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The AFL post round thread is here.

Lions def Dons by 48 points.

Match Centre

Match Report.

Starcevich Presser.

Team | QT | HT | 3QT | FT| ---|---|----|----|----|---- Lions | 5.2 32 | 8.6 54 | 10.9 69 | 12.13 85 | Dons | 0.0 0 | 1.0 6 | 4.0 24 | 6.1 37 | Difference | Lions by 32 | Lions by 48 | Lions by 45 | Lions by 48 |

All Lions in the first, dominated the quarter. Davidson kicked 2, Peters, Mullins and Dooley the other goals. Nearly all Lions in the 2nd, Could've had a goal or two early in the quarter and let through a goal but still largely in control for most of the quarter. Davidson kicked her 3rd and C. Svarc kicked 2. Poorer 3rd had similar issues as the 2nd but lost control in the middle and didn't get it back until late. Dooley kicked her 2nd, R. Svarc kicked the other. Better 4th, Marlo Graham kicked her first AFLW goal in the last minute of the game.

Hickie was off injured for half of the 3rd and 4th but came back on and played out the game.

Hodder was a late out due to illness, Davison replaced her.

How vote counting works:

Top 3 total votes get the 3-2-1 for the match, If one of the top 3 places is a tie then it'll be most 3s then most 2s. Has worked until Round 21 this season, ended up splitting the 1 vote.

Also included the total overall votes but use 3-2-1 due to the variation of responses.

R0-3 results were posted here.

R4-6 results were posted here.

R7-9 results were posted here.

R10-12 results were posted here.

R13-14 results were posted here.

R16-18 results were posted here.

Google Sheets of R19-21 responses.

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R19 v Eagles

20 Responses.

3 - Kai Lohmann

2 - Josh Dunkley

1 - Harris Andrews

No.	Player Name	3	2	1	Total Count
1	Kai Lohmann	9	3	4	37
2	Josh Dunkley	5	1	2	19
3	Harris Andrews	1	5	3	16
4	Will Ashcroft	1	3	4	13
5	Lachie Neale	1	2	1	8
6	Ty Gallop	0	2	2	6
7	James Tunstill	1	0	2	5
8	Darcy Wilmot	1	0	1	4
=9	Ryan Lester	1	0	0	3
=9	Noah Answerth	0	1	1	3
=11	Sam Draper	0	1	0	2
=11	Cam Rayner	0	1	0	2
=11	Zac Bailey	0	1	0	2

No Votes: Jaspa Fletcher, Hugh McCluggage, Jarrod Berry, Levi Ashcroft, Logan Morris, Dayne Zorko, Charlie Cameron, Conor McKenna, Eric Hipwood, Darcy Fort

R20 v Port

21 Responses.

3 - Will Ashcroft

2 - Zac Bailey

1 - Hugh McCluggage

No.	Player Name	3	2	1	Total Count
1	Will Ashcroft	13	2	0	43
2	Zac Bailey	4	6	4	28
3	Hugh McCluggage	1	6	6	21
4	Kai Lohmann	2	2	3	13
5	Dayne Zorko	0	1	3	5
6	Charlie Cameron	1	0	0	3
=7	Sam Draper	0	0	2	2
=7	Jaspa Fletcher	0	1	0	2
=7	Logan Morris	0	1	0	2
=7	Cam Rayner	0	0	2	2
=7	Ty Gallop	0	1	0	2
=7	Noah Answerth	0	1	0	2
13	Josh Dunkley	0	0	1	1

No Votes: Jarrod Berry, Lachie Neale, Levi Ashcroft, Conor McKenna, James Tunstill, Eric Hipwood, Harris Andrews, Darcy Fort, Ryan Lester, Darcy Wilmot

R21 v Blues

13 Responses.

3 - Will Ashcroft

2 - Jaspa Fletcher

0.5 - Josh Dunkley

0.5 - Darcy Wilmot

No.	Player Name	3	2	1	Total Count
1	Will Ashcroft	7	2	0	25
2	Jaspa Fletcher	3	1	2	13
=3	Josh Dunkley	1	2	2	9
=3	Darcy Wilmot	1	2	2	9
=5	Kai Lohmann	1	1	0	5
=5	Cam Rayner	0	2	1	5
7	Harris Andrews	0	1	2	4
8	Charlie Cameron	0	1	1	3
=9	Sam Draper	0	1	0	2
=9	Ryan Lester	0	0	2	2
11	Bruce Reville	0	0	1	1

