Review Grand Final, 2024 - Sydney vs. Brisbane Lions

[Turtle_aka_Fresh]

Tipping cos cats could never really get over their “one in a row” compared to our might lions three peat!!!

 

[JasRulz63]

From the Geelong Board just after their Prelim loss -
“They did but they will lose by 100 (and darcy fort will be a losing player in a GF i never thought Id say that) so theres not much consolation. We at least could have troubled sydney a bit whereas they have a walkover now.”
Some posts don’t age well.
“Walkover?”

If you go back to the GDT on the main board for our round 6 loss v Geelong, there's some great calls in there.

 

[Denno]

One of my enduring memories of Froggy and granted it is one of the most recent and there are a few but that kick in the GF to McCluggage in the opening quarter was ridiculously good and not many players would have attempted it yet Frog nailed it.

Wasn't it McCluggage to Lester?

Edit: Seems like it was covered earlier. Carry on!

 

[p4p1]

Frog was fantastic in the GF, but the kick you're referring to was by Hugh to Frog, not the other way round.

In that same play though, the way Froggy snuck into the position was brilliant.

 

[moncon]

It's hard to beat the 2018 Tigers game where we scored 17 points for the lowest point. At least we eventually scored 65 points in the Pies game

Yeah but in that Tiges game we were going alright for a while...

 

[Bosh Jootsma]

Yes. It was probably the turning point of the Grand Final. We'd started quite well but were still 11 points down, and up to that point we'd arguably lacked a bit of dare coming out of our back half. That kick changed everything and the floodgates opened not long after.

Feels weird to call a first quarter kick a turning point, but it represented our dare to win.

It felt to me from my birds eye view that the Swans didn’t take any aggressive kicks, simply chipping away with no dare. It only worked for that Rowbottom goal.

 

[BrisVegasDru]

Maybe we need to post the speculation about next year in a best team 2025 thread rather than denigrate any of our 2024 premiership heroes who helped deliver a drought breaking premiership with a near perfect performance in the big dance.

Hoping we do have a 5 man bench next year, it will advantage us as we will bat so deep if all our acls come back well.

 

[Miluxx]

In that same play though, the way Froggy snuck into the position was brilliant.

I yelled at McCluggage so loud when froggy got into that space. I mean I take credit for the vision bags had to spot him. I know he heard me from Brisbane.

 

[Sproj]

I think there’s other threads to discuss what you want. Your points may be all valid, but this isn’t the thread.

I have skipped a lot in the last couple of pages as it is the usual back and forth, just enjoy a premiership win for goodness sake.

But I am quoting this post because, I mean, are you going to change your name from 44 to 24.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

How goods offseason

 

[bungalow_bill]

McCluggage = 2024 GF game changer.

McGrath lol

 

[AFLQLD]

Draft history of 2024 premiership team in draft order:

