Brisbane Lions

Brisbane has used a strong third quarter to overcome a horror start and defeat Greater Western Sydney by 14 points at the Gabba on Saturday.

Little beknown to him, Eric Hipwood was steaming the other way and leapt for a mark, accidentally kneeing Ward in the side of the head. Robertson kicked a goal in the second quarter and topped it with an even better effort in the third, blind turning into space and snapping from close range. Ward stayed down and was helped from the field before failing a concussion test. Late in the first quarter, Giants veteran Callan Ward copped a blow no-one likes to see. Whether it was the 1.45pm start, the glorious day in Brisbane (the first for weeks) or just two teams having a purple patch, the first quarter was something else. With Greene kicking three goals to get the Giants off to a fast start and Lincoln McCarthy answering with three of his own, the teams combined for an incredible 14 goals in the first quarter.

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On more than one occassion, the Giants’ ambition had an adverse effect, giving the Lions golden opportunities to score the other way. He‘s clearly playing better football than two years ago when he won the Brownlow. I think he’s a more damaging player, just such a clean player.” He finished with 39 disposals (19 contested), nine score involvements and two classy goals. Jarrod Berry has emerged as a mainstay of the side in 2022 and had his best game of the year so far against the Giants, kicking one goal and having a chance at two others from his 33 disposals, one goal assist and 10 score involvements. There was a starring performance from Lachie Neale in the middle and Lincoln McCarthy up forward, but there has to be plenty of optimism around the Lions’ other emerging guns. “I understand you want to express yourself as a player and there’s a bit of freedom in the environment at the moment with the coaching change, but to take that big a risk in that area of the ground, so costly.” Clearly the shackles are off for the Giants and they still scored 96 points in a loss, but it is certainly a more risk versus reward method for the side in the backhalf of the season. One of those moments came during the third quarter as the Lions were piling on the goals, with a spearing pass from a kick-in too hot to handle and the Lions immediately making them pay on the scoreboard. By the end of the term, the Lions had kicked 3.3 to the Giants’ two goals and started to look in greater control of the game, with a goal to Jarrod Berry late in the quarter reducing the margin to two points. Cam Rayner followed up with a classy finish and it took a down-the-ground free kick to Jesse Hogan to get the Giants to respond on the scoreboard, before a “magical” bit of play from Deven Robertson resulted in his second goal of the game and a two-goal margin in favour of the Lions. The second came in the fourth term with the game up for grabs and was as classy as it gets, underlining the damage the 2020 Brownlow medallist has added to his game. The Giants burst out of the blocks with six of the first seven goals in the match, but were eventually reigned in by the Lions, led by a vintage performance from star Lachie Neale and four goals to Lincoln McCarthy.

Lachie Neale and Jarrod Berry led the Lions' comeback over a fast-starting GWS by 14 points at the Gabba on Saturday afternoon.

The Lions turned up the pressure on the visitors through the second and third terms as Jarrod Berry and Neale, continuing his scintillating form, took control of the midfield. McVeigh said Ward would likely suffer residual effects in the next few days but is hopeful the veteran will be able to return after the Giants’ bye next week. “They [the Lions] probably made some fundamental mistakes, that’s uncharacteristic for them,” he said.

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BRISBANE has used a strong third quarter to overcome a horror start and defeat Greater Western Sydney by 14 points at the Gabba on Saturday.

Little beknown to him, Eric Hipwood was steaming the other way and leapt for a mark, accidentally kneeing Ward in the side of the head. Robertson kicked a goal in the second quarter and topped it with an even better effort in the third, blind turning into space and snapping from close range. Ward stayed down and was helped from the field before failing a concussion test. Late in the first quarter, Giants veteran Callan Ward copped a blow no-one likes to see. Whether it was the 1.45pm start, the glorious day in Brisbane (the first for weeks) or just two teams having a purple patch, the first quarter was something else. With Greene kicking three goals to get the Giants off to a fast start and Lincoln McCarthy answering with three of his own, the teams combined for an incredible 14 goals in the first quarter.

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