A strong recent home record will give the Brisbane Lions confidence as they host St Kilda. We’ll have live scores from 7.40pm AEST.
The Lions have not lost at the Gabba since Round 7 against Collingwood. Admittedly, two of the three wins in that span were against GWS and Melbourne.
The other, though, was an impressive win against the West Coast Eagles. Their recent form in general has also been better than what it was in the first third of the season.
They are now 13th on the ladder with six wins and finals are not completely out of the question.
For the Saints, this game will be seen as a must-win. They are in the eight, but only just.
There are four other teams below them with the same number of wins, meaning a slip up would very much undo what they achieved by beating Essendon last week. The chasing pack will be hoping the Lions are a banana skin for St Kilda.
Importantly, a loss would mean the Saints and Lions would sit on the same number of wins.
Last week the Lions traveled to the SCG to take on Sydney and went down by 47 points, while St Kilda got up against Essendon in a convincing 71-point win.
For the Lions, Pearce Hanley continued his remarkable run of form to register 34 disposals in the loss.
Stephen Milne finished with five goals, and Nick Riewoldt four, while Nick Dal Santo led the game in disposals with 27.
Simon Black returns for the Lions while debutant Sam Dunell comes in for Jack Steven at St Kilda.
zacbrygel
Roar Guru
It was a bit of a scrappy win for the Saints, and if they are to make the eight then they will need to lift their game a notch.
Dingo
Guest
Saints by 13 over the Lions. The final 10 minutes were where the game was really up for grabs and the Saints had the legs to get them over the line. For St Kilda, they keep their season alive, I'm not convinced that they will have much impact in September, but good luck to them. The Lions have much to be positive about for the future, their younger players are showing good signs and if they can play the rest of the season out with the enthusiasm they played with for most of the game tonight that will give them the a lot to look forward to come next season.
Dingo
Guest
Saints up by 1 point at 3qtr time. Reiwoldt having a game to forget, well held by Patfull, not Drummond as I said before. Lions aren't capitalising on their entries into forward fifty. Costly? hope not.
Dingo
Guest
There must be a glitch in the system. Because these scores are for Geelong v Collingwood. Half time at the Gabba and the Lions lead by 10 points. This game is living up to my expectations, it has been pretty intense. Brisbane are playing like a team on a mission and not really allowing the Saints to get the ball into their forward line effectively. Riewoldt's influence has been nullified by Drummond and Milne hasn't been able to have much impact either. To their credit the Saints are only down by 10 points