Ryan Lester

35

Ryan Lester

Age

32

Ht

192cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.9

4star

K

7.9

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.7

4star

MG

170.4

3star

D

10.3

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

4.5

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

140.7

3star

D

12.6

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

5.8

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

0.6

3star

2010 pick 28 drafted by Brisbane

Dayne Zorko

15

Dayne Zorko

Age

35

Ht

175cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.4

5star

K

13.2

5star

HB

8.2

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

6.0

5star

CL

3.6

5star

D

14.0

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.0

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

5.0

5star

CL

2.0

4star

D

16.4

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

6.6

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

6.6

5star

CL

1.2

4star

2011 Qld Zone Selection drafted by Brisbane

Lachie Neale

9

Lachie Neale

Age

31

Ht

178cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.0

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

15.5

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.7

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

28.3

5star

K

13.9

5star

HB

14.4

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

7.4

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.0

3star

CL

0.4

3star

2011 pick 58 drafted by Fremantle

Joe Daniher
2012 pick 10 drafted by Essendon

Charlie Cameron

23

Charlie Cameron

Age

30

Ht

180cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

3.7

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.5

5star

D

9.6

2star

K

7.9

3star

HB

1.7

1star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.7

3star

G

1.9

5star

D

9.6

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

4.2

4star

M

1.4

2star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.2

4star

2013 rookie draft pick 7 drafted by Adelaide

Harris Andrews

31

Harris Andrews

Age

28

Ht

202cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.8

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

151.7

2star

D

17.0

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

3star

D

9.8

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.8

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

94.0

2star

2014 pick 61 drafted by Brisbane

Conor McKenna
2014 rookie draft pick 62 drafted by Essendon

Callum Ah Chee

4

Callum Ah Chee

Age

27

Ht

183cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.8

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.9

4star

CL

0.8

3star

D

11.1

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

3.4

2star

M

3.1

3star

T

2.7

4star

CL

0.7

3star

D

9.4

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.0

5star

CL

0.8

3star

2015 pick 8 drafted by Gold Coast

Eric Hipwood

30

Eric Hipwood

Age

27

Ht

203cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.0

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

3.9

4star

T

1.3

3star

G

1.5

5star

D

11.1

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.1

2star

G

1.1

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

8.4

4star

HB

2.2

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

2.4

5star

2015 pick 14 drafted by Brisbane

Josh Dunkley

5

Josh Dunkley

Age

27

Ht

191cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.8

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

11.3

5star

M

4.3

4star

T

5.8

5star

CL

3.2

5star

D

20.7

5star

K

7.0

3star

HB

13.7

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

5.3

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

14.2

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

7.0

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

4.0

5star

CL

1.4

4star

2015 pick 25 drafted by Bulldogs

Hugh McCluggage

6

Hugh Mccluggage

Age

26

Ht

185cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

19.3

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

7.9

5star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.0

5star

CL

2.2

4star

D

19.0

4star

K

12.0

5star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

2.0

4star

D

13.2

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.8

4star

CL

0.6

3star

2016 pick 3 drafted by Brisbane

Jarrod Berry

7

Jarrod Berry

Age

26

Ht

192cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

8.5

3star

HB

8.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

4.2

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

17.0

4star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.1

5star

CL

2.9

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

4.4

2star

HB

6.2

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.8

5star

CL

0.8

3star

2016 pick 17 drafted by Brisbane

Cameron Rayner

16

Cameron Rayner

Age

25

Ht

186cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

6.2

2star

HB

5.2

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.4

4star

CL

1.3

3star

D

11.3

3star

K

5.8

2star

HB

5.5

3star

M

3.1

3star

T

3.0

4star

CL

1.8

4star

D

10.8

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

0.4

3star

2017 pick 1 drafted by Brisbane

Zac Bailey

33

Zac Bailey

Age

25

Ht

182cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.7

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

0.9

3star

D

12.9

3star

K

7.3

3star

HB

5.6

3star

M

3.9

4star

T

2.4

3star

CL

0.7

3star

D

13.4

4star

K

6.6

3star

HB

6.8

5star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

0.6

3star

2017 pick 15 drafted by Brisbane

Brandon Starcevich

37

Brandon Starcevich

Age

25

Ht

187cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.2

2star

K

6.5

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

185.3

3star

D

9.5

2star

K

7.3

3star

HB

2.3

2star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.1

3star

MG

187.9

3star

D

8.6

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

1.4

2star

T

1.8

4star

MG

181.2

3star

2017 pick 18 drafted by Brisbane

Jack Payne
2017 pick 54 drafted by Brisbane

Noah Answerth

43

Noah Answerth

Age

25

Ht

183cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.0

3star

K

8.6

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.7

4star

T

2.9

4star

MG

208.9

3star

D

15.0

4star

K

15.0

5star

HB

0.0

1star

M

4.0

4star

T

2.0

3star

MG

357.0

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.2

4star

M

3.4

4star

T

3.0

5star

MG

179.2

3star

2018 pick 55 drafted by Brisbane

Darcy Fort

32

Darcy Fort

Age

31

Ht

204cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.6

2star

K

5.8

2star

HB

2.9

3star

M

1.9

2star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.8

4star

D

9.2

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

3.2

2star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.8

3star

G

0.2

3star

D

7.6

2star

K

5.4

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.0

3star

T

1.2

3star

G

1.2

4star

2018 pick 65 drafted by Geelong

Darcy Wilmot
2021 pick 16 drafted by Brisbane

Kai Lohmann
2021 pick 20 drafted by Brisbane

Will Ashcroft
2022 pick 2 drafted by Brisbane

Jaspa Fletcher
2022 pick 12 drafted by Brisbane

Logan Morris
2023 pick 31 drafted by Brisbane

 

[Grasshopper17]

Conor McKenna
2014 rookie draft pick 62 drafted by Essendon

There were 62 picks in the rookie draft!?

 

[M Malice]

I don't know about anyone else but I am still on a bit of a high following our flag.

A day hasn't gone by since that I haven't watched/listened to all or a part of the GF, stories and ensuing celebrations, still get goosebumps listening and watching it.

For me it feels like 2025 is a free hit, this Premiership could sustain me through all of next season.

That mindset may change when games start in 2025.

 

[AFLQLD]

There were 62 picks in the rookie draft!?

Apparently so. Jack Sinclair was pick one in the rookie draft that year and they were still going at pick 75 when we took Matt Hamellmann.

 

[dlanod]

Dayne Zorko
2011 Qld Zone Selection drafted by Brisbane

Prelisted by Gold Coast and then traded to Brisbane.

 

[M Malice]

Prelisted by Gold Coast and then traded to Brisbane.

I wonder who the person at the Suns was who decided Zorks was a waste of a list spot.

 

[Grasshopper17]

Apparently so. Jack Sinclair was pick one in the rookie draft that year and they were still going at pick 75 when we took Matt Hamellmann.

Maybe some sort of knock on effect from the two expansion clubs

 

[dlanod]

I wonder who the person at the Suns was who decided Zorks was a waste of a list spot.

Hmmm...

It'd be crazy to think they could be involved in our club as either a father of a father/son recruit or a list manager, right?

 

[PertRoosOsborne]

A morsel of the Grand Final replay a day keeps dem blues away

 

[youtwo]

There is a Grand Final re-watch party this Thursday night at the Royal Derby Hotel in Fitzroy with opportunity for a photo with the premiership cup.

Shut up and take my money.

 

[Rowallan Lion]

I'm still watching highlights, particular quarters of finals, the GF highlights & mini-matches...but last night I went back to 2019, round 1 highlights v Eagles to watch the 're-birth'...6 years to get through. Such a tragic...

 

[MSB ROYS]

There is a Grand Final re-watch party this Thursday night at the Royal Derby Hotel in Fitzroy with opportunity for a photo with the premiership cup.

Shut up and take my money.

Lions pr0n. Enjoy.

 

[M Malice]

I still find it barely believable that we won the flag from here >

 

[Sproj]

I still find it barely believable that we won the flag from here >

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They were still 25 up at the final change as well and then immediately went 31 down one minute in to the final quarter.