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The 2023 Brisbane Lions season was the club's 27th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The Lions were captained by Harris Andrews and Lachie Neale. This was the first year of their co-captaincy. Chris Fagan completed his seventh season as the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions.
The QClash is the name given to the Australian rules football rivalry match between the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns, who both participate in the Australian Football League (AFL). The first men's QClash was held in 2011 , with Gold Coast winning by 8 points at home (although the game was played at the Lions' Gabba Ground ).
The Brisbane Lions are a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. Brisbane are the reigning AFL premiers , having won the 2024 Grand Final by sixty points.
He was formally drafted to Brisbane on 30 November 2022 in the 2023 rookie draft as a Category B rookie. [2] In 2023, Brain did not play any AFL games, however he continued to play in the VFL for Brisbane. In round 13 of the 2023 season, he kicked a career-best 4 goals against Sydney. [3]
Christian Fagan (born 23 June 1961) [2] is an Australian rules football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL), where he won the premiership in 2024. [3]
He played 18 games in 2023, including a grand final appearance in Brisbane's loss against Collingwood, in which he scored a goal. Robertson again extended his contract at the conclusion of the 2023 season, penning a two-year extension to the end of the 2025 season, ending speculation that he would seek a trade to a Western Australian club.
His father Marcus Ashcroft, is a three-time AFL premiership player who competed in 318 games for the Brisbane Bears/Lions over the course of his 15-year professional career. [5] His great uncle is former Melbourne Demons player John Townsend , who was part of their 1964 premiership team.
He finished the year with a career-high, and Brisbane Lions record, 85 goals and averaged 8.5 marks and 16 disposals per game. His 19 Brownlow Medal votes placed him fourth overall and he concluded the year with his third consecutive best and fairest medal, second All-Australian selection and the AFLPA Best Captain Award.