Past Luke Power (1998-2011)

[Grimreepah]

Pick 5 in the 1997 National Draft

*Fremantle originally had pick 5 and traded it to Brisbane in exchange for Adrian Fletcher

Summary:

* appointed co-captain (#2)
* 2007 review (#19)
* 200th game (#35)
* 150th anniversary tribute match (#46)
* 3rd in Merrett-Murray medal (#72)
* 2008 review (#74)
* wedding day (#75)
* 2009 review (#114)
* Power joins laws committee (#129)
* missing portion of finger explained (#135)
* 250th game (#169)
* 2010 review (#229)
* appointed president of AFLPA (#245)
* steps down from leadership group (#254)
* birth of first child - Mae Florence Power (#259)
* infamous bath incident (#265)
* AFL life membership (#276)
* retirement (#344)
* agrees to play with GWS (#427)
* 2011 review (#456)

Premierships:

2001

B:       Chris Johnson     Justin Leppitsch   Darryl White  
HB:      Nigel Lappin      Chris Scott        Marcus Ashcroft  
C:       Jason Akermanis   Michael Voss (c)   Robert Copeland  
HF:      Shaun Hart        Jonathan Brown     [COLOR=Red][B]Luke Power[/B][/COLOR]  
F:       Daniel Bradshaw   Alastair Lynch     Martin Pike  
Foll:    Clark Keating     Simon Black        Brad Scott  
Int:     Beau McDonald     Craig McRae        Tim Notting
         Mal Michael
Coach:   Leigh Matthews

2002

B:       Chris Johnson     Chris Scott        Justin Leppitsch  
HB:      [COLOR=Red][B]Luke Power[/B][/COLOR]        Mal Michael        Marcus Ashcroft  
C:       Shaun Hart        Michael Voss (c)   Martin Pike  
HF:      Des Headland      Jonathan Brown     Nigel Lappin  
F:       Jason Akermanis   Alastair Lynch     Darryl White  
Foll:    Clark Keating     Simon Black        Brad Scott  
Int:     Beau McDonald     Craig McRae        Tim Notting        
         Aaron Shattock
Coach:   Leigh Matthews

2003

B:       Chris Johnson     Mal Michael        Darryl White  
HB:      [COLOR=Red][B]Luke Power[/B][/COLOR]        Justin Leppitsch   Nigel Lappin  
C:       Jason Akermanis   Michael Voss (c)   Martin Pike  
HF:      Ashley McGrath    Jonathan Brown     Robert Copeland  
F:       Craig McRae       Alastair Lynch     Daniel Bradshaw  
Foll:    Clark Keating     Simon Black        Shaun Hart  
Int:     Jamie Charman     Blake Caracella    Marcus Ashcroft  
         Richard Hadley
Coach:   Leigh Matthews

Merrett-Murray Medal Results:

1998: =24th (6 votes)
1999: 17th (27 votes)
2000: 6th (39 votes)
2001: 21st (19 votes)
2002: 14th (46 votes)
2003: =2nd (70 votes)
2004: 2nd (68 votes)
2005: 5th (43.5 votes)
2006: 3rd (47.5 votes)
2007: 4th (51 votes)
2008: 3rd (46.5 votes)
2009: 4th (51.5 votes)
2010: 4th (27.5 votes)
2011: 13th (17 votes)

All Australian:

2004

[B]B:[/B] 	Leo Barry 	    Matthew Scarlett      Chris Johnson
[B]HB:[/B] 	Austinn Jones  	    Chad Cornes           Adam McPhee 
[B]C:[/B] 	Chris Judd  	    Simon Black           Nigel Lappin
[B]HF:[/B] 	Jason Akermanis     Warren Tredrea (VC)   Nick Riewoldt 
[B]F:[/B] 	Barry Hall 	    Fraser Gehrig         [B][COLOR="Red"]Luke Power[/COLOR][/B] 
[B]Foll:[/B] 	Jeff White 	    Mark Ricciuto (C)     Scott West
[B]Int:[/B] 	James Clemen        Chad Fletcher         Brett Kirk 
	Matthew Lappin  		
[B]Coach:[/B] 	Mark Williams

Brisbane Lions Team of the Decade:

