3. Jordan Lewis

[RustyHawk]

Lunch is on me, Buddy
1:16 PM Tue 11 September, 2007 | Back

By Ben Broad

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TOUGH Hawthorn midfielder Jordan Lewis has admitted he thought he might have blown his side’s chances of stealing victory against Adelaide after spraying two shots at goal in Saturday’s frantic final term.

The Hawks won a dramatic elimination final at Telstra Dome after seven-goal hero Lance ‘Buddy’ Franklin slotted the matchwinner with less than 10 seconds left on the clock.

But Lewis, the hard-edged onballer with the ability to play forward and kick a goal, had two earlier chances to put the Hawks in front.

Much to the dismay of Hawk fans, Lewis’s two shots on goal in the last quarter both failed to register even a behind. When the final siren rang, the Hawk no.3 was arguably the most relieved man at Telstra Dome, and on Tuesday he said he had already repaid the star of the day.

“I thought, ‘Geez, that [missed] goal could have cost us the game’,” Lewis said.

“Luckily enough we had a few more shots at goal after that and then obviously the last shot of the day sealed the game.

“So I took Buddy out for lunch this week to thank him.”

One of Lewis’s attempts was a difficult banana kick which slewed across the face of goal but it was his second shot – a far easier shot from in the goal square – that looked set to break Hawthorn hearts before Franklin stepped up.

“There’s not too much to say about that,” Lewis said.

“I tried to snap it through and actually hit the middle of the ball.

“I proved everyone wrong by kicking it out on the full. But I’ve been out on the track this week and practised a few snaps, so we should be right this week.”

The Hawks face a confidence-sapped Kangaroos at the MCG on Saturday night in another elimination clash.

A win there would set up a preliminary final showdown with Port Adelaide the following week, and while Hawthorn is abiding by the ‘one week at a time’ mentality, Lewis said his side was eager to atone for its round 20 fadeout to the Power.

“You know we can’t even bring into our minds about Port Adelaide yet, but if we do happen to get the chance against them over there I think we’ll play some good football and it’d be a good chance to redeem ourselves,” he said.

[RustyHawk]

Jordan Lewis's season 2007 was rewarded with a 4th in the Hawks Best and Fairest for 2007.

Sewell claims first Peter Crimmins Medal

DANGEROUS midfielder Brad Sewell claimed his first Peter Crimmins Medal after a nail-biting finish in front of a 1300 strong crowd at Crown’s Palladium on Saturday night.

In the count to decide the 2007 Hawthorn club champion, Sewell (173 votes) and eventual runner-up Campbell Brown (172 votes) went into the semi final against the Kangaroos on equal votes.


Club awards
Best Clubman - Richie Vandenberg
Most Improved - Stephen Gilham
Best First Year Player - Xavier Ellis
Most Consistent - Brent Guerra
Leading Goalkicker - Lance Franklin
Most Votes in the Brownlow - Sam Mitchell

Peter Crimmins Medal voting – top ten
Brad Sewell - 173
Campbell Brown - 172
Luke Hodge - 161
Jordan Lewis - 154
Sam Mitchell - 137
Lance Franklin - 136
Brent Guerra - 136
Shane Crawford - 126
Trent Croad - 121
Rick Ladson - 116

Peter Crimmins Medal voting procedure
Votes for the 2007 Peter Crimmins Medal were awarded by the match committee, consisting of senior coach Alastair Clarkson and assistants Todd Viney, Damien Hardwick and Ross Smith after each home-and-away and finals match.

A maximum of 16 votes could be accumulated by a player after the four coaches’ voting cards were submitted using the following grading system:

- three votes to the best player or players

- two votes for a good game

- one vote to players who beat their opponents

On rare occasions a player or players may receive four votes for an exceptional game.

There is no restriction on the number of players who receive votes in a match.

[RustyHawk]

Hawks trio have more than a few points to prove

HAWTHORN will start 2008 without three of its best players — Luke Hodge, Jordan Lewis and Shane Crawford — after all were suspended for offences in its elimination final loss to the Kangaroos in the second week of the finals.

That situation is bad enough, but the demerit points system in use since the AFL Tribunal system was reviewed means that Hodge, Grant Birchall and Campbell Brown also carry over enough points to put them in jeopardy of an extra game on any sanction they incur next year.

The Hawks on-field discipline — at least in terms of number of players reported — fell away late in 2007.

[RustyHawk]

Hawk on patrol

MOST footballers do something on the side, be it study or run a business, as an insurance policy for when their football career comes to an end.
Jordan Lewis' ‘insurance policy’ is quite unique: Last season, the talented midfielder spent one day a fortnight with different arms of the Victoria Police including its air wing, the search and rescue division and the water police.

Lewis, who was accompanied by Luke Hodge, says the highlight of his law enforcement secondment was when the pair went along for the ride when officers investigated a robbery, or at least what was supposed to be a robbery.

“It turned out to be a false alarm,” Lewis smiles.

“We didn’t get to see any gun fire or anything like that, so it was disappointing. The policeman just floored the car and was going over median strips and everything so it was a bit of an experience.”

[Big Ronnie]

Selection 10 has fallen to Bagda who has taken "The Warrnambool Wrestler" Jordan Lewis.

Now take him out the back Bagda and teach him how to kick from 10 metres out, my heart couldn't take seeing that again.

BR

[Badga]

Jordan Lewis


Fast Facts

Jumper No: 3
Height: 186
Weight: 87
DOB: 1986-04-24
Recruited From: Geelong Falcons
Career Matches: 63 as at season end 2007
Career Goals: 19



2007 Home & Away Totals

Matches: 22
Goals: 12
Marks: 161
Disposals: 546
Kicks: 280




In 2007 Jordan led the Hawks for the most number of possessions and marks. In the AFL he ranked 18th for disposals per game, 13th in total handballs, 14th in total marks, 20th in marks per game and 8th in disposals per game.

[noosa hawk mad]

http://sportal.com.au/mediaplayer/au...nst-the-c-2081
Jordan Lewis on the Hawks' game against the Crows
2 min 35s
Lewis on Stuart Dew's upcoming debut with the Hawks!

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http://www.mytalk.com.au/aspx/pages/...t=audio&w=6984

Now playing: Hawthorn's Jordan Lewis talks to 3AW about the Hawks strong NAB Cup win over Carlton! Talks about T Clarke,Willo's Return,Rioli huge wraps on his game look out if he's behind you!

[Badga]

After 31 possessions in his first game of the season after Jordan served his 2 match suspension, he has been suspended for 1 match for a silly love tap on Pratt from the Kangaroos.

Details of Lewis' charge:
The incident was assessed as intentional conduct (three points), low impact (one point) and body contact (one point). This is a total of five activation points, resulting in a classification of a Level One offence, drawing 125 demerit points and a one-match sanction. He has an existing bad record of two matches suspended within the last three years, increasing the penalty by 20 per cent to 150 demerit points. He has also 13.75 points carried over from within the last 12 months, increasing the penalty to 163.75 demerit points and a one-match sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to 122.81 points and a one-match sanction.

So as it is he will carry over 22.81 points, if contests and is unsuccessful he'll carry over 63.75 points. Not much chance the tribunal will upgrade it to a higher charge so I would suggest the club will contest.

[RustyHawk]

Eight Hawks re-sign for two more

August 14, 2008 HAWTHORN have signed new deals with eight players, which will keep them at the AFL club for the next two years.

The eight players are Jarryd Roughead, Chance Bateman, Jordan Lewis, Robert Campbell, Mark Williams, Mitch Thorp, Brent Renouf and Jarryd Morton.

Hawks football manager Mark Evans said this week's re-signings were a great boost for the club's future.

"It's a strong message to have eight players who are such a big part of our future quest for premiership success all coming out in the one week and agreeing to terms, it's a great message of solidarity," Evans told the Nine Network's AFL Footy Show.

The Hawks are currently second on the ladder.





AAP

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Lewis says Hawks will be ready


By Jennifer Witham 9:01 AM Mon 18 August, 2008
Jordan Lewis pauses against Richmond on Sunday


HAWTHORN midfielder Jordan Lewis believes his side's shock loss to Richmond on Sunday will teach it some valuable lessons about preparation ahead of the finals.

Lewis, 22, said the Hawks were "not ready to play" before the 29-point loss to the Tigers, and will learn from their mistakes with two home-and-away matches to come before September action kicks off.

[noosa hawk mad]

Finals Wk1 Hawks Interactive: Jordan Lewis

Posted: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT

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Jordan Lewis reveals finals preparations and shares his experience of Buddy's 100th goal.

[RustyHawk]

2008 Brownlow medal votes: 9

Jordan won 3 x 3 best on ground for late seasons games.

[Badga]

Jordan Lewis has learnt to control his inner devil

• JORDAN Lewis and Campbell Brown share a house in Hawthorn.

That information is a freebie for any would-be burglar.
And avoid nights before a game, too.
That's Jordan Lewis's quiet time. And he'd hate to be disturbed.
It's when he shuts his eyes and confronts the little red devil that - before this year, anyhow - used to convince him to clip blokes about the head and throw them to the ground, put them in a head-lock, jumper-punch them, abuse, wrestle and threaten them.
Not any more.
Lewis, the one-time hot-head from Warrnambool has, in Kenny Rogers' words, turned the other cheek.

And it's his pre-game "devil session" that has helped keep him from the clutches of that other dangerous beast - the match review panel.




He has been suspended for only three games (from six reports) in his four-year career, but two of those stemmed from last year's finals loss to North Melbourne.
Consequently, he missed the first two games this season, returned in Round 3 with 31 touches against North Melbourne and was reported again, missing Round 4 with hangover points.
"I think I've been pretty good at it since Round 4," Lewis says knowingly.
It began with sessions with a club psychologist, which included visualising incidents that led to Lewis being reported, or giving away 50m penalties.
It's worked to some extent, for he has not been reported since. But he leads Hawthorn in conceding 50m penalties with five and, across the competition, is one behind a group of players on six, and five behind the 50m penalty king Brendan Fevola.
"What I had to do was put myself in the position so I'd know how to react," he said.
"Sometimes when it's spur of the moment, you can't control yourself, and I just basically had to do a few things the night before the game to prepare. I'd play it over in my head, where someone was verbally attacking me and I just had to walk away. I had to picture myself doing that.
"I do that the night before the game, just when I'm in bed. And I think if you can actually see yourself in that position and see it unfolding, it's much easier to walk away.
"I just shut it out and funnel my aggression at the ball."
You might laugh, but Brown has also been a sounding board.

"We've touched it on a little bit," Lewis said. "And we've done really well keeping our anger in check."
The hot-head with a reputation across the league is winning the battle within.
"My first three years I did a few things that kept me out for a few weeks," he said.
"And at the end of last year, getting reported, and missing the first two games and then having to miss another game in Round 4, made me realise it's not the way I can help the team and it doesn't help me personally. It was something I had to change.
"I don't think it was a big issue and it shows that I've been able to change it around when I put my mind to it."
Control is power in football. To have the ability to switch on and off, and to be able control one's emotions in any given occasion, is a sign of a maturing footballer.
Lewis, at 22 has perfected his mental preparation, and on the field is a work in progress. His pre-game routine is laid-back, until the moment arrives.
"I can actually go to a game, muck around, but when it's time to turn on, I can actually flick that switch. I don't have to build myself up," he said.
"I'm the first one there every game. For a 7.40pm game, we have to be be there by 5.45 and I get there 5.30. I don't like being rushed before a game.
"I'll get there, first at physio, then I've got time to go out and have a kick. I hate being rushed. I go with the flow. If I want to get a massage, I get one. If I don't, I don't.
"Every game, five minutes before the warm-up, I do some ground balls with (assistant coach) Todd Viney, and that's when I switch on."
Taken at No. 7 in the 2004 national draft - behind Roughead (No. 2) and Franklin (No. 5) - Lewis has established himself as a fierce competitor with superb hands and an assured left foot.
With a body that puts on weight looking at a beer, he has transformed himself into an outside player to complement his natural hunger for the contest. It's the product of sacrifice, gut-busting running and willpower.
"I came to Hawthorn as an inside midfielder and basically my outside run wasn't great. That's what I had to improve," Lewis said.
"And playing the wing role, I feel I can read the play pretty well, so it allows me to get into position to attract the ball.
"I'm the body type that can't afford to have eight weeks off. I've not got to flog myself in the break but just keep condition, keep the base there.
"And when I came back for the pre-season, I trained pretty hard. I am one of the hardest on the track. That's what I pride myself on and that's what I've got to do. If I do anything less, I don't think I would be playing."
That's the attitude that has been evident from Lewis this year; train hard, play hard, socialise quietly.
It wasn't always like that.
"This year I've really come to understand what my passion in football is," he said.
"Football's everything to me at the moment. I've stopped going out. In our first two years we were out probably every weekend, where as this year I've would've been out once or twice.
"I suppose it comes with winning, as well. You tend to love the club a bit more. And as a group we've really matured together. When we first came to the club, it was a shock to a young kid coming in who wasn't told to be home by 12 or anything like that."
He was not the first and won't be the last young player from the country to be captivated by the bright lights and big city.
"Yeah. I had to experience it the first two years," he said.
"But I've made a huge step this year. It takes guys a long time to adapt, but this year I can see huge improvement.
"It's got a lot to do with the fact I've got a girlfriend now, Lucy. Probably the main reason guys go out is to chase girls, see what's out there, and that's had an impact. DVDs and dinner. I'm getting old."
The results are evident.
After an interrupted first half of the season - he missed Rounds 1, 2, 4, 9 and 15 through suspension and injury - Lewis has rattled off games of such significance that coach Alastair Clarkson has been able to use Luke Hodge more in the back half.
In the seven games coming home, Lewis has had four 30-plus possession games playing in a new position called wing/all over.
He called it wing-midfield. "I'd love to play half-back where Hodgey plays, but more sort of wing this year."
Forward line?
"Can't go there, Buddy and Roughie kick us out of there."
Against the Western Bulldogs, his opponents tonight, Lewis is a problem child. He's averaged 28 disposals, eight marks, four clearances and four inside-50s in his past five games against the Dogs, so it's little wonder he is confident about the finals.
Last year's semi-final loss to North Melbourne, a week after stunning Adelaide at Telstra Dome, not so much hurts, but lingers.
"We tend to not look at the past, but it's the game that's still there. It's the game that will probably be driving us in this finals series," he said.
"We came off such a great win over Adelaide, and it just shows in a finals series you can't have a bad game. We've got to treat every game like a Grand Final. Last year we relaxed for one game and that's what happened.
"This year we are a lot more experienced. Last year we didn't know what to expect. We knew it was going to be a tough game against Adelaide and we finally got over that, and we probably thought it was going to be an easy game against North Melbourne.
"We know now every game is a four-quarter game. We realise why teams are in finals."

[Badga]

In the win over Geelong in the 2008 Grand Final Jordan Lewis had 11 kicks, 10 handpasses, 7 marks, 1 hit out, 1 tackle and 1 behind.

Jordan recently signed a new 2 year contract with the Hawks where he will be a very important member of the team which will look to go back to back in 2009