Luamon Lual

Luamon Lual
Lual playing for Essendon in 2025
Personal information
Full name Luamon Lual
Date of birth (2005-03-28) 28 March 2005
Original team(s) Greater Western Victoria Rebels (Talent League)/South Warrnambool
Draft No. 39, 2023 national draft
Debut Round 13, 2025, Essendon vs. Carlton, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Club information
Current club Essendon
Number 34
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2024– Essendon 3 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 15, 2025.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Luamon Lual (born 28 March 2005) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Lual joined Essendon after being selected with the 39th selection in the 2023 AFL draft, debuting in the 2025 season.

Early life

Lual's parents migrated to Australia in the early 2000's after escaping war torn South Sudan. His family settled in Warrnambool, Victoria.[1] He attended Emmanuel College and played football for the school.[2]

Lual began playing football at 12 for South Warrnambool Football Club, eventually playing for the Greater Western Victoria Rebels in the U18 Talent League. An excellent 2023 season found him named in the Talent League Team of the Year, as well as being selected for Vic Country in the AFL National Championships.

AFL career

Lual was a member of the Western Bulldogs' Next Generation Academy, however he was drafted by Essendon at Pick 39 of the 2023 AFL draft, one pick before the Bulldogs would have been eligible to match a bid for him.[3]

After not playing a senior game in 2024, the following year he made his debut in Round 13, kicking a goal with his first kick in the Bombers' eight-point loss to Carlton.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "THE SMOKEY: The 'why' that's driving draft hopeful Luamon Lual". AFL. 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  2. ^ "2024 Ed 1". Alumni. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  3. ^ "2023 AFL Draft: Lual lands at Bomberland". Essendon Football Club. 2023-11-21. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  4. ^ "Dons to unveil eighth debutant of 2025". Essendon Football Club. 2025-06-08. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  5. ^ "Blues answer Bombers' brave challenge to give season life". AFL. 2025-06-08. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
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