The Western Bulldogs have smashed pre-season premiers Brisbane in a stunning round-one upset.
Lions coach Michael Voss walks out to his players after their loss. Picture: George Salpigtidis. Source: Herald Sun
THE BRISBANE Lions looked like a team with a massive NAB Cup hangover when they lost by 68 points to the Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium yesterday.
The listless Lions failed to score in the opening quarter, conceding six goals before Brent Moloney opened their account early in the second quarter.
Coach Michael Voss said his team had been "side-swiped", dropping the intensity it displayed throughout the pre-season.
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"It shows you Round 1, the season itself, it's brutal and you can never take your eye off the ball," Voss said.
"We have to make sure that every contest we come to, we're absolutely 100 per cent ready for, physically and mentally.
"What happened in pre-season was a reward, but once that happens it's gone."
Voss said the Dogs, who went into the match as one of the tips for the wooden spoon, deserved "complete credit to the way they went about it".
"They kept us under pressure for the whole (game). We couldn't win it at the contest and our centre-square bounce was a major issue.
"We couldn't get the ball back off them, either.
The Lions may also lose a couple of players ahead of Saturday's match against Adelaide. Defender Matt Maguire limped off early in the third term with a sore left shin, the same leg he broke in 2007.
Minutes later Pearce Hanley was reported for rough conduct when he clattered into Daniel Giansiracusa in a clumsy attempt to spoil.
Brisbane's biggest names were unusually quiet. Daniel Rich, who won the Michael Tuck Medal as the best afield in the pre-season grand final, was kept to just eight disposals by Bulldogs tagger Nick Lower and had no influence on the game. Co-captain Jonathan Brown (one goal) was well held by young full-back Jordan Roughead.
Tom Rockliff was the Lions' only clear winner, while Moloney and small defender Mitch Golby tried hard.
The Bulldogs had winners all over the ground, led by captain Bob Murphy, ruckman Will Minson, Daniel Giansiracusa and Ryan Griffen. Arguably the standout performance came from 29-year-old debutant Brett Goodes, who this time last year was working as the club's player development officer.
"We're pretty proud of Brett the person, to be honest, what he offers our club on and off the field has just been terrific," Bulldogs coach Brendan McCartney said.
Goodes, the younger brother of Swans champion Adam Goodes, had 24 possessions and said he felt he belonged at AFL level.
He said he believed AFL clubs had made a mistake by not drafting him before now.
"I was probably ready at the age of 22-23," Goodes said. "Before that I don't think I was, I was probably lazy and didn't work hard."
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