Vodafone Brisbane Lions co-captin Simon Black has been ruled out of Sunday's clash with Carlton with a sore knee.

 

Black has been replaced in the Lions' final team by Scott Harding who has been exceptional for the Suncoast Lions in recent weeks. Harding is the only inclusion to the team that defeated Melbourne by 44 points last weekend.

 

Mitchell Clark, who was ill for most of the week, Richard Hadley and Colm Begley have been named as emergencies.   

 

The final Lions team is:

 

B: Joel Macdonald (26), Daniel Merrett (21), Jason Roe (29)

HB: Jed Adcock (7), Josh Drummond (39), Joel Patfull (24)

C: Tim Notting (8), Nigel Lappin (44), Cheynee Stiller (32)

HF: Robert Copeland (30), Jonathan Brown (16), Troy Selwood (28)

F: Michael Rischitelli (35)Matthew Leuenberger (23), Jared Brennan (17)

Foll: Jamie Charman (19), Scott Harding (5), Luke Power (6)

Int: Ashley McGrath (9), Will Hamill (40), Wayde Mills (25), Rhan Hooper (33),

 

In: Scott Harding

 

Out: Simon Black