BRISBANE LIONS vs PORT MELBOURNE
Saturday 22 March, 11:05am, Brighton Homes Arena
BRISBANE LIONS
B: D. Joyce (41), Z. Zakostelsky (21), H. Arnold (50)
HB: D. Robertson (2), L. Beecken (17), S. Brain (34)
C: W. Greenaway (59), J. Tunstill (29), S. Marshall (20)
HF: D. Gardiner (27), J. Manly (54), D. Craven (45)
F: B. Ryan (24), T. Gallop (22), H. Smith (25)
R: D. Fort (32), R. Torrent (36), H. Bertoli-Simmonds (49)
INT: T. Abberley (48), B. Thomas (53), C. Offermans (56), J. Creighton (57), F. McFadyen (58)
23rd Player: F. McFadyen (58)
EMG: T. Meekin (52), B. McDonald (55), R. Gilder (60), C. McCarthy (64)
NEW: Harry Arnold, 25, 194cm, Sydney AFL; Hayden Bertoli-Simmonds, 25, 194, Morningside; James Creighton, 21, 185cm, GWS VFL; Fergus McFadyen, 18, 189cm, Wilston Grange/Lions Academy; Charlie Offermans, 26, 181cm, Labrador
PORT MELBOURNE
B: L. Bond (41), T. Graham (28), T. Watson (11)
HB: T. Highmore (35), J. Van Es (6), M. Gahan (32)
C: C. Lazzaro (1), J. Green (14), H. Hooper (36)
HF: D. Bedendo (12), J. Miller (23), A. Manton (16)
F: J. Davey (58), P. Farrant (22), D. Lloyd (44)
R: A. Kuol Mun (27), T. Hird (4), R. Polkinghorne (24)
INT: M. Signorello (17), D. Heppell (59), T. Wanganeen (2), W. Martyn (8), T. Hofert (10)
EMG: S. Philip (9), N. Hawkins (18), H. Stubbings (31)
NEW: Dom Bedendo, 22, 191cm, Western Bulldogs; Lachlan Bond, 23, 189cm, Geelong VFL; Jayden Davey, 20, 179cm, Essendon AFL; Paddy Farrant, 25, 192cm, Collingwood VFL; Tom Graham, 24, 194cm, Norwood SANFL; Dyson Heppell, 32, 189cm, Essendon AFL; Ajang Kuol Mun, 21, 206cm, Geelong VFL; Charlie Lazzaro, 22, 180cm, North Melbourne AFL; Drew Lloyd, 22, 183cm, Balranald; Will Martyn, 24, 186cm, Brisbane Lions VFL; Riley Polkinghorne, 23, 180cm, North Ballarat; James van Es, 20, 196cm, St Kilda; Tex Wanganeen, 21, 180cm, Essendon AFL
Head-to-Head: Brisbane Lions 1-0; At Brighton Homes Arena: Never Met; Streak: Brisbane Lions 1; Last time: Brisbane Lions 11.18 (84) def Port Melbourne 6.9 (45) – Round 5, 2022, Moreton Bay Sports Complex
I see that the start time of the game was brought forward 1 hour..
Lucky I didn't fly up this morning for the game. I would have missed half the match! 🙄
Quarter time and the Borough working our way back into the game trailing by 11 points at quarter time.
At the long break Brisbane still in control 47-35 but could have kicked away with a few chances in the forward 50.
Port had some chaotic football close to goal on a couple of occasions but couldn't make the most of those opportunities. Farrant has notched up 3 goals to half time.
The lions too good on the day running out the game with a 106 to 81 result.
Still lots to like about the Borough. There were some standout performers for the Borough and I'll post more a little later.
I’m impressed by some of these recruits, Lloyd and Farrant were exceptional. I think we are set for a decent season and theirs some obvious things to work on but theirs definitely positivities. The pressure applied in defence to hold off a barrage of 2nd quarter Brisbane attacks gives me confidence that our backline is extremely resilient and strong. Our kicking was off today and Brisbane kicked well - had we of kicked ok I’m not suggesting we would have won but we may have lost than less than a 2 goal margin which is far from embarrassing in a very tough first round match up. This team will only get better and I feel that this is the beginning of the bad old days being a thing of the past.
AJ more than held his own in the ruck. Rumours are that he is likely tovl be a mid season AFL draftee.
Farrant looks great around goals and agree that Lloyd is a likely type too 👍
Hooper as always puts his head over the ball.