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Lewis says Hawks will be ready



By Jennifer Witham 9:01 AM Mon 18 August, 2008
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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.
 
2008 Brownlow medal votes: 9

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

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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."
 
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
 
Jordan Lewis was one of the 22 Hawthorn players in the win over Geelong in the 2008 AFL Grand Final.

His stats courtesy of footywire:


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Jordan Lewis #3 Hawthorn Hawks

Age: 22yr 5mth Games: 83 Born: April 24, 1986 Height: 186cm Weight: 92kg Position: Midfield Profile | Games | Career | Splits | Fan Forum | Player Comparison

Season 2008 Totals/Averages
G K HB D M G B T HO GA GC I50 FF FA DT * SC * Total 20 232 269 501 127 6 6 24 2 14 20 76 18 32 1,413 1,366 Average 20 11.6 13.4 25.0 6.4 0.3 0.3 1.2 0.1 0.7 1.0 3.8 0.9 1.6 83.1 80.4

* Dream Team (DT) and Supercoach (SC) stats only include regular season games. GA - Goal Assists, I50 - Inside 50s, GC - Goals Contributed (Goals + Goal Assists)






Season Highlights


22 disps (16 kicks 6 hballs), 8 marks and a goal in Second Qualifying Final 51-pt win over the Western Bulldogs at the MCG (5 Sep 2008)

35 disps (18 kicks 17 hballs), 8 marks and a goal in Rd 22 78-pt win over Carlton at Telstra Dome (30 Aug 2008)

33 disps (16 kicks 17 hballs) and 4 marks in Rd 21 71-pt win over West Coast at Subiaco (24 Aug 2008)

26 disps (16 kicks 10 hballs), 11 marks and a goal in Rd 20 29-pt loss to Richmond at the MCG (17 Aug 2008)

22 disps (15 kicks 7 hballs), 8 marks and 2 goals in Rd 19 69-pt win over Brisbane at Aurora Stadium (9 Aug 2008)

38 disps (13 kicks 25 hballs) and 9 marks in Rd 18 54-pt win over Collingwood at the MCG (1 Aug 2008)

30 disps (13 kicks 17 hballs) and 7 marks in Rd 17 11-pt loss to Geelong at the MCG (25 Jul 2008)

36 disps (16 kicks 20 hballs) and 8 marks in Rd 8 15-pt win over Port Adelaide at Aurora Stadium (17 May 2008)

31 disps (16 kicks 15 hballs), 10 marks and a goal in Rd 3 16-pt win over North Melbourne at Telstra Dome (5 Apr 2008)
 
Hawk winged as Lewis injures shoulder



8:49 AM Sun 21 December, 2008
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Jordan Lewis has undergone shoulder surgery similar to that of Luke Hodge's


HAWK Jordan Lewis will be restricted in his training for up to three months after injuring his shoulder during pre-season training last week.

The Age reports that Lewis had surgery on the shoulder on Friday in order to repair a similar problem sustained by teammate Luke Hodge last month.

Football manager Mark Evans said that, while the injury was not overly serious, it would still result in Lewis avoiding contact drills for two to three months.

"It's one of those injuries where, if someone did it during the season, you'd let it go, but when you've got the time to fix it, you always take the time,” Evans said, noting that Lewis will join Hodge on a modified program.

"The good thing is that they can both train fully and [fitness coach] Andrew Russell will be delighted to know he can put some extra running into their legs.

“By mid-March, they should both be back into full training, which gives them a couple of weeks before the season starts.

Lewis and Hodge will join defender Trent Croad (foot) in missing Hawthorn’s NAB AFL NAB Cup matches, a situation Evans believes has an up-side.

"While we don't want a long injury list, it gives us a real opportunity to see some of our kids in the NAB Cup, guys like Beau Dowler and Mitch Thorp and maybe a couple of the draftees.

“It could work out well for us in the long run."
 
Hey guys,
Does anyone know if Lewis wil be fit for round 1? How was his pre-season?
 
