Last Saturday, the Blues thrashed Brisbane by 76 points in a round-21 boilover that snapped the Lions' seven-game winning streak. In the same round last year Brisbane were trounced by Gold Coast by 66 points but still went on to win their second straight premiership. "There's always lessons in every game but you look back to last year and we had a bad loss against the Gold Coast Suns in a similar round. Brisbane, fourth-placed Adelaide, and sixth-placed Melbourne all have 52 premiership points and are one win ahead of seventh and eighth. After playing Hawthorn the Lions host Gold Coast before travelling to meet Collingwood ahead of the finals.