Brisbane Lions Football Club

And tell us who you've styled your game on.

I'd say Brisbane Lions, Logan Morris or Hawthorne, Jack Gunston are probably some similar players who I play like.

I'll do.

Yeah.

And tell us who you've styled your game on.

I'd say Brisbane Lions, Logan Morris or Hawthorne, Jack Gunston are probably some similar players who I play like.

I'll do.

Yeah.

If we really want to start off the top of the show with some contract news though.

So Brisbane has locked away Connor McKenna, Darcy Fort, Lincoln McCarthy to new deals.

Connor McKenna probably the big one in that group given His future was somewhat up in the air as he was considering his options whether to continue in the AFL, but has re-signed on a two-year deal as well.

And that kind of just shores up another list spot for the reigning premiers.

And then we know Darcy Ford, he kind of came out of nowhere, filled in in the 2024 flag for Oscar McInerney through injury, and he just stayed in the side throughout.

So he's got another two-year deal.

And then Lincoln McCarthy, probably the unlucky one out of the Brisbane Lions.

organization to miss out on flags, but he's going to hang around for one more year and maybe for his sake, he might actually taste some success.

The first game in WA, Fremantle and the Dogs adopt the stadium.

Then Friday, the opener at the MCG, Hawthorne and Brisbane at the MCG, the Richmond Carlton game.

Well, we talked about that quite a bit.

Is Richmond worthy of opening the season, blockbuster status? Well, in the end, Richmond fans have kind of got what they wanted anyway.

Then Thursday night, Fremantle and the Dogs.

And then Friday night, Hawthorne.

and Brisbane.

As I've talked about quite a bit in this program, I don't think Richmond deserve to be the team that opens the season.

I think it has to be the biggest rivalry in the women's game, doesn't it? I

always thought it was us and Brisbane.

But I think you're right.

It's pretty close.

If it's not the best, it would be the second or third and it would be Adelaide and Brisbane or us and Brisbane that were ahead of it.

I think

from a nostalgic point of view, you've got to go to Melbourne and Bulldogs just because of the history that's there.

Yeah,

Thursday night, we'll see Fremantle host the Western Bulldogs in Perth.

And then on Friday night here in Melbourne, Hawthorne takes on three-time reigning premiers Brisbane in a preliminary final rematch at the MCG.

So a blockbuster start.

Same umpires.

So that's not happening.

I mean, they are going head to head, but it's not the first one in Melbourne of the season.

The reigning premiers, of course, Brisbane, beginning their quest for a fourth consecutive flag, taking on Hawthorne at the G.

It doesn't get much better than that one.

It begins on Wednesday March 17 with Sydney hosting Geelong at the SCG before Fremantle hosts the Bulldogs in Perth the following night.

There will be four games at the MCG starting with triple reigning premiers Brisbane against Hawthorne in a preliminary final rematch on the Friday.

Collingwood women's coach Sam Wright will follow captain Ruby Slicer in departing the club.

Wright is stepping down after a disastrous season for the Magpies with just one win from 11 matches.

So the AFL certainly has a sense of theatre.

adelaide squares off with brisbane to open the round at adelaide oval called the crows of course went after zach bailey during 2026 and weren't able to land him and brisbane ended adelaide season at the gabba in a final and then of course to close gather round port adelaide square off with the bulldogs again at adelaide oval the bulldogs went after zach butters and did land him there'll be a bit involved in those games Thought two is how the Eagles and Dockers fared in gather round in the breakdown.

The Eagles are still off Broadway, but they're at least in Adelaide scheduled to play Richmond at Norwood Oval.

The parade, which is a great little suburban ground on the Saturday afternoon.

Shut up.

Friday, Hawthorne versus Brisbane.

That'll be a classic rematch from the semifinal, the prelim final.

Prelim final, yeah.