Stephenson catches Joyce HTB in the pocket 20m out and screws through the first goal of an overcast afternoon. (Q1 1:49)
Cunnington misses a handball on the HBF and the Lions pounce, Zorko passes to the fat side pocket for Daniher to slide in to mark 20m out for the first Brisbane major. (Q1 3:25)
Sheezel gets a free plus 50m penalty for getting taken out after disposal on outer wing by Zorko, he roosts a lovely finish from 45m on a slight angle! (Q1 8:10)
Davies-Uniacke roves in the pocket and passes inboard to Powell 30m out on a slight angle, who steers through the set shot. (Q1 11:31)
Goldstein taps down to grass from a throw-in to 20m, the ball bounces over Payne to Larkey for an easy goal from 5m. (Q1 13:27)
Dunkley to Cameron at half forward after the next bounce, pass goes over Ziebell to Hipwood 40m out on the flank. The Eel hooks it right and OOTF. (Q1 14:56)
Hipwood marks a long Daniher ball over Corr at the hotspot and boots his first goal. (Q1 18:41)
Another easy Hipwood goal over the back for a Fort kick to the hotspot, no one else in forward 50 for Brisbane. Whatever defensive line Clarkson is running, it ain’t working. (Q1 21:31)
Daniher sends a loose ball out to the pocket where Wilmot gathers and snaps over his shoulder from 20m… fabulous finish! (Q1 22:46)
Andrews is pinged for a high shepherd in the pocket 20m out, Stephenson snaps off his left for his second goal. (Q1 25:11)
McCluggage baulks past the onrushing McDonald after a stoppage on the HFF, lopes to 45m and slots a nice goal. Good kicking is good footy, ten nil so far! (Q1 27:26)
Corr is pinged for a hold on Fort on a lead to 35m on the flank. Fort, the most accurate forward in the league at the moment, is the first to miss. Footy gods chortling. (Q1 29:14)
Ziebell intercepts in front of McKenna on the HFF and kicks to the square for Comben to mark and level the scores with a point as the QT siren sounds. (Q1 33:10)
McKenna roves in the back pocket but his first disposal of the match is a dump kick straight to Phillips 45m out on a slight angle, who kicks it over the Irishman for a goal. (Q2 1:03)
Corr is pinged for an arm chop on Daniher 55m out, rather red hot that one. Daniher plays on and goes long, the ball pitches behind the pack and off breaks for a goal! (Q2 4:01)
Hipwood feeds Neale for a left-foot snap after a flowing rebound around outer wing but the ball floats wide left. (Q2 5:26)
Fort takes a pack mark from an Ashcroft speculator to the HFF, then turns quickly and goes to Daniher in the pocket 30m. Daniher for his third… drop punt straight through! (Q2 7:25)
Fort beats Corr again to mark 35m out on a slight angle but this set shot is tugged way left, lucky to score. (Q2 9:26)
Neale roves a Corr spoil of Cameron at half forward and gives inside to Bailey who misses from 40m in the corridor under pressure. (Q2 10:53)
McCarthy gathers a bounce pass by Rayner at half forward in front of McKay and passes to Hipwood 25m out in the pocket, who slots the drop punt as well. (Q2 16:26)
Berry screws through a snap from the pocket after McCluggage forces a McDonald handball clanger. (Q2 18:20)
McCluggage gathers a bounce pass to 20m under pressure and snaps wide. (Q2 20:19)
Daniher intercepts the Sheezel kick in at the hotspot but hooks it right. (Q2 20:57)
Daniher marks another McCarthy pass inside 50 to the hotspot, somehow North is allowing the Lions to get over the back too easily. This one goes through for Joe, his fourth. (Q2 22:22)
Fort’s radar is completely off, he kicks OOTF from a set shot in the pocket 20m out. (Q2 24:02)
Taylor marks 30m out on the flank, he draws it right to left and through into the breeze. (Q2 28:07)
Bailey snaps wide from 40m after a Sheezel handball clanger at half back. (Q3 0:29)
Comben leaps over Starcevich 40m out in the corridor but misses. (Q3 1:39)
