This video is going to be re-uploaded on the 1st Of June, 2010. Sorry Guys for the low quality. My Internet is very slow right now. Not even the Full highlights! EPIC FAIL! If anyone out there has the Code for WM recorder 14.1 or 11 , Please give it to me for more AFL highlights!
FOUR second half goals by Brendan Fevola have sparked the Brisbane Lions' season back to life with a gutsy eight-point win over Collingwood at the Gabba on Saturday night.
After being almost anonymous in the first-half with just three touches, Fevola sprung into action with two goals in the third term and two in the last to help the Lions snap a five-game losing streak.
They won 13.10 (88) to 11.14 (80), denying the Magpies the chance to move to equal top with Geelong.
Collingwood led at every change, and by as much as 20 points in the third quarter until they were overrun by the home team's four-goals-to-two final term.
In his 250th game, Luke Power was magnificent for the victors, finishing with 35 possessions and sending the home fans into raptures with a goal at the 10-minute mark of the last quarter that gave the Lions their first lead in the match.
Fevola then took a mark in the square to kick his third and sealed the win in the final minutes with a miraculous pick-up and right foot snap from 40m.
The Lions had many heroes with Daniel Rich (28 possessions, seven clearances) an inspiration in the middle of the ground and captain Jonathan Brown (four goals) a headache all night for the Magpies.
But it was Fevola's cameo that proved the difference, with two goals late in the third quarter, including an overhead bicycle kick, bringing the margin back to just three points with a quarter to go.
The Lions played a bolder, more aggressive brand of football than in recent weeks, with great use of the centre corridor - and it paid dividends.
Coach Michael Voss said it was a huge win in the context of the season after the five successive losses.
"It was certainly a big game for us," he said.
"We had momentum at the start of the year, but we had intervention in that Melbourne game; they were too good for us, and we have been struggling to find our feet since.
"For us to keep persisting and believing was important. To get the win is a big one in the context of the season.
"Slowly over the last couple of weeks we were seeing signs that we were turning the corner but we didn't get the result.
"Tonight we got reward for effort. Some of the things they have put in place have come to the fore for us."
Youngster Tom Rockliff gave plenty of run, with his 30 possessions telling, and Voss praised him, Rich and fellow youngsters Tom Collier, Jack Redden and James Hawksley.
Simon Black and Travis Johnstone were also excellent for the Lions, while Joel Patfull was a pillar in defence.
For the Magpies, Dale Thomas never stopped trying with 34 touches, while Scott Pendelbury (33) and Dane Swan (28) also had plenty of the ball.
Veteran defender Simon Prestigiacomo had blanketed Fevola in the first half, but Magpies coach Mick Malthouse moved him to cover the dangerous Brown and the former Blue took advantage after the main break when skipper Nick Maxwell was his new marker.
Coach Mick Malthouse paid credit to the Lions but said his forwards were "terrible" and the Magpies simply did not get enough of the ball.
""We got the ball inside fifty 54 times; so the ball is in there, you've just got to score," he said.
"When you've got Brown as the captain and Black the Brownlow medallist and all the other accolades that they both deserve, they're always going to grab a hold of their blokes and take them over the line.
"As I said to the players before the game, they've got too much pride."
Collingwood jumped to a 13-point quarter-time lead with Alan Didak kicking two clever goals, but Rich matched it with two of his own to keep the hosts in the contest. The Pies led by 15 points at the long break, but the Lions surged back into the contest in the third quarter.
Brisbane Lions 4.4 6.6 9.8 13.10 (88)
Collingwood 6.5 8.9 9.11 11.14 (80)
GOALS
Brisbane Lions: Fevola 4, Brown 4, Rich 2, Banfield 2, Power
Collingwood: Didak 2, Dawes 2, Sidebottom 2, Thomas, Pendlebury, O'Brien, Jolly, Anthony
BEST
Brisbane Lions: Power, Rich, Black, Brown, Patfull, Johnstone
Collingwood: Thomas, Pendlebury, Didak, Prestigiacomo, Swan, Sidebottom
INJURIES
Brisbane Lions: Nil
Collingwood: Nil
Reports: Nil
Umpires: Stevic, Stewart, Pannell
Official crowd: 34,239 at the Gabba
The views expressed in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of the AFL or its clubs
Or you could go to the AFL website and watch the whole thing in 720p. You have to select a quarter at a time, and also choose your quality settings for 720p. Its a 2GB download if you watch the whole thing
mstrelan 1 year ago
@mstrelan Can't afford 2gb of downloads, with only 20gb per month.
chandlerjoBL 1 year ago
i was there we should have won
luketuskes 1 year ago
@luketuskes It was just because Collingwood were playing Shit Football. Go Lions!
chandlerjoBL 1 year ago 2
GO THE LIONS!!!
ItsDemBoys 1 year ago 2
@ItsDemBoys YEAH! GO LIONS!
chandlerjoBL 1 year ago