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7NEWS
5 hours ago
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Craig Hutchison shares idea to rebrand northern AFL derbies with new names
Channel 7 host Craig Hutchison has coined two new names for the northern AFL derbies in a bid to inspire fans and promote the game. Currently, Brisbane and Gold Coast play in the QClash, which has been the name since the Suns' inception in 2011. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Craig Hutchison coins new names for AFL derbies. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today The original name for the clash between Sydney and Greater Wester Sydney was The Battle of the Bridge, but that was abandoned and it's now simply referred to as the Sydney derby. The two other state-based clashes have successful names with WA's Western Derby and SA's Showdown both encapsulating the rivalries. Hutchison said it's time to bring new names for the two northern derbies. 'This is about brand in Sydney and Brisbane. It doesn't work. The QClash is ho-hum as a name, isn't it? It doesn't inspire you,' he said on The Agenda Setters. 'The Sydney Derby or the old Battle of the Bridge? 'Here it is. In Queensland, it's the Scorcher. That's the name. It's going to be on at the Scorcher on Saturday. Who's going to the Scorcher? Can't wait to get to the Scorcher. The heat's going to be on. 'And in Sydney, it's the grudge. There's been a grudge since they started. You can harbour a grudge.' Fellow panellists were immediately on board with the new names, in particular the clever use of 'harbour' for the Sydney clash. Kane Cornes said he 'liked it', while Caroline Wilson said Hutchison was 'selling it well'. Nick Riewoldt added: 'You are the great promoter.' The Grudge fits well for the Sydney derby with the genuine dislike between the two clubs. They have had a history of heated clashes on the field, while the rivalry has extended to social media with a number of barbs, mainly from the Giants' side, causing more friction. Hutchison's ideas quickly divided fans, with many in support and against it. 'Actually not the worst. Good work, Hutchy,' one fan said. 'Beats the hell out of the cringey rubbish that was Battle of the Bridge. My skin crawls whenever I hear it used!' Another said. 'Definitely spot on with both suggestions,' another added. Others backed the Grudge, but weren't on board with the Scorcher, and even threw up the Pinapple Grapple as an alternative. 'The Grudge isn't bad, but the Scorcher has to be one of the worst ideas in the history ideas,' one fan said. 'I do like the grudge match but the scorcher is woeful,' another said. There have been already been two northern derbies this year with all sides recording one victory. Sydney upset GWS in their earlier clash this year before the Giants turned the tables with an extraordinary comeback in last week's clash. The Giants kicked nine goals in a wild third quarter that came immediately after captain Toby Greene called Sydney antagonist Tom Papley 'overweight' in a wild half-time interview. The skipper was also suspended for one match for striking Isaac Heeney. Meanwhile, Gold Coast produced an equally emphatic performance to dominate Brisbane in a 66-point victory that came after losing 12 of the past 13 against their Queensland neighbours.
News.com.au
7 hours ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Lions coach Chris Fagan not about to tolerate another poor Brisbane display
Brisbane coach Chris Fagan says the Lions have 'no choice' but to bounce back from their shocking display against the Gold Coast Suns, warning he won't accept another poor performance in Saturday night's showdown with Collingwood at the MCG. The Lions were thrashed by 66 points by the Suns in last weekend's QClash, with Gold Coast's midfielders totally dominating their star-studded Brisbane counterparts. 'It was really good, honest review that we had about the Gold Coast game,' said Fagan, who added Brisbane's leadership group were heavily involved in the post-match wash-up. 'They recognised that we didn't play football in the manner that we like to play football. It was a bit of a near enough, good enough performance, and as it turned out, it was nowhere near good enough, so we need to fix that up, and the leaders are a big part of that. 'They were terrific in the review at identifying what went wrong.' While confident Brisbane's 'uncharacteristic' performance was a one-off, a stern Fagan won't tolerate a similarly slack display against the first-placed Magpies. 'Don't make it sound like it's something that happens every week. It hasn't. It's just a one-week thing – it better be a one-week thing,' he said. The Lions have the added incentive of trying to beat Collingwood for the first time in five matches between the clubs. 'They've really been able to get the game on their teams, they've been able to win (the) contest, own the corridor – they're probably the two main things. We haven't been able to stop them well enough in those situations,' Fagan said. Premiership-winning ruckman Darcy Fort is set to make his 50th AFL appearance this weekend; however, there are doubts that fellow big man Oscar McInerney will play as he battles form and fitness issues. 'I don't talk about the bodies of players in press conferences. That's giving away information to the opposition. That's probably a little bit unnecessary' Fagan said. 'You guys can look at that and judge.' Brisbane's bid for back-to-back premierships isn't being helped by injuries, with the Lions' depth being tested in the wake of Conor McKenna (hamstring) and Keidean Coleman (quad) this week joining a casualty list that already includes Kai Lohmann (calf) and long-term victims Jack Payne (knee), Noah Answerth (achilles tendon) and Linc McCarthy (knee). 'That's the journey of a football season. It's a marathon, and different things pop up at different times,' Fagan said. 'What it does is creates opportunities for others to come into the team and play well, and that's what happened last year. 'We had an injury crisis, and now that we identified some players that ended up being pretty good players for us, so we never look at those things negatively.'