No Votes: Oscar Allen, Hugh McCluggage, Jarrod Berry, Lachie Neale, Levi Ashcroft, Logan Morris, Keidean Coleman, Conor McKenna, Eric Hipwood, Darcy Fort, Zac Bailey, Noah Answerth

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B&F votes after Round 21

No	Player Name	Total Points
1	Will Ashcroft	22
2	Lachie Neale	16
3	Darcy Wilmot	13.5
4	Zac Bailey	11
5	Charlie Cameron	9
6	Ryan Lester	8
=7	Bruce Reville	6
=7	Kai Lohmann	6
=9	Logan Morris	5
=9	Harris Andrews	5
11	Josh Dunkley	4.5
12	Jarrod Berry	4
=13	Ty Gallop	2
=13	Jaspa Fletcher	2
=15	Darcy Fort	1
=15	Keidean Coleman	1
=15	Sam Draper	1
=15	Levi Ashcroft	1
=15	Cam Rayner	1
=15	Hugh McCluggage	1

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Total vote count after Round 21

No.	Player Name	Total
1	Will Ashcroft	435
2	Lachie Neale	400
3	Charlie Cameron	216
4	Darcy Wilmot	208
5	Zac Bailey	207
6	Ryan Lester	204
7	Logan Morris	171
8	Kai Lohmann	128
9	Bruce Reville	124
10	Harris Andrews	115
11	Josh Dunkley	112
12	Jarrod Berry	90
13	Ty Gallop	79
14	Sam Draper	71
=15	Conor McKenna	52
=15	Jaspa Fletcher	52
17	Oscar Allen	49
18	Keidean Coleman	47
19	Levi Ashcroft	46
=20	Lincoln McCarthy	44
=20	Dayne Zorko	44
22	Cam Rayner	36
23	Darcy Fort	32
24	Hugh McCluggage	25
25	Darcy Gardiner	18
26	Noah Answerth	16
27	Cody Curtain	10
28	James Tunstill	7
29	Darragh Joyce	4
=30	Zane Zakostelsky	3
=30	Dan Annable	3
=30	Sam Marshall	3
=30	Eric Hipwood	3

Next will be after R24 (after v Pies at the MCG).

Last time/win v Port/at the Gabba, Highlights. (R17 2025 at the Gabba. Lions had a poor first 10 minutes, then kicked 7 in a row largely winning the game there but had a poor 2nd kicking 1.4. Slightly better but even last half with the margin only getting below 20 for a minute in the 4th. Lions have won the last 3 v Port (including a QF) and 8 of the last 9. Last Gabba loss v Port was in R6 2017).

Injury List/In the Mix, Lions version: Gardiner (hamstring) 2-3 weeks, Payne (knee) season, Smith (foot) season. Zorko was cleared after some hamstring awareness v the Eagles had him sit out the 4th. Reville is likely available after being out for personal reasons last week. Smith injured his foot (lisfranc injury, usually a 6-8 week recovery) during the v Swans VFL game and is out for the year.

>The big decision for the Lions is whether to bring Oscar Allen back to face Port Adelaide on Sunday after his successful return from a foot injury through the VFL at the weekend. Coach Chris Fagan said he'd like to try the three tall forward set-up – alongside Logan Morris and Eric Hipwood – but who to leave out of a team that has won six straight games is difficult. Bruce Reville will be back from a personal absence last weekend, while veteran Dayne Zorko is expected to take his place after suffering some "hamstring awareness" against West Coast. - Michael Whiting

Game Day Guide. Tickets (Not many tickets left but a bunch showed up in 413). Free Bus and Rail PT with a ticket 4 hours before and after the game (except Airtrain). Translink Event Transport. Busses replace trains on the Shorncliffe line between Northgate and Shorncliffe and on the Gold Coast line between Beenleigh and Varsity Lakes. Trains are still running on a reduced timetable (for now) due to industrial action.

>Members' Round → Lions Members! We are celebrating you in Round 20 🦁 We've got a ton of prizes and money can't buy experiences up for grabs, so make sure you're at the game for your chance to win

Dunkley backs Brisbane's 'iron man' (McCluggage) to get back to his best.

