AFL PREMIERSHIP SEASON: ROUND 3
Gold Coast SUNS v Brisbane Lions
Saturday 5 April
Metricon Stadium @ 3:40pm (local time)
NEAFL STATE LEAGUE SEASON: ROUND 2
Gold Coast SUNS v Brisbane Lions
Saturday 5 April
Metricon Stadium @ 11:50am (local time)
RECENT HISTORY
2013: Round 15 - 17.14 (116) to 12.11 (83) @ The Gabba – Won by 33
2013: Round 3 - 8.11 (59) to 5.18 (48) @ Metricon Stadium – Won by 11
MILESTONES
If selected, Jonathan Brown will move into equal 14th position on the Club’s all-time games list (Fitzroy and Bears included).
Brown is currently outright 15th with 247 games – but is just one game away from joining Jason Akermanis’ feat of 248 games with the Club.
The 32-year-old has already moved into outright third position on the Club’s all-time leading goal-kickers list this season, with his four goals against Hawthorn in Round One edging him ahead of former Fitzroy ‘Superboot’ Bernie Quinlan.
Brown currently has 579 career goals, which is still 54 goals short of Alastair Lynch’s record of 633.
If selected, Jack Redden will hold the seventh longest streak in AFL/VFL history of consecutive games played since his debut.
Last Sunday, Redden became just the eighth person to play 100 straight matches from his debut, but will move ahead of Hawthorn’s Ian Law on the all-time list should he play this Saturday.
Interestingly, Redden’s midfield coach at the Lions, Shane Woewodin, sits just ahead of him in sixth position with 107 games from debut with Melbourne.
DID YOU KNOW…
Pearce Hanley has polled Brownlow Medal votes in three of the six QClashes played between the Lions and SUNS, but has never received the Marcus Ashcroft Medal as the best afield.
INJURY LIST
The Club’s injury list is updated each Tuesday - for injury information, please visit the Bupa Health Centre.
TRAINING TIMES
See how they boys are shaping up for their upcoming match by heading to one of the Club’s opening training sessions.
Keep posted to the Training Times section of lions.com.au for the latest updates.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Fans are encouraged to vote for the players they thought were the Lions’ best in the team’s Round Two loss to Geelong at the Gabba.
Fans can vote here
The Club Player of the Year, as voted on by the fans, will be presented to the eventual winner at the Club Champion dinner at the end of the season.
BIG SCREEN VENUES
Can’t make it to Saturday’s game but still want to watch it LIVE on TV? Then be sure to head to one of the Lions-friendly big screen venues in Brisbane and Melbourne, who are guaranteed to be showing the match live.
Brisbane
LIONS@springwood
2 Pannikin St, Rochedale South
(07) 3457 2100
Melbourne
The Oxford Scholar Hotel
427 Swanston Street, Melbourne CBD
(03) 9663 1619
Round 3 Weekly Update
Can the Lions make it six in-a-row against the SUNS on Saturday?