A spot in the top four is up for grabs for Redland when they take on Brisbane in an AFL curtain closer at the Gabba on Saturday night.
The Bombers ran into some form before the bye last week after three wins in a row against Gold Coast (69 points), NT Thunder (27), and Sydney University (24).
They will look to continue the momentum against the Lions, who couldn’t make up for a slow start against Southport last week to lose by 27.
Brisbane has made several changes to its NEAFL squad, with Josh Walker, Claye Beams, Marco Paparone and Eric Hipwood – who will make his AFL debut – all elevated to the seniors.
Trent West, Nick Robertson and Dan McStay have been omitted from the AFL side, while ruckman Archie Smith is another key inclusion after suffering concussion against Canberra two weeks ago.
Redland has lost key utility Adrian Williams, with young guns Damian Steven and Elliott Himmelberg coming into the side for the 5.40pm clash.
| B | #43 Josh McGuiness | #41 Sam Skinner | #25 Dan McStay |
| HB | #47 Reuben William | #40 Matthew Hammelmann | #53 Jack Clayton |
| C | #36 Rhys Mathieson | #44 Archie Smith | #18 Nick Robertson |
| HF | #6 Josh Green | #46 Billy Evans | #48 Jake Warren |
| F | #33 Michael Close | #51 Brock Aston | #24 Liam Dawson |
| FOL | #13 Trent West | #19 Josh Clayton | #52 Soul Cormick |
| INT | #50 Ryan Dadds | #56 Luca Mason | #57 Olly Ritchie |
| #54 Reid Gordon | |||
| E | #49 Will Fletcher |
In: 6.Josh Green, 13.Trent West, 44.Archie Smith, 18.Nick Robertson, 25.Dan McStay, 57.Olly Ritchie, 54.Reid Gordon, 53.Jack Clayton, 51.Brock Aston
Out: 14.Josh Walker, 53.James Rayner, 54.Jacob Allison, 30.Eric Hipwood, 51.Jack Rolls, 22.Marco Paparone, 17.Claye Beams, 34.Jono Freeman, 55.Sam Gribble
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