The Brisbane Lions have added one other two captains to the lengthy line of latest AFL skippers in 2023 naming Harris Andrews and Brownlow medallist Lachie Neale as co-captains for 2023.
They’ll take the reins from outgoing skipper Dayne Zorko who had captained the Lions since 2018.
Brisbane coach Chris Fagan mentioned on Tuesday there have been 5 candidates for the captaincy they usually had all been “grilled for an hour” with the ultimate determination confirmed on Wednesday.
“To be identified as the co-captain of this football club is really exciting and something that probably hasn’t sunk in yet, I am extremely proud of it when I look down at the names of those that have gone before me,” Andrews, a product of the Queensland pathway system, mentioned.
“To feel that I’ve got the trust of the playing group alongside Lachie and the coaching staff, just having that support there is really important.
“To me it gives me confidence to go out and play my game and also instruct the group and make sure we are going really well as a football club.”
Neale’s appointment comes a season after he practically left the membership however the 2020 Brownlow medallist confirmed his class by profitable the membership finest and fairest and a 3rd All-Australian blazer final season, lacking out on a second Brownlow by only a single vote.
The 29-year-old had a style of the captaincy final season as stand-in skipper in Round 17 conflict with Zorko and Andrews each unavailable.
“It is a massive honour and I am really humbled,” Neale mentioned.
“It sits right at the top I think, becoming co-captain of this great football club along with Harris is a special achievement and moment in my life and career.
“It is probably the first individual accomplishment or title I have had where you feel really proud and really excited in the moment.”
Gun midfielder Hugh McCluggage will function their vice-captain.
Brisbane joins Essendon, Collingwood, Geelong, Adelaide, North Melbourne, Hawthorn, GWS and Fremantle in appointing new captains for 2023.
Originally printed as Brisbane Lions appoint Lachie Neale and Harris Andrews as co-captains
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
