Brisbane Lions Lowdown

🦁 Footy might’ve taken a breather this week, but the Brisbane Lions certainly didn’t — and neither did Ash. 🦁 Between injury news dropping at random hours, contract whispers circling, academy results rolling in, and a few unexpected shocks out of training, there was zero chance of a quiet episode. 🦁 In this week’s Lions Lowdown, Ash dives into all the stories that shaped the bye week: from one...

🏉 Round 2 had a bit of everything — shocks, statement wins, last-minute swings and a couple of moments the wider AFL world will be talking about all week. 🏉 In this full-throttle wrap, Ash takes you game-by-game through the round, unpacking the big moments that shaped each contest and the little ones you might’ve missed. The votes are in, the big takeaways are sharp, and the Team of the Week is...

🏉 Round 1 is in the books, and The Footy Lowdown is serving up a double-sized episode packed with chaos, comebacks, controversy and a ladder that already looks nothing like it did seven days ago. 🏉 Ash breaks down every match of the round — the shocks, the steamrollings, the fade-outs and the freakish individual performances — plus the young guns who stole the spotlight, the teams already wobbli...

🏉 Ash takes a deep dive into one of the most dramatic chapters in Brisbane Lions history — the Voss era. What began as a bold, almost unprecedented coaching appointment quickly spiralled into a whirlwind of aggressive trades, emotional departures, and high-stakes gambles that reshaped the club forever. 🏉 From the headline-grabbing arrival of Brendan Fevola to the fallout that followed, from loya...

🦁 This week’s Lions Lowdown walks a strange little tightrope between frustration, honesty, and a few surprising silver linings. 🦁 From rumours of a Fitzroy-inspired treat, to a battered Brisbane lineup, to a performance that raised more eyebrows off the field than on it, this episode digs into the night that just… never quite felt like Brisbane. 🦁 We unpack the chaos, the context, the commentar...

It’s been one of those weeks in footy — the kind where the headlines won’t slow down, the phones don’t stop buzzing, and every second person suddenly thinks they’ve cracked the code on what’s “really” happening at your club. In this Thursday night edition of Footy Lowdown, Ash sorts through the chaos with his usual mix of sharp analysis, side-eye at the overreactions, and a few grounded truths the...

🦁 Injury shocks. 🦁 Tribunal fallout. 🦁 Contract rumours. 🦁 It’s been one of those weeks at the Lions — and Ash has plenty to say about what really matters, what definitely doesn’t, and what might change everything. 🦁 Just… don’t expect all the answers straight away.

🏉 Prepare for a rare, unbroken, long-form deep dive into one of the most seismic chapters in Australian sport. 🏉 A story of ambition, secrecy, power, and the fallout that reshaped a club — and the league around it. 🏉 Across this forensic documentary, we trace the meteoric rise of James Hird, the vision that set Essendon on a bold new path, and the chain of decisions that would ultimately unrave...

🏉 Opening Round is done and dusted — but the early clues for the 2026 AFL season are already starting to emerge. 🏉 In this episode of Footy Lowdown, Ash breaks down every match from the opening slate, unpacking the tactics, momentum swings and trends that shaped the first five games of the year. 🏉 There’s also a look at standout individual performances, the emergence of several exciting young p...

🦁 The 2026 season began under the brightest lights — a packed Gabba, a premiership flag rising into the Brisbane night, and a crowd expecting another chapter of Lions dominance. 🦁 But footy rarely follows the script. 🦁 In this episode of Lions Lowdown, Ash breaks down an Opening Round that had just about everything: early momentum swings, moments where the Lions looked every bit the reigning po...

🦁 The 2026 season starts with a Saturday night at the Gabba… but this one carries a little more weight than just Opening Round. 🦁 A milestone match. 🦁 New faces in new colours. 🦁 Old rivalries in familiar places. 🦁 Ash breaks down the numbers, the matchups, the tactics, and the small details that might decide whether the premiers begin their defence the right way — or whether the Bulldogs hav...

🏉 The 2026 AFL season opens with five massive clashes — and even bigger questions. 🏉 In this round-by-round analysis, Ash breaks down everything that matters (and a few things that probably shouldn’t) heading into Opening Round: shock debutants, surprise late injury clouds, tactical mismatches, club-by-club chaos, and the kind of storylines that only March footy can produce. 🏉 From Sydney’s sta...

