Previous to 2016 Brisbane had a horror run at the draft table, but from the selection of Hugh McCluggage and Jarrod Berry the tables have turned.

Cam Rayner then joined the club with pick 1 in 2017, and the Lions have made every post a winner with their academy selections as well.

These are the players who joined the club that have formed the nucleus of the 2024 & 2025 premiership sides. 

This is Episode 3 of Return of the Pride. 

Previous to 2016 Brisbane had a horror run at the draft table, but from the selection of Hugh McCluggage and Jarrod Berry the tables have turned.
Cam Rayner then joined the club with pick 1 in 2017, and the Lions have made every post a winner with their academy selections as well.
These are the players who joined the club that have formed the nucleus of the 2024 &amp; 2025 premiership sides.&nbsp;
This is Episode 3 of Return of the Pride.&nbsp;

Welcome to Return of the Pride.

Josh Gabelich and Michael Whiting from AFL.com.au, have explored how Brisbane hit rock bottom on-field and off-field, how they recovered from the disaster that was the go-home five to climb off the canvas and go back-to-back under the oldest coach in VFL/AFL history.

Across six episodes, we will unpack the major appointments in this rebuild and how those key people arrived in Brisbane. We will dissect the crucial list decisions and hear from the people behind those calls, before revealing how many of the key trades actually transpired.

Over the course pre-season, we have spoken to more than 50 people inside the Brisbane Lions and across the AFL industry, from Greg Swann to Chris Fagan, from Luke Hodge to Dom Ambrogio, from Paul Connors to Alastair Clarkson, from Jonathan Brown to Eddie McGuire and many of the 2024 and 2025 premiership teams to find out how another dynasty was built in Brisbane.

Welcome to Return of the Pride.
Josh Gabelich and Michael Whiting from AFL.com.au, have explored how Brisbane hit rock bottom on-field and off-field, how they recovered from the disaster that was the go-home five to climb off the canvas and go back-to-back under the oldest coach in VFL/AFL history.
Across six episodes, we will unpack the major appointments in this rebuild and how those key people arrived in Brisbane. We will dissect the crucial list decisions and hear from the people behind those calls, before revealing how many of the key trades actually transpired.
Over the course pre-season, we have spoken to more than 50 people inside the Brisbane Lions and across the AFL industry, from Greg Swann to Chris Fagan, from Luke Hodge to Dom Ambrogio, from Paul Connors to Alastair Clarkson, from Jonathan Brown to Eddie McGuire and many of the 2024 and 2025 premiership teams to find out how another dynasty was built in Brisbane.

Return of the Pride

Return of the Pride tracks the incredible rise of the Brisbane Lions from the depths of despair in the mid-2010s as players left the club en masse, to the rapid rise in the 2020s to become a powerhouse of the competition culminating in back-to-back premierships.

AFL.com.au's Josh Gabelich and Michael Whiting sit down with all the key figures from Chris Fagan to Greg Swann to members of the playing group and more to chart the club's ascent to football glory.

Return of the Pride tracks the incredible rise of the Brisbane Lions from the depths of despair in the mid-2010s as players left the club en masse, to the rapid rise in the 2020s to become a powerhouse of the competition culminating in back-to-back premierships.
AFL.com.au's Josh Gabelich and Michael Whiting sit down with all the key figures from Chris Fagan to Greg Swann to members of the playing group and more to chart the club's ascent to football glory.