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Lappin was born in Corowa, New South Wales , but grew up in Chiltern, Victoria and was drafted to play for the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League in 1993 , playing his first AFL game the following year. In 1997 he was a member of the inaugural Brisbane Lions team following the Bears' merger with Fitzroy . A long, accurate kick, who is capable of running as a play maker throughout the whole match, and is recognised as a member of the group of players known as the " Fab Five ", a group of highly skilled Midfield players considered to be one of the major driving forces behind the Lions successive Australian Football League Premierships in 2001 , 2002 and 2003 . An example of his courage was the 2003 Grand Final win, in which he played the whole match with a broken rib. In 2004 he achieved a personal milestone in winning his first Merrett-Murray Medal . However his 2005 season ended prematurely when he broke his right ankle late in the season. Weeks into his comeback, the ankle was re-injured in a 2006 pre-season practice match. Opting for surgery, he is likely to miss most, if not all, of the 2006 season to the injury. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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