The Advertiser
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Lions forced to 'face the music' before Magpies clash
Lachie Neale reckons it's sometimes best to quickly forget a bad performance. The Brisbane Lions' historic 66-point QClash loss to Gold Coast on Saturday was not one of those times. "We had to face the music," the co-captain and midfield general said on Monday of their match review. "Hard to watch ... embarrassing clips that's not usual for us. "It's good to see some of that … sometimes you can brush over it but, at this time of year, a performance like that wasn't acceptable." Having won 12 of their last 13 encounters, Neale and his midfield group had the tables turned on them by Gold Coast's engine room. Matt Rowell had a career-high 37 touches, only one more than Neale. But the Suns' ball-winner had 15 clearances to Neale's three, a statistic summing up what was the Suns' biggest defeat of the Lions. The two-time Brownlow Medal-winner said "something mentally wasn't quite right" but insisted that wouldn't be the case against Collingwood at the MCG on Saturday. "Hard to put your finger on it; perhaps we got a bit comfortable ... maybe not prepared to go to footy war, roll up your sleeves," Neale said of a loss that snapped a four-game winning streak. "A bit of a kick in the teeth an as a midfield group certainly lowered our colours. "It's a great time for us to play (Collingwood); if we can bounce back and play our best it's going to be a great game. "I wish we were playing Thursday, rather than Saturday." The Lions dipped to third with the loss and have a tricky finish to the regular season with games against the top-placed Magpies, Sydney, Fremantle and Hawthorn. A draw with North Melbourne leaves Brisbane one-and-a-half wins clear of the eighth-placed Dockers in a crowded ladder. "It's very cliche but if you do look at the ladder you can get in your own head and think, we might win this one and lost that one, or win that one," Neale said of his decision not to over-analyse the scenario. "We finished fifth last year and were able to make a run. "We'll try and win out from here. Go into every week with a plan to win. "We'll keep doing that and where we end up we probably deserve and we'll have earned our spot." Lachie Neale reckons it's sometimes best to quickly forget a bad performance. The Brisbane Lions' historic 66-point QClash loss to Gold Coast on Saturday was not one of those times. "We had to face the music," the co-captain and midfield general said on Monday of their match review. "Hard to watch ... embarrassing clips that's not usual for us. "It's good to see some of that … sometimes you can brush over it but, at this time of year, a performance like that wasn't acceptable." Having won 12 of their last 13 encounters, Neale and his midfield group had the tables turned on them by Gold Coast's engine room. Matt Rowell had a career-high 37 touches, only one more than Neale. But the Suns' ball-winner had 15 clearances to Neale's three, a statistic summing up what was the Suns' biggest defeat of the Lions. The two-time Brownlow Medal-winner said "something mentally wasn't quite right" but insisted that wouldn't be the case against Collingwood at the MCG on Saturday. "Hard to put your finger on it; perhaps we got a bit comfortable ... maybe not prepared to go to footy war, roll up your sleeves," Neale said of a loss that snapped a four-game winning streak. "A bit of a kick in the teeth an as a midfield group certainly lowered our colours. "It's a great time for us to play (Collingwood); if we can bounce back and play our best it's going to be a great game. "I wish we were playing Thursday, rather than Saturday." The Lions dipped to third with the loss and have a tricky finish to the regular season with games against the top-placed Magpies, Sydney, Fremantle and Hawthorn. A draw with North Melbourne leaves Brisbane one-and-a-half wins clear of the eighth-placed Dockers in a crowded ladder. "It's very cliche but if you do look at the ladder you can get in your own head and think, we might win this one and lost that one, or win that one," Neale said of his decision not to over-analyse the scenario. "We finished fifth last year and were able to make a run. "We'll try and win out from here. Go into every week with a plan to win. "We'll keep doing that and where we end up we probably deserve and we'll have earned our spot." Lachie Neale reckons it's sometimes best to quickly forget a bad performance. The Brisbane Lions' historic 66-point QClash loss to Gold Coast on Saturday was not one of those times. "We had to face the music," the co-captain and midfield general said on Monday of their match review. "Hard to watch ... embarrassing clips that's not usual for us. "It's good to see some of that … sometimes you can brush over it but, at this time of year, a performance like that wasn't acceptable." Having won 12 of their last 13 encounters, Neale and his midfield group had the tables turned on them by Gold Coast's engine room. Matt Rowell had a career-high 37 touches, only one more than Neale. But the Suns' ball-winner had 15 clearances to Neale's three, a statistic summing up what was the Suns' biggest defeat of the Lions. The two-time Brownlow Medal-winner said "something mentally wasn't quite right" but insisted that wouldn't be the case against Collingwood at the MCG on Saturday. "Hard to put your finger on it; perhaps we got a bit comfortable ... maybe not prepared to go to footy war, roll up your sleeves," Neale said of a loss that snapped a four-game winning streak. "A bit of a kick in the teeth an as a midfield group certainly lowered our colours. "It's a great time for us to play (Collingwood); if we can bounce back and play our best it's going to be a great game. "I wish we were playing Thursday, rather than Saturday." The Lions dipped to third with the loss and have a tricky finish to the regular season with games against the top-placed Magpies, Sydney, Fremantle and Hawthorn. A draw with North Melbourne leaves Brisbane one-and-a-half wins clear of the eighth-placed Dockers in a crowded ladder. "It's very cliche but if you do look at the ladder you can get in your own head and think, we might win this one and lost that one, or win that one," Neale said of his decision not to over-analyse the scenario. "We finished fifth last year and were able to make a run. "We'll try and win out from here. Go into every week with a plan to win. "We'll keep doing that and where we end up we probably deserve and we'll have earned our spot."
