Round 18: Belconnen Magpies v Sydney Swans Reserves

[Jesse Richards]

Ease up on Lewis, he's been playing with a hip complaint to help out his teammates. He was close to getting selected for the Hawthorn game.

Thanks for that, ugg. I think that may also explain why he wasn't at his best against Tuggeranong nor Ainslie. I'm assuming the hip complaint became an issue after the Eastlake game (LJ kicked 5 goals) the week before the Hawthorn match when TDL made his debut and Gordon, Meredith and Reid were the emergencies. If so, it's laudable that he's hung in there for the team for so long and I'll suspend judgement for the rest of the year.