Key forward ruled available as Lions provide injury update on Payne
The Brisbane Lions will take two more days to make a call on Jack Payne’s availability for Saturday’s Preliminary Final against Carlton. The 23-year-old battled an ankle injury in his side’s Qualifying Final win over Port Adelaide a fortnight ago and began running again on Tuesday. Teammate Jaspa Fletcher told SEN Breakfast earlier he was confident Payne “should be right to go”. But Brisbane, in an update on Tuesday afternoon, said a decision on Payne’s availability wouldn’t be made until Thursday’s...