Mitch Robinson’s 2015 season was rewarded on Saturday evening when he shared the Lions’ Merrett-Murray Medal with Dayne Beams, Dayne Zorko and Stefan Martin.

Robinson was delisted by the Blues at the end of 2014 and since moving to The Gabba has been one of the team’s best performers.

The 26-year-old has led the way with his fearless attack which culminated on Saturday when he also took out the Players’ Player Award and the Shaun Hart Most Competitive Player Award in a breakout season at the Club.

“As I said in my speech on the night, 12 months ago I didn’t have a job,” Robinson told Sportsday with Terry Wallace and Cam Luke.

“It’s kind of a silver lining that I got to Brisbane where we had a young team and unfortunately we got a few injuries that gave me a bit of a crack to have a run at it.”

Robinson began 2015 as a half-forward, but moved to the midfield with devastating results.

In his last six matches for the season he averaged 28 disposals and 9.5 tackles a game.

“In the first half of the year we had a lot of injuries especially up forward.

“I took the challenge to play as a key position player up there and apply some tackling pressure, but I wasn’t getting too much of the ball with the losses we were having.

“Unfortunately when Beamsy went down with his shoulder, I got the opportunity to play a bit of midfield time and Leppa asked me to play a bit of a negating role around stoppages.

“Leppa said he didn’t want a full tag but to just nullify the impact around contest, so I was able to play on a few big names there and get my tackling numbers up and a little bit of the ball in the offense.

“It worked out well for me.”

Coach Justin Leppitsch said earlier in the season that Robinson had been a “pleasant surprise” and that his game had gone to another level.

“He looks after himself well as far as his body (goes)," Leppitsch said.

“He is the ultimate professional, so he is reaping the rewards. It’s a good lesson for everyone.

“We've got a fairly quiet group, and anyone who knows Mitch Robinson, he aint quiet.

“We’ve got a lot of young kids and we need good spirited players.”