When you add a fierce football rivalry to a typical brother v brother rivalry you get something special. It is personal. Just ask Jarrod Berry.

The 26-year-old Brisbane 140-gamer will play for the second time against 23-year-old brother Tom in Sunday night’s Qclash #26 against the Gold Coast Suns at the Gabba.

And on top of the must-win mentality of his entire side after a 2-5 start to the season Berry Snr has a personal want to win to regain family bragging rights.

While Jarrod won the only on-ground meeting between the pair at the Gabba in Round 10 last year,  when the Lions won by 43 points, he surrendered bragging rights to a degree in the return match at Carrara in Round 20, when the Suns won by 41 points – even though Tom did not play.

So anything less than a Lions win this week will make for a dismal time for the older Berry.

The pair were teammates at the Lions from 2019-2022, when Tom played 20 games in nine separate stints in the AFL side – 12 times with his brother – before requesting a trade to the Suns in search of greater opportunity.

He played six games with the Suns last year prior to the dismissal of coach Stuart Dew but has played every game under new coach Damien Hardwick this year in the longest consecutive streak of his career.

While Tom, who never played for Brisbane against Gold Coast, is looking for his first Qclash win this week Jarrod has enjoyed an 8-2 win/loss record overall in games between the two Queensland clubs.

Originally from Horsham, 300km north-west of Melbourne, the Berry brothers are two of 16 Brisbane players who have had a family connection in the AFL, but they are the only brothers to have played against each other in a Qclash.

The other 14 boast a variety of connections as teammates, opponents and even supportive brothers from a different time. Who are they?

MARK & STEPHEN WILLIAMS

Mark Williams, the Brisbane Bears’ first official signing, played 201 AFL games with Collingwood and Brisbane and coached Port Adelaide in 273 games for a combined 237 wins, but two losses hold a special place in his heart – because he played with brother Stephen. They were in the Bears’ third and fourth games in 1987 – their first loss against St.Kilda at Moorabbin by 50 points and their first game at Carrara against Fitzroy, when they lost by 15 points. Stephen, three years younger, also played Rounds 20-21 in the club’s first season before returning to Adelaide but Mark missed both through injury.

DAVID WEARNE

David Wearne, originally from Coorparoo, played 18 games with the Brisbane Bears (1990-92) while older brother Stephen three games with Melbourne (1992) - but they never played against each other. David’s last game was Round 2 1992 before Stephen debuted in Round 13.

PETER WORSFOLD

Peter Worsfold played 31 games with Brisbane (1991-93) but lived in the shadow of John, who played 208 games with West Coast (1987-1998). Two years older, John was Eagles captain from 1991-98 and led his club to the flag in 1992 and 1994. But when they were opposed they couldn’t be split. It happened just once – in Round 5 1992 – when Brisbane youngster Ray Windsor kicked an after-the-siren goal to see the game at Carrara finish in a draw.

GILBERT McADAM

Gilbert played 111 games with St.Kilda (1991-93) and Brisbane (1994-96), and had a three-year crossover with brother Adrian, who played 25 games with North Melbourne (1993-95). They met twice for two Gilbert wins. Adrian kicked five goals in his 12th game in Round 17 1993 against St.Kilda at the MCG, when his side lost by 15 points, and they had kicked two goals apiece in Round 10 1994 at the Gabba, when Brisbane beat North by 27 points.

CLARK KEATING

Aaron Keating played only six games for Adelaide in 1997-98 while Clark, two years younger, played 139 games for Brisbane from 1996-2004, but they shared two special things. Aaron debuted at Football Park against Clark in Round 1 1997, blowing out his shoulder as the Crows won by six goals, and was the first member of the family to win a flag when, in just his third game, Adelaide beat StKilda by 31 points in the 1997 grand final. The brothers didn’t manage to cross paths again during Aaron’s last three games in 1998, but Aaron was on hand to see Clark play a key role in three consecutive flags with the Lions in 2001-02-03.

MICHAEL & BRETT VOSS

This was a brotherhood in which the pair were teammates at Brisbane for four years and opponents for six years after younger brother Brett moved to St.Kilda, and produced one of the most memorable brother-on-brother sledges when Michael famously said to Brett “you father slept with your mother”.

The pair played together 24 times in Brett’s four years with Brisbane (1997-2000), including his debut against Port Adelaide at Football Park in Michael’s 84th game, for an aggregate 15-9 record. They started with four losses, including the game against Fremantle in Perth in which Michael suffered an horrific broken leg. Their next game together was also against Fremantle, when they had their first shared win, and they finished their time together with two finals – a win over the Bulldogs and a loss to Carlton in Brett’s last game in Brisbane colors.

