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April 11th 2009 14:49
BRISBANE has recorded its first win over Sydney since 2004, downing the Swans by 33 points in wet conditions at the Gabba on Saturday night.
Four goals apiece to key forwards Jonathan Brown and Daniel Bradshaw set up the 15.10 (100) to 9.13 (67) victory.
The loss was made worse for the Swans with veteran Jared Crouch suffering a hamstring injury in the second term.
Sydney was able to keep Brisbane’s midfield stars in Luke Power, Simon Black and Travis Johnstone relatively quiet, with the trio racking up 16 possessions or less.
But they were unable to contain the Lions’ lesser likes with Jed Adcock, Bradd Dalziell and Troy Selwood winning plenty of the football.
Josh Drummond was damaging with 25 disposals, 11 marks and one goal while Joel Patfull restricted Sydney star Adam Goodes to just 18 possessions.
For the Swans, Darren Jolly tried hard all night and finished with 46 hit-outs and two goals while Barry Hall chimed in with three majors.
Sydney dominated general play early but failed to apply any scoreboard pressure with Brown kicking the first goal of the match.
Brisbane’s willingness to kick the ball long paid dividends as they kicked a further three majors for the term to take a handy 20-point lead into quarter-time.
The Swans closed to within eight points in the second quarter thanks to goals from Hall and Brett Meredith who kicked truly from outside 50.
Brisbane responded with six of the last seven goals of the first half with a freakish check side goal from Justin Sherman the highlight as the Lions took a commanding 37-pont lead into the main break.
When Bradshaw kicked his third early in the third term it looked as if the contest was well and truly over.
But the Swans refused to give in and slowly worked their way back into the contest.
They trailed by just 29 points heading into the final change but could have been closer if they hadn’t let themselves down with some poor kicking in front of goal.
Martin Mattner had a chance to get his side to within four goals in the final stanza but he failed to convert on the run.
It proved to be a costly miss with Daniel Rich kicking truly from 50m before Sherman sealed the win for the Lions with his third.
BRISBANE LIONS: 4.4, 10.6, 12.9, 15.10 (100)
SYDNEY SWANS: 1.2, 4.5, 7.10, 9.13 (67)
GOALS: Brisbane Lions: Brown 4, Bradshaw 4, Sherman 3, Drummond, Notting, Adcock, Rich
Sydney Swans: Hall 3, Jolly 2, Barlow, White,
Meredith, Moore
BEST: Brisbane Lions: Adcock, Drummond, Brown, Selwood, Dalziell, Bradshaw
Sydney Swans: J.Bolton, Shaw, Bird, Jolly, Richards, Bevan
INJURIES: Brisbane Lions: Nil
Sydney Swans: Crouch (hamstring)
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Notting (Brisbane Lions) replaced Hooper in the selected side. Barlow (Sydney Swans) replaced Ablett in the selected side
UMPIRES: H.Ryan, Meredith, McInerney
CROWD: 24,984 at the Gabba
Four goals apiece to key forwards Jonathan Brown and Daniel Bradshaw set up the 15.10 (100) to 9.13 (67) victory.
The loss was made worse for the Swans with veteran Jared Crouch suffering a hamstring injury in the second term.
Sydney was able to keep Brisbane’s midfield stars in Luke Power, Simon Black and Travis Johnstone relatively quiet, with the trio racking up 16 possessions or less.
But they were unable to contain the Lions’ lesser likes with Jed Adcock, Bradd Dalziell and Troy Selwood winning plenty of the football.
Josh Drummond was damaging with 25 disposals, 11 marks and one goal while Joel Patfull restricted Sydney star Adam Goodes to just 18 possessions.
For the Swans, Darren Jolly tried hard all night and finished with 46 hit-outs and two goals while Barry Hall chimed in with three majors.
Sydney dominated general play early but failed to apply any scoreboard pressure with Brown kicking the first goal of the match.
Brisbane’s willingness to kick the ball long paid dividends as they kicked a further three majors for the term to take a handy 20-point lead into quarter-time.
The Swans closed to within eight points in the second quarter thanks to goals from Hall and Brett Meredith who kicked truly from outside 50.
Brisbane responded with six of the last seven goals of the first half with a freakish check side goal from Justin Sherman the highlight as the Lions took a commanding 37-pont lead into the main break.
When Bradshaw kicked his third early in the third term it looked as if the contest was well and truly over.
But the Swans refused to give in and slowly worked their way back into the contest.
They trailed by just 29 points heading into the final change but could have been closer if they hadn’t let themselves down with some poor kicking in front of goal.
Martin Mattner had a chance to get his side to within four goals in the final stanza but he failed to convert on the run.
It proved to be a costly miss with Daniel Rich kicking truly from 50m before Sherman sealed the win for the Lions with his third.
BRISBANE LIONS: 4.4, 10.6, 12.9, 15.10 (100)
SYDNEY SWANS: 1.2, 4.5, 7.10, 9.13 (67)
GOALS: Brisbane Lions: Brown 4, Bradshaw 4, Sherman 3, Drummond, Notting, Adcock, Rich
Sydney Swans: Hall 3, Jolly 2, Barlow, White,
Meredith, Moore
BEST: Brisbane Lions: Adcock, Drummond, Brown, Selwood, Dalziell, Bradshaw
Sydney Swans: J.Bolton, Shaw, Bird, Jolly, Richards, Bevan
INJURIES: Brisbane Lions: Nil
Sydney Swans: Crouch (hamstring)
REPORTS: Nil
CHANGES: Notting (Brisbane Lions) replaced Hooper in the selected side. Barlow (Sydney Swans) replaced Ablett in the selected side
UMPIRES: H.Ryan, Meredith, McInerney
CROWD: 24,984 at the Gabba
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