4mth    Games: 33     Born: July 3, 1992   
Height: 187cm     Weight: 83kg     Position: Midfield
2015 SC Average 77.4
We welcome Will to the club should be coming into his prime as a mid fielder.  Further Strengthening our midfield depth.



Jesse Lonergan
Age: 20yr 11mth    Games: 31     Born: November 14, 1994
Height: 183cm     Weight: 91kg     Position: Midfield
2015 SC Average 64
Jesse will add depth as well may get a DPP to further assist

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Our Final Trades in last week

Trade 9
Toronto give: Ryan Harwood + Lin Jong + N53
London give: Sam Wright + Danyle Pearce

Again we farewell another of long serving players in Dannyle Pearce. Bit hard to let Sammy wright go but Ryan harwood is more than an adequate replacement.

We welcome to the Royals Ryan Harwood and Lin Jong.

Ryan Harwood



Age: 24yr 4mth    Games: 59     Born: July 8, 1991   
Height: 184cm     Weight: 90kg     Position: Defender
2015 SC Average 59

2015 Season cruelled by injury but will rebound again for us.

Lin Jong



Age: 22yr 5mth    Games: 23     Born: June 4, 1993   
Height: 188cm     Weight: 89kg     Position: Midfield
2015 SC Average 64

Another mid fielder who will add depth Only 22 years old and has further development ahead of him

Trade 10
London give: David MacKay
Seoul give: N54

We farewell yet another of our long serving players in David MacKay and wish him well.

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What has London been doing during this trade period.

A summary of what we have done.

Traded Out Jarrad McVeigh, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Shane Edwards, Zac Tuohy, Tom Bellchambers, Mark Baguley, Troy Menzell, Billy Stretch, Heretier Lumumba, Brent Stanton, Mark LeCras, Sam Wright, Dannyle Pearce, David Mackay.

Traded In Luke Shuey, Ben Cunnington, Tim Membrey, Mitch Clark, Orazio Fantasia, Maverick Weller, Tom Lynch, Claye Beams, Jarrad Jansen, Will Langford, Jesse Lonergan, Ryan Harwood, Lin Jong

Retirements/De-listings Brent Reilly, Brent Staker, Jason Winderlich, Scott McMahon, Lachlan Dalgleish, Kaiden Brand,
Archie Smith

We will be promoting Michael Luxford from the rookie list to the Senior list

Picks we will be using in the draft: 10,27,36, PSD 6, Rookie 6 and 24.

Going forward our best 15 looks like:
Def: Saad,Rampe,Sheppard,Harwood/Beams
Mids: Hannebery,Shuey,Cunnington,Hartung
Ruck: Sinclair
Fwd: Lynch,Mayne,Gregson,Clark
U: Moore/Weller/Langford/Lonergan

Leadership Group: (to be finalised) Dan Hannebery, Luke Shuey, Ben Cunnington, Tom Lynch

In keeping with direction set in investing in youth average age of the Royals has reduced to 22.8.  We need to be patient with this team as it develops over the next 2/3 years.

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Draft picks taken:

Pick 10 - Joshua Schache
No secret that we need forward depth and with Schache available at Pick 10 had to take him.
http://www.lions.com.au/news/2015-11-24/profile-josh-schache
AGE: 18
HEIGHT: 199cm
WEIGHT: 96kg
CLUB: Murray Bushrangers
POSITION: Key Forward​

Pick 27 - Blake Hardwick
Again boosting our forward Depth,
http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/news/2015-11-24/pick-44-blake-hardwick
Drafted from: Eastern Ranges/Doncaster East (VIC)
DOB: 5/02/1997       
Height: 181cm           
Weight: 78kg

Pick 36 Josh Schoenfeld
Boosting our midfield depth here. Possibility of Defender DPP as well. 
http://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/2015-11-25/endurance-king-lands-at-metricon-stadium
Joshua Schoenfeld
Height: 187cm
Weight: 75kg
Junior Club: Peel Thunder FC

PSD Pick 6 - Darcy Macpherson
Again boosting Midfield depth
http://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/2015-11-27/son-of-a-gun-heading-north

Will complete team with rookie draft picks. 6, 23 and 52

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Rookie Draft Picks

Rookie Pick 6 - Maboir Chol
Picking up a forward who also has DPP as defender.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdihMQ8EJZk

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London Royals Best & Fairest Awards Count



Congratulations to Dan Hannebery

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Thought I would update the Royals lists as it stands today 21st September.

We made a deliberate decision to rebuild last year with youth and this is our profile:



International Draft Picks: 6,43, 61, 79
Pre Season Draft Picks: 5, 23
Rookie Draft: 5,23,41,59.

Present Salary Cap $9,267,000

We will try and get some more deals done at the trade table with Chris Mayne expressing a desire to find a new club. We would be sorry to see him go but require fair value for him.

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2016 Trade details

Trade 1
Mexico City trade: Cameron Ellis-Yolmen + Sam Gray
London trade: Ben Cunnington + Pick 25

Sorry to see Ben Cunnington leave but we have brought in another 2 youngsters in Ellis Yeoman and Sam Gray.



