The first game on Sunday for AFL Round 2 is between Brisbane Lions and Geelong Cats. The match is to be played at Gabba with the opening bounce set to commence at 12.10pm with away team Geelong Cats currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Brisbane Lions and Geelong Cats.
Round: Round 2, Sunday March 30, 12.10pm
Stadium: Gabba
Weather: 30° Possible shower.
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Odds Comparison:
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| Brisbane Lions | 3.60 | 3.80 | 3.75 | 3.80 | 3.60 | 4.00 |
| Geelong Cats | 1.26 | 1.27 | 1.29 | 1.27 | 1.26 | 1.25 |
All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.
Preview:
Brisbane play Geelong on Sunday, 12.10pm at the GABBA. The Cats will be expected to win this one, with the Lions likely to continue their tough start to the 2014 season. New Lions coach Justin Leppitsch couldn’t have asked for a tougher two weeks, first having to tackle Hawthorn in round 1 and now the Cats in round 2.
Brisbane captain Jonathan Brown will have to do something special at home this round for the Lions to worry the Cats. Despite a pretty good losing performance against Hawthorn, the Lions are likely to struggle against an in-form Cats outfit. While the home ground advantage and mid-day kick-off time will favour Brisbane, they are minus suspended midfielder Tom Rockliff and look thin against Geelong.
Teams:
Brisbane Lions:
Backs: Golby Merrett Adcock
Half-backs: Patfull Clarke Lester
Centres: Mayes Rich Hanley
Half-forwards: Green West Paparone
Forwards: Redden Brown Bewick
Followers: Leuenberger Moloney Zorko
Interchange: From: Aish Crisp Robertson Lisle Taylor Close Paine
In: Lisle Bewick Paine Crisp Robertson
Out: Rockliff (suspended) Harwood (shoulder)
New: Nick Robertson, 18, West Perth (WAFL); Jackson Paine, 20, Collingwood;
Geelong Cats:
Backs: Hunt Taylor Rivers
Half-backs: Mackie Lonergan Guthrie
Centres: Kelly Caddy Enright
Half-forwards: Stokes Brown Duncan
Forwards: Varcoe Hawkins Johnson
Followers: McIntosh Bartel Selwood
Interchange: From: Blicavs Horlin-Smith Sheringham Simpson McCarthy Murdoch Walker
In: Sheringham Walker Horlin-Smith
Out: Nil
News:
They’ve proved they won’t be easybeats, but the Brisbane Lions are determined to improve their finishing touches to do more than just compete with the AFL’s big boys.
The Lions battled to be within two points of Hawthorn in the third term in Launceston on Saturday before being blown away to lose their season-opener by 48 points.
Attacking livewire Dayne Zorko lamented Brisbane’s inability to convert their chances – which included two 11-point turnarounds late in the third term when they missed set shots and the Hawks immediately goaled at the other end.
“There were a few little execution errors that Hawthorn capitalised on,” Zorko said on Monday.
“Being a premiership side, they really showed us how to use it moving forward.
“That’s an area (where) we lacked class, in the finish, especially the third quarter when we had opportunities.
“Only in that last quarter it fell away and opened up. I think there’s a lot of promising signs there.”
New coach Justin Leppitsch was proud of the performance but was left to lament the Hawks’ 25-point lead at the final change despite having the same number of scoring shots as his side.
One of Brisbane’s best players, with 28 touches against the Hawks, Zorko promised the Lions would again be up for another tough test against Geelong at the Gabba on Sunday.
While the Lions beat the Cats with a last-gasp Ash McGrath bomb at home last season and almost upset them away in the final round, he rated Geelong as strong as ever.
“I don’t think we’ll approach it any different from last week,” Zorko said. “Hopefully this week we can do it for four quarters instead of three.”