[B]B:[/B] 	Chris Johnson 	   Mal Michael 	        Darryl White
[B]HB:[/B] 	Marcus Ashcroft    Justin Leppitsch 	Chris Scott
[B]M:[/B] 	Nigel Lappin 	   Michael Voss (c) 	Brad Scott
[B]HF:[/B] 	Jason Akermanis    Jonathan Brown 	Craig McRae
[B]F:[/B] 	[B][COLOR="Red"]Luke Power [/COLOR][/B]	   Alastair Lynch 	Daniel Bradshaw
[B]Foll:[/B] 	Clark Keating 	   Simon Black 	        Shaun Hart
[B]Int:[/B] 	Martin Pike 	   Tim Notting 	        Jamie Charman 	   
        Richard Champion
Coach: 	Leigh Matthews

Coach's Votes:

2010: 19
2011: 8

Mike Sheahan's Top 50:

2001 (e): -
2002 (s): -
2002 (e): -
2003 (s): 42
2003 (e): 28
2004 (s): 27
2004 (e): 12
2005 (s): 19
2005 (e): 43
2006 (s): 28
2006 (e): 45
2007 (s): 25
2007 (e): -
2008 (s): 41
2008 (e): ?
2009 (s): 30
2009 (e): 26
2010 (s): 30
2010 (e): -
2011 (s): -

Tribunal Record:

* Round 2, 2009 - first offence for making negligent contact with umpire ($2600 but cleared at tribunal)

Career Achievements:

AFL Games: 282
AFL Goals: 226
AFL Finals: 19
Pre-season games: 29
AFL Rising Star Nomination 1998, 1999
5th place, AFL Rising Star Award 1999
Lions Most Improved Player 2000
Lions Attitude Barometer Award (Forward) 2000
International Rules Series 2000
Lions Premiership Player 2001, 2002, 2003
Lions Best Finals Player 2003, 2009
Lions Most Effective Tackler 2003
Lions Club Champion Runner-up 2003, 2004
All-Australian 2004
Lions Team of the Decade member 2006
3rd Lions Club Champion 2006, 2008
Lions Co-Captain 2007, 2008
Life Member 2007
AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match Victorian Representative 2008
Lions Members Player of the Year 2008
Lions Vice-Captain 2009-10

 

[danielcan]

Re: Luke Power

Congratulations on being appointed captain.

 

[scott522]

Re: Luke Power

Congratulations on being appointed captain.

And so say all of us !

 

[Hollow Knight]

Re: Luke Power

Lord of all gnomes eh scottster?

 

[scott522]

Re: Luke Power

Lord of all gnomes eh scottster?

What can I say Dog, but good things come in small parcels...
Next time you're talking to him, ask him about the keyring I gave him a couple of years ago... lmao and so did the others...

 

[kenrosewall]

Re: Luke Power

Any news on a possible leg injury Luke picked up last night at training Chezwick or Browndog?

 

[Grimreepah]

Re: Luke Power

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LIONS co-captain Luke Power made only a brief appearance at training on Wednesday but has declared himself a definite starter for Sunday's big clash with Fremantle at the Gabba.
The gun midfielder, who brandished a bandaged knee, failed to complete Brisbane's midweek session. But Power says it is nothing serious.
"It is just a corkie (corked thigh), there are no worries there," he said.
"I actually would have trained last night (Wednesday) but I had a bit of a cold. So with everything else going on, they told me to have a night off."

 

[Raav]

Re: Luke Power

So underrated by so many.
Love him

 

[Grimreepah]

Re: Luke Power

Article

BRISBANE Lions are confident of having Luke Power back for the game against Port Adelaide at the Gabba on Saturday.
Power completed the majority of the extended two-hour session under lights at the Gabba, and he showed no sign of the quadriceps strain that has sidelined him for the past three games.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Re: Luke Power

Officially named in the side to take on Port.

Very relieved to have you back Luke.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Re: Luke Power

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that after Buckley, Power has the best footskills in the competition.

How dangerous did our forward 50 entries look last night when Luke was the guy delivering it!

 

[notting18]

Re: Luke Power

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that after Buckley, Power has the best footskills in the competition.

How dangerous did our forward 50 entries look last night when Luke was the guy delivering it!