Brisbane forward Kai Lohmann was going through a lean patch until he was reminded how good he can actually be.

Lohmann is up for a R19 MOTY nom that you can vote for here.

Charlie should play his 200th Lions game this round. Currently on 199 and 272 overall (73 for the Crows).

Harris Andrews should captain his 100th game also. Started the season on 84 and this week will be his 16th game this season.

AFLW

AFLW tickets are on sale.

Lions played a match sim v the Swans on Saturday, Lions 106 def Swans 50 by 56 points. Nothing else was written about it.

Lions will play a pre-season match this week against the Cats at BHA on Saturday, 25th July at 2:15pm (this will be livestreamed. Not showing on the Lions site yet but is on the Cats site).

Will have a third and final match sim next week v Suns on the 2nd August post Suns v Dees AFL match

Brisbane Lions Academy players named in U18 All-Australian female squad. (Molly Ferguson and Harlee Mcllwain).

VFL

Lions 9.8 62 def by Swans 11.12 78 by 16 points.

Match Centre, Match Highlights, Mini-Match, Match Replay, Sam Marshall Highlights

VFL Match Report:

>The Lions were led well again by Dan Annable with 30 touches and seven clearances whilst teammate Sam Tilley impressed with 26 disposals, 11 tackles and two goals.

...odd they didn't mention Sam Marshall who also had 30.

>BEST

>Brisbane Lions: Sam Tilley, Daniel Annable, Sam Marshall, Luke Lloyd, Curtis McCarthy, Henry Smith

Lions version.

Around the state leagues.

note: Cody Curtain was the main AFL emergency and didn't play VFL.

This week: Lions v North Melbourne at BHA, Saturday 25th July at 10:45am AEST. (Lions AFL is on Sunday at the Gabba).

Caylen Murray made the u18 Boys AA team. (Only Allies player to do so).

also not current Lions related but former Lion Sam Day had a poor weekend in the VFL, pretty ordinary vision (1:08:05 or 11:40 gone in the 4th).

Edit:

Squad:

In: Allen, Coleman, Curtin (all on the extended bench)

Out: nil

extended bench: Fletcher, McCluggage, McKenna, Tunstill, Hipwood, Allen, Coleman, Curtin. (final team out Friday around 5pm AEST).

Edit 2:

Team:

In: nil

Out: nil

emergencies: Allen, Coleman, Curtin.

AFLW team:

Marlo Graham and Lily-Rose Williamson will play their first game for the Lions.

Baker and Long are emergencies.

VFL Team: (In: Brain, McLachlan, Curtin, Murray. Out: H.Smith (Injured), Greenaway, Dunkley, D.Smith)

Edit 3:

VFL

Lions 20.11 131 def by North 19.4 118 by 13 points

Match Centre.

Top 5 disposals: Annable 34, Marshall 28, Tilley (VFL) 23, Joyce 22, Brain 22.

Goals: McLachlan 8, Allen, Murphy, Hayes, Hodge (VFL) all 2, Evans, Beecken, Annable, Tilley (VFL) all 1.

BOG: Can't go past McLachlan kicking 8 straight. Annable had a good one also, with the commentators naming him the BOG.

Next week: Lions v Carlton at IKON park, Saturday 1st August at 11am AEST. (Lions AFL is on that night v Carlton at Marvel).

Edit 4:

AFLW Practice Match

Livestream is here.

Match Centre.

QT: Lions 1.3 9 trail Cats 4.1 25 by 16 points.

Pretty poor first from the Lions, Cats were all over them for the first 10 mins and kicked the first 3 before C. Svarc kicked the Lions first.

HT: Lions 4.5 29 trail Cats 5.4 34 by 5 points.

Far better 2nd with the Lions controlling most of the quarter and taking the lead by a point late in the 2nd before the Cats kicked their only goal of the quarter. Davidson, R. Svarc and Hartill the goalkickers. Top Lions disposal getter is Dawes with 13 at HT.

3QT: Lions 7.8 50 lead Cats 5.6 36 by 14 points.

