As Schache proved, contract extensions don’t really mean much in Brisbane, so Rayner could easily flee his way back to Victoria within a year or two.

The two teams contest the QClash twice each season.

But the Lions were forced to do it without their coach, who is in hospital. So which teams will rise and fall? we will answer to the call, They have a list full of first-rounders, thanks to stockpiling picks from players fleeing the Sunshine State and a coach who seemingly knows what he’s doing. Forget the experts, the ballot was thrown open to the fans to select the 50 greatest games of the past 50 years. Required fields are marked *. [6], The 2004 season saw Brisbane remain in the top portion of the ladder for most of the season. The Lions also wore this jumper from 2008 to 2009 before switching to a more 'modern' lion.

Brisbane Lions young gun Callum Ah Chee’s soaring effort was immediately labelled a contender for mark of the year, and rightfully so. Bounce is at 1.45pm AEST on Saturday, with the match broadcast on Channel 7, not 7mate, in South East Queensland.

Having trained well, Lions star Charlie Cameron is set to take on the Kangaroos a week after injuring his knee and ankle.

“We’re expecting that ferocity, and some, because I know they value their games in Launceston,” Fagan told media this morning. A big Richmond win on Tuesday night had some questioning Brisbane’s premiership credentials after 11 straight years of losses to Richmond.

The Brisbane Lions will give themselves a chance of winning the minor premiership for the first time in the club’s history by beating Carlton on Saturday night. Charlie Cameron’s admiration of Atlanta Falcons player Julio Jones led to the Lions star appearing on American television.

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But alas it’s a tough life for a 20-year, earning hundreds of thousands of dollars, living in eternal sunshine, out of the footy limelight and he fled to the Bulldogs in exchange for a second-round pick. The medal for the player adjudged best on ground is known as the Marcus Ashcroft Medal. Brisbane teammate and best friend Lincoln McCarthy pens a piece about newly crowned…, Neale and Andrews earn consecutive All-Australian blazers. Richmond has a new six-digit challenger on the 2020 membership ladder — and it was also bad news for the Bombers and Demons. Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan has paid tribute to Danny Frawley, saying he was “a man that cared about others more than he cared about himself” and a constant source of support. Sam Docherty and Elliot Yeo have turned into genuine superstars, there’s Jack Redden and Jared Polec and now Tom Rockliff. One week until our 2020 Finals campaign kicks off. The Lions also traded for Charlie Cameron, who remarkably actually wanted go back home to Brisbane. I’m also rooting for Chris Fagan after hearing a glorious story involving him and Alastair Clarkson after Hawthorn were eliminated by the Bulldogs in 2016 semi-final.

We aren't the Lions of old who are happy to lose in a good game, we're the Lions who pick ourselves up when we fall and learn from our trials and tribulations. AFLW clubs struggling to have enough fit players to choose from for Round 1 have been allowed to sign reinforcements. Away fans are always louder than the home support, it’s the closest thing Australia has to a Los Angeles Chargers home game.

Due to the cricket season in the summer, the club has been required to train out of alternate locations, such as Coorparoo and Burpengary. As the Brisbane Lions, the club won its first AFL premiership in the 2001 AFL Grand Final, defeating Essendon 15.18 (108) to 12.10 (82). Fremantle and the Western Bulldogs have fought out one of the best games in AFLW history — one that broke records in front of a crowd of almost no one.

They still can’t even get a proper training facility built, even North Melbourne achieved that feat. No Harris or Hodge really hurt. “We’re going to have to play mighty well to overcome the Hawks there. [13], On 29 August 2016, Leppitsch was sacked as coach of the Lions.[14].

we'll kick the winning score, The NAB AFL Academy Series replaced division two of the NAB AFL Under 18 National Championships this year. Thanks to another pathetic four-win season, the Lions dropped that one spot to finish 18th and earn themselves the wooden spoon, the second in their post-Fitzroy history. Now Available ... Taylor made for the Lions Brisbane swoop on former heptathlete in trade with Gold Coast. A controversial moment in the dying stages of an AFL thriller has left one coach seeing red over the league’s “fancy” score review system.