The third game on Saturday for AFL Round 15 is between Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns. The match is to be played at Gabba with the opening bounce set to commence at 4:40pm local time with home team Brisbane Lions currently holding favouritism in the market. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns.
WHERE AND WHEN: Gabba, Saturday 6 July, 4:40pm
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Opening odds comparison:
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| Brisbane Lions | 1.46 | 1.48 | 1.51 | 1.48 | 1.46 | 1.48 |
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Gold Coast Suns
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2.65 | 2.65 | 2.55 | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.70 |
Preview:
The Brisbane Lions play the Gold Coast Suns on Saturday, 4.40pm at the GABBA. This local derby could be interesting, with the Suns continuing to grow as the season progresses. Saying that, however, the Lions will be expected to win here, with the home ground advantage and both Jonathan Brown and Simon Black playing well. The Suns could offer good value for punters though, with the Lions likely to be down in confidence after their loss to Hawthorn last week and Michael Voss continuing to feel the pressure of a disappointing season.
Teams:
Brisbane Lions:
B: Mitch Golby, Matt Maguire, Joel Patfull
HB: Daniel Merrett, Justin Clarke, Jed Adcock
C: Pearce Hanley, Brent Moloney, Rohan Bewick
HF: Dayne Zorko, Jonathan Brown, Tom Rockliff
F: Ashley McGrath, Brent Staker, Josh Green
Foll: Matthew Leuenberger, Jack Redden, Daniel Rich
Int: Ryan Lester, Andrew Raines, Ryan Harwood, Sam Mayes
Emerg: James Polkinghorne, Jordan Lisle, Elliot Yeo
In: D.Merrett, A.Raines, R.Bewick, J.Green, S.Mayes
Out: J.Polkinghorne, J.Lisle, E.Yeo, S.Docherty (back), S.Black (groin)
Gold Coast Suns: 
B: Trent McKenzie, Sam Day, Joel Wilkinson
HB: Greg Broughton, Rory Thompson, Tom Murphy
C: Matt Shaw, Gary Ablett, Danny Stanley
HF: Jarrod Harbrow, Steven May, Aaron Hall
F: Campbell Brown, Daniel Gorringe, Timmy Sumner
Foll: Tom Nicholls, David Swallow, Jaeger O’Meara
Int: Harley Bennell, Andrew Boston, Luke Russell, Dion Prestia
Emerg: Sebastian Tape, Maverick Weller, Matthew Warnock
In: L.Russell, H.Bennell
Out: M.Weller, K.Hunt (calf)
Brown welcomes Lions’ AFL funding boost
News of a potential $1.5 million funding boost that looks set to secure Brisbane coach Michael Voss does not surprise Lions co-captain Jonathan Brown – but he is amazed that it has not happened sooner.
Brown on Wednesday welcomed reports that the Lions would benefit from extra funding in 2014 under new AFL equalisation measures to be announced at the end of the season – money that looks set to boost recruitment and Voss’ Brisbane coaching tenure.
However, the triple premiership player seemed taken aback that the AFL had taken so long to help the “football outpost”.
“We are a small market team so it is hard for us to compete against teams like Collingwood – the AFL is aware of that now,” he said.
“If Vossy moves forward it would be good to have a few more resources for him – development is so important these days.
“I know the club is working towards that but they have certainly been hamstrung by the finances in the previous few years.
“We have had some good management and we are starting to dig ourselves out of a hole.”
The funding boost is not only set to extend Voss’ coaching career at the club for another two years but place them in the running for some of the biggest off-contract stars, including Hawthorn’s Lance Franklin.
However, Brown looked forward to the prospect of the Lions finally having the capacity to pay the full $9.632 million salary cap next year rather than speculate on potential signings.
“It’s all speculation at the moment but we need the Brisbane Lions to be paying 100 per cent of the salary cap,” he said.
“It is already hard enough to retain players up here because we are a bit of a football outpost.
“We need more resources to match it with the bigger clubs but I think that is an AFL issue.
“The divide is becoming greater and greater between what the big clubs spend and the smaller clubs in the football departments.
“Hopefully that is an area that will be addressed fairly soon.”
Brown threw his support behind the retention of Voss who had endured calls for his head during a rollercoaster 2013 season.
The Lions (14th; 4-9 record) will line up against rapidly improving rivals Gold Coast (13th; 5-8) at the Gabba on Saturday.
“At the end of the day they (Voss’ re-signing) is a board decisions but I think he has done a really good job as coach,” Brown said.
“We started a fair way back a couple of years ago but a lot of the younger players are coming along.
“There is a pretty exciting future. We’ve had a couple of big scalps this year but unfortunately we have been inconsistent – but I think Vossy has done a good job.”