They were opposed 10 times for a 5-5 split. Michael polled three Brownlow Medal votes in a Gabba win in their first game against each other, two votes in a loss in their fourth meeting at Docklands and enjoyed a win in their sixth game and their only final against each other in the 2004 qualifying final at the Gabba. Brett won their last three meetings, which included Michael’s 289th and last game in which he had 34 possessions and picked up two votes at the Gabba. After Michael’s retirement at the end of 2006 Brett played 11 games for St.Kilda in 2007 before he, too, hung up the boots.

CHRIS & BRAD SCOTT

The Scott twins, a little unkindly nicknamed the ‘Kray brothers’ after the much-feared identical twins of the London criminal underworld of the 1950s and ‘60s, played 361 games for Brisbane for an aggregate 212-5-144 win/loss record, including 21-5 finals, with Brad going 9-1 in September – 9-0 until the Lions lost the 2004 grand final.

It was a career of three parts. Chris played 55 games with Brisbane before Brad, injured at the time of their original draft, joined Hawthorn in 1997. He played all 22 games in his only season in brown and gold but Chris missed both games between Hawthorn and Brisbane through injury.

They were teammates from 1998 until 2006, when Brad retired. Chris, who had not played at all in ’06 due to injury, played the last two games of 2007 before he, too, hung up the boots.

Along the journey they played 96 games together for a 59-2-35 record. Chris played solo 59 times for a 36-23 record, and Brad played solo 50 times for a 27-23 split. Only 12 times from 1998-06 did the club play without a Scott, going 6-6.

They never polled in the Brownlow Medal together, only seven times did they have 20-plus possessions in the same game, and only seven times did they get on the goalsheet in the same going, but as the saying went … ‘if one Scott didn’t get you the chances were the other did’.

Having since coached 557 games between them – Chris 316 at Geelong and Brad 211 at North Melbourne and 30 at Essendon – they have been opposed 15 times. Chris is ahead 10-5.

DANIEL & DARREN BRADSHAW

Darren Bradshaw, two years younger than his more famous brother Daniel, had one year with the Lions in 2002 and played just one senior game. It was Round 15 against Richmond at the Gabba as they celebrated Mal Michael’s 100th AFL game with a 63-point win. Sadly, Daniel, who played 228 games with Brisbane from 1996-2009 before nine games with Sydney in 2010, missed his brother’s only game with a knee problem.

TROY SELWOOD

Troy Selwood, who played 75 games with Brisbane from 2005-10 and turned 50 on Wednesday, is one quarter of one of football’s most famous families. With twin brother Adam (187 games at West Coast (2003-13), and younger brothers Joel (355 games at Geelong 2007-22) and Scott (169 games at West Coast 2008-15 and Geelong 2016-19) the sons of Bryce and Maree Selwood played an AFL record 786 games. But head-to-head Troy didn’t fare well. He went 0-4 against Joel, although he did pick up his one and only Brownlow Medal vote against him at the Gabba in 2007, was 1-4 against Adam and never played against Scott despite a three-year overlap.

XAVIER CLARKE

They qualify on the strength of Xavier’s one game with Brisbane against Melbourne at the Gabba in 2010 – when he lasted barely 15 minutes before a hamstring injury. But Xavier, now an assistant-coach at North Melbourne after seven years under Damien Hardwick at Richmond, played five years with younger brother Raphael at St.Kilda during his 105-game stint at the St.Kilda (2002-08). He shared 24 games and 17 wins with Raph, who played 85 games (2004-12). Sadly, two of their seven losses together were in finals, including Xavier’s last game in red, black and white.

DAYNE & CLAYE BEAMS

Claye Beams had all but given up on football and had turned his sporting attention to cricket when older brother Dayne was drafted to Collingwood in 2008. But he recaptured the spark, played at Labrador in the QAFL in 2009, and in December of that year was a zone priority rookie selection to the Lions. Eighteen months younger, Claye honed his skills in the Reserves in 2010 as Dayne played in the Pies 2010 premiership side after a drawn grand final the week before, and debuted for the Lions in Round 1 2011.

From 2011-14 Claye played 28 Brisbane games as his brother forged a big career at the Pies, but not until Dayne’s 110th game with Collingwood (and ultimately the last of his first stint at the club) were they opposed. It was Claye’s 26th game and his 6th (and last) at the MCG, and he made it count. He had 17 possessions and a goal in a 67-point Lions win while Dayne had just 14 touches in the only time they were opposed.

In Round 1 2015 the Beams brothers played together for the first time – against Collingwood at the Gabba. It wasn’t quite the fairytale as the visitors won by 15 points but Dayne had 33 possessions and Claye 22.

They were teammates 17 times in total from 2015-17 for just two wins – against Carlton at Docklands in 2015 and Gold Coast at the Gabba in 2017 – before Claye retired. Dayne played one more year at Brisbane in 2018 before returning to Collingwood. He retired mid-season.