‘Big thing’: Young Lion puts team first
Emerging Brisbane Lions midfielder Levi Ashcroft is adapting to the challenges of playing in the AFL after a stellar career in junior football.
Emerging Brisbane Lions midfielder Levi Ashcroft is adapting to the challenges of playing in the AFL after a stellar career in junior football.
The Lions may be boosted by the return of three players, including ruckman Oscar McInerney, for Saturday’s Gabba battle against the GWS Giants.
Adelaide has completed a stunning come-from-behind win after Jordan Dawson inspired a last-quarter surge against a Brisbane Lions side which was left to rue its wastefulness in front of goal.
When Greg Swann arrived at the Brisbane Lions he was warned: ‘You’ll know if you’ve done a good job when we come out to play and don’t get booed’. This is how he transformed the club.
Logan Morris’ push on Darcy Moore has been cleared by the MRO despite the Pies’ skipper coming off with a bloody ear, while Lachie Neale has unloaded on trolls. Watch the video.
Brisbane Lions co-captain Lachie Neale has taken the rare step of calling out “cowards” after his team’s loss to Collingwood.
The look on a Lions star’s face after an animated exchange with coach Chris Fagan said it all as tensions simmer at the football club.
It’s official. The Pies are back as true premiership contenders. It starts with Nick Daicos, but there’s one new wrinkle to the 2023 flag winners, one that will scare the rest of the league.
Nick Daicos dominated at the Gabba, but it might be his teammate that has SuperCoaches more excited after another strong performance in the Pies’ big win.
A 50m penalty “more like the length of NYC’s Fifth Avenue” shocked the AFL world during the Pies’ clash with Brisbane.
Don’t call them the ‘comeback king’ Lions now, they’ve done it for a year, writes Callum Dick. The last 12 months, Brisbane has become a perfect test case in handling crisis on and off-field.
Leigh Matthews says Chris Fagan deserves more credit for wooing the ready-made stars, but does admit the Lions have a key advantage on the rest of the AFL that isn’t really “fair.”
Magpies coach Craig McRae has warned the Lions that tagging Collingwood star Nick Daicos doesn’t often work.
The in-form Lions are hoping to reverse the Magpies’ recent dominance over them when the teams meet at the Gabba on Thursday night.
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