football - elimination final 2

Brisbane Lions 4.4 8.7 10.10 16.15 (111)
Carlton 5.4 8.6 14.10 15.14 (104)

GOALS
Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw 5, Brown 4, Sherman 2, Johnstone 2, Rich, Redden, Hooper
Carlton: Fevola 3, Cloke 2, Stevens 2, Betts, Carrazzo, Garlett, Houlihan, Judd, Kreuzer, Murphy, Russell

BEST
Brisbane Lions: Black, Bradshaw, Brown, Clark, Sherman, Power
Carlton: Judd, Fevola, Murphy, Kreuzer, Fevola, Stevens, Carrazzo

INJURIES
Brisbane Lions: Josh Drummond (quad) and Joel Macdonald (TBA) replaced in selected side by Rhan Hooper and James Hawksley
Carlton: Joseph (ankle)

Umpires: McLaren, Wenn, Jeffery
Official crowd: 32,702 at the Gabba.

Woohoo! I thought my team was gone in the final quarter with 30 points down, but it was an awesome comeback. From Jon Ralph writing for the Herald Sun

Two minutes into the final term of last night's elimination final against Carlton, Brisbane was done and dusted.

Thirty points down and seemingly shut out through the heroics of Chris Judd and Brendan Fevola, Daniel Bradshaw kicked what seemed a consolation goal.

Then Brisbane kicked another. And another. And another.

One extraordinary quarter later, Brisbane had ripped the heart out of Carlton with a comeback of astonishing, audacious proportions.

The Lions would kick six unanswered goals - with two each from Jon Brown and Bradshaw - to steal a game the Blues had every right to feel was safely theirs.

By the time the siren sounded, the Lions had triumphed by seven points in one of the more extraordinary quarters in recent finals football.

Next Friday, my team plays Western Bulldogs.

after the win (photo by Darren England for Courier Mail)


Bam Bam (photo by Darren England for Courier Mail)


Blacky (photo by Mervyn Lowe for Geoff Slattery Media via ABC)