Brisbane Lions spearhead Jonathan Brown will get a chance to blow out the cobwebs before Round One during Saturday’s ‘Festival of Football’ at Burpengary.

The Brisbane Lions have named an unplaced squad of 27 players, including Brown, for their practice match against the Sydney Swans on Saturday.
Brown, who is the only addition to the side that recently defeated Gold Coast in Townsville, is tipped to return the side for after he was sidelined with a foot injury late in the 2013 season.

He had his first competitive hit-out for 2014 last week in an intra-club practice match, kicking two goals.

The practice match is part of the ‘Festival of Football’ at the new Moreton Bay Central Sport Complex, which will also see the Lions NEAFL side face Aspley in a NEAFL practice match at 11am before the senior team hosts Sydney for their final competitive hit out of the pre-season at 2:30pm.

The full 27-man squad is as follows:

1. Luke McGuane
2. Ryan Harwood
3. Brent Moloney
4. James Aish
6. Josh Green
7. Jed Adcock (C)
10. Daniel Rich
11. Pearce Hanley
13. Trent West
15. Dayne Zorko
16. Jonathan Brown
17. Claye Beams
18. Nick Robertson
19. Jordan Lisle
21. Daniel Merrett
22. Marco Paparone
23. Matthew Leuenberger
24. Joel Patfull
26. Tom Cutler
30. Jack Redden
32. Sam Mayes
33. Michael Close
35. Ryan Lester
38. Tom Rockliff
41. Mitch Golby
42. Justin Clarke
45. Jordon Bourke (Rookie)