Davies-Uniacke coughs the ball up trying to baulk through traffic in midfield, Cameron sees Daniher over the back on his own for another easy Brisbane major. (Q3 3:42)
Daniher beats McKay again to mark a long Rich ball 20m out on a slight angle but misses. (Q3 7:06)
McKenna goes long from the wing, Daniher has the sit on Logue and takes a nice contested mark 35m out in the pocket. His set shot is wide and rushed by Ziebell. (Q3 7:59)
Another loose man over the back for the Lions on attack, Clarko will be punching walls at this rate. Hipwood marks a Zorko pass 20m out on the flank and hits the post. (Q3 12:36)
Taylor feeds outside to Shiels in the pocket 25m out who screws through a nice finish across the body off the right. (Q3 13:44)
The Lion swarm in midfield forces a turnover and again Hipwood is over the back for the mark 30m out in the pocket and his fourth goal. (Q3 16:29)
Alastair Clarkson is trying to play a high defensive line but North keeps losing it in midfield on the rebound leaving Brisbane’s forwards unattended. So many times. (Q3 17:00)
Wilmot pinches the footy off McKay at half forward and goes to the square where Cameron draws a contact free on Ziebell for another one. (Q3 17:38)
Neale clears from the next bounce, Cameron gets another rather soft contact free on McDonald 45m out on a slight angle. Charlie goals again. (Q3 19:26)
Fort sets up Rayner to goal from the top of the square after a stoppage. (Q3 21:40)
McCluggage clears from the bounce, Rayner feeds Cameron a Joe the Goose special for his third of the quarter. It is very much a procession now. (Q3 23:25)
McCarthy catches Sheezel HTB on the wing and goes long to the pocket for Hipwood who centres for Berry near the hotspot for his second goal. (Q3 25:25)
Tucker’s speculator to the pocket is marked on the chest over the back by Stephenson who goals form near the behind post. (Q3 28:29)
Rayner gathers a kick to grass in the pocket and centres for Zorko near the hotspot. Zorko shoots after the 3QT siren but hits the left goalpost. (Q3 30:23)
Zurhaar runs around the boundary and misses from near the behind post. (Q4 1:26)
Comben juggles a mark in front of Payne at the hotspot from a Scott long ball, but misses. (Q4 2:27)
Comben draws a holding free on Andrews 25m out on the flank and he finally gets a set shot on line. (Q4 3:52)
Turner passes wide to Stephenson 25m out in the pocket to shoot for goal number four… which he steers through. (Q4 5:07)
Lyons passes from the next centre bounce to Daniher 45m out on a slight angle, who hooks right. (Q4 6:27)
Powell turns the ball over by foot in the centre, three Lions to one over the back and Cameron feeds Fort a Joe the Goose special. (Q4 9:11)
Dunkley sharks a Ziebell pressured handball but misses on the turn off the right from 20m. (Q4 11:27)
Bailey picks off Sheezel’s kick in 45m out on the flank and passes to the corridor for McKenna 40m out. The set shot starts left, the wind blows it right and in! (Q4 12:50)
Davies-Uniacke intercepts a dump kick by McInerney on the HFF and goes to the hotspot for Comben to mark and goal. (Q4 15:07)
McKenna roves a Scott fumble at half forward and pokes a kick to Hipwood near the boundary 30m out who misses. (Q4 17:48)
Wilmot mows down a snail-like Tucker on the HFF for a HTB free, leading to a McCluggage pass to McCarthy in the pocket 20m out for a junk time score… after review, a point. (Q4 21:23)
Zorko is over the back for a long Starcevich ball to the pocket, he feeds Cameron for an easy goal number four. (Q4 23:13)
McDonald again gets in trouble trying to rebound, McCluggage passes to Cameron 20m out who misses. (Q4 25:48)
Another kick in turns over for North, this time for the hapless Corr, Zorko snaps the goal from 40m on the flank. (Q4 26:11)
McKenna baulks to 45m on a slight angle and misses. (Q4 27:21)
Rayner boots his second goal from a set shot from 40m on the flank. (Q4 29:50)
