Billy Longer

Billy Longer
Personal information
Full name	Billy Longer
Date of birth	(1993-05-12) 12 May 1993
Original team(s)	Northern Knights (TAC Cup)
Draft	#8, 2011 National Draft, Brisbane Lions
Height/Weight	201cm / 98kg
Club information
Current club	St Kilda
Number	18
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2012–2013 2014– Total	Brisbane Lions St Kilda	09 (0) 34 (2) 43 (2)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015 season.

Billy Longer is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited with pick #8 in the 2011 National Draft, having played as a ruckman for the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup.^[1]

Playing career

2012–2013: Career with Brisbane

He made his debut in Round 3 of the 2012 AFL season, against Fremantle.

2014–present: Career with St Kilda

After two years and nine senior games, Longer announced that he wanted to return to Melbourne to live, he said he missed his family and friends and sought a trade. He expressed an interest in playing for St Kilda,^[2] and was traded, along with pick 48, for picks 25 and 41.^[3]

References

↑ Stannard, Damien (27 March 2012). "Teen ruckman Billy Longer on verge of AFL debut for Brisbane Lions at MCG". Courier Mail. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
↑ http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/afl/hawthorn-confident-of-snaring-promising-brisbane-ruckman-billy-longer/story-fnahrzm3-1226734237539
↑ Saints land want-away Lions ruckman Longer

External links

Billy Longer's profile on the official website of the St Kilda Football Club
Billy Longer's statistics from AFL Tables

St Kilda Football Club – current squad

1 Hickey
2 Carlisle**
3 Steven
4 Templeton
5 Savage
6 Ross
7 Dunstan
8 Acres
9 Lee
10 Freeman
11 Montagna
12 Riewoldt (c)
13 Lonie
14 Geary
15 Billings
16 Newnes
17 Roberton
18 Longer
19 Gilbert
20 Armitage
21 Delaney
22 Gresham
23 Goddard
24 Dempster
25 Fisher
26 Curren
27 Bruce
28 Membrey
29 Webster
30 Murdoch
31 White
32 McCartin
33 O'Kearney*
34 Wright
35 Saunders*
36 McKenzie
37 Rice
38 Coughlan*
39 Shenton
40 Sinclair
41 Minchington
42 Pierce
43 Payne*
44 Weller
45 Holmes*

Coach: Richardson

* denotes rookie listed players

** denotes player(s) serving WADA suspension in 2016

2011 AFL national draft

First round	1. Jonathon Patton 2. Stephen Coniglio 3. Dom Tyson 4. Will Hoskin-Elliott 5. Matthew Buntine 6. Chad Wingard 7. Nick Haynes 8. Billy Longer 9. Adam Tomlinson 10. Liam Sumner 11. Toby Greene 12. Sam Docherty 13. Taylor Adams 14. Devon Smith 15. Brandon Ellis 16. Tom Sheridan 17. Clay Smith 18. Brad McKenzie 19. Elliott Kavanagh 20. Hayden Crozier 21. Tom Mitchell (F/S) 22. Josh Bootsma 23. Murray Newman 24. Henry Schade 25. Sebastian Ross 26. Todd Elton 27. Sam Kerridge (PP) 28. Fraser McInnes (PP) 29. Alex Forster (PP) 30. Elliot Yeo (Comp)

Second round	31. Jackson Merrett 32. Joel Hamling 33. Bradley Hill 34. Shane Kersten 35. Daniel Markworth 36. Rory Taggert 37. Jack Newnes 38. Jordan Kelly 39. Michael Talia 40. Tom Curran 41. Mitch Grigg 42. Jimmy Webster 43. Jordan Lockyer 44. Sam Rowe 45. Brendon Ah Chee 46. Nicholas Joyce 47. Patrick Wearden 48. Jordan Murdoch

Third round	49. Daniel Pearce 50. Jackson Paine 51. Nathan Blee 52. Josh Tynan 53. Alex Woodward 54. James Sellar 55. Matthew Arnot 56. Tom Downie 57. Tory Dickson 58. Lachie Neale 59. Nick O'Brien 60. Jay Lever 61. Alex Brown 62. Dylan Buckley (F/S) 63. Ashton Hams (RP) 64. Cam Ellis-Yolmen 65. Corey Gault 66. Lincoln McCarthy

Fourth round	67. Jarrod Witts 68. Beau Wilkes 69. Mitch Golby (RP) 70. Luke Dahlhaus (RP) 71. Cameron Sutcliffe 73. Matthew Panos (RP) 74. Luke Delaney (RP) 75. Stewart Crameri (RP) 76. Jason Blake 77. Luke Breust (RP) 78. Orren Stephenson

Fifth round	79. Setanta Ó hAilpín 80. Alik Magin (RP) 82. Matthew Wright (RP) 83. Nick Lower (RP) 84. Cameron Pedersen (RP) 85. Nathan Gordon (RP) 86. Jed Bews (F/S)

Sixth round	87. James McDonald 88. Alex Sexton 89. Aidan Riley (RP)

Seventh round	91. Jackson Allen

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