Round 5 V West Coast

Kicks 18
Handballs 16
Disposals 34
Marks 8
Tackles 4
Goals 0
Behinds 0

HAWTHORN 1.3 4.5 6.7 11.8 (74)
WEST COAST 1.5 2.9 5.11 7.14 (56)
GOALS:Hawthorn: Moss4,Roughead 4, Franklin 2, Rioli.
West Coast: McKinley 3, Embley, Lynch, Priddis, Hunter.
BEST: Hawthorn: Lewis, Moss, Mitchell, Bateman, Sewell, Roughead, Rioli. West Coast: Cox, Rosa, Priddis, Wirrpanda.
INJURIES: Hawthorn: Young (hamstring). West Coast: Kerr (cut mouth)
 

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Round 7 v Essendon

Kicks 10
Handballs 11
Disposals 23
Marks 3
Tackles 0
Goals 0
Behinds



Essendon 4.2 6.7 12.10 17.14 (116)
Hawthorn 1.8 6.8 9.11 10.12 (72)

GOALS
Essendon: Lloyd 3, Lovett-Murray 3, Monfries 2, Neagle 2, Zaharakis 2, Lonergan, Hocking, Stanton, Bellchambers, Lovett
Hawthorn: Franklin 5, Roughead 2, Dew, Williams, Rioli

BEST
Essendon: Stanton, Monfries, Lloyd, Davey, Winderlich, Pears, Lovett-Murray, Watson
Hawthorn: Rioli, Birchall, Lewis, Franklin

INJURIES
Essendon: Lovett-Murray (corked thigh)
Hawthorn: Bateman (calf)

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Vozzo, Grun, Chamberlain.
Official crowd: 50,475 at Docklands
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Round 8 v Fremantle

Kicks 11
Handballs 12
Disposals 23
Marks 4
Tackles 3
Goals 0
Behinds 0


HAWTHORN 3.2 8.4 11.6 13.9 (87)
FREMANTLE 2.2 3.4 7.8 9.11 (65)


Goals: Hawthorn: L Franklin 4 C Rioli 2 M Williams 2 C Bateman G Moss J Roughead M Osborne S Dew. Fremantle: A Sandilands 2 R Murphy 2 L McPharlin M Johnson M Pavlich P Duffield S Thornton.

Best: Hawthorn: S Mitchell L Franklin C Bateman B McGlynn C Rioli B Sewell. Fremantle: M Pavlich M Johnson A Sandilands P Duffield B Schammer.

Umpires: Craig Hendrie, Matt Stevic, Scott McLaren.

Official Crowd: 39,135 at Subiaco
 
Round 9 V Melbourne

Kicks 20
Handballs 11
Disposals 31
Marks 8
Tackles 2
Goals 0
Behinds 1




HAWTHORN: 6.2, 11.7, 16.9, 17.12 (114)
MELBOURNE: 2.5, 4.6, 8.10, 13.14 (92)

GOALS: Hawthorn: Franklin 4, Roughead 3, Bateman 2, Guerra 2, Rioli 2, McGlynn, Muston, Osborne, Williams
Melbourne: Sylvia 4, Martin 2, Robertson 2, Bate, Bruce, Johnson, McDonald, McLean
BEST: Hawthorn: Lewis, Muston, Sewell, Morton, Rioli, Franklin
Melbourne: Sylvia, Green, Jones, Bruce, Morton, McLean
INJURIES: Hawthorn: Stokes (hamstring tightness), Moss (leg)
Melbourne: Robertson (cramp), Whelan (nose)
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Nil
UMPIRES: Rosebury, Hay, Avon
CROWD: 39,395 at the MCG
 
Round 10 V Adelaide

Kicks 21
Handballs 10
Disposals 31
Marks 10
Tackles 3
Goals 1
Behinds 0



Adelaide 7.1 12.4 12.5 16.10 (106)
Hawthorn 2.1 4.4 8.6 12.7 (79)

GOALS
Adelaide: Walker 5, Knights 4, Doughty 2, Dangerfield, Vince, Tippett, Douglas, Stevens
Hawthorn: Rioli 4, Franklin 3, Bateman 2, Lewis, Roughead, Dew

BEST
Adelaide: Thompson, Bock, Walker, Knights, Doughty, Rutten, Goodwin, Vince
Hawthorn: Rioli, Sewell, Lewis, Bateman, Ellis, Muston

INJURIES
Adelaide: Vince (nose)
Hawthorn: Brown (corked thigh)

Reports: Nil

Umpires: Chamberlain, Findlay, Ryan
 
Round 11 V Sydney

Kicks 14
Handballs 6
Disposals 20
Marks 6
Tackles 2
Goals0
Behinds 0


HAWTHORN: 4.5, 7.5, 9.11, 12.14 (86)
SYDNEY: 2.5, 4.7, 8.7, 11.9 (75)

