Senior Players List

Season by Season

• An infected knee kept Raines sidelined for the entire pre-season competition, but a quick recovery saw him compete in a couple of Reserves’ practice matches before forcing himself back into the senior side by Round 3.

• He immediately resumed his role as the Lions’ primary shut-down player, and proceeded to perform successful tagging jobs on the best midfielders in the competition.

• He played every match upon his return – with the exception of Round 6 when he served a one-match suspension for striking Geelong Captain Joel Selwood.

• Raines’ finest run-with roles came against some of the 2012 Brownlow Medal fancies in Gary Ablett (in Round 4), Matthew Boyd (Round 13), and Trent Cotchin (in Round 19).

• He also impacted the scoreboard more than usual, finishing the season with eight goals (he had only kicked two from his first eight AFL seasons).

• He also finally had the opportunity to run out for his 100^th AFL game in Round 21 against Port Adelaide, and celebrated the occasion with 20 disposals, seven tackles, and, more importantly, a come-from behind win.

• Raines’ unheralded role was recognised by the Lions’ Match Committee on Club Champion night when he finished =11^th – his highest placing since joining the Lions.

• He also received the Marcus Ashcroft Most Professional Player Award and was named in the Queensland Team of the Year for the second successive season.  

• Raines’ first season at the Lions saw him play ten games in total, missing the tail-end of the season with a quad injury.

• He played the first six rounds before suffering a minor calf strain in round 6 against the Swans, and was subsequently rested and returned again against Geelong in round 8 for a further two games.

• He then returned to the Reserves, where he starred against the Western Magpies with 23 touches in the first half, and although he had a tight tag in the second half, was still amongst the Lions’ best.

• Raines struggled with form and injury throughout the later part of the season and played his last game for the Seniors in round 13.

• Raines finished with 7.5 votes in the Club Champion Award.

• Raines assumed the role as the Lions' first-choice run-with player in 2011 and successfully performed shut-down jobs on some of the competition's highest quality midfielders.  

• He earned his place in the senior team from Round 1 and played in each of the team's first seven matches. But midway through the Round 7 match against Gold Coast, he was severely concussed which forced him to be substituted.

• The concussion kept Raines sidelined for a couple of weeks and he was then required to reclaim his position in the senior side by performing in the NEAFL with the Lions Reserves.

• He was recalled in Round 14 against Fremantle in Subiaco and proved a valuable contributor in each of the Lions' final 10 matches.

• He collected 20 disposals or more in all but two of the last 10 games of the season (including a Lions-best 29 disposals in Round 15 against Port Adelaide).

• He was recalled in Round 14 against Fremantle in Subiaco and proved a valuable contributor in each of the Lions' final 10 matches.

• Raines finished the season with 16 matches over which he averaged 18.4 disposals. He also ranked 12th in the Club Champion voting - just three votes shy of a top ten finish.

• His most productive season with the Lions also saw him selected for the second time in the 2011 Queensland Team of the Year - after being a member of the inaugural Team of the Year back in 2007 while playing with Richmond.