Brad Sewell
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Brad Sewell is an Australian rules football
er with the Hawthorn Football Club
in the Australian Football League
(AFL). He was selected with pick number 6 in the Rookie Draft in 2003. He played his junior football at the Newlyn Football Club which is part of the Central Highlands Football League
and later with the North Ballarat Rebels in U18 TAC Cup competition.
2006 proved to be his breakout year, when he was third in the club's Best and Fairest, collecting 130 votes behind Sam Mitchell
and Luke Hodge
. He played all 22 games for the season, and kicked his first and second goal in the last match of the year against Geelong
.
Sewell is seen as one of the AFL's best taggers as he is able to gather the ball and still play his own game while limiting someone else's. A key player for Hawthorn and was the 2007 Peter Crimmins Medalist by one vote to Campbell Brown.
On Saturday, 27 September 2008, Sewell became a Premiership player, after the Hawks beat the reigning premiers Geelong
in the Grand Final.
Brad Sewell was magnificent. As Hawthorn knew long before most of us who shook our heads when he won the club best and fairest in 2007, he is an extremely good footballer, strong in mind and body, quick in his decision-making and a fine reader of the game. Sewell plays with a minimum of fuss and is little talked about because he stands behind Mitchell, who has rare and obvious class, and Hodge, who looks like he wandered in off the set of a Clint Eastwood
movie.
In the final round of 2009 Hawthorn finals chance died when Brad Sewell suffered a fractured cheekbone and eye socket when he was ironed out in a shirtfront from Essendon
captain Matthew Lloyd
at the start of the third quarter. This was the turning point in the match, as Hawthorn went on to lose the match after leading at the time of the incident.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er with the Hawthorn Football Club
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
(AFL). He was selected with pick number 6 in the Rookie Draft in 2003. He played his junior football at the Newlyn Football Club which is part of the Central Highlands Football League
Central Highlands Football League
The Central Highlands Football League is an Australian Rules Football League in the Ballarat region. The league coordinates Senior, Reserve, Under 18 and Under 15 grades.-History:...
and later with the North Ballarat Rebels in U18 TAC Cup competition.
2006 proved to be his breakout year, when he was third in the club's Best and Fairest, collecting 130 votes behind Sam Mitchell
Sam Mitchell (footballer)
Samuel Mitchell is an Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Debut season :...
and Luke Hodge
Luke Hodge
Luke Hodge is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
. He played all 22 games for the season, and kicked his first and second goal in the last match of the year against Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
.
Sewell is seen as one of the AFL's best taggers as he is able to gather the ball and still play his own game while limiting someone else's. A key player for Hawthorn and was the 2007 Peter Crimmins Medalist by one vote to Campbell Brown.
On Saturday, 27 September 2008, Sewell became a Premiership player, after the Hawks beat the reigning premiers Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
in the Grand Final.
Brad Sewell was magnificent. As Hawthorn knew long before most of us who shook our heads when he won the club best and fairest in 2007, he is an extremely good footballer, strong in mind and body, quick in his decision-making and a fine reader of the game. Sewell plays with a minimum of fuss and is little talked about because he stands behind Mitchell, who has rare and obvious class, and Hodge, who looks like he wandered in off the set of a Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
movie.
In the final round of 2009 Hawthorn finals chance died when Brad Sewell suffered a fractured cheekbone and eye socket when he was ironed out in a shirtfront from Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
captain Matthew Lloyd
Matthew Lloyd
Matthew James Lloyd is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and was the captain of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League...
at the start of the third quarter. This was the turning point in the match, as Hawthorn went on to lose the match after leading at the time of the incident.