A legend has left us, and today’s episode becomes something different: a walk through the life of Dennis Cometti, the commentator who turned football into theatre. Part tribute, part history, part reflection — and a reminder of why his voice will echo long after the final siren.

🏉 This week, Ash unpacks the wild rise and sudden death of the VFL’s infamous 10-Year Rule — a loophole, a gamble, a controversy, and a turning point the league never saw coming. 🏉 Was it genius? 🏉 Was it madness? 🏉 And why does its shadow still linger over today’s AFL? 🏉 Hit play to decide for yourself.

G’day footy fans — Ash is in the house with the first episode of a bigger, busier addition to the Lowdown universe. This week: pre-season shake-ups, off-season retirements, early-round dramas, and a few eyebrow-raising moves that might just set the tone for the season ahead. From league-wide transfers to club-by-club previews, nothing is quite as simple as it seems. Injuries, suspensions, hype, an...

🦁 Ash is back with a pre-season review that somehow manages to be part analysis, part therapy, part rant and part celebration. 🦁 A key Lion goes under the knife, an undermanned side puts on a statement win, a couple of Suns lose the plot, and the media tries (again) to stir a fire that just won’t catch. 🦁 There’s passion, there’s honesty… and maybe a little chaos. 🦁 Why? 🦁 You’ll see!

🦁 Ash returns with a full sweep of the week in Lions land — from a throwback-style State of Origin clash to a match simulation that revealed more than the scoreboard ever could.  🦁 In this episode, he breaks down how Brisbane’s stars fared on the rep stage, what really stood out in the Carlton hit-out, and which young Lions might be pushing their way into the early-season conversation. 🦁 There’...

🦁 Ash is back with a full breakdown of Brisbane’s first intra-club hit-out — or at least, as full a breakdown as you can get when half the intel comes from sharp eyes, sideline murmurs and those mysterious “usually reliable” sources that always appear this time of year. 🦁 In this episode, he unpacks the early standouts behind the ball, the surprise positional experiments, the midfield mix taking...

🏏 In Episode 8 of  Weird World of Cricket , Ash dives head-first into one of the most politically charged and morally complex chapters the game has ever known. 🏏 From South Africa’s expulsion from world cricket in the early 1970s, through the shadowy rebel tours of the 1980s, and finally to the nation’s long-awaited return, this episode explores a period where cricket, money, politics and consci...

🦁 Ash returns with a bang as one casual comment from Chris Fagan sparks one of the most bizarre off-season blow-ups in recent memory.  🦁 What should’ve been a simple update on Zac Bailey suddenly turns into a full-blown St Kilda meltdown, complete with CEOs firing shots, former stars demanding apologies, and some truly creative interpretations of “academies.” 🦁 In this episode, Ash breaks down...

🦁 Ash kicks off 2026 with a fresh channel, a fresh feel, and a deep dive into one of the most passionate debates in Lions land: the ultimate Brisbane Lions premiership 23.  🦁 After running a series of fiery Facebook polls, listeners helped build a full side chosen strictly by where each player lined up on grand final day — a rule that created surprises, arguments, and more than a few head-s...

🏏 Ash is back with another stroll into the strange, nostalgic and wonderfully unpredictable corners of cricket.  🏏 This week, instead of naming an all-time XI like so many listeners demanded, he zigs where others zag — building an XI made up of the players who shaped his school years of the 80s and early 90s. 🏏 There are rules (of course), a few surprising omissions, and some choices that...

🏏 Ash is back with episode 6 of  Weird World of Cricket , and with the Ashes done and dusted, it’s time to unveil the  Team of the Series .  🏏 With Australia taking the urn 4–1, Ash breaks down a quirky summer where reputations rose, fell, and floated somewhere in between — making selection tougher than ever.  🏏 Three Aussies were absolute certainties, and the rest… well, th...

G’day cricket tragics!  Ash is back with Episode 5 of  Weird World of Cricket  — and this week we’re diving into the fascinating (and slightly chaotic) club of players who represented two nations at international level. It’s been a spicy few weeks in world cricket, media madness on both sides, and… has Kerry O’Keeffe officially peaked? Ash has thoughts — and wants you...

G’day Lions fans — Ash here, back (barely) from a busted shoulder. But enough about the injury report — let’s talk footy. 🦁 In this season finale, I wrap up everything that’s happened across the Lions’ men’s and women’s programs since I was last on air. From draft hauls and list changes to big contract calls, AFLW trade moves, and a history-making draftee, it’s been a massive few weeks on and off...