Sam Lonergan

Personal information
Birth	26 March 1987 (1987-03-26) (age 22), Launceston, Tasmania
Recruited from	Launceston/Lauderdale/Tassie Mariners U18/Tasmanian Devils
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 15, 15 July 2006, Essendon vs. St Kilda, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Team(s)	Essendon (2005-) 37 games, 19 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2009 season
Career highlights

Sam Lonergan (born 26 March 1987), is a player with the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was drafted from the Lauderdale Bombers, via the Tassie Mariners U18s and the Tasmanian Devils, with selection 50 in the 2005 Draft.

Lonergan captained the Allies (a composite team drawn from Tasmania, New South Wales, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory), against Victoria during Grand Final week. In that game, he kicked five goals and was the leading possession winner on the ground. He also became the first player in the history of the Tassie Mariners U18s to win successive best and fairest awards. He also played eight games in 2005 for the Tasmanian Devils Football Club in the VFL competition.

Lonergan was chosen as Tasmania's most valuable player at the under-18 championships in 2005, and won the Tassie Mariners U18 Best & Fairest award that same year. He was also chosen in the under-18 All-Australian side.

Lonergan had a blitzing game in Round 3 of the 2008 season against Carlton at the MCG. When the Bombers came back from a 16 point margin, Lonergan was the quiet achiever kicking a couple of goals and a number of possessions. This performance, along with other solid efforts, has seen Lonergan become a regular in the 2008 season.

[edit] External links

• Sam Lonergan's statistics from AFL Tables