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Rivals circle high-flying Giant, big Hawk on radar, interest in untried Cat

1 month ago | afl.com.au | Callum Twomey |Riley Beveridge |Josh Gabelich |Michael Whiting

Get all the latest news in the trade, free agency and draft landscape in Inside Trading, AFL.com.au's dedicated column for player movement. Find out the latest on contracts, deals, trades, draftees, rules, agents and who is going where from the AFL.com.au team. RIVALS CIRCLE LEAPING LEEKCLUBS remain keen on athletic Greater Western Sydney defender Leek Aleer, as he continues to bide his time in the VFL despite a number of high-flying performances at reserves level across recent weeks.
Wounded Brisbane Lions on track for season start, selection squeeze looms

Jan 16, 2025 | afl.com.au | Michael Whiting

BRISBANE'S injured brigade took another giant step towards Opening Round availability on Friday by completing a strong training session at Brighton Homes Arena. Keidean Coleman, Linc McCarthy, Tom Doedee and Darcy Gardiner – all on the comeback trail from ruptured anterior cruciate ligaments – ran strongly in the Brisbane heat. Coleman and McCarthy also took part in a number of team drills to signify their progress.
VOTE NOW: What was the best game of 2024?

Dec 8, 2024 | afl.com.au | Michael Whiting

WITH non-Victorian clubs dominating the upper reaches of the ladder, the emergence of 'Hokball', some unforgettable finals and as close a season as you could hope for, 2024 delivered on all fronts. From Harry McKay's Opening Round heroics at the Gabba, to Port Adelaide's miraculous escape in the wet against Hawthorn to Brisbane's remarkable come-from-behind semi-final win over Greater Western Sydney, we were blessed with more football drama than you could ask for.
Lions who missed out will drive 2025 flag defence

Dec 1, 2024 | afl.com.au | Michael Whiting

IT'S the players who missed Brisbane's premiership that will drive the club's flag defence in 2025, says veteran Dayne Zorko. The Lions' full squad returned to training on Monday at Brighton Homes Arena, greeted by a typically sweltering south-east Queensland day of high temperatures and higher humidity.
Sophie's voice: How Lion turned pain into pride and passion

Nov 29, 2024 | afl.com.au | Michael Whiting

FROM family in the Ikon Park grandstands to her mum watching “from above”, Sophie Conway knows she’s running out with more than just her 20 Brisbane teammates against North Melbourne on Saturday night. The two-time All-Australian winger lost her mum Christine to cancer in 2016, more than a year before she was drafted by the Lions. Since then, Team Conway – father, John, brothers Ben and Isaac, along with Sophie – have only grown closer.
Reigning premier embracing 'underdog' tag ahead of GF

Nov 27, 2024 | afl.com.au | Michael Whiting

BRISBANE is right where it wants to be ahead of Saturday night’s Grand Final – embracing the underdog tag. Although captain Bre Koenen chuckles and finds it “funny” the reigning premiers are the heavy outsiders with bookmakers, she can understand why following North Melbourne’s dominant season. But that all suits the Lions just fine, as a club and team that has thrived off being counted out since the competition’s inception in 2017.
How exorcising their Demons led to the Lions' reinvention

Nov 26, 2024 | afl.com.au | Michael Whiting

THE HEARTACHE of losing the season seven Grand Final in 2022 has spurred a reinvention of Brisbane’s playing list, with coach Craig Starcevich hoping the shake-up will pay off again Saturday’s decider against North Melbourne. Although the Lions won last year’s flag following the 2022 loss to Melbourne, it was the pain of that defeat at Brighton Homes Arena that made Starcevich have a look at how his team was constructed.
The tactical shift involving Jade Ellenger that powered Brisbane Lions to sixth decider

Nov 25, 2024 | afl.com.au | Michael Whiting

A MORSEL of a pre-season idea was fleshed out for Brisbane on Saturday night, helping it to turn the tide and march into a sixth Grand Final. With League best and fairest Ebony Marinoff having a major influence at half-time with 16 disposals, Lions coach Craig Starcevich needed to turn the tap off. So, he turned to Jade Ellenger.
Back, and hungry for more: Lion kings hit the track again

Nov 24, 2024 | afl.com.au | Michael Whiting

PREMIER Brisbane returned to pre-season training on Monday and its precocious Norm Smith medallist Will Ashcroft has a warning for the competition – the Lions are ambitious and hungry for more. With his younger brother Levi now officially part of the club and Academy graduate Sam Marshall impressing with his running power, Ashcroft was joined by a stack of premiership players at Brighton Homes Arena.
AFLW match report: Crows fall to Lion in tense Prelim Final

Nov 23, 2024 | afc.com.au | Michael Whiting

Adelaide's 2024 season came to an end on Saturday night, as it fell to Brisbane by 18 points in the Second Preliminary Final at Brighton Homes Arena. The Crows led for the entire first half, but could not counter a strong third term blitz by the home team, who kicked four unanswered goals to blow them game open and secure their sixth AFLW Grand Final appearance.