football - round 9

Brisbane Lions        2.3      4.6      7.10    10.13 (73)
North Melbourne     2.1      6.7      8.9      8.11 (59)

GOALS
Brisbane Lions: Brown 4, Banfield, Clark, Retzlaff, Power, Redden, Sheldon
North Melbourne: Edwards 3, Thomas 2, Petrie 2, Harvey

BEST
Brisbane Lions: Brown, Adcock, Polkinghorne, Hanley, Banfield
North Melbourne: Rawlings, Swallow, Harvey, Edwards, Petrie

Umpires: Kennedy, Schmitt, Hay
Official crowd: 18,404 at the Gabba

Finally, a win!  Admittedly, up until the scores were tied in the final quarter, I was not hopeful of a win. The skipper's return had a major impact on the game, with Brown kicking four goals himself.

Match report.

Matthew Leuenberger in the ruck contest (photo: Bradley Kanaris/Slattery Media)

Bryce Retzlaff takes a mark (photo: Bradley Kanaris/Slattery Media)

Jack Redden evading tackles (photo: Bradley Kanaris/Slattery Media)

Joel Patfull handballing (photo: Bradley Kanaris/Slattery Media)

Matt Maguire getting a kick away (photo: Bradley Kanaris/Slattery Media)