Lachlan Lewis (born 19 August 1996) is an Australian

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footballer who last played as a or for the

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in the

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Background

Lewis was born in

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and is the son of former

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footballer Scott Lewis and nephew of

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legend

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. Lewis played his junior football for the Capalaba Warriors and the

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and was educated at

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, playing alongside future Waratah-turned-Rebel

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before being signed by the

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. Lewis represented the

under 16s and 18s team. Lewis played for the Raiders

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team in 2014-2016. On 17 April 2016, Lewis signed a 2-year contract with the

effective immediately. Lewis played 10 matches for the Bulldogs NYC team in 2016. On 13 July 2016, Lewis represented the Queensland Under 20s team against the New South Wales Under-20s team, playing off the interchange bench in the 36-22 loss at

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. Lewis played for the Bulldogs NSW Cup team in 2017. Outside of Rugby League, Lewis is also a Licensed Plumber.

Playing career

2018

Lewis spent the first half of the season playing in Canterbury's

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team before the mid-season departure of

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to the

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and marquee half

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was ruled out for the rest of the season after Round 12 due to being knee capped by Lewis. In Round 16 of the

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, Lewis made his NRL debut for the

against the

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, playing at five-eighth in the 36-16 win at

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. On 18 July 2018, Lewis extended his contract with the Bulldogs to the end of the 2020 season. In Round 23 against the

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, on his 22nd birthday, Lewis had exceptional match, scoring a try and kicking a field goal with 2 minutes remaining to win the match for the Bulldogs 27-26 at

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. Lewis finished his debut year in the NRL playing in 9 matches, scoring 1 try and kicking 1 field goal for the Bulldogs in the

2019

In the Good Friday Round 6 match against South Sydney, Lewis had a sledging battle with Souths captain

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who said to Lewis that he would be “Found Out”. When Burgess would target the smaller Lewis, who is 26 kg lighter, Lewis put on big hits and forced an error from Burgess which got him frustrated and was deliberately slowing down the rucks during Canterbury's 14-6 loss at

. Lewis commented that his battle with Burgess “It was probably like a fly hitting a car - it didn’t look like it affected him at all.” Following Canterbury's round 8 loss to Manly, Lewis was demoted to reserve grade by coach

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and was replaced by

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. At the time of his demotion, Canterbury had only won 2 of their first 6 games. Lewis made a total of 15 appearances for Canterbury-Bankstown in the

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as the club finished 12th on the table. At one stage of the season, Canterbury were in last position on the ladder before achieving four upset victories in a row over Penrith, the

, South Sydney and

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who were all competing for a place in the finals series and were higher on the table.

2020

Lewis made 13 appearances for Canterbury in the

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. The club finished in 15th place on the table, only avoiding the

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by for and against.

2021

In round 17 of the

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, Lewis scored two tries for Canterbury in a 22-16 loss against the

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, which left the club bottom of the table, four points adrift of second last Brisbane. The following week, Lewis was bizarrely sent to the sin bin after the half-time siren when he grabbed South Sydney player Cody Walker and threw him to the ground. Canterbury would go on to lose the match 32-24. On 31 August, Lewis was one of twelve players who were told by Canterbury that they would not be offered a contract for the 2022 season and would be released at season's end.

Controversy

On 27 August 2021, Lewis was stood down by Canterbury after allegedly trying to sell on

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provided by the

to teams in lockdown. The matter was referred onto the NRL Integrity Unit.

References

External links

Bulldogs profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Lachlan 1996 births Australian rugby league players Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league centres Rugby league players from Brisbane Living people People educated at Iona College Brisbane