Senior Jarrod Berry (2016-)

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Dylan12 said:


So Jarrod admitted the lads weren't switched on from the start, lacked energy and had an eye on next week's clash with Collingwood.

I think many suspected that this was the case, so disappointing that one of our leaders admitted as much.

Pretty much the definition of getting ahead of yourself.
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Probably better that they admit it though, rather than just sweep it under the rug.
If they have realised their mistake and talked about it, then they will be better for it.
 
Jarrod Berry has left no doubt over his belief Brisbane is bound for success by signing a bumper long-term deal with the club.
Berry’s four-year extension, on top of his existing deal which did not expire until the end of next year, means he will be at the club until the end of 2024.

“I just believe in what we are doing. I believe in the staff, our players, our game plan and I think success is not too far around the corner,’’ he said.

“It was a no-brainer.’’



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Jarrod has now passed Lachie Neale (2023) as the player contracted for the longest period of time with his new deal taking him through until the end of 2024.
 
Science and luck: How the Lions' list has come together (Callum Twomey)
Brisbane's rise up the ladder has been borne from a mix of factors: a coach and football manager setting the plan and driving it; a development program that is well resourced and run; a productive Academy; a playing group that is young, close and committed and a recruiting team that has followed a clear strategy.

Of the Lions line-up that comprehensively beat Port Adelaide on the weekend, 10 of the players were drafted by recruiting manager Stephen Conole, who has steered the club's recruiting division since 2012. Hugh McCluggage and Eric Hipwood would have boosted that number to 12 if not for injuries.

There has been some decisive recruiting calls that have shaped Brisbane's rise into third place.

The year previous saw them take a bigger risk. They completed a deal with the Giants, giving up pick 2, 31, 51 and 60 in exchange for GWS' picks three and 16. The Lions rated McCluggage at No.1 and would have taken him with the first pick in the draft. At pick No.2, they knew they'd get one of him or Andy McGrath. Moving back to pick three meant there was a risk they would miss out on both, but they were willing to take that gamble to add another first-round pick.

That McCluggage got through to their selection was the Lions' hope that came true. If McGrath and McCluggage had been the top-two selected (instead of McGrath and Tim Taranto), the Lions would have grabbed Ben Ainsworth at pick No.3 (he went the following selection to Gold Coast at No.4).

The second-part of the deal was where the Lions really had their fingers crossed. Their best-case scenario was McCluggage's close friend and schoolmate Jarrod Berry being available. Brisbane thought West Coast, which held pick No.13, could grab him but instead chose Daniel Venables, leaving the Lions to take Berry.

There was some science behind 'coupling' close friends together at the club, dating back to Geelong Falcons pair Darcy Gardiner and Lewis Taylor in 2013, but there was also some luck. If Berry had been off the board, the Lions might have gone with Venables, Will Hayward or just snapped up Alex Witherden earlier (they picked him at No.23 but rated him highly).

But the strategy in focusing on prospects from the country, who will have to move to forge an AFL career, was a strong starting point.
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Very happy to see his game last night and is building at the right time. Still strongly believe that he is going to turn into an elite player. Playing his role but is definitely showing what he will become. Can’t seperate my man love for him and Hugh and neither should I.
 
Captain's call: Your club's next skipper and a left-field choice
Next in line:
It'll be a tight call with Jarrod Berry also in the frame, but Harris Andrews (pictured below) is the man. Already the vice-captain, Andrews is 22 and will be in the prime of his career when Zorko finishes up – and still have a long tenure in front of him. Andrews is known as 'dad' around the club, a nod to his maturity and the respect among his peers.
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Brisbane Lions’ Berry brothers open up on family tragedy
He’s just woken up and checks his phone. No messages. Jarrod Berry is telling himself not to worry but something doesn’t feel right.

His brothers have left for school already and his dad has gone to the hospital to visit his mum. He’s home sick from school but makes himself some eggs for breakfast and checks his phone again, still nothing. Now something feels really wrong.

Jarrod, then 14, had woken up to a text message from his mum, Jedda, every morning for months. He knew his mum’s years-long breast cancer diagnosis was slowly taking over her body, rendering her weak and in pain but she’d always managed to bounce back. No matter how unwell she was, she always sent him that message. Go for a run, she’d write from her hospital bed. Wash the dishes. Help your father. Be there for your brothers. Dream big. Be who you were born to be.

She knew he needed that push to help him become the champion footballer he wanted to be — and who he is today with the Brisbane Lions. They were daily reminders to work hard and make something of himself. He relied on those bursts of motivation more than she probably knew. But on this particular day — July 31, 2013 — that message never arrived.

Instead, his dad, Troy, and brothers, Joel and Thomas, walk through the front doors of their home in Horsham, Victoria and his stomach flips. He knows what’s coming. Troy gently breaks the news that their mum — the woman who was their inspiration, who took them to footy practice, stitched together their first AFL jerseys and who they worshipped — had died.

Their carefree childhood had vanished along with life as they knew it. But on that July day, the three brothers and their dad made a promise to each other. They pledged to always put family first; to look out for each other, be there for one another and, above all, to make their mum proud.
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Jarrod never seems comfortable doing those videos....love him to bits but I think he needs a bit of training on how to speak ie look at the person who asks the question, head up, look at the camera etc..
 
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