Brisbane Lions

What a mouthful this club is. Had more names than Elizabeth Taylor had husbands. Known previously as Fitzroy Lions, Brisbane Bears and finally the Brisbane Lions.

Lion Charman out for 4-6

BRISBANE Lions ruck stocks have been thrown into disarray with confirmation that Jamie Charman will miss four to six weeks with an ankle injury. Charman was hurt during Friday night's loss to Collingwood and he joins the club's other main ruckman Matthew Leuenberger on the sidelines.

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Comeback kid believes Lions are close

DON’T try telling Brisbane Lions utility Joel Macdonald that it takes a player 12-18 months to return to his best following a knee reconstruction. Three games back after a year out of the game, Macdonald has wasted little time in finding the form he displayed before tearing his anterior cruciate …

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Retailers enjoyed pre-Christmas spend-up

Retailers enjoyed pre-Christmas spend-up

Retail spending in the run-up to Christmas was even stronger than first thought, with Melburnians particularly rampant at the shops after emerging from a lengthy lockdown. Retail trade soared by 7.1 per cent in November, even higher than preliminary findings previously released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, led by …

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Swann wants swagger back

Swann wants swagger back

Brisbane Lions CEO Greg Swann has made no secret of his intention to help the Club regain the type of ‘swagger’ it once boasted back in its halcyon days of the early 2000s. Swann has stated this publicly on more than one occasion since his appointment at the end of …

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