The Merger That Never Got Across The Line

It was a defining moment in football history; Fitzroy, seemingly in its death throes, with a host of people within football lining up to see how they might benefit. Peter Ker examines how the Lions of Fitzroy became attached to Brisbane and not North Melbourne. TWO players from Victoria's football heartland have played pivotal roles in the Brisbane Lions premierships in the past two seasons. Chris Johnson and Jonathan Brown are pivotal players at either end of the ground for the Lions, and for that the clu

Telly Fishin'

1 TODAY AFL HAWTHORN are recent big improvers but I'm tipping that when they get to the Gabba to take on Brisbane Lions they are going to discover they need to improve a whole lot more to become genuine premiership contenders. The Lions would be filthy about going all the way across the cou

Clock Watching

It does not rate on the Richter scale of life-changing experiences but one of the most amazing events in my travels, not so long ago, was strapping myself in for a Virgin Blue flight from Melbourne to Brisbane when, five minutes before our scheduled departure, the aircraft began moving from the gate. We were airborne a few minutes later.