After a slow start Brisbane has piled on the goals for a second straight week to record a 47-point victory at Manuka Oval on Sunday afternoon. 

After kicking 11 goals in a 49-point win over Fremantle seven days earlier, the Lions went goalless in the opening term before running riot to beat the GIANTS 10.7 (67) to 3.2 (20).

Greta Bodey kicked two goals, while Ally Anderson (18 touches) and Tahlia Hickie had big influences, but it was reigning League best and fairest Emily Bates that turned the tide with 20 disposals and two goals.

The GIANTS kicked the first two goals and held an 11-point lead at quarter-time with ferocious intensity, but the Lions flipped the game on its head with four unanswered goals in the second term.

From the opening centre bounce after the first change, Cathy Svarc stormed to half-forward and hit Courtney Hodder on the chest, where the Lions livewire was able to kick her team's first goal in her 25th career game.

The visitors never looked back.

Brisbane's intensity first matched, then exceeded, the GIANTS, as they began to dominate contested ball and racked up a whopping 24 tackles inside 50 to show their desire.

Following Hodder's opener, Orla O'Dwyer kicked one from long range, set up one for Jesse Wardlaw minutes later, and when Greta Bodey snapped truly late in the half, the Lions had established a handy buffer.

They kicked four more goals in the third quarter – including two to Bates – as their power running came to the fore.

Nat Grider was fantastic in defence, firstly holding the tide back when the GIANTS had the ascendency and then influencing when Brisbane got on top.

Captain Bre Koenen took the responsibility of handling GIANTS sharpshooter Cora Staunton, restricting her to five goalless disposals.

Alyce Parker was fantastic on a losing team, racking up 27 tireless disposals and one goal.

Up Next

Both teams have local derbies next weekend, with Brisbane out to start its season with three straight wins when it takes on Gold Coast at the Gabba, while the GIANTS face Sydney at the SCG. 

GIANTS                                       2.0       2.0       3.0       3.2 (20)
BRISBANE                               0.1       4.4       8.7       10.7 (67)

GOALS

GIANTS: Doyle, Zreika, Parker
Brisbane: Bodey 2, Bates 2, Hodder, Wardlaw, O'Dwyer, R.Svarc, Ellenger, Farquharson

BEST 

GIANTS: Parker, Dalton, Eva, Evans
Brisbane: Bates, Grider, Anderson, Dawes, Hickie, Koenen

INJURIES 

GIANTS: Randall (knee)
Brisbane: Nil

Reports: Nil