In-form Lions defender Joel Macdonald returned to his old Brisbane Grammar School to recognise a significant development in the private college’s sporting history.
AFL goalposts were erected on the school’s pristine No.2 Oval at Northgate as a symbol of its commitment to AFL Queensland’s Independent Schools competition.
Brisbane Grammar’s two AFL teams will play out of the facility for the first time, having rejoined the Navy Independent Schools Cup last season after several years in limbo.
Macdonald and Lions rookie Scott Clouston – who both represented Grammar in the Independent Schools Cup – as well as ruckman Beau McDonald, attended a one-hour AFL clinic to work with the students and inspect the facility for themselves.
Macdonald, nicknamed the Duke, has been among the Lions’ best players over the last month since returning from a full knee reconstruction.
Grammar’s AFL program is being fostered by the school’s Director of Cricket and AFL Darren Holder, who is heavily involved with Mt Gravatt in the
