\n Oscar Allen is officially a Brisbane Lion.\n <\/p>\n
Oscar Allen is officially a Brisbane Lion.<\/p>\n
The former West Coast Co-Captain joined the Club as a restricted free agent on Wednesday after the Eagles elected not to match Brisbane\u2019s free agency offer.<\/p>\n
Allen follows former Essendon ruckman Sam Draper as the second star to become a Lion via the 2025 Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old key forward, who was the Eagles leading goal kicker and runner-up best and fairest in 2023, is set to boost the Lions attack.<\/p>\n
Brisbane Lions List Manager, Dom Ambrogio said Allen\u2019s arrival at Brighton Homes Arena was exciting for the Club.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very pleased to welcome Oscar to the Brisbane Lions and look forward to seeing him get back to his best in 2026,\u201d Ambrogio said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOscar is a talented player who we see bolstering our forward line, and as a former captain he adds further leadership experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo have secured Oscar and Sam Draper this trade period is a great result and we see both players really strengthening our list.\u201d<\/p>\n
Allen requested a trade to the Brisbane Lions after 105 games across eight seasons with the Eagles.<\/p>\n
During that time, the 195-centimetre forward booted 151 goals, including a career-best 53 in the 2023 season.<\/p>\n
Now the West Australian local, who was drafted from Whitford and West Perth, is excited for a fresh start in Queensland as a Lions player.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m ecstatic about the opportunity to contribute to a really special group,\u201d Allen said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy partner Lorna and I are incredibly excited to join the Brisbane Lions Football Club, and it will be an exciting adventure for us moving forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve already received an amazing amount of support from the Club, and we cannot wait to get to know the players and staff.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Club will advise of a media opportunity with Allen when available in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar Allen is officially a Brisbane Lion. Oscar Allen is officially a Brisbane Lion. The former West Coast…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-197500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}