Charlie Cameron’s career-high seven objectives have helped Brisbane make it three AFL wins on the bounce, beating GWS by 21 factors at Manuka Oval.
The Lions by no means regarded like shedding Saturday’s match however struggled to shake off the gallant Giants in transferring to 4-2 for the season, with red-hot livewire Cameron making it 17 objectives in his previous three outings.
None was extra particular than an audacious mid-air flick extra resembling a soccer striker than an Australian guidelines small ahead, whereas he slotted three objectives within the third time period when the Lions assembled a match-winning 41-point lead.
“He’s a real opportunist, he’s had some opportunities the last few weeks and he’s made the most of them,” Brisbane coach Chris Fagan stated.
“When his pressure is up, he tends to score and that’s been the case the last few weeks. That’s key to his game.
“If he is nonetheless doing these one percenters, the opposite issues simply appear to fall into place for him … he was a reasonably vital participant tonight I might have thought.”
But the Giants (2-4) never quit and maintained their record of competitive games under new coach Adam Kingsley, the 21-point margin the biggest differential in any of their six games this year.
Xavier O’Halloran came into the contest with six career goals in 34 games but found a remarkable three in the first half alone, including two long bombs from outside 50, while four majors from goalsneak Brent Daniels helped them always stay in touch.
“It’s the place it’s worthwhile to begin – effort and intent and angle … that is firstclass,” Kingsley stated.
“I do know a man goes to combat to the tip, no matter what the scoreboard is telling us.
“(Brisbane) keep asking questions of your defence, and that’s why they’re so good and why they’re one of the favourites to win the premiership … if you make a minor error, they punish it, if you’re not quite on positionally, they punish it.”
It continued a poor run for GWS at their secondary residence, now losers of their previous eight begins at Manuka Oval.
They obtained a mixed 79 touches from prime movers Josh Kelly and Stephen Coniglio, whereas Daniel Rich starred for the Lions with 27 touches in his quarter-back function.
Having steadied themselves from a 1-2 begin and firmly entered top-four discussions, Fagan stated issues had been monitoring in addition to might be anticipated for his Lions.
“The only poor performance we’ve really had this year was against Port Adelaide in round one … by our own standards we played pretty poorly,” he stated.
“Since then, our one loss has been against the Western Bulldogs at Marvel stadium, their form has been pretty solid, they’ve beaten some good teams.
“Our final 4 weeks have been fairly stable.”
The loss was further soured for the Giants with an injury blow for All-Australian defender Sam Taylor, who left the game in the third quarter with a suspected hamstring tear.
And Adam Kennedy joined him in the casualty ward just minutes after entering as a substitute, hurting his knee after copping a bump from Brisbane speedster Keidean Coleman.
GWS veteran Callan Ward would possibly get some match evaluate officer scrutiny for a sling sort out on Lachie Neale, though replays advised the Lions star might have contributed to his head hitting the floor.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