Cameron Ellis Yolman
Age: 23yr 7mth   
Games: 14   
Height: 189cm
Weight: 89kg
SC Average: 80



Sam Gray
Age: 24yr 7mth   
Games: 34   
Height: 176cm
Weight: 76kg   
SC Average 80.2

Trade 2
Dublin trade: Heath Grundy, Neville Jetta + Josh Bruce
London trade: Josh Schace + Daniel Nielson
Nielson was not going to be offered a new contract. Sorry to see Schache go but the inclusion of Bruce and Grundy will give some experience.


Heath Grundy
Age: 30yr 4mth   
Games: 213     
Height: 192cm
Weight: 106kg
SC Average 75.6



Neville Jetta
Age: 26yr 8mth   
Games: 94   
Height: 180cm
Weight: 82kg
SC average 67.6



Josh Bruce
Age: 24yr 4mth   
Games: 68   
Height: 197cm
Weight: 97kg
SC Average 55.8

Trade 3
London trade: Mitch Clark + Tom Lonergan
Rio de Janeiro trade: Pick 74 + Pick 92
Both players were not going to be offered new contracts so Picks will be of use.

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Lists as it Stands:
1   D Hannebery
2   L Shuey
3   D Rampe
4   TT Lynch
5   H Grundy
6   C Mayne
7   M Weller
8   S Gray
9   B Sheppard
10   W Langford
11   J Bruce
12   J Hill
13   T Membrey
14   R Harwood
15   C Sinclair
16   N Jetta
17   Ad Saad
18   W Hartung
19   Mat Shaw
20   J Lonergan
21   J Giles
22   L Jong
23   O Fantasia
24   C Ellis-Yolmen
25   K Hartigan
26   D McStay
27   D Towers
28   D Gardiner
29   C Gregson
30   C Beams
31   B Hardwick
32   D MacPherson
33   E Hughes
34   J Jansen
35   J Schoenfeld
36   J Clayton  Rookie Promotion  Pick 92
37     International Pick 6 - Willem Drew
38     International Pick 43 - Jacob Allison
39     International Pick 61 - Jake Waterman
40     PSD Pick 5

Rookie List:
41     M Chol
42     Rookie Draft 5
43     Rookie Draft 23
44     Rookie Draft 41

Passed International Picks 71,  PSD 23

De Listed Players
A Waterman
D Hamilton
D Wyatt
H Beasley
M Luxford
Z Bates
B Evans
A Moore

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Draft Details

Pick 6

Willem Drew



https://afldraftcentral.com.au/player/willem-drew/

Summary:
Drew is an impressive player who while he might not stand out with impeccable skills or line-breaking ability, just does the basics right. He will back himself to beat anyone one-on-one and is a clearance machine, just pumping it out of stoppages time and time again. More importantly, he has the versatility to drift forward and kick goals, which sets him apart from other inside midfielders.

Pick 43

Jacob Allison



https://afldraftcentral.com.au/player/jacob-allison/

Summary:
Jacob Allison is one of those players that could be anything. He has the athleticism, the versatility and the penetrating boot that will make him a dangerous prospect going forward. His inconsistency and tendency to rush his disposal when able to take the time to dispose of it will be areas that clubs will be clean to tidy up.
Furthermore I expect he will look to further improve his inside game when at AFL level and build on his bottom-age year. If he can continue his development and live up to the potential that he has shown in glimpses, expect Allison to be a very good player in future years.

Pick 61

Jake Waterman



https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.watoday.com.au/afl/west-coast-eagles/west-coast-fatherson-prospect-jake-waterman-stars-in-wafl-league-debut-20160803-gqkg6t.html?client=safari

https://afldraftcentral.com.au/player/jake-waterman/

Summary:
Jake Waterman is a talented, yet inconsistent forward who is as good in the air as he is at ground level. A clever player who is tricky to match up on, Waterman moves well around the forward stoppages and is able to evade opponents and create havoc close to goal.
While he is more of a longer term option for the Eagles, he will focus on his endurance and conditioning this preseason to get up to scratch and then be able to go harder for longer. This improvement combined with further development towards an inside game will help him astronomically.


PSD5 Jack Frost

Rookie 5 Ben Jarman

Rookie 23 Jed Bews

Rookie 41 Connor Nash

Rookie 59 Jake Stein

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Three rounds in and we sit 2 wins and 1 loss

Voting for our most valuable player after 3 rounds sees our top 5 as:
Luke Shuey 12 votes
Tom T Lynch 6
Dan Hannerbery 5
Lin Jong 5
Will langford 5.

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Royals also had another season where we struggled. Need to see what we can achieve in the trading season. May mean we say goodbye to Shuey and Hanners to get some youth and starters in return.

Both these players have given sterling service and finished 1st and 2nd in our B & F.

B & F final votes top 5
1. Daniel Hannebery 49
2. Luke Shuey 39
3. Tom T Lynch 26
4. Heath Grundy 20
5. Orazia Fantasia 16
5. Sam Gray 16