Rich pickings for Lions co-leader

Captaincy material? Midfielder Daniel Rich goes through his paces as the Brisbane Lions train at Coorparoo. Picture: Peter Wallis Source: The Courier-Mail

BRISBANE chairman Angus Johnson has added weight to Daniel Rich's chances of being named Lions co-captain by declaring he wants a "long-term" player installed alongside Jonathan Brown.

Brown last week stepped down from the sole captaincy duties with Rich, Daniel Merrett, Jed Adcock and Tom Rockliff the leading contenders.

Reigning best-and-fairest winner Joel Patfull is highly rated by the club's coaching staff and could emerge as a bolter for the role.

Players made nominations last week and the football department will narrow the field before making a recommendation to the board.

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 The contenders will be judged by criteria including their ability to have an influence on game day, work ethic and the ability to represent the club's values and standards on and off the field.

Johnson said the club was spoilt for choice but favoured a long-term prospect.

"I don't have any real pre-conceived ideas but I would have thought that the co-captain we are going to appoint would be someone who obviously has got quite a few years left at the club," Johnson told The Courier-Mail.

"We are a club that has a history of long-term captains so the sort of person I am looking for is a long-term player. We've got guys who could play the role of joint captain who are on the mature side and there's obviously guys like Daniel Rich and Tom Rockliff who are still young but they have a lot of experience and have played over 50 games each."

Senior coach Michael Voss was 21 when he was appointed Brisbane co-captain alongside Alastair Lynch in 1997. They served as a leadership duo for four years before Voss took sole control from 2001-2006.

Brown was co-captain in 2007 and 2008 and was sole captain for the next four years.

Voss will have a big say in who is appointed, as the new co-captain will essentially be serving an apprenticeship under Brown before the AFL superstar hangs up the boots in the coming years.
 

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