Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nAt halftime GWS led by six points but they came out firing after the main break, scoring 14 goals to none to lead 145 to 56 at three quarter time. <\/p>\n
The Giants scored 86 points in the third term, setting a new record for the highest scoring third quarter in the history of the AFL. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey are no better than witches hats at the moment. They\u2019ve sit back and let their game fall apart. This is unbelievable. It\u2019s just been an avalanche,\u201d Gerard Healy said on Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s frightening. I can\u2019t believe what I\u2019m seeing. This is an amazing performance by the orange. The Lions will look at this on replay and they won\u2019t believe what they\u2019re putting out. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s just no urgency, no desperation, they\u2019re getting slaughtered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIs there a mercy rule? (Brisbane is) stunned at the present time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cameron Mooney added: \u201cThis is an extraordinary quarter of football from both teams. What we\u2019re seeing from the Giants is just magical to watch. What we\u2019re seeing from the Lions is horrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n
Logan Morris ended the GWS run early in the fourth, but any late Lions resistance mattered little as the Giants got their season back on track with a resounding 26.10 (166) to 13.10 (88) victory at Engie Stadium.<\/p>\n
The Giants eclipsed their previous highest ever score of 162 points, with Toby Greene and Jake Stringer both kicking bags of five goals.<\/p>\n
The result puts GWS 12th on the ladder and in touching distance of the wildcard round zone of 7th to 10th on the table. The Giants made finals in coach Adam Kingsley\u2019s first three seasons in charge. <\/p>\n
The Lions have bounced back from heavy defeats in previous campaigns to go on to win the premiership, but the heavy defeat will raise questions over whether Brisbane can make it a premiership three-peat.<\/p>\n
Cam Mooney said: \u201cThis is the point of the season and you start to question have they got their hunger?<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t ready to write them off a few weeks ago but now you start to question, is the hunger there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lions great Alastair Lynch said Brisbane might look to write off the loss as a mulligan.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo years ago in Canberra it was a similar situation. Got belted by GWS by 54 points in Round 8 and only lost three games for the remainder of the year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat may come up during the week.\u201d<\/p>\n
– With NewsWire<\/p>\n
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