football - round 1

It has been a long wait for the start of the football season and the start has not disappointed.

BRISBANE LIONS 2.6 6.10 9.12 16.18 (114)
WEST COAST 4.2 7.6 10.8 12.10 (82)

GOALS
Brisbane Lions: Brown 5, Power 3, Fevola 3, Drummond, Banfield, Brennan, Sherman, Staker.
West Coast: Schuey 2, Kennedy 2, Lynch 2, Ebert, LeCras, Naitanui, McGinnity, Embley, Cox.

BEST:
Brisbane Lions: Brennan, Brown, Black, Power, Fevola, Drummond.
West Coast: Embley, McGinnity, Kerr, Selwood, Priddis, Butler.

INJURIES
Brisbane Lions: Buchanan (broken thumb), Adcock (ankle).
UMPIRES: Hay, Wenn, Jeffery.
CROWD: 29,201 at the Gabba.

West Coast were the underdogs for this game but put up a good fight for the first three quarters until they ran out of legs. The star of the show was not our high-profile recruit traded from Carlton, Brendan Fevola, but the enigmatic and brilliant Jared Brennan.

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