The third game on Sunday for AFL Round 22 is between Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs. 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 Western Bulldogs.
WHERE AND WHEN: Gabba, 4:40pm AEST Sunday, August 25, 2013
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Opening odds comparison:
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| Brisbane Lions | 1.53 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 1.55 | 1.53 | 1.54 |
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Western Bulldogs
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2.50 | 2.45 | 2.50 | 2.45 | 2.50 | 2.40 |
Preview:
The last game of round 22 is between Brisbane and the Western Bulldogs, 4.40pm at the Gabba on Sunday. This looks like a close match to finish off the weekend, with
the Lions slight favourites to take home the points. Both of these teams are actually in pretty good form at the moment, with Brisbane winning six of their past nine
games and the Bulldogs winning four of their last seven. The home ground advantage could be important here for the Lions.
Teams:
Brisbane Lions: 
B: Elliot Yeo, Joel Patfull, Mitch Golby
HB: Ryan Harwood, Matt Maguire, Jed Adcock
C: Sam Mayes, Tom Rockliff, Sam Docherty
HF: Pearce Hanley, Brent Staker, Dayne Zorko
F: Ashley McGrath, Daniel Merrett, Josh Green
Foll: Matthew Leuenberger, Jack Redden, Daniel Rich
I/C: Ryan Lester, Andrew Raines, Rohan Bewick, Jordan Lisle, Jesse O’Brien, Jack Crisp, Marco Paparone
In: J.Lisle, J.O’Brien, J.Crisp, M.Paparone
Out: S.Black (suspension)
Western Bulldogs: 
B: Liam Picken, Mark Austin, Dale Morris
HB: Mitch Wallis, Jordan Roughead, Robert Murphy
C: Daniel Cross, Tom Liberatore, Adam Cooney
HF: Koby Stevens, Tom Campbell, Luke Dahlhaus
F: Jarrad Grant, Tory Dickson, Daniel Giansiracusa
Foll: Will Minson, Ryan Griffen, Matthew Boyd
I/C: Dylan Addison, Jason Tutt, Tom Young, Easton Wood, Lachie Hunter, Jack Macrae, Liam Jones
In: J.Tutt, L.Jones, J.Macrae
Out: –
Coup will hinder coach search: Lions boss
Besieged Brisbane Lions chairman Angus Johnson believes a boardroom coup led by AFL great Leigh Matthews will only make the task of appointing Michael Voss’ replacement harder.
Johnson admitted he was surprised when Brisbane directors Paul Williams and Mick Power revealed on Wednesday they had recruited Matthews for a rival ticket and demanded he stand down.
Johnson said the pair were unhappy because he had “botched” the recruitment of former Sydney premiership-winning coach Paul Roos.
Four-time premiership-winning coach Matthews, Williams and Power had hoped to launch a fresh push for Roos – but they will have to wait until December’s annual general meeting to complete their coup.
The Lions board met on Wednesday to discuss the formation of a coaching selection panel to be headed by Hawthorn’s three-time premiership player and ex-coach Peter Schwab.
But Johnson said the panel now faced an even more difficult task due to the boardroom unrest.
“It is not going to make it any easier,” he said.
“I would be a fool to suggest this event this morning isn’t going to have a destabilising impact on our club.
“But I have the full support of the directors other than two of them, the management is still in place – we have very capable people here.”
Asked if he expected to defeat a Matthews-led ticket in December, Johnson said: “This isn’t a popularity contest.
“It is about our members making a judgement call on how this board has run the club over the last two and a half years.”
Johnson urged the Lions faithful to take a deep breath as they approached life without Voss.
But he admitted he may come to regret his call last week that members can “kick me out” if they did not agree with how they handled Voss’ dumping.
“I would just like Paul and Mick to let the dust settle, reflect on what’s happened and let’s see what happens over the coming weeks,” he said.
“I am hopeful that everyone will act in the best interests of our fantastic football club.
“(But) if the members want to kick me out then they have that opportunity at the AGM.”
However, Johnson said he was “extremely happy” with how he had handled his talks with Roos and claimed the board had unanimously agreed to ditch Voss despite not having locked up a replacement.
“Paul Williams moved the resolution that we would not offer Michael another contract and it was unanimously supported,” he said.
When he refused to stand down after being challenged, Johnson said he asked Williams and Power whether they wanted to resign but they declined.
“I was a little surprised by that,” Johnson said.