Round 9 is here and we're taking on The Bombers at the Gabba!

Who: Brisbane Lions vs Essendon
Where: The Gabba
When: Saturday 13th May at 7:25pm (local)
Gates Open: 6:00pm

General Public On Sale: BUY TICKETS HERE

Brisbane Lions Members: REDEEM HERE

PLAN YOUR TRIP
The Gabba is a public transport destination! For any event public transport will get you the closest to your gate.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Public transport is the best way to get to The Gabba.

Travel for FREE within the Brisbane City Council shire by showing your pre-purchased event ticket on Queensland Rail City Network trains (excluding Airtrain), Brisbane City Council buses or a special event shuttle service from 4 hours prior to the event.

PARKING
Gameday parking is now run through third-party company, GetParked, and can be purchased here.

Keep your eyes peeled here for updates on all the fun things you can get up to at our home games this year.

LIONS SHOP

Lions Shop Main Store will be open from 10:00am - 10:30pm.

Lion Park Pop-Up Marquee will be open from 5:30pm selling all the latest merch, including 2023 Member cap and scarf redemption.

Lions Shop Outlets will be open throughout the Gabba at gates 2, 4, 7, 9, upper 4, upper 7 and AreaVIP

LION PARK - Open outside Gate 2 from 5:25pm

Kids Activities > This week in Lion Park outside the Gabba, treat the kids to face painting and rock climbing. We will also have a Container Exchange activation to check out!

Hyundai With Kylie > Have a chat with our dedicated Hyundai sales rep, Kylie, and see how you can get the best deal on a brand new Hyundai.

Member Jackpot > Members! Be in your seat for member jackpot at three quarter time. 

FOOD & DRINK 

Gabba food and beverage outlets will be open on all levels and gates. For the best footy food experience treat yourself to the suite life at AREAVIP, GG or The Verandah.

Watch: Live on Seven Mate and Fox Footy or stream on Kayo.

Hugh McCluggage (29 disposals) battled hard, while Lincoln McCarthy (three goals) looked like giving it life a number of times. The defeat left the Lions clinging to fourth place. Best on field were McCluggage, McCarthy, McInerney & Starcevich. Hopefully the Lions can keep up their winning streak and defeat The Bombers in round 9!

JOE DANIHER was not going to let Brisbane lose against his former club on Saturday night, starring with six goals in a 42-point win over Essendon at the Gabba.

After trailing by 10 points at half-time, the Lions used a powerful 10 goals to two second half to break away from the plucky Bombers and race to a sixth straight win, 12.15 (87) to 6.9 (45).

Daniher kept the home team afloat when they struggled early on before his teammates joined in to help secure victory.

The lanky forward kicked Brisbane's first four goals – their only two in the first half and two early in the third to regain the lead – and added two more in the fourth term.

He was powerful in the air, hauling in seven marks, three of them contested, and while many of his teammates missed set shots they would usually gobble, he was accurate, missing just once.

Brisbane dominated much of the general play, generating 69 inside 50s to just 38 but battled to break away from Brad Scott's men, who did well around the clearances (33-32) and scrapped for their lives.

But eventually the dam wall broke as Brisbane hammered away and hammered away.

Lachie Neale (34), Will Ashcroft (28) and Dayne Zorko (25) were all prolific in the midfield, while Harris Andrews and Ryan Lester were resolute in defence.

Although not the Lions' most polished performance, it was another step in their progression, finding a way to score when it looked difficult and getting contributions from all over the ground.

Despite missing some of its key personnel to injury, including prolific midfielder Darcy Parish, Essendon was right up for the contest from the opening minutes.

They held a slight advantage around the stoppages in the first quarter and harassed Brisbane into mistakes, but the Lions scrapped just as much, with two Daniher goals giving the home team a five-point lead at the first change.

The second came after an Archie Perkins turnover at half-forward, with a quick transfer of play ending in Daniher's hands, where with no-one on the mark he wandered to 55m and banged it home.

Essendon continued to thwart Brisbane's attack in the second quarter, with Charlie Cameron being quelled by Andy McGrath, and then managed to punish them on the counter attack.

The Bombers kicked three unanswered goals for the term despite generating just 11 inside 50s to Brisbane's 16, with Jake Stringer, Kyle Langford and then Jye Menzie, following a 50m penalty, all kicking goals.

The Lions had enough of the play, but Daniher, Eric Hipwood, Zorko and Lincoln McCarthy were all wayward with gettable set shots as the visitors went to the main break with a 10-point advantage.

Ryan Lester keeps on keeping on

Now in his 13th season, Ryan Lester is making the most of every opportunity he's getting. Dropped more than any other Lion of this era – his words in recent weeks, not ours – he doesn't look like going anywhere soon. Nudging out Darragh Joyce for the third tall defender's role, Lester again shone against the Bombers, finishing with a team-high 10 intercept disposals to again help anchor the back 50. Although Darcy Gardiner will play his second VFL match for the season on Sunday, his old mate Lester won't be making it easy for a return to the top flight.

BRISBANE     2.2       2.7       7.11     12.15 (87)

ESSENDON     1.3       4.5       5.6       6.9 (45)

GOALS 
Brisbane: Daniher 6, Bailey 2, McInerney, Hipwood, McCarthy, Rayner

Essendon: Langford 2, Stringer, Perkins, Menzie, McDonald-Tipungwuti

BEST 
Brisbane: Daniher, Neale, Andrews, Ashcroft, Coleman, Zorko

Essendon: Redman, Merrett, McGrath, Langford, Hobbs, Setterfield 

INJURIES 
Brisbane: Nil

Essendon: Nil

LATE CHANGES

Brisbane: Nil

Essendon: Alwyn Davey jnr replaced in selected side by Massimo D’Ambrosio

SUBSTITUTES 
Brisbane: Noah Answerth (replaced Dayne Zorko in the fourth quarter)

Essendon: Alwyn Davey jnr (replaced D'Ambrosio in the fourth quarter) 

Crowd: 31,898 at the Gabba