The Brisbane Lions will be looking to square the post-merger ledger in games against the Bulldogs on Saturday, having won five of the last seven meetings to take the head-to-head record since 1997 to overall to 22-23.
It’s 4-7 under Chris Fagan and 26-36 to the Dogs overall.
Daniel Bradshaw holds the Brisbane goal-kicking record against the Dogs, having kicked seven in Round 2 2000, when they came from 30 points down at quarter-time to win by 29 points.
The club possession record against the Dogs is 40 shared between three players. Tom Rockliff had 40 in 2012 in a big win at Marvel Stadium after David Bain and Michael McLean had 40 each in a five-point loss at Whitten Oval in 1991 when no less than six Brisbane players topped 30.
Martin Leslie (35), Danny Noonan (32), Brenton Phillips (31) and Matthew Ryan (31) were the others.
Jason Akermanis, who played 77 games with the Dogs from 2007-10 after 248 games with Brisbane from 1995-2006, has polled most Brownlow votes for the Lions against the Dogs with 11.
He also polled two votes for his second club against his first club. Simon Black (8) and Nigel Lappin (8) are next best.
In equivalent records for the Dogs against Brisbane, Jack Macrae, now at St. Kilda after 249 games in red, blue and white, has been a recurring obstacle.
He had three 40-possession games against Brisbane, including a best of 47, while Terry Wallace (41) and Simon Atkins (41) also topped 40.
Simon Beasley’s Dogs 10 goals against Brisbane in an 82-point Carrara win in 1987 is the Dogs best, while Macrae also heads the Dogs’ Brownlow vote count against Brisbane with 14, equal with Tony Liberatore.
Seventeen players have represented both clubs, including Josh Dunkley, who has won a flag with both clubs, and current Lions assistant and VFL coach Ben Hudson.
Brad Hardie, Jim Edmond, Rod Macpherson, Andrew Taylor, Michael McLean, Shannon Corcoran, Michael Martin, Marcus Adams, Hudson and Dunkley played first with the Dogs, while Akermanis, Jed Adcock, Justin Sherman, Travis Baird, Trent Bartlett, Josh Schach, and Stefan Martin played first in Brisbane.
