Player # | 788 |
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Nickname | Lachie |
Position | Half Back, Five Eighth |
Height | 191cm |
Weight | 90kg |
DOB | 19th Aug 1996 |
Origin | Brisbane, QLD |
Junior Club | Capalaba Warriors/Souths Logan |
Debut | 2018: Round 16 vs Newcastle |
Rep |
Lachlan Lewis is the nephew of the great Wally Lewis.
Lachlan burst on to the scene in style, making his NRL debut in round 16 against the Newcastle Knights in 2018. The talented half showed composure and class in his first NRL season and impressed everyone with his toughness on the field. The five eighth finished the season with 9 games, 9 forced dropouts, 322.5 average kicking metres per game, 3 try assists, 3 line-break assists, 4 offloads, 210 tackles, 52.6 average running metres and a tackle efficiency of 83%.
Lachlan capped off his first year in the NRL by claiming the club's Rookie of the Year award.
Lachlan signed a contract extension with the club that will keep him at Belmore until the end of the 2021 season.
Lachlan has shown himself to be a player of enormous potential since debuting in 2018 with 15 appearances in 2019.
His outstanding kicking skills have seen him average close to 350 metres per match and he has complemented those with a great passing game and tough defence.
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