When you add a fierce football rivalry to a typical brother v brother rivalry you get something special. It is personal. Just ask Jarrod Berry.
When you add a fierce football rivalry to a typical brother v brother rivalry you get something special. It is personal. Just ask Jarrod Berry.
The 26-year-old Brisbane 140-gamer will play for the second time against 23-year-old brother Tom in Sunday night’s Qclash #26 against the Gold Coast Suns at the Gabba.
And on top of the must-win mentality of his entire side after a 2-5 start to the season Berry Snr has a personal want to win to regain family bragging rights.
While Jarrod won the only on-ground meeting between the pair at the Gabba in Round 10 last year, when the Lions won by 43 points, he surrendered bragging rights to a degree in the return match at Carrara in Round 20, when the Suns won by 41 points – even though Tom did not play.
So anything less than a Lions win this week will make for a dismal time for the older Berry.
The pair were teammates at the Lions from 2019-2022, when Tom played 20 games in nine separate stints in the AFL side – 12 times with his brother – before requesting a trade to the Suns in search of greater opportunity.
He played six games with the Suns last year prior to the dismissal of coach Stuart Dew but has played every game under new coach Damien Hardwick this year in the longest consecutive streak of his career.
While Tom, who never played for Brisbane against Gold Coast, is looking for his first Qclash win this week Jarrod has enjoyed an 8-2 win/loss record overall in games between the two Queensland clubs.
Originally from Horsham, 300km north-west of Melbourne, the Berry brothers are two of 16 Brisbane players who have had a family connection in the AFL, but they are the only brothers to have played against each other in a Qclash.
The other 14 boast a variety of connections as teammates, opponents and even supportive brothers from a different time. Who are they?
MARK & STEPHEN WILLIAMS
Mark Williams, the Brisbane Bears’ first official signing, played 201 AFL games with Collingwood and Brisbane and coached Port Adelaide in 273 games for a combined 237 wins, but two losses hold a special place in his heart – because he played with brother Stephen. They were in the Bears’ third and fourth games in 1987 – their first loss against St.Kilda at Moorabbin by 50 points and their first game at Carrara against Fitzroy, when they lost by 15 points. Stephen, three years younger, also played Rounds 20-21 in the club’s first season before returning to Adelaide but Mark missed both through injury.
DAVID WEARNE
David Wearne, originally from Coorparoo, played 18 games with the Brisbane Bears (1990-92) while older brother Stephen three games with Melbourne (1992) – but they never played against each other. David’s last game was Round 2 1992 before Stephen debuted in Round 13.
PETER WORSFOLD
Peter Worsfold played 31 games with Brisbane (1991-93) but lived in the shadow of John, who played 208 games with West Coast (1987-1998). Two years older, John was Eagles captain from 1991-98 and led his club to the flag in 1992 and 1994. But when they were opposed they couldn’t be split. It happened just once – in Round 5 1992 – when Brisbane youngster Ray Windsor kicked an after-the-siren goal to see the game at Carrara finish in a draw.
GILBERT McADAM
Gilbert played 111 games with St.Kilda (1991-93) and Brisbane (1994-96), and had a three-year crossover with brother Adrian, who played 25 games with North Melbourne (1993-95). They met twice for two Gilbert wins. Adrian kicked five goals in his 12th game in Round 17 1993 against St.Kilda at the MCG, when his side lost by 15 points, and they had kicked two goals apiece in Round 10 1994 at the Gabba, when Brisbane beat North by 27 points.
CLARK KEATING
Aaron Keating played only six games for Adelaide in 1997-98 while Clark, two years younger, played 139 games for Brisbane from 1996-2004, but they shared two special things. Aaron debuted at Football Park against Clark in Round 1 1997, blowing out his shoulder as the Crows won by six goals, and was the first member of the family to win a flag when, in just his third game, Adelaide beat StKilda by 31 points in the 1997 grand final. The brothers didn’t manage to cross paths again during Aaron’s last three games in 1998, but Aaron was on hand to see Clark play a key role in three consecutive flags with the Lions in 2001-02-03.
MICHAEL & BRETT VOSS
The Scott twins, a little unkindly nicknamed the ‘Kray brothers’ after the much-feared identical twins of the London criminal underworld of the 1950s and 1960s, played 361 games for Brisbane for an aggregate 212-5-144 win/loss record, including 21-5 finals, with Brad going 9-1 in September – 9-0 until the Lions lost the 2004 Grand Final.
This was a three-part career. Chris played 55 games with Brisbane before joining Hawthorn in 1997, after being injured after their original draft. Chris played all 22 games in his sole season in brown and gold, but he was out for both Hawthorn and Brisbane due to injury.
They were teammates from 1998 to 2006, when Brad retired. Chris, who had missed all of 2006 due to injuries, played the final two games of 2007 before retiring.
During their voyage, they played 96 games together, finishing 59-2-35. Chris played 59 solo games, going 36-23, while Brad played 50 solo games, going 27-23. The club only played without a Scott 12 times between 1998 and 2006, going 6-6.