Really good 3rd from the Lions. Bit of a stalemate for the first 5 mins of the quarter but pretty much all Lions after that. R. Svarc kicked her 2nd with O'Dwyer and Crozier kicking the other goals. Dawes still leading the Lions disposal count with 22.

FT: Lions 8.9 57 def Cats 8.6 54 by 3 points.

Not a great 4th but Lions did enough.

How vote counting works:

Top 3 total votes get the 3-2-1 for the match, If one of the top 3 places is a tie then it'll be most 3s then most 2s.

Also included the total overall votes but use 3-2-1 due to the variation of responses.

R0-3 results were posted here.

R4-6 results were posted here.

R7-9 results were posted here.

R10-12 results were posted here.

R13 & 14 results were posted here.

Google Sheets of R16-18 responses.

R16 v Swans

28 Responses.

3 - Will Ashcroft

2 - Josh Dunkley

1 - Harris Andrews

No.	Player Name	3	2	1	Total Count
1	Will Ashcroft	7	7	0	35
2	Josh Dunkley	6	5	6	34
3	Harris Andrews	7	4	4	33
=4	Cam Rayner	1	1	5	10
=4	Conor McKenna	3	0	1	10
=6	Zac Bailey	1	3	0	9
=6	Noah Answerth	1	3	0	9
8	Logan Morris	1	1	2	7
9	Sam Draper	1	0	3	6
10	Ty Gallop	0	2	0	4
11	Charlie Cameron	0	1	1	3
=12	Jaspa Fletcher	0	0	2	2
=12	Darcy Fort	0	1	0	2
=14	Levi Ashcroft	0	0	1	1
=14	Ryan Lester	0	0	1	1
=14	Bruce Reville	0	0	1	1
=14	Darcy Wilmot	0	0	1	1

No Votes: Kai Lohmann, Jarrod Berry, Lachie Neale, Darcy Gardiner, James Tunstill, Eric Hipwood.

R17 v Cats

30 Responses.

3 - Kai Lohmann

2 - Zac Bailey

1 - Will Ashcroft

No.	Player Name	3	2	1	Total Count
1	Kai Lohmann	8	9	2	44
2	Zac Bailey	5	3	3	24
=3	Josh Dunkley	3	4	3	20
=3	Will Ashcroft	3	5	1	20
5	Darcy Wilmot	3	2	4	17
6	Conor McKenna	2	2	6	16
7	Darcy Gardiner	2	1	4	12
8	Cam Rayner	2	0	1	7
9	Jaspa Fletcher	0	2	1	5
=10	Ty Gallop	0	1	2	4
=10	Harris Andrews	1	0	1	4
12	Logan Morris	1	0	0	3
=13	Sam Draper	0	0	2	2
=13	Ryan Lester	0	1	0	2

No Votes: Jarrod Berry, Lachie Neale, Levi Ashcroft, Charlie Cameron, James Tunstill, Eric Hipwood, Darcy Fort, Bruce Reville, Noah Answerth.

R18 v Dons

20 Responses.

3 - Will Ashcroft

2 - Lachie Neale

1 - Ty Gallop

No.	Player Name	3	2	1	Total Count
1	Will Ashcroft	11	4	2	43
2	Lachie Neale	3	11	1	32
3	Ty Gallop	2	3	3	15
4	Sam Draper	1	1	4	9
5	Conor McKenna	2	1	0	8
=6	Kai Lohmann	0	0	3	3
=6	Logan Morris	1	0	0	3
=8	Jaspa Fletcher	0	0	1	1
=8	Josh Dunkley	0	0	1	1
=8	Levi Ashcroft	0	0	1	1
=8	Dayne Zorko	0	0	1	1
=8	Eric Hipwood	0	0	1	1
=8	Harris Andrews	0	0	1	1
=8	Darcy Wilmot	0	0	1	1

No Votes: Hugh McCluggage, Jarrod Berry, Cam Rayner, Charlie Cameron, Darcy Fort, Zac Bailey, Ryan Lester, Bruce Reville, Noah Answerth.

