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https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/02/07...chlan-lewis-to-take-charge-from-kieran-foran/
The Prince of Belmore is poised to claim the throne in 2019, with youngster Lachlan Lewis planning to take over Canterbury's chief playmaking duties from marquee man Kieran Foran.
Foran outranks Lewis by 176 NRL games, a premiership, 21 Tests for New Zealand and a sizeable amount of salary, but it is the precocious 22-year-old set to guide a rebooted Bulldogs attack around the paddock in 2019.
Lewis rose beyond his headline-grabbing relation to Immortal uncle Wally in an otherwise forgettable 2018 Canterbury campaign, starring across the second half of the season while Foran was on ice with a toe injury.
The former Kiwi skipper is fighting to prove his fitness and standing as one of the game's elite halves, forged during a golden period with Manly when he and Daly Cherry-Evans steered the Sea Eagles' ship to a 2011 title and an annual finals outing.
Despite boasting only nine games to his famous surname, Lewis is sizing himself up as the playmaking foil to Foran's once undeniable running game just as Cherry-Evans once did.
tapped on the shoulder by the besieged Bulldogs, told he could explore other options as his exclusion from the club's top 30 made a Telstra Premiership debut unlikely.
Now he's emerged out the other side of facing his own rugby league mortality, Lewis has "a lot less anxiety" to confront as his life gathers steam on and off the field.
Having married over the off-season, he and his wife Steph are expecting a baby girl in late May, with their new bub set to double as a model for the pair's expanding babywear business Parker & Co.
With an upgraded Canterbury deal shoring up his future until the end of 2020, Lewis is setting his sights on a couple of the game's bigger prizes.
"Last year I wanted to play first and now it's about setting goals where I'll achieve the most," he says.
"It's not how many games I'll play, how many wins. I want to take the team, if I can, to the finals.
"And with no timeline here, I want to play State of Origin. As you can sense with my family that's a huge thing.
"Finals is this year. Especially being an underdog I'd love that."
The Prince of Belmore is poised to claim the throne in 2019, with youngster Lachlan Lewis planning to take over Canterbury's chief playmaking duties from marquee man Kieran Foran.
Foran outranks Lewis by 176 NRL games, a premiership, 21 Tests for New Zealand and a sizeable amount of salary, but it is the precocious 22-year-old set to guide a rebooted Bulldogs attack around the paddock in 2019.
Lewis rose beyond his headline-grabbing relation to Immortal uncle Wally in an otherwise forgettable 2018 Canterbury campaign, starring across the second half of the season while Foran was on ice with a toe injury.
The former Kiwi skipper is fighting to prove his fitness and standing as one of the game's elite halves, forged during a golden period with Manly when he and Daly Cherry-Evans steered the Sea Eagles' ship to a 2011 title and an annual finals outing.
Despite boasting only nine games to his famous surname, Lewis is sizing himself up as the playmaking foil to Foran's once undeniable running game just as Cherry-Evans once did.
tapped on the shoulder by the besieged Bulldogs, told he could explore other options as his exclusion from the club's top 30 made a Telstra Premiership debut unlikely.
Now he's emerged out the other side of facing his own rugby league mortality, Lewis has "a lot less anxiety" to confront as his life gathers steam on and off the field.
Having married over the off-season, he and his wife Steph are expecting a baby girl in late May, with their new bub set to double as a model for the pair's expanding babywear business Parker & Co.
With an upgraded Canterbury deal shoring up his future until the end of 2020, Lewis is setting his sights on a couple of the game's bigger prizes.
"Last year I wanted to play first and now it's about setting goals where I'll achieve the most," he says.
"It's not how many games I'll play, how many wins. I want to take the team, if I can, to the finals.
"And with no timeline here, I want to play State of Origin. As you can sense with my family that's a huge thing.
"Finals is this year. Especially being an underdog I'd love that."
