{"id":569377,"date":"2026-03-28T05:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/569377\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T05:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:56:10","slug":"brisbane-lions-lose-darcy-gardiner-and-noah-answerth-to-injury-in-win-over-st-kilda-saints-dayne-zorko-frustrated-with-jumper-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/569377\/","title":{"rendered":"Brisbane Lions lose Darcy Gardiner and Noah Answerth to injury in win over St Kilda Saints; Dayne Zorko frustrated with jumper clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brisbane<\/a> has put together 30 minutes of their best football to slay St Kilda<\/a>, proving that the reigning premiers are still the team to beat. <\/p>\n

The Lions trailed early in the fourth quarter and faced the possibility of a 0-3 start to the season, before putting the foot down with six consecutive goals to win 17.11. (113) to 11.14. (80).<\/p>\n

The final margin did not reflect how tight the game was for three and a half quarters.<\/p>\n

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\"Kai<\/p>\n

Kai Lohmann (left) and Charlie Cameron of the Lions celebrate.\u00a0AFL Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Saints were certainly up for the fight, but when the game was there to be won, the class gap revealed itself.<\/p>\n

One big issue throughout the game was a clear jumper clash between the two sides.<\/p>\n

Brisbane opted to wear a Fitzroy inspired guernsey, but the dark colours were far too similar to St Kilda’s home kit.<\/p>\n

Commentators struggled early, with SEN’s Gerard Whateley pointing out the issues players were having in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the game, Brisbane star Dayne Zorko expressed his frustration with the clash.<\/p>\n

“We’ll start with the jumper clash, I don’t know how they’ve approved that,” Zorko told 3AW.<\/p>\n

“God, it was \u2026 everyone was coming off going ‘we just don’t know who to kick it to’.<\/p>\n

“Thankfully we had the white shorts on and as the game slowed up and opened up a bit, you could identify.<\/p>\n

“But when it was hot, I tell you what, it was difficult.”<\/p>\n

\"Cam<\/p>\n

The jumper clash was clear on Saturday afternoon.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Brisbane’s first win of the season came at a cost however, losing two defenders to injury.<\/p>\n

Noah Answerth suffered a concussion in the third quarter, copping a knee to the back of the head as young Saint Alix Tauru flew high to take a big mark inside 50.<\/p>\n

Then in the final term, key defender Darcy Gardiner collided with St Kilda forward Liam Ryan as both players attacked the footy.<\/p>\n

They met shoulder to shoulder at speed, with the Lion coming off second best, dislocating his shoulder.<\/p>\n

It’s a horror setback for Gardiner and Brisbane, who are already without captain Harris Andrews due to suspension and Jack Payne remains sidelined with a knee issue.<\/p>\n

Still, Gardiner’s contest helped win the ball back for the Lions, leading to a goal down the other end of the ground.<\/p>\n

It was part of a flood of late scoring that led to the 33-point victory.<\/p>\n

“They’ve blown them out of the water here Brisbane,” Richmond great Jack Riewoldt told Fox Footy in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

\"Darcy<\/p>\n

Darcy Gardiner of the Lions gets help from medical staff.\u00a0AFL Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n

“They’ve dominated this contest in the last quarter.”<\/p>\n

Jarrod Berry and Will Ashcroft led the way in the midfield for the Lions, winning 31 and 29 disposals respectively. Lachie Neale had a quiet afternoon, tagged out of the game by Saint Riley Garcia.<\/p>\n

Brisbane had a plethora of players finish with a pair of goals, including Oscar Allen, Cam Rayner, Kai Lohmann, Zac Bailey, Charlie Cameron and Logan Morris; highlighting the firepower they boast. <\/p>\n

Liam Ryan and Cooper Sharman combined for six goals for St Kilda, while Jack Sinclair and Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera led the way with 29 disposals each.<\/p>\n

The Saints have now dropped winnable games to Collingwood, Melbourne and the Lions, hitting their bye with a 1-4 record.<\/p>\n

Brisbane meanwhile hosts Collingwood at the Gabba on Easter Thursday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane has put together 30 minutes of their best football to slay St Kilda, proving that the reigning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-569377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569377","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=569377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}