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B&F votes after Round 18

No	Player Name	Total Points
=1	Lachie Neale	16
=1	Will Ashcroft	16
3	Darcy Wilmot	13
=4	Charlie Cameron	9
=4	Zac Bailey	9
6	Ryan Lester	8
7	Bruce Reville	6
8	Logan Morris	5
=9	Jarrod Berry	4
=9	Harris Andrews	4
11	Kai Lohmann	3
=12	Ty Gallop	2
=12	Josh Dunkley	2
=14	Darcy Fort	1
=14	Keidean Coleman	1
=14	Sam Draper	1
=14	Levi Ashcroft	1
=14	Cam Rayner	1

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Total vote count after Round 18

No.	Player Name	Total
1	Lachie Neale	392
2	Will Ashcroft	354
3	Charlie Cameron	210
4	Ryan Lester	199
5	Darcy Wilmot	195
6	Zac Bailey	177
7	Logan Morris	169
8	Bruce Reville	123
9	Harris Andrews	95
10	Jarrod Berry	90
11	Josh Dunkley	83
12	Kai Lohmann	73
13	Ty Gallop	71
14	Sam Draper	65
15	Conor McKenna	52
16	Oscar Allen	49
17	Keidean Coleman	47
18	Levi Ashcroft	46
19	Lincoln McCarthy	44
20	Dayne Zorko	39
21	Jaspa Fletcher	37
22	Darcy Fort	32
23	Cam Rayner	27
24	Darcy Gardiner	18
25	Noah Answerth	11
26	Cody Curtain	10
=27	Hugh McCluggage	4
=27	Darragh Joyce	4
=29	Zane Zakostelsky	3
=29	Dan Annable	3
=29	Sam Marshall	3
=29	Eric Hipwood	3
33	James Tunstill	2

Next will be after R21 (after v Blues at Marvel).

Voting is open. Will be open until 6pm Monday AEST.

Vote 3-2-1 on your best, 2nd best and 3rd best player from the match. Please vote only once, only complete votes in the form/via the link will count and I can't vote for you.

Top 3 total votes will get the 3-2-1 from the match. Will announce the results after R18 in a rolling 3 round block so R21, R24 then after finals.

R0-3 results were posted here.

R4-6 results were posted here.

R7-9 results were posted here.

R10-12 results were posted here.

R13-14 results were posted here.

Round 16 had 28 responses.

note: It'll be 30 years on Saturday 4th July since the merger was made official. Go watch The Merge doco again/if you haven't.

Last time v the Cats, Lowlights. (R10 2026 at the Gabba. Wet game. Morris kicked his 100th and Bailey kicked his 200th but a poor game from the Lions. Really poor 1st quarter, came back in the 2nd and evened it up. Cats then kicked the next 7 and were up by 40 in the middle of the 3rd. Lions did get it back under 30 but not for long with the Lions having a poor 4th).

Last win v the Cats, Highlights. (2025 GF at the MCG. Fairly even early on, Lions missed a few in the first then didn't miss in the 2nd with both teams even at HT. 3rd was fairly even until the last 5 mins where Charlie kicked 2 and Neale kicking a huge goal to break the game open. Goal fest in the last with 9.5 v 2.1 at one point before the Cats kicked the last 3).

Last time/win v the Cats at KP, Highlights. (R15 2025. Lions were on early and kicked the first 4 goals, Cats tried to fight back and made it a more even 2nd but did inherited Brisbehinds. Was all Lions in the last half. This was the Lions first win v the Cats in Geelong since R6 2003).

Injury List/In the Mix, Lions version: Doedee (calf) 1 week, Zorko (quad) 1 week, McCluggage (hamstring) 1 week, McLachlan (quad) 1 week, McCarthy (calf) 2-3 weeks, Allen (foot) 2-3 weeks, Payne (knee) TBC. Annable, Coleman and Hayes are likely to return this week but all via VFL according to both Fish and the Lions:

>The trio are all likely to make their returns via the VFL against Collingwood on Saturday.

...

>For one of the rare times in 2026, the Lions could go unchanged for Thursday night’s match against Geelong at GMHBA Stadium. Keidean Coleman and Daniel Annable are back from injury, but will likely return through the VFL, with McCluggage and Zorko still another week away. Chris Fagan played four taller defenders last week and will likely do the same against the Cats’ powerful forward line. - Michael Whiting

Game Day Guide. Tickets (Still a large number of tickets left, mostly back rows. No free junior tickets showing up). Transport: South Geelong Station is a few hundred metre walk east of the ground. V/Line is running fine.