Although they never won the Brownlow Medal together, they did have 20-plus possessions and seven goals in the same game. As the saying goes, ‘if one Scott didn’t get you, chances were the other did’.
They have faced off 15 times after coaching 557 games between them: Chris 316 at Geelong, Brad 211 at North Melbourne, and 30 at Essendon. Chris is up 10-5.
Daniel and Darren Bradshaw.
Darren Bradshaw, two years younger than his better famous brother Daniel, spent one year with the Lions in 2002, playing only one senior game. Mal Michael’s 100th AFL game was marked with a 63-point win over Richmond in Round 15 at the Gabba. Unfortunately, Daniel, who played 228 games for Brisbane from 1996 to 2009 before joining Sydney for nine games in 2010, missed his brother’s sole game due to a knee ailment.
TROY SELWOOD
The Scott twins, a little unkindly nicknamed the ‘Kray brothers’ after the much-feared identical twins of the London criminal underworld of the 1950s and 1960s, played 361 games for Brisbane for an aggregate 212-5-144 win/loss record, including 21-5 finals, with Brad going 9-1 in September – 9-0 until the Lions lost the 2004 Grand Final.
This was a three-part career. Chris played 55 games with Brisbane before joining Hawthorn in 1997, after being injured after their original draft. Chris played all 22 games in his sole season in brown and gold, but he was out for both Hawthorn and Brisbane due to injury.
They were teammates from 1998 to 2006, when Brad retired. Chris, who had missed all of 2006 due to injuries, played the final two games of 2007 before retiring.
During their voyage, they played 96 games together, finishing 59-2-35. Chris played 59 solo games, going 36-23, while Brad played 50 solo games, going 27-23. The club only played without a Scott 12 times between 1998 and 2006, going 6-6.
Although they never won the Brownlow Medal together, they did have 20-plus possessions and seven goals in the same game. As the saying goes, ‘if one Scott didn’t get you, chances were the other did’.
They have faced off 15 times after coaching 557 games between them: Chris 316 at Geelong, Brad 211 at North Melbourne, and 30 at Essendon. Chris is up 10-5.
Daniel and Darren Bradshaw.
Darren Bradshaw, two years younger than his better famous brother Daniel, spent one year with the Lions in 2002, playing only one senior game. Mal Michael’s 100th AFL game was marked with a 63-point win over Richmond in Round 15 at the Gabba. Unfortunately, Daniel, who played 228 games for Brisbane from 1996 to 2009 before joining Sydney for nine games in 2010, missed his brother’s sole game due to a knee ailment.
TROY SELWOOD
Troy Selwood, who played 75 games for Brisbane from 2005 to 2010 and turned 50 on Wednesday, is part of one of football’s most famous families. The sons of Bryce and Maree Selwood played an AFL record 786 games, including twin brother Adam (187 games at West Coast (2003-13), younger brothers Joel (355 games at Geelong 2007-22), and Scott (169 games at West Coast 2008-15 and Geelong 2016-19). However, Troy struggled in the face-to-face matchup. He was 0-4 versus Joel, however he did receive his one and only Brownlow Medal vote against him at the Gabba in 2007, was 1-4 against Adam, and never faced Scott despite a three-year overlap.
Xavier CLARKE
They qualified on the basis of Xavier’s one game with Brisbane against Melbourne at the Gabba in 2010, when he lasted only 15 minutes before suffering a hamstring injury. However, Xavier, who is now an assistant coach at North Melbourne following seven years with Damien Hardwick at Richmond, spent five years with younger brother Raphael at St.Kilda during his 105-game career there (2002-08). He shared 24 games and 17 wins with Raph, who played 85 games from 2004 to 2012. Sadly, two of their seven losses came in the finals, including Xavier’s final game in red, black, and white.
DAYNE AND CLAYE BEAMS
Claye Beams had all but given up on football and shifted his focus to cricket after bigger brother Dayne was picked by Collingwood in 2008. However, he regained his spark, playing in the QAFL for Labrador in 2009, and was selected as a zone priority rookie by the Lions in December of that year. Claye, who was eighteen months younger, refined his abilities in the Reserves in 2010 while Dayne played in the Pies’ 2010 premiership side following a stalemate grand final the previous week, and made his Lions debut in Round 1 2011.
From 2011-14, Claye played 28 games for Brisbane as his brother had a successful career at the Pies. However, it wasn’t until Dayne’s 110th game with Collingwood, which ended his initial stay at the club, that they faced off. Claye’s 26th game at the MCG, his sixth (and final), was a success. He got 17 possessions and a goal in the Lions’ 67-point victory, while Dayne had only 14 touches in their only matchup.
The Beams brothers played their first game together in Round 1 2015, against Collingwood at the Gabba. It wasn’t quite the fairytale, but the visitors triumphed by 15 points, with Dayne having 33 possessions and Claye 22.
They played together 17 times between 2015 and 2017, winning only two games – against Carlton at Docklands in 2015 and Gold Coast at the Gabba in 2017 – before Claye retired. Dayne spent one more year at Brisbane in 2018 before returning to Collingwood. He retired in the middle of the season.
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