You mean foot skills refering to only his left yeah? lol

 

[Grimreepah]

Re: Luke Power

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Describing Joel Patfull's marking job on Russell Robertson as exceptional, Matthews also highlighted the return of co-captain Luke Power as critical to the Lions' recent upturn in fortunes.The midfield maestro was best-on-ground for the Lions in terms of possessions and booted 1.2.
"Luke Power coming back a couple of weeks ago made an enormous difference. We've had three quite reasonable games," Matthews said.

 

[Grimreepah]

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Good habits power Lions

09 August 2007 Herald Sun
Jon Anderson

LUKE Power, these days an elder statesman of the Brisbane Lions, knows exactly where his side's sudden improvement has come from ¿ the training track.Five successive wins puts Brisbane behind only Geelong as the competition's form side and co-captain Power said preparation was the key.
"It is a very close playing group and one whose training ethics have been right up with any I've played with. They are all about creating good habits on the track," said Power, 27, who now boasts 191-games to his credit.
"The improvement in players like Jared Brennan and Daniel Merrett is due to training and they are realising that you only become respected in this competition when you play well on a consistent basis.
"The Brisbane sides of 5-6 years ago had a number of players who did that but the two groups can't be compared until this one achieves something.
"When those premiership teams trained it was all about rest and recovery so we could keep fresh. This group is about competitive work and miles in the legs."
Power, who is two units from completing a journalism degree, admits the rapid recent rise of the Lions is genuinely exciting.
And he points to Leigh Matthews and his coaching group as key reasons behind their assault on the finals.
"Our backline coach Justin Leppitsch, who has done a lot of work with players such as Daniel Merrett and Jason Roe, doesn't get mentioned as a future coach but he should," Power said.
"He has the personality and confidence for the role.
"Craig Lambert has done a lot of work in development with the younger players, Craig Brittain (reserves and recruiting) is an important person while Shaun Rehn (midfield) and Paul Hudson (forwards) have come up with some really good theories.
"Two years ago our midfield was the worst in the competition in terms of clearances and Shaun has helped change that right around."
Power also nominates Nigel Lappin's return to the midfield as a key ingredient, admitting it had reduced the tagging pressure on Simon Black and himself.
Add Jed Adcock and Michael Rischitelli to the mix and you have a group capable of regularly feeding the competition's best power forward in Jonathan Brown.
"When you look up, `Browny' has a real presence and demands the ball but he has been helped but the emergence of Jared Brennan, the hard leading of Robert Copeland and the work rate of Wayde Mills at centre half-forward.
Power missed three weeks mid-season when he tore the kicking muscle in his quad, prompting a bevy of jokes from teammates that is must be a small muscle given his kicking distance hardly matches that of Anthony Rocca.
However he kicks straight, as Brown would attest.
Power has three years of a contract to fulfil with Brisbane.
"I always wanted to play 200 games and to do it with one club means more. I consider myself to be a loyal person in an age where loyalty doesn't mean as much," said Power, before addressing the question of whether he would remain in Brisbane or return to his native Melbourne.
"I have always said I will return to Melbourne after my career and that remains, although I now have a Queensland girlfriend. But she reckons she likes Melbourne," he said.

Training for success: Brisbane Lions stalwart Luke Power pushes himself to the limit.

 

[danielcan]

Re: Luke Power

Power has three years of a contract to fulfil with Brisbane.

Does this mean he has three years left on that contract?

 

[BigCat2]

Re: Luke Power

Does this mean he has three years left on that contract?

At the end of 2005 he signed a 5 year contract. So I'd say yeah.

 

[notliondown]

Re: Luke Power

And trust me Luke if you ever read this... Your loyalty means bloody heaps!!!! Dont ever doubt the collective sigh of releif that went through the supporters as well when you resigned a few years ago!!!!!

 

[Grimreepah]

Re: Luke Power

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Power was reported for charging Sydney's Craig Bolton during Saturday night's game. It was the view of the Panel that Power was running back with the flight of the ball with eyes only for the ball until the last second, while jumping to spoil the mark. Power did not turn and bump Bolton at any stage and it was deemed that contact was unavoidable and not unreasonable in the circumstances. No further action was taken.

