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Another accolade has been bestowed on the Brisbane Lions on the eve of their first battle to defend their premiership crown.
The Lions were named the Team of the Year (National Competition) at the prestigious Australian Sports Awards in Canberra last night.
Lions chairman Graeme Downie accepted the award on behalf of the club in front of the cream of the nation’s athletes and administrators.
The 16-game winning streak that took the Lions all the way to the 2001 premiership, and the manner in which they conducted themselves afterwards, helped them lift the award for the first time.
Coach Leigh Matthews was also honoured by being nominated for the Coach of the Year award, which extended not just nationally, but internationally. He missed out on the gong to tennis coach Darren Cahill, who helped steer Lleyton Hewitt to the pinnacle of the world circuit.