| Luamon Lual | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Lual playing for Essendon in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Luamon Lual | ||
| Born | (2005-03-28)28 March 2005 (age 20) Warrnambool,Victoria | ||
| Original team | Greater Western Victoria Rebels (Talent League) | ||
| Draft | No. 39,2023 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 13, 2025,Essendon vs.Carlton, at theMelbourne Cricket Ground | ||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2024–2025 | Essendon | 12 (4) | |
| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Luamon Lual (born 28 March 2005) is a former professionalAustralian rules footballer who played for theEssendon Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL). Lual was recruited by Essendon after with the 39th pick in the2023 AFL draft, and debuted in the 2025 season.
Lual's parents migrated to Australia in the early 2000s after escaping war-tornSouth Sudan. His family settled inWarrnambool, Victoria.[1] He attendedEmmanuel College and played football for the school.[2]
Lual began playing football at 12 forSouth Warrnambool Football Club, eventually playing for theGreater Western Victoria Rebels in theU18 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 theAFL National Championships.
Lual was a member of theWestern Bulldogs' Next Generation Academy, however he was drafted by Essendon at Pick 39 of the2023 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, he made his debut in Round 13 of the2025 AFL season,kicking a goal with his first kick in the Bombers' eight-point loss toCarlton.[4][5] However, Lual was delisted at the end of the season, having played 12 matches.[6]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2024 | Essendon | 34[citation needed] | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2025 | Essendon | 34 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 53 | 103 | 35 | 26 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0 |
| Career[7] | 12 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 53 | 103 | 35 | 26 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0 | ||