 

[Grimreepah]

Re: Luke Power

End of Season Player Review

Luke Power was this year named one of 5 co-captains to take over from the retiring Michael Voss. It was another consistent year for him, having one or two quiet games, but generally being one of our most productive players week in week out. He averaging 23.8 disposals and 5 tackles a game, and finished 4th in the B&F.

Power is a very good player who has a good all round game. He brings to the side some much needed skills, especially with his short kicking, and he sets the example with his hardness at the ball. At the same time he is probably a step down in class from the elite midfielders in the competition, and because of that tends to not get much recognition. However his importance should not be underestimated, as he is one of a handful of players that the Lions are very reliant upon. When he missed 3 games mid-year with a quad injury, the side had great difficulty covering his absence.

Looking towards 2008, Power will be hoping he can have another consistent and uneventful year. While that may make for a dull player review, it also serves as the ideal foundation to help the younger players develop.

 

[Grimreepah]

Re: Luke Power

Afl.com judges Luke Power as the best number 5 draft pick of all time:

5 – LUKE POWER (BRISBANE LIONS)
Recruited from: Oakleigh Chargers (1997)
The 195-gamer played in a hat-trick of flags, been All-Australian once and finished in the top-three of the club champion award on three occasions, earning him the gong as the best No.5 pick. There is some outstanding talent coming through, with Lance Franklin (Hawthorn – 2004) leading the charge long-term, followed by Brock McLean (Melbourne – 2004), Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood – 2005) and Travis Boak (Port Adelaide – 2006).

 

[Grimreepah]

Re: Luke Power

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Power pumped over prospects
Article from: Matt Marshall
November 05, 2007 11:00pm

CLASSY midfielder Luke Power senses the bullish "never-say-die" attitude that characterised Brisbane's triple premiership feats in his club's new breed.
Brisbane's full squad completed its first pre-season training session yesterday on the heels of its most successful campaign in three winters.
After just two lean rebuilding years, Leigh Matthews' young squad stood on the cusp of a return to finals football in 2007, and is well placed to continue the resurgence next season.
"After the 2005 and '06 seasons, the year ended in a really negative way, it seemed we dropped our guard a bit," Power said.
"Things weren't going well, but after this year everyone felt the season was a really positive one apart from the last few weeks. The thing was, we played out every game, that's what our supporters came to expect."
Power believes the decisions of Jared Brennan, Josh Drummond, Troy Selwood and Rhan Hooper to knock back offers from rival clubs to remain in Brisbane stand as testament to a rebirth of the once mighty club's proud culture.
"A lot of those guys have been around for three to four years and they haven't been our best years," he said.
"I think they realise now we're improving, we're on the way up, and they want to be a part of it. It's good for them to see it through. Hopefully they can come out the other side."
The recruitment of silky midfielder Travis Johnstone, who completed light work with his wrist still on the mend, is another huge plus, according to Power.

 

[Hollow Knight]

Re: Luke Power

If some of our younger midfield types take the next step, I wonder if we will ever see Luke return to the forward line on a permenent/semi-permanent basis?

We'd obviously need someone to step up in the midfield as Luke was our king of goal assists last year, but in 2000 he was a deadly small forward and kicked 50 goals... might be the natural place for him to return in coming years?

 

[Grimreepah]

Re: Luke Power

If some of our younger midfield types take the next step, I wonder if we will ever see Luke return to the forward line on a permenent/semi-permanent basis?

We'd obviously need someone to step up in the midfield as Luke was our king of goal assists last year, but in 2000 he was a deadly small forward and kicked 50 goals... might be the natural place for him to return in coming years?

I can't see that happening in the near future. A good midfielder tends to be more important than a good forward pocket anway, but particularly so for us. We are still finding our way after the loss of Voss and Power's hardness and leadership in the middle is pretty important.

We've possibly seen Adcock overtake him this year, but it would probably take another 2 or 3 of the younger players to do the same for this to become even a consideration. And that will take time as there is a bit of a gap between our A graders and our B graders.

 

[BigCat2]

Re: Luke Power

Luke's goal sense has also deteriorated in the last few years. When he ends up in the forward line, he no longer swoops on the ball like he used to, and is nowhere near as accurate both in general play and from set shots.

 

[Grimreepah]

Re: Luke Power

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"Even our older experienced players, such as Luke Power, who is already an elite midfielder, are breaking their 3km time-trial records," Penfold said.