Lions Vic Fan Fest is on at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC), Albert Park. Friday 3rd July from 9:30am–11:30am. Free entry.

Lions open training is on next week, BHA, Springfield. Tuesday 7th July from 8.30am. (Can also enter a kid in a comp for a 5-minute experience with their favourite Lions player).

Ty Gallop was announced as the Round 16 Rising Star. Lions version.

Stats show Lions win when heat is on, and they're turning it up (via Fish).

Who is leading your club in Brownlow, coaches' votes and player ratings?:

>Brownlow Predictor

>13 Lachie Neale

>11 Will Ashcroft

>6 Zac Bailey

>Coaches' votes

>52 Lachie Neale

>39 Will Ashcroft

>38 Zac Bailey

>Player ratings

>217.2 Lachie Neale

>202.3 Zac Bailey

>178.4 Charlie Cameron

AFLW

Caitlin Kennedy suffered an ACL injury at training.

Lions will play a pre-season match against the Cats at BHA on Saturday, 25th July at 2:15pm. (Will also have match sim training v the Giants at some point from the 8th July - 12th July, v Swans at some point either on the 17th July or 18th July and v Suns at some point from the 31st July - 2nd August).

Lions Academy players Molly Ferguson, Ameleia Murray, Kya Wills-Rawling, Indiana Scheffler, Zoe Petrides, Raffi Baviello got shout outs and named in the best players as QLD def Vic country in the U-18s. (Rookieme one which didn't name the last 3 for best on but did include another Lions academy player in Freya Ross).

VFL

Lions 21.13 139 def Devils 11.12 78 by 61 points.

Match Centre, Match Highlights, Mini-Match, Match Replay, Cody Curtain Highlights (Kicked 4).

VFL Match Report:

>Curtis McCarthy (five goals), Cody Curtin (four) and Fergus McFayden (four) were the key focal points inside forward 50, while Sam Marshall had all the answers in the middle with 32 disposals, 10 marks and a goal.

>BEST

>Brisbane Lions: Curtis McCarthy, Luke Lloyd, Sam Tilley, Sam Marshall, Luke Beecken, Cody Curtin

Lions version.

Around the state leagues.

This week: Lions v Collingwood at Barry Plant Park (Coburg), Saturday 4th July at 10am AEST. (This was at Vic Park but moved for some reason).

Caylen Murray got a mention in the Rookieme scouting notes v Vic metro:

>Stats: 17 disposals, 7 marks, 3 rebound 50s

>Albeit on a less prolific scale, Murray was his usual self bounding out of defence. He combined with the likes of Devine to pick up the ball deep and drive it forward aggressively, using his speed to break the lines. Murray was a little off with his foot skills as he looked to force the issue kicking into the wind, but began to find his groove and shift gears to suit the conditions. At his best, he sliced through the corridor and allowed his side to move from end-to-end in a flash. The talented Queenslander ended up spending some time on-ball late in the game.

Edit:

Team:

In: nil

Out: nil

emergencies: Marshall, Brain, Smith.

Lions look like they'll be wearing the FFC jumper also going by the picture. Only announced they'd be wearing it v the Saints in R3 and Pies in R24 earlier this year so maybe not.

Voting is open. Will be open until 6pm Monday AEST.

Vote 3-2-1 on your best, 2nd best and 3rd best player from the match. Please vote only once, only complete votes in the form/via the link will count and I can't vote for you.

Top 3 total votes will get the 3-2-1 from the match. Will announce the results after R18 in a rolling 3 round block so R21, R24 then after finals.

R0-3 results were posted here.

R4-6 results were posted here.

R7-9 results were posted here.

R10-12 results were posted here.

R13-14 results were posted here.

Last time v the Swans, Lowlights. (R1 2026 at the SCG. Had a really poor first half and only managed 2.6 by HT. Far better last half with the total goals getting doubled in the 3rd and 4th and actually won it by 6 points but misses combined with being 40+ down most of the game and a bye the next week meant it never got close).

Last time v the Swans at the Gabba, Lowlights, Last 2 mins. (Round 22 2025. Wet Game, More Swans for most of the game. Lions were down by 28 in the middle of the 4th and nearly made the comeback but just fell short).

Last win v the Swans, Highlights, Last 2 mins. (Round 1 2025 at the SCG. Was the game with no Charlie, Lohmann out early and Starcevich concussion. Poor first half by the lions, far better 2nd half. Close 4th but the Lions led the entire quarter).

Last time/win v the Swans at the Gabba, Highlights, Last 2 mins. (Round 19 2024. Lions got off to a good start, Swans came back and Lions hit the front late with an Ah Chee goal. Lions have won 5 of the last 7....it's just that the last two have been losses).

Injury List/In the Mix, Lions version: Lester (calf) test, Smith (foot) test, Torrent (ankle) test, Annable (shoulder) 1 week, Coleman (hamstring) 1 week, Hayes (shin) 1 week, Doedee (calf) 1-2 weeks, Zorko (quad) 2 weeks, McCluggage (hamstring) 2 weeks, McLachlan (quad) 2-3 weeks, McCarthy (calf) 3-4 weeks, Allen (foot) 3-5 weeks, Payne (knee) TBC. Lester seems almost guaranteed to play. Smith and Torrent should be back in the VFL. Some huge moves on this injury list with Annable going from 8 weeks in R13 - 1 week now and McLachlan going from 8 weeks in R14 to 2-3 now.

>Lester will return straight into the 23 barring any last-minute hiccups, which would likely result in either Shadeau Brain being an unlucky omission or Ty Gallop being shuffled forward again and someone else being left out. Coleman took part in team drills on Tuesday morning, with McCluggage doing a heap of goalkicking as he closes in on a return. - Michael Whiting

Game Day Guide. Tickets (Still a load of tickets left, won't sell out). Transport: Free Bus and Rail PT with a ticket 4 hours before and after the game (except Airtrain). Translink Event Transport. Trains are still running on a reduced timetable (for now) due to industrial action.

>Weekly Notices

>Kids Footy Month → Kids 14 years and under are eligible for free entry! More information on the AFL site here.

Also some ray white thing.

Fagan says Lions have learned lessons from recent losses to Swans

The 25 for June. (Andrews down to 17 from 15, Neale up from 18 to 16 and McCluggage not making it after being 21 last time).

AFLW

Koenen to remain Lions captain in 2026 (Same VCs in Grider and Dawes also. Jen Dunne added to the leadership group).

Five Lions selected for the inaugural NAB AFLW Australia v Ireland clash (Hodder and Conway for Aus and O’Dwyer, Dunne and Dooley for Ireland). (Reminder that Starcevich is also part of the Ireland side as an assistant coach).

VFL

Lions have a bye

This week: Lions v Tassie Devils (standalone...for now) at BHA, Friday 26th June at 11:05am AEST.

Make it a Springfield Friday for Lions v Devils (Lions made a special post for it).

SA pair combine for 10 goals in big win over Allies:

>The clear best player for the Allies was Caylen Murray, who is a first-round pick contender with 31 disposals and two goals as well as six inside-50s.

>The Brisbane Academy prospect looks set to join the list of recent Academy graduates at the Lions and will shoot further up the draft board if he finishes the championships in similar form.

Caylen Murray is getting some praise after the SA v Allies game.

Rookieme scouting notes:

>Stats: 31 disposals, 9 marks, 7 rebound 50s, 2 goals

>Despite his side losing by 11 goals, Murray was clearly the best player afield. Along with Devine, he distributed the ball with neat foot skills out of defence and consistently looked to take the game on. Murray’s speed and timing made him a constant threat on the overlap, often seen attacking the corridor and burning away from opponents. There have been question marks on his defensive game, but he held up well in one-on-one situations and hunted the loose ball in pressure situations. While guilty of forcing the issue at times, Murray was one of the few Allies capable of hurting SA. He was even swung forward in the final quarter and slotted two richly deserved goals.

Cooper Hodge also got some praise:

>Stats: 17 disposals, 4 marks, 4 tackles, 3 clearances

>Hodge missed game one but got up to speed in no time, becoming his side’s most prominent inside midfielder. The combative ball winner was often sighted clearing the packs with an opponent hanging off him, which impacted his disposal but showed great tenacity. Hodge thrived at the stoppages with his clean hands and core strength, getting the Allies moving forward any way he could.

Edit:

Team:

In: Lester.

Out: Brain (omitted).

emergencies: Joyce, Marshall, Brain.