Hayes was ranked sixth in the AFL for clearances, equal fourth for tackles and 10th for handballs. From 2003 onwards Hayes brilliance has been matched by his consistency and he has remained an elite midfielder throughout this time. Hayes grew up in Pennant Hills in Sydney and played one reserves game for the Sydney Swans in 1998.A sign of the high regard in which Hayes was held in at St Kilda was that he was given the number 7 jumper in his very first season, a number that had previously been worn by greats including most recently, St Kilda Team of the Century wingman Hayes made his debut aged 19 in Round 5 1999 against the Kangaroos in Sydney, his old home town and got knocked down by a legitimate Glen Archer shirtfront that Lenny still cops a ribbing about to this day from his mates. Hayes was superb in close to have 12 contested possessions, nine clearances and nine tackles to lead St Kilda in all three categories. Last year he led the voting into the dying rounds only to be swamped by the Bulldogs’ Cooney. In the critical match in round 14, when the two teams played one another, none of Ablett, Hayes or Dal Santo managed to draw the umpires’ favour.Nick Riewoldt, one of the best players in the competition by most estimations, yet unimpressive to the umpires, barely made the top 10 with 15 votes.He wasn’t the only forward with a hard-luck story. Sorry we couldn't find a match for that, please try again It was immediately apparent that Hayes was in serious trouble and although he bravely got back to his feet two trainers were required to carry him off the ground.The day after the Round 2 match against Richmond the worst fears of the St Kilda Football Club were realised with the news that Hayes had ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament and partially torn his medial ligament, Lenny would require a reconstruction of his left knee, prematurely ending his 2011 season. Hayes signed a long term contract late in the 2002 season and started to be touted as a future St Kilda captain.If he wasn’t already an elite midfielder during the 2002 season there was no doubt that during the 2003 season Lenny became one, averaging 15.5 kicks and 10.3 handballs per game, in the process winning the St Kilda best and fairest and making his first All Australian team, being named on a wing. From 2003 onwards Hayes brilliance has been matched by his consistency and he has remained an elite midfielder throughout this time. Hayes was at his best during the finals series averaging 30 disposals, 14 contested possessions and five inside 50s to be named one of the best three St Kilda players in each of the three finals.Hayes made his third All-Australian Team, being named in the centre, and finished third in the Brownlow Medal on 20 votes, behind winner Gary Ablett on 30 votes, and runner-up Chris Judd on 22 votes. Hayes had a team-high 14 contested possessions, five clearances and also laid five tackles.The following week Hayes was playing well in a tight contest against Richmond at the MCG when he suffered a knee injury in the second minute of the third quarter during a clearance contest in the middle of the ground. Nick Riewoldt was appointed the sole St Kilda captain for 2008 with Hayes being named as vice-captain.Hayes had another outstanding season in 2008 averaging 24.1 disposals, 4.4 marks and a career high 6 tackles per game to finish third in St Kilda’s best and fairest behind first time winner Sam Fisher with key forward Nick Riewoldt finishing second. He gave me a call and said to enjoy myself and have fun.’’A rebuke from Tim Watson after round 19 claiming Ablett was playing selfish football was perhaps the catalyst for the Geelong champion to lift and hold out those who would take what would rightfully be his.Ablett responded to Watson’s criticism with best-on-ground performances in rounds 20 and 21. Although Hayes is universally praised for his tenacity, consistency, leadership and courage, for some reason he doesn’t seem to get as much credit as most of the players mentioned above for how effective and damaging his disposals are.Lenny had an outstanding 2010 season. I like Lenny Hayes ($21) for the 2009 Brownlow Medal. After 9 Rounds Hayes was one of the form players of the competition, having already racked up 8 Brownlow Medal votes and St Kilda were fifth on the ladder. The Saints made their third Preliminary Final in five years, however were comprehensively beaten by eventual premiers Hawthorn.In 2009 Hayes averaged 28 disposals per game despite only averaging 90 minutes per game. Hayes numbers were slightly down on the previous couple of seasons with 22.7 disposals and 4.4 marks per game.St Kilda, struggeling to adapt to a far more defensive game style under Ross Lyon were languishing in 13th position with only 4 wins after 10 rounds. In his first game back he collected three votes.Ablett had 19 votes by the halfway mark — an amount that has won the medal in previous years — but was battling to hold off a charge from St Kilda’s Lenny Hayes.When he was voted best on ground in round 13 to stretch his tally to 22 votes— six votes clear of Hayes—the medal appeared certain to be his.Ablett’s chances of winning the medal were enhanced by the splitting of votes among St Kilda players with Nick Dal Santo duelling with Ablett in the early rounds before Hayes began to make a move.Hayes did not poll in the first month but then had four best-on-ground efforts in five games to the mid-year turn. There, I said it.
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