Jonathan Brown, Brisbane Lions, has been charged with a first offence for being engaged in a melee during the first quarter of the round nine match between the Brisbane Lions and North Melbourne, played at Etihad Stadium on Sunday May 27, 2012.
In summary, he can accept an $1200 sanction with an early plea.
A first offence for being engaged in a melee is a $1600 sanction. An early plea reduces the penalty by 25 per cent to a $1200 sanction.
After a slow start to the season, there are signs captain Jonathan Brown is returning to his best. In the past fortnight he has kicked seven goals and taken 26 grabs. In his 100th match as captain of the Lions - joining Michael Voss and Roger Merrett - Brown will come up against one of the great modern era full-backs in Darren Glass. Their match-up will be both intriguing and vital to the outcome.
Having tasted success in only one AFL final as skipper - a stirring win over Carlton at the Gabba in 2009 - Brown says he has some unfinished business to attend to.
"At this stage of my career, I just want the club to get back to experiencing some sort of success and get back to playing finals.
"It's one step at the time at the moment . . . (but) I enjoy passing on some knowledge and experience to the younger fellas to help them in their development.
"It's an important phase that I'm in now and that the club is in, and I enjoy that role."
...we need his strength of character for others to see and grow with..
Well before he'd played 100 AFL games as a bustling young Lion, Jonathan Brown was an accomplished triple premiership player.
Now entering his 100th match as Brisbane captain, Brown admits any dreams of a fourth are unrealistic and making finals can't be contemplated for a while yet.
There in highlights the feast-then-famine career of one of the game's best power forwards and proudest clubmen.
"It's probably been a rough 100 games but there's been a few highlights along the way."
Even when he first arrived in Queensland as a teenager back in 2000, you could tell that Jonathan Brown would eventually be groomed into a future leader of the Brisbane Lions.
Brown had the privilege of serving under some of the absolute greats during his development years - including Leigh Matthews, Michael Voss, Alastair Lynch, Justin Leppitsch, Nigel Lappin, Marcus Ashcroft and the Scott brothers. No young player could have been afforded a better footballing apprenticeship.
Most Years as Captain
10 - Michael Voss (Lions), 1997-2006
8 - Kevin Murray (Fitzroy), 1963-64 and 1967-72
7 - Roger Merrett (Bears), 1990-96
6 - Jack Worrall (Fitzroy), 1886-87 and 1889-92
6 - Fred Hughson (Fitzroy), 1942-47
6 - Allan Ruthven (Fitzroy), 1948 and 1950-54
6 - Paul Roos (Fitzroy), 1988-90 and 1992-94
6 - Jonathan Brown (Lions), 2007-2012
5 - John Murphy (Fitzroy), 1973-77
JONATHAN Brown rates his West Coast opposite Darren Glass as one of the best defenders of the modern era and can't wait to renew their long-standing rivalry at the Gabba on Sunday.
Glass, 31, and Brown, 30, first squared off in the under-18 national championships in 1999 for Western Australia and Victoria respectively.
Since then they have forged spectacular careers at either end of the ground - and on opposite sides of the country.
Glass is a three-time All Australian fullback and premiership player, while Brown is universally regarded as one of the most dominant and courageous forwards of the past 25 years.
Sounds like they are pumping them out so we can draft in 2020
Kylie just announced this morning on Twitter that JB and herself are expecting in Late November! Congrats!
Fingers crossed for a healthy boy!
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"He gives 100 per cent to every-thing he does and the talk of him hanging up the boots is ridiculous," Staker said, referring to claims Brown had to either retire or curb his aggression at the ball so as not to risk further serious injury.
"He might be 30 years old but in his mind he still thinks he's a 25-year-old, and he certainly trains like one. He gives so much as captain of the club and he's one of the all-time greats here, so he'll always be owed something.
"As players, the best thing we could give him is to win games and get to the finals. That's the best way to repay these sort of guys."
