AFL: Logan Morris earns praise from Brisbane stalwart Dayne Zorko
Morris, 20, was instrumental as Brisbane bounced back from a poor display in the previous week's QClash against the Gold Coast to beat the Magpies by 27 points at the MCG on Saturday night.
'(Morris) reads the ball so well,' Zorko told SENQ Breakfast.
'For a 20-year-old, he's just so ahead of the game in that area. He's phenomenal.
'His ability to read the play is just incredible.'
Morris has now kicked 40 goals this season, and his weekend performance was the third time he had booted five or more six-pointers in a game.
Lions forward Logan Morris celebrates after booting one of his six goals in Brisbane's weekend win over Collingwood. Picture: James Wiltshire/AFL Photos via Getty Images
'We had a clear plan that we wanted to give our forwards as much of an opportunity deep as possible,' Zorko said.
'He (Morris) got out the back a couple of times and got some good goals, but most importantly was his finishing in front of 82,000 fans.
'Collingwood supporters are a different beast. They're yelling and screaming.'
Zorko said the win against the team that topped the table before the start of the round would give reigning premiers Brisbane 'a lot of confidence going forward'.
'To put in a performance like that and bounce back was great,' he said.
'Before the game I had a rough idea that it looked like we were on again.'
The Lions, who host Sydney on Saturday in a rematch of last year's grand final, are in third place on the ladder, two points adrift of Adelaide and the Magpies.
Marco Monteverde
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Marco Monteverde is a Brisbane-based sports reporter for NCA Newswire. He worked in a similar role for The Courier-Mail from 2007 to 2020. During a journalism career of more than 25 years, he has also worked for The Queensland Times, The Sunshine Coast Daily, The Fraser Coast Chronicle and The North West Star. He has covered three FIFA World Cups and the 2000 Sydney Olympics, as well as a host of other major sporting events in Australia and around the world.
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