Senior Players List

Season by Season

• Golby proved a standout on the track over summer and earned his place in the senior team for Round 1 against Melbourne

• He quickly became an integral member of the Lions’ backline, and averaged more than 18 disposals per game.    

• He earned an AFL Rising Star nomination for his 24-disposal effort against GWS in Round 8, and collected a career-high 26 possessions against the Gold Coast in QClash3.

• Golby’s breakthrough season ended prematurely, however, when a stress fracture was found in his foot after the team’s Round 14 match against Melbourne. The injury didn’t progress as well as planned, and ended up keeping him sidelined for the remainder of the season.

• Despite playing just 13 matches, Golby secured a personal best result in the Club Champion award when he finished 14^th – further proving that he was one of the team’s ‘most improved’ in 2012.  

• After overcoming an interrupted debut season, Golby enjoy an incident-free pre-season and earned a place in the Lions' NAB Cup round-robin opener against Essendon/St Kilda at Etihad Stadium.  

• During a second pre-season run against the Western Bulldogs at Visy Park, Golby limped off the field and headed straight to the rooms. While some feared the worst, the knee injury required on reltaively minor surgery and around four weeks on the sidelines.   

• He returned in time for the Reserves' Round 1 loss against Morningside and was widely considered the Lions' best player.

• He continued his good form throughout the first half of the season in the NEAFL - with his run and carry across half-back a feature of his game - and earned selection in Queensland's initial State squad.

• On the eve of the Lions' Round 12 match against Carlton, Golby was elevated to the senior list in place of draftee Ryan Lester who was placed on the long-term injured list.

• He was promptly named in the Lions' Round 12 and proceeded to collect 16 disposals and lay five tackles in his senior debut against the Blues at Etihad Stadium.

• He quickly became a relatively permanent fixture of the Lions backline for the remainder of the season, playing eight of the next 12 matches and averaging 13 disposals per game.

• At the 2011 AFL National Draft, the Lions used their final selection (Pick No.69 overall) to elevate Golby permanently to the Club's senior list for 2012.

• Golby continued his rehabilitation from knee surgery throughout the start of the 2010 season and eventually found his way back into the Lions Reserves side by May.

• But just two games into his return, he injured the same knee and required an arthroscopic tidy-up which forced him back on the sidelines for the remainder of the season.