football - round 15

Brisbane Lions        4.1      7.3      13.5    15.9 (99)
Port Adelaide           4.2      8.5      13.6    13.10 (88)

GOALS
Brisbane Lions: Brown 4, Power 3, McGrath 2, Sheldon 2, Karnezis 2, Bewick, Stiller
Port Adelaide: Schulz 7, Ebert 2, Cassisi, Gray, Rodan, Phillips

BEST
Brisbane Lions: Black, Power, Brown, McGrath, Adcock, Raines
Port Adelaide: Schulz, Hartlett, Cassisi, Gray, Boak

Umpires: Chamberlain, Hay, Ryan
Official crowd: 17,276 at the Gabba

Finally a win for the Sunday afternoon game though notwithstanding the fact that Port Adelaide, like Brisbane Lions, had only won two of their last 13 games, and sitting towards the bottom of the ladder.  It was still a terrible game to watch.  Match report by Michael Whiting.

Niall McKeever (photo: Bradley Kanaris/Slattery Media)

Jack Redden (photo: Bradley Kanaris/Slattery Media)

James Polkinghorne (photo: Chris Hyde/Getty)

Joel Patfull (photo: Chris Hyde/Getty)