Matt MacGuire was staring down the end of his AFL career seven months ago after his former club St Kilda delisted him, stranded on 99 games. The ‘Goose’ had been one of the most important players in the Saints line up for many years, and had it not been for a horrible run of injuries,

MELBOURNE may hold the cards to disgruntled St Kilda midfielder Luke Ball’s future if he decides to nominate for the national AFL or pre-season draft. It is understood the Brisbane Lions have entered the race for the fallen former Saints captain, who fell out of favour last season after twice being dropped to VFL affiliate

Western Bulldogs forward Jason Akermanis has once again gotten up the nose of his old club, Brisbane Lions, by making provocative comments in the media

They love hard-at-it midfielders at Brisbane, and Daniel Rich will continue that tradition. Touted as a possible number one draft pick for much of 2008, the Lions couldn’t believe their luck when Rich was still available at pick seven. Rich already has two senior premierships to his name with Subiaco in the WAFL. His key

Despite being 198cm tall, McCulloch is a very agile footballer with good endurance. While he mainly played key position and in the ruck for Tasmania during the 2008 U18 carnival, he also spent some time on the wing. Has clean skills at ground level but needs to work on his contested marking. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnIQtXEVTt

This Tasmanian footballer came into draft week with big raps, having played as an underage player with the AIS/AFL Academy and regularly performing well in representative footy. Has played VFL football with the Tassie Devils and at 192cm and 84kg could see AFL action in 2009. Brisbane will probably look to use him as a

The redhead was snapped up with Brisbane’s third-round selection after strong performances for WA and Swan Districts. Has a turn of pace which he sometimes uses to great effect, and is capable of breaking games open with his running through the lines. Banfield is also happy in contested situations and features tidy foot skills. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp_Jwdwft

A slip of the tongue showed the coaching caper was still a little new to rookie Brisbane Lions mentor Michael Voss