Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn: Mitchell Lewis. Extended to 2026!

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Really boosted my mood hearing about this on Friday, the 1st quarter he played was ******* unreal also.

 

[Roddy]

He's the absolute prime example of the old adage, 'big blokes take longer to develop'.

He's got his size just about right now, he's lean enough to be mobile/move quickly and cover a lot of territory, bulky enough to crash packs without splitting himself in half.....

 

[cryptor]

The confidence I have in him when he's taking a shot from outside 50 is ridiculous. I'm genuinely surprised when ever he misses a shot from any where.

 

[MrPremiership]

4 years is great

Genuine star

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Thank you Wrighty and McKenzie and whoever was involved in scouting him.

 

[detox]

The only thing I'm a little concerned about now is that he's fully coming onto the radar and will be under increasing pressure. I reckon he'll handle it though...

Kicked 4 on Andrews, 4 on Moore, 3 on Grimes...

 

[Roddy]

Kicked 4 on Andrews, 4 on Moore, 3 on Grimes...

Will probably find himself increasingly double-teamed....

 

[Simon Crawshay]

This is why we should go hard at recruiting ready to go free agent midfielder's this off season (Bradshaw, Down, etc).

We get enough ball to Mitch and he could kick 70+ goals next year he is that dominant right now.

 

[offtherails9]

Will probably find himself increasingly double-teamed....

Which is part of the reason we need Kosi to come on and give us two options, and at least make that third defender accountable.

 

[theiaofseed]

Will probably find himself increasingly double-teamed....

Hawthorn don't play a game style that easily allows this

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Hawthorn don't play a game style that easily allows this

Plus once it happens then it's up to the coaches to work out a way to exploit this. We will have a free player somewhere.

I also think that he will be so hard to stop whilst on the lead, regardless of how many defenders on him.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Plus once it happens then it's up to the coaches to work out a way to exploit this. We will have a free player somewhere.

I also think that he will be so hard to stop whilst on the lead, regardless of how many defenders on him.

I don't wanna use the term, but "unstoppable" his hands are elite and he is an elite runner, great size and able to crash pack and he's smart on the lead but also pretty explosive early.

Those type of players are hard to stop as there's not many key defenders suited to stop them, the best types you can imagine are like Sam De Koning who are supremely athletic.

 

[Roddy]

Which is part of the reason we need Kosi to come on and give us two options, and at least make that third defender accountable.

Agreed 150%.

 

[The Chad and I]

Kicked 4 on Andrews, 4 on Moore, 3 on Grimes...

Broad shoulders, great hands, aggressive at the drop of the ball.
Hard to beat that combo.

 

[burner1]

Broad shoulders, great hands, aggressive at the drop of the ball.
Hard to beat that combo.

I’d add a very good leap. At his size when he launches at ball aggressively is very hard to stop.

 

[razarback]

So good having a big dominant forward again. Awesome

 

[SSSSSS]

Should have kicked 10 the lazy bugger.

 

[Themanbun]

Lmao, the First Crack team today saying Mitch Lewis can 'potentially get to Peter Wright's level'.

Umm...Lewis is already averaging the second most goals in the comp this year.

 

[kirbatron]

Lmao, the First Crack team today saying Mitch Lewis can 'potentially get to Peter Wright's level'.

Umm...Lewis is already averaging the second most goals in the comp this year.

wtf

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Would be equal second in the Coleman if he’d played all games and maintained his average. Don’t play GWS in a swamp and he could even be leading it. Magic season for Mitch.

 

[theiaofseed]

Lmao, the First Crack team today saying Mitch Lewis can 'potentially get to Peter Wright's level'.

Umm...Lewis is already averaging the second most goals in the comp this year.

Regression isn't typically the goal