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Lions forced to 'face the music' before Magpies clash
Lachie Neale reckons it's sometimes best to quickly forget a bad performance. The Brisbane Lions' historic 66-point QClash loss to Gold Coast on Saturday was not one of those times. "We had to face the music," the co-captain and midfield general said on Monday of their match review. "Hard to watch ... embarrassing clips that's not usual for us. "It's good to see some of that … sometimes you can brush over it but, at this time of year, a performance like that wasn't acceptable." Having won 12 of their last 13 encounters, Neale and his midfield group had the tables turned on them by Gold Coast's engine room. Matt Rowell had a career-high 37 touches, only one more than Neale. But the Suns' ball-winner had 15 clearances to Neale's three, a statistic summing up what was the Suns' biggest defeat of the Lions. The two-time Brownlow Medal-winner said "something mentally wasn't quite right" but insisted that wouldn't be the case against Collingwood at the MCG on Saturday. "Hard to put your finger on it; perhaps we got a bit comfortable ... maybe not prepared to go to footy war, roll up your sleeves," Neale said of a loss that snapped a four-game winning streak. "A bit of a kick in the teeth an as a midfield group certainly lowered our colours. "It's a great time for us to play (Collingwood); if we can bounce back and play our best it's going to be a great game. "I wish we were playing Thursday, rather than Saturday." The Lions dipped to third with the loss and have a tricky finish to the regular season with games against the top-placed Magpies, Sydney, Fremantle and Hawthorn. A draw with North Melbourne leaves Brisbane one-and-a-half wins clear of the eighth-placed Dockers in a crowded ladder. "It's very cliche but if you do look at the ladder you can get in your own head and think, we might win this one and lost that one, or win that one," Neale said of his decision not to over-analyse the scenario. "We finished fifth last year and were able to make a run. "We'll try and win out from here. Go into every week with a plan to win. "We'll keep doing that and where we end up we probably deserve and we'll have earned our spot."
Perth Now
2 days ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
Lions forced to 'face the music' before Magpies clash
Lachie Neale reckons it's sometimes best to quickly forget a bad performance. The Brisbane Lions' historic 66-point QClash loss to Gold Coast on Saturday was not one of those times. "We had to face the music," the co-captain and midfield general said on Monday of their match review. "Hard to watch ... embarrassing clips that's not usual for us. "It's good to see some of that … sometimes you can brush over it but, at this time of year, a performance like that wasn't acceptable." Having won 12 of their last 13 encounters, Neale and his midfield group had the tables turned on them by Gold Coast's engine room. Matt Rowell had a career-high 37 touches, only one more than Neale. But the Suns' ball-winner had 15 clearances to Neale's three, a statistic summing up what was the Suns' biggest defeat of the Lions. The two-time Brownlow Medal-winner said "something mentally wasn't quite right" but insisted that wouldn't be the case against Collingwood at the MCG on Saturday. "Hard to put your finger on it; perhaps we got a bit comfortable ... maybe not prepared to go to footy war, roll up your sleeves," Neale said of a loss that snapped a four-game winning streak. "A bit of a kick in the teeth an as a midfield group certainly lowered our colours. "It's a great time for us to play (Collingwood); if we can bounce back and play our best it's going to be a great game. "I wish we were playing Thursday, rather than Saturday." The Lions dipped to third with the loss and have a tricky finish to the regular season with games against the top-placed Magpies, Sydney, Fremantle and Hawthorn. A draw with North Melbourne leaves Brisbane one-and-a-half wins clear of the eighth-placed Dockers in a crowded ladder. "It's very cliche but if you do look at the ladder you can get in your own head and think, we might win this one and lost that one, or win that one," Neale said of his decision not to over-analyse the scenario. "We finished fifth last year and were able to make a run. "We'll try and win out from here. Go into every week with a plan to win. "We'll keep doing that and where we end up we probably deserve and we'll have earned our spot."
