Jonathan Brown Biography

The Brisbane Lions head into the 2008 AFL season with four players sharing the captaincy role including Jonathan Brown, Luke Power, Simon Black and Nigel Lappin.

"Prior to 2007 we decided that a multiple co-captains model would be preferred to the singular captaincy system and it worked really well in practice, so this model will continue in 2008," Lions coach Leigh Matthews said.

The AFL decides not to penalise Jonathan Brown for his comments regarding Hawks forward Lance Franklin's head-high contact with Crow Michael Doughty.

Brown was critical of the rough conduct report, describing the incident as "like a fly hitting his head" while putting himself under scrutiny due to the fact that club officials and players are not permitted to comment on cases put before the match review panel.

"We accept that Jonathan Brown's comments were not intended to influence or affect the outcome of the Franklin case and no sanction will apply," AFL football operations manager Adrian Anderson said.

Brisbane captain Jonathan Brown says he is hungrier than ever and happy he stuck with the Lions despite offers to move to Victoria.

Brisbane Lions captain Jonathan Brown is likely to play his first game this year in the NAB Challenge match against Melbourne this Friday night.

Lion king Jonathan Brown has got his "bounce back" and will make his 2009 debut in Cairns tomorrow night.

He was wooed by Carlton at the end of last season but Brisbane captain Jonathan Brown now wants to bury the Blues on Saturday night.

A charge of rough conduct against captain Jonathan Brown compounded the Brisbane Lions' miserable night at Etihad Stadium.

Video replays would have been useless for the controversial Jonathan Brown goal that hit the post, the AFL said yesterday.

Carlton players were adamant the ball ricocheted off the post on Saturday, despite being called a goal.

But the AFL's umpiring department refused to label it an error and a long AFL review yesterday failed to provide an answer.

The Lions coach will seek clarity from the AFL about tactics used to quell Jonathan Brown and Daniel Bradshaw during Brisbane's loss to Collingwood.

"I'll seek that out with Jeff (Gieschen) during the week exactly what they can do for my own piece of mind and just to let Braddy and Browny know what can happen," he said.

"We'll pull the vision off and send it off and make contact with Jeff during the week."

Brisbane Lions captain Jonathan Brown has called on his teammates to take the game on rather than be dictated by the opposition.

"We’re a good side when we really take the game on, force it forward and go to contests in the forward line. That’s probably the message going forward," Brown said.

Brisbane Lions captain Jonathan Brown wishes Richmond star Matthew Richardson a speedy recovery, but is relieved the big Tiger won't be prowling around the MCG on Saturday against the Lions.

"It's been an interesting one with Richmond considering their ladder position in the past few seasons and we know this weekend, even without Richardson, they'll be extremely tough," Brown said.

Daniel Bradshaw believes his record as the Lions all-time goalscorer will not last long.

Bradshaw broke Alastair Lynch's record but believes its only a matter of time before Jonathan Brown surpasses him.

"It's nice to pass the record, Lynchy was a bloke I looked up to, but I'm only baby-sitting it for Browny," he said.

Brisbane Lions captain Jonathan Brown says utility Jared Brennan is knocking on the door of the game's upper echelon.

"The second half of last year he was nearly our best and I think he has developed into a really good player in the AFL," Brown said.

"The reason we can say that now is because he has become very consistent and he is certainly our most versatile player. He can play anywhere on the ground.

"Week-in, week-out, he is producing, especially in crunch games. He stands up in the big games, which says a lot about him.

"He had been under a lot of pressure early in his career because he was a highly touted first-round draft pick and has started to hit his straps.

"He has been fantastic for us and hopefully we can keep him fit and firing, because we need him."

Five goals to Jonathan Brown and a stunning second half sinks the Hawks at Aurora Stadium in Launceston.

Brisbane Lions skipper Jonathan Brown says the older Lions have long memories when it comes to clashes against Port Adelaide.

"There's plenty of hatred between the Lions and Port Adelaide over the years," he said.

"They always seemed to be one-point and six-point games and there used to be plenty of animosity and physicality in those contests.

"We played in some finals and they beat us on the ultimate stage in 2004 and that was hard to stomach because that was the biggest rivalry at the time along with Collingwood.

"For myself and some of the older guys there's still plenty of passion against them."

Jonathan Brown says Barry Hall should play on, and that not only the Bulldogs will chase him.

"If he wants to keep playing, you would think there would be interest at the end of the season," Brown said.

"I am sure he still has some good football left in him and who knows after he has time now to walk away and clear his head, get over his niggles."

Jonathan Brown speaks about his decision to stay with Brisbane after significant offers from Collingwood to become a Magpie.

''To be honest it was a consideration,'' Brown said.

''You're probably trying to weigh up what you want to do for the rest of your life. It was more the lifestyle thing and where you wanted to be.

'In the end you weigh up the footy club and I decided this was where I wanted to be.''

A complaint by Brisbane on the treatment received by captain Jonathan Brown has resulted in head of umpires Jeff Gieschen sending an email to clubs informing them that umpires will closely monitor illegal, off-the-ball treatment of forwards for the rest of the season.

Brisbane Lions captain Jonathan Brown wants to atone for four years without finals action.

"Watching the finals the last four or five years has just hurt more and more," Brown said.

"To see the teams go out there and play and you almost thought it was your right to be out there playing in finals and grand finals.

"I'm glad that I can get back out and show some of my frustration on the weekend."

Brisbane Lions captain Jonathan Brown won the club's best and fairest count by one vote from a fast-finishing Simon Black to claim his third straight club champion award for the club.

Brisbane coach Michael Voss says gun recruit Brendan Fevola has recovered sufficiently from minor shoulder surgery over the pre-season and will be fit to play in the coming NAB Cup.

"Brendan can handle it fine. He's applied himself really well to his training. He loves to play and will certainly be putting his hand up, I'd have thought," Voss said.

Essendon defender Tayte Pears says it has been his intention to bulk up during this pre-season leading into 2010.

"It's been a big pre-season in the gym. I haven't wanted to put it all on at once, so I've put on a little bit and hopefully that helps this year," Pears said.

"My playing weight was around 89-90kg last year and I'm looking to play about 94 or 95kg this year."

Jonathan Brown says his brilliant goalkicking form can be put down to the work of his newest teammate, Brendan Fevola.

"He's just a really smart forward; he's easy to work with, you know where he's going to lead, and we're really enjoying it - enjoying working down there," Brown said.

"He's certainly given me a lot of space. He's working very hard defensively as well, getting tackles and giving off those goals."

Lions captain Jonathan Brown says that he misses former teammate Daniel Bradshaw but that Brisbane's decision to recruit Brendan Fevola and Sydney acquiring Bradshaw has benefited both clubs.

"Braddy's a close mate of mine so at the end of the day, I'm just happy he's playing good footy," Brown said.

"It's always disappointing to see a great player go and a great mate go, but … the players play and management manages. We go along with the decisions that have been made and it's worked out well for both clubs… that's the business of football."

Brisbane Lions coach Michael Voss admits Jonathan Brown should have been rested earlier instead of being played while suffering from an abdominal injury.

"We took a couple of weeks longer than what we perhaps should have, but we had to make the call on the information that was in front of us," Voss said.

"He made some ground that looked promising ... but then he hovered for a couple of weeks and because of that it clearly showed he needed a rest to be able to recover."

Brisbane Lions captain Jonathan Brown will play his 200th game against Essendon at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

"To get through with the one club and the club I love and grew up barracking for is significant," Brown said.

"I think my body has been able to show a fair bit of resilience over the last four years after a bad two or three-year patch where I missed a lot of games."