New player Numbers - Who gets what?

[bornadog]

Available numbers are:

13
25
27
30
40
41

[bulldogtragic]

Don't we need 6 with Cloke? Clokey gets 30.

[Rocco Jones]

Any idea what draftees wore?

[Rocco Jones]

Lipsinki was 12
English was 37
Mullenger-McHugh was 31

[Rocco Jones]

I'm going with...

Lipsinki #13
Young #25
English #27
Cloke #30
Greene #40
Mullenger-McHugh #41

[Twodogs]

Let's have a pool.

[bornadog]

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[bornadog]

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[Mofra]

I'm going with...

Lipsinki #13
Young #25
English #27
Cloke #30
Greene #40
Mullenger-McHugh #41
As a rookie you'd want 41 wouldn't you?
As close as possible to #42 worn by two rookie legends (Boyd then Picken).

[Rocco Jones]

As a rookie you'd want 41 wouldn't you?
As close as possible to #42 worn by two rookie legends (Boyd then Picken).

Yep!

- Lipsinki gets 13 as it's close to 12 his TAC number. Hopefully he liked Gia as a fan.
- English gets Will's 27 as our new ruck. Couldn't be more unlike Will as a ruck but he is one nonetheless.
- Cloke with 30. He wore 32 and his dad 33 I think. 30 is close enough!
- Young, Green and Mullenger-McHugh get what's left in order they were drafted.

[Twodogs]

Yep!

- Lipsinki gets 13 as it's close to 12 his TAC number. Hopefully he liked Gia as a fan.
- English gets Will's 27 as our new ruck. Couldn't be more unlike Will as a ruck but he is one nonetheless.
- Cloke with 30. He wore 32 and his dad 33 I think. 30 is close enough!
- Young, Green and Mullenger-McHugh get what's left in order they were drafted.

I think the new guys should slug it out for the best numbers MMA style.

Have we got any retired numbers ATM.

[Bulldog Joe]

As a rookie you'd want 41 wouldn't you?
As close as possible to #42 worn by two rookie legends (Boyd then Picken).

There was a pretty good rookie who started out in 40.

[1eyedog]

There was a pretty good rookie who started out in 40.

Arguably the best

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[soupman]

Numbers just announced.

13.Cloke
25. Adams
27. Lipinski
30. Greene
33. Young
40. Mullenger-McHugh
44. English
45. Tweedie

[soupman]

Adams changing means from Hargrave onwards no one has worn the 33 for more than 3 (maybe even two, I'm going off memory here) seasons.

Not only that, three players in that time have made the same switch from 33 to 25 (Hargrave, Hunter and Adams). Other players to wear it briefly were Brad Murphy, Josh Hill (switched to 20), Tim Callan, Nick Lower and Sam Darley.

[bulldogtragic]

If Adams is taking a higher number, presumably off another player who will be around after next year should we read into it he might be staying if a jumper number improvement is something he asked for?

[soupman]

If Adams is taking a higher number, presumably off another player who will be around after next year should we read into it he might be staying if a jumper number improvement is something he asked for?

If a different jumper number is the difference between Adams staying or going i think his priorities are way out of whack

[bulldogtragic]

If a different jumper number is the difference between Adams staying or going i think his priorities are way out of whack

I was perhaps inelegant in my phrasing. Does Adams asking for a new number indicate that he wants to stay beyond next season perhaps? I mean why bother asking and then swapping numbers if you want out? And why give it to him if he's not staying. Perhaps I'm over analysing it.

[dadsgirl16]

Worried...will 44 fit on Tim's back?

[bulldogtragic]

Worried...will 44 fit on Tim's back?

Shades of Justin Madden with 44?

[hujsh]

I was perhaps inelegant in my phrasing. Does Adams asking for a new number indicate that he wants to stay beyond next season perhaps? I mean why bother asking and then swapping numbers if you want out? And why give it to him if he's not staying. Perhaps I'm over analysing it.
I got what you were saying and had the same thought. It's possibly a good sign

[bornadog]

From the club website:


With the 2017 playing list now finalised, westernbulldogs.com.au can reveal the guernsey numbers the players will be wearing in the new season.

Defender Marcus Adams, who wore number 24 in the WAFL, has shifted to the closest available option, the number 25 worn by Hall of Fame full back Herb Henderson during the 1950s, while Travis Cloke has taken Daniel Giansiracusa’s former number 13.


Draftee Patrick Lipinski has taken over Will Minson’s number 27, while Fergus Greene will wear number 30, a jumper worn by premiership players Ross Abbey and Joel Hamling.


Brian Royal played 199 games between 1983-93 in the number 33, and Alan Hopkins, the Club’s first Brownlow Medallist wore it for 151 games in the late 1920’s, early 1930s. That number has gone to 17-year old draftee Lewis Young.


Number one draft pick Tim English has taken Mark Hunter’s old number 44, young tall Nathan Mullenger-McHugh will wear 40, and Catergory B Rookie signing Tristan Tweedie will wear 45.

[Twodogs]

Adams changing means from Hargrave onwards no one has worn the 33 for more than 3 (maybe even two, I'm going off memory here) seasons.

Not only that, three players in that time have made the same switch from 33 to 25 (Hargrave, Hunter and Adams). Other players to wear it briefly were Brad Murphy, Josh Hill (switched to 20), Tim Callan, Nick Lower and Sam Darley.

Brian Royal wore 33. I know you said about it being from Shaggy on but I always like to point that out.

[LostDoggy]

From the club website:

Sheesh westernbulldogs.com.au Ross Abbey definitely isn't a premiership player (he never got close being a 1970's player). It was his dad, Angus Abbey, who wore #30 in the 1954 GF (in his final game).

[Bulldog4life]

Brian Royal wore 33. I know you said about it being from Shaggy on but I always like to point that out.

Yes a really great player for us. I never realized Alan "bandy legs" Hopkins had played in number 33 either. History tells us he was one of the doggies greats too.

[bornadog]

The Number 33





Player
Games
Years


Frank Aked senior
5
1925
1925


Allan Hopkins
17
1926
1926


George Thompson
1
1929
1929


Les Herring
2
1932
1932


Jim P. Hallahan
3
1935
1935


Stan Penberthy
17
1936
1936


Rowley Flynne
9
1937
1937


Alf Clay
7
1938
1938


Bennie Le Sueur
8
1939
1939


Hughie McPherson
8
1940
1940


Wally Shearer
6
1941
1941


Les Neal
1
1942
1942


Jim H. Miller
5
1943
1943


R. Jack Law
2
1944
1944


Dick Wearmouth
98
1946
1952


Ron McCarthy
41
1953
1955


Don Rawson
18
1956
1957


Ian Fleming
4
1958
1958


John Brereton
17
1959
1960


Kevin Meddings
1
1962
1962


Ivan Marsh
77
1963
1969


John Keast
4
1971
1971


Gary Steel
4
1973
1973


John Reid
78
1975
1981


Brian Royal
199
1983
1993


Brad Johnson
9
1994
1994


Scott Taylor
1
1996
1996


Christin Macri
5
1999
2000


Ryan Hargrave
19
2002
2002


Brad Murphy
7
2003
2006


Brennan Stack
0
2007
2007


Tim Callan
19
2008
2010


Nathan Djerrkura
21
2011
2012


Nick Lower
13
2013
2013


Sam Darley
7
2014
2015


Marcus Adams
11
2016
2016


Lewis Young
0
2017