Player Watch #43 Lewis Melican - All Aboard the Melicopter...aka The Melican Brief

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Lewis Melican

Player Profile

Lewis Melican is a young key defender with enormous promise. The Victorian was rookie-listed by the Sydney Swans in November 2014 and enjoyed a breakthrough 2017 season en route to winning the club’s Rising Star award. He kept St Kilda great Nick Riewoldt to just 10 possessions and one goal in Round 18 to claim an AFL Rising Star nomination. Melican has battled a number of injuries in his time in red and white but didn’t suffer any setbacks in 2019. Draft history: 2015 Rookie Draft selection (Sydney) No. 52.

Lewis Melican

DOB: 04 November 1996
DEBUT:2015
DRAFT:2017
RECRUITED FROM: Birregurra (Vic)/Geelong U18

 
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Great news, love the Melican
 
Will never happen because he is not attack enough, but am I wrong in thinking that he should actually win the rising star outright?

Is beating #2 forwards every week comfortably and doesn't make many mistakes at all as a 20 year old.
 
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Will never happen because he is not attack enough, but am I wrong in thinking that he should actually win the rising star outright?

Is beating #2 forwards every week comfortably and doesn't make many mistakes at all as a 20 year old.

and he is surprisingly attacking as well. Even Rance did not develop his offensive game for a number of years after his debut.
 
Will never happen because he is not attack enough, but am I wrong in thinking that he should actually win the rising star outright?

Is beating #2 forwards every week comfortably and doesn't make many mistakes at all as a 20 year old.

No issue with McGrath, SPP or Burton winning it. All 3 have played all season for their respective clubs.

Melican is a gun though!
 
Jun 19, 2011
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Yeh a rising star nomination is deserved. Who could have predicted this guy would become such a solid player already. Riewoldt is cooked atm with his knees so there is something of a caveat, but Melican was fantastic all over the ground. A young KPD might be intimidated playing on such a great player to just stand shoulder to shoulder with him and worry about that match up only, but it was like he smelled blood and knew he could beat him and then run off to create. Fantastic game.
 

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Just 12 games now?

He has come along unbelievably well in the firsts.

With Sydney's lock down style of defence i can't see Aliir taking Melican's position any time soon
 

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Should get a Rising Star nomination.

Now officially nominated after his game against the Saints. Well deserved.

Round 18 Rising Star: Lewis Melican

Beat N Riewoldt. Yet another rookie success, with backline buds Rampe, Grundy, Lloyd, Newman and Smith.

Source: Sam Landsberger on Twitter
 
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