Senior Joe Daniher (2020-)

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QScan Injury Update: Joe Sidelined

Scans today on Joe Daniher’s left shoulder confirmed a soft tissue injury that will require 4-6 weeks of rehabilitation.

Brisbane Lions GM Football Danny Daly said it was a relatively good outcome and that Joe would be back in a few weeks’ time without requiring surgery.

“The outcome today is a fairly good one with Joe not requiring surgery on the shoulder and we can just focus on rehabilitating and getting strength back into it.

“While it is disappointing for Joe to miss a few games after stringing together so many consecutively, we’re confident we have the forward line depth to cover it whilst he focuses on getting back on the park.”
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The simple reason Joe Daniher isn’t having shoulder surgery

Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan says there is a simple reason Joe Daniher isn’t having surgery on his injured shoulder.

The star forward will be sidelined for at least the next month after his shoulder popped out against Sydney last weekend.

It’s led some to question whether it was worth getting the shoulder operated on, keeping Daniher sidelined longer, but back fit and firing for finals.

“The bottom line is the surgeon doesn’t think that surgery is necessary,” Fagan told 3AW.

“I know what will happen later in the year if it does pop out again – the outcry will be ‘he should have had surgery’ – but the advice at the moment, and I respect the advice, is that it’s not necessary.”
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QScan Injury Update: Dan McStay's Scans are In

Austin also gave an update on Joe Daniher’s progress as he comes back from a shoulder injury sustained in Round 7.

“Joe’s going well, we’ve got him running and have upped his running loads and he’s just spending time in the gym rehabbing that shoulder.”
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Joe's back, but at what price?

AFTER two losses in three weeks, Chris Fagan has a bit on his plate, but one pleasant headache for Brisbane’s coach is how he fits Joe Daniher back into his team.

Daniher has missed the past five matches after suffering a shoulder injury against Sydney and will return against St Kilda at the Gabba on Saturday night.
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Year to Date: What the Stats Say

Key forward, Joe Daniher is playing a big hand in Brisbane’s scoreboard ascendency. From his eight games this season, the 28-year-old has kicked 22 goals at an average of 2.75 a game (ranked 5th in the AFL).
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A Big Night for Brisbane's Big Men
If Thursday night’s Elimination Final against Richmond wasn’t already a big enough occasion for the Brisbane Lions, it’s even bigger for Joe Daniher and Oscar McInerney.

The pair will play their 150th AFL game and 100th club game respectively in front of an expected sell-out crowd at The Gabba.

When Daniher first signed with the Brisbane Lions everyone knew he could play – you just had to look at his highlights pack or his outstanding resume.

All Australian, Essendon Best and Fairest in 2017, runner-up in 2016, four-time club leading goalkicker and winner of the AFL Mark of the Year.

However, the question on any player changing club is if they will experience the same or similar success at their new home.

Although no one can guarantee that, what Lions forward coach and former captain Jed Adcock did know from day one, was Daniher wasn’t about to rest of his laurels.

“What impressed me the most was that after he battled a few years down south with injury, just how keen he was to get involved and start with the boys as soon as he could,” Adcock recalled.

“I am pretty sure he got an AirBnB up here before he even officially started up here to start training with the boys and to get to know them.”

In his new home state of Queensland, the key forward is out of the media spotlight which he had been under for the first part of his career in the AFL-focussed city of Melbourne.

Working closely with the 28-year-old on an almost daily basis, Adcock has a strong relationship with Daniher as a player and person.

“A quiet guy that likes he own time and space, but at the same time he gives a lot of time to the group and club,” he said.

“He is a very loyal guy that drives standards on the field and has great football knowledge which is fun to pick his brain about.

“He’s extremely easy to work with and really willing to do whatever it takes to help the team.

“As we saw in his first year, he was back up ruck for that year and also tried to adapt to a different way of playing after coming over from Essendon.”

Adcock also knows better than most just how damaging the 201-centrimetre forward can be when in full flight.

Which the Lions forward coach and teammates will be hoping they see on Thursday to keep their 2022 campaign going.

“He’s biggest weapon when he uses his height and jump, quite quick and agile for such a tall man, and can play higher and around the ball with some clean ball use,”

“Joes start to this year was terrific and was playing some his best football of his career, hurt his shoulder against Sydney which kept him out for a bit.”

“When he’s fit, he can be a handful for opposition defenders with the ability to get them in the air or ground playing higher up the ground or deeper, a very tough combo to stop.”
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A Forward Line Year in Review

2023 is a Big Year for…

Joe Daniher

If the key forward has an injury-free run in 2023, he could achieve almost anything.

Daniher started this year on fire, booting 19 goals from the opening seven, before suffering a setback with a shoulder injury against Sydney.

Up to that point, Daniher had looked to be back in similar form to his All-Australian year in 2017.

The 28-year-old worked his way back into some form to still finish the season with 39 goals, three of those including the match winner against Richmond in the Elimination Final.

Forward coach Jed Adcock spoke glowingly on the importance of Daniher in the lead up to his 150th milestone earlier this year.

“His biggest weapon is when he uses his height and jump, quite quick and agile for such a tall man, and can play higher and around the ball with some clean ball use,” Adcock said.

“When he’s fit, he can be a handful for opposition defenders with the ability to get them in the air or ground playing higher up the ground or deeper, a very tough combo to stop.”

With hard work and some luck on the injury front, 2023 could be Daniher’s year.
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Fagan Reveals Extent of 'Brave' Lion's Injury Troubles

BRISBANE coach Chris Fagan has revealed the extent to which a "brave" Joe Daniher was hampered by a shoulder injury in the second half of last season.

Daniher suffered a "soft tissue injury" to his left shoulder against Sydney in round seven, but he and the club opted to strengthen it rather than have surgery.

Although Brisbane talked it down as a problem for the remainder of the year, the lanky forward was clearly hampered and underwent surgery during the off-season.

Speaking to AFL.com.au, Fagan outlined what Daniher went through after returning against St Kilda in round 13, from which time he missed just the semi-final win over Melbourne to be at the birth of his first child.

"His shoulder would pop out once a week at some point in time, whether it be in the game or at training," Fagan said