GOALS: Hawthorn: Franklin 3,Williams 3,Roughead 3, Ellis 2, Mitchell
Sydney: Goodes 3, Hall 2, Jolly, McVeigh, O'Loughlin, J Bolton, Mattner, Kirk,

BEST: Hawthorn: Mitchell, Hodge, Birchall, Campbell, McGlynn, Lewis, Franklin, Williams,Sewell
Sydney: Goodes, O'Keefe, Shaw, Mattner, Jolly, J Bolton

INJURIES: Hawthorn: Rioli (hamstring), Dew (calf)
Sydney: Crouch (knee), C Bolton (knee)

UMPIRES: Donlon, Vozzo, Hendrie
 
Jordan Lewis almost missed the flag





  • HAWTHORN premiership midfielder Jordan Lewis has revealed how close he came to missing last year's Grand Final through a mystery illness.
While most of the football world was focused on teammate Luke Hodge's bid to overcome a rib injury, Lewis was fighting his battle to be ready for the most important day of his football career.
"It was definitely a worry," he said, speaking for the first time about the illness.


"I just thought it was a common cold. Then I wasn't sure if it was just the nerves of being in a Grand Final.
"It wasn't just that I might miss the game, because I was determined to play, it was that I might not go into the game in the best possible shape.
"In hindsight, I was definitely lucky to play."
In the week leading up to the game, the normally resilient Lewis lost 4kg with an illness the Hawthorn medical staff still cannot explain.
 
32 disposals (16 kicks, 16 handballs, 72% efficiency)
8 marks
27 uncontested possessions
3 inside 50
2 tackles
1 hitout to advantage
2 bounces


After a strong first half he some what went missing in the second half (along with the rest of the team). Showed his usual composure however just needed a bit of polish on the disposal.

Time for a break... come back refreshed and try and make a charge towards September
 
Round 15 2009 Hawthorn v North at Aurora

Jordan Lewis ban a blow for Hawthorn Hawks​

Bruce Matthews | July 14, 2009 12:00am

HAWTHORN faces the prospect of losing one of its in-form midfielders for Saturday night's crucial clash against Collingwood. Jordan Lewis must sit out the game unless he can get a one-game suspension, imposed by the match review panel, overturned at the AFL Tribunal tonight.

Hawthorn will decide this morning whether to challenge Lewis's penalty for striking North Melbourne's Michael Firrito in the third quarter in Launceston on Sunday.

The likely loss of Lewis, among the best players with 24 possessions in the side's gritty win, took some of the gloss off goalkicker Lance Franklin's escape from a rough conduct charge.
 
Lewis escapes penalty for punch​

Andrea Petrie | July 15, 2009

HAWTHORN'S Jordan Lewis admitted that he punched North Melbourne's Michael Firrito in the stomach in anger at the weekend, hard enough for him to buckle over in pain, but it was not enough for the AFL Tribunal to suspend him last night.

For the second time this season a Hawthorn player has walked free from the tribunal after admitting an offence but protesting that the force of the blow was not enough to warrant a sanction.


Lewis said after the hearing: "I'm very happy … obviously (there were) no excuses for what I did. The force wasn't too hard and I'm very lucky to get off."

Hawthorn ruckman Simon Taylor got off a rough conduct charge for bumping Carlton's Setanta O'hAilpin off the ball in round six. Townshend argued at the time that it did not constitute rough conduct.
 
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...2-2722,00.html
Hawks hit with demand of $750,000 for Shaun Burgoyne







Stephen Rielly | September 17, 2009

Article from: The Australian
HAWTHORN, Shaun Burgoyne's preferred suitor, will meet the midfielder today amid suggestions Port Adelaide is keen to tie Jordan Lewis into any potential deal.
 
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...-to-stay-in-nest/story-e6frf9jf-1225790953970 Jordan Lewis happy to stay in nest



MIDFIELDER Jordan Lewis has spoken of his relief at remaining a Hawk after being linked to trade discussions.


Lewis's name surfaced during Hawthorn's bid to secure Shaun Burgoyne from Port Adelaide.
Instead the club had to give up draft pick No. 9 and Mark Williams to seal the Burgoyne deal.






Lewis, 23, also revealed he carried a knee injury through last season.
He said the players returned to training tomorrow and the early start would give the side an advantage.

"I had a tendon injury at the back of my knee all year but I just needed a little bit of rest," he said.
 
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