football - round 21

Brisbane Lions 3.2 7.5 12.8 16.11 (107)
Port Adelaide 10.0 10.4 14.5 14.8 (92)

GOALS
Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw 5, Brown 4, Rischitelli 3, Redden, Sherman, McGrath, Rich
Port Adelaide: Tredrea 4, Salter 3, Motlop 2, Brogan, Burgoyne, Carlile, Lade, Thomas

BEST
Brisbane Lions: Power, Clark, Bradshaw, McGrath, Rischitelli, Brown
Port Adelaide: Krakouer, Carlile, Boak, Brogan, Surjan, Salter

INJURIES
Brisbane Lions: Merrett (ankle)
Port Adelaide: Robbie Gray (appendix) replaced in selected side by Logan

Umpires: Ryan, Chamberlain, Wenn
Official crowd: 26,437 at the Gabba

The first quarter was abysmal and it seemed that my team would receive a thrashing after a 47 point deficit early on. The eventual win was one of the best comebacks.

Mitch's speccy


Blacky (photo by Mervyn Lowe for Geoff Slattery Media)


chasing the ball (photo by Mervyn Lowe for Geoff Slattery Media)


Joely Pat (photo by Mervyn Lowe for Geoff Slattery Media)


Jared (photo by Darren England for Herald Sun)


Mitch (photo by Darren England for Courier Mail)