Coach Chris Fagan has hailed Brisbane’s resilience as they bounced wait on from a disappointing loss to Fremantle and a transient turnaround to beat a gutsy St Kilda by 21 aspects and enter the bye within the AFL high-two.
Saturday evening’s clash with the Saints teetered on the brink outdated to Brisbane kicked three of the final four targets to prevail 10.18 (78) to 8.9 (57) at the Gabba.
The victory got right here at a fee although, with skipper Dayne Zorko substituted out for Darcy Castle with a third-term hamstring hurt whereas Darcy Gardiner had treatment on his wait on/ribs and failed to whole the contest.
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“A really, correct advanced remove I reckon tonight,” Fagan said.
“Our kicking for goal did now not advantage us and we had been a diminutive bit unlucky with a couple of of these (rating) reviews.
“On the wait on of coming wait on on the red note final week, getting wait on to Brisbane at five o’clock on Monday morning.
“The draw the boys went about their work this week and the enhancements we made in issues delight in ratings in opposition to from stoppage, at the same time as you occur to’ve got simplest purchased five or six days to build it, they took that on board and I’m good so contented for them.
“In actual fact overjoyed with the crew tonight, I belief that used to be an real gutsy remove.”
St Kilda did brilliantly to fight out the game, with good two avid gamers on the bench within the final quarter.
They lost Mitchito Owens and Daniel McKenzie to concussion either facet of halftime, with substitute Jarrod Lienert replacing Owens at the principle destroy, whereas Zak Jones suffered a third-quarter hamstring hurt.
Lions stars Lachie Neale (37 disposals, 460 metres gained) and Hugh McCluggage (33 disposals, seven clearances) had been basically prolific.
Joe Daniher kicked three targets on his return and chic Keidean Coleman impressed.
Jack Sinclair (30 disposals), Brad Crouch (26 disposals, 10 tackles) and Jade Gresham (two targets) had been busy for St Kilda.
King booted the first two targets of the match, every from free kicks outdated to Brisbane purchased an unlikely gift leisurely within the first term.
Daniher goaled from open play and within the aftermath, amid a scuffle, Brad Crouch slung Charlie Cameron to the bottom by the neck.
Cameron used to be given a free kick straight in entrance of goal and he handed the Lions a quarter-time lead.
St Kilda pushed apart the frustration and led by 12 at halftime.
Brisbane gained the ascendancy as hurt hit the Saints, however the Lions’ inaccuracy injure because the game remained within the balance.
The AFL rating evaluate machine proved contentious, with McCluggage and Cam Rayner having targets chalked off within the third and fourth terms respectively.
Nonetheless neither affected the final result, as Brisbane kicked on from their three-level lead at the final substitute.
“I belief we tried however by the finish we good ran out of a diminutive bit of puff in that final quarter,” St Kilda coach Brett Ratten said.
“Nonetheless outdated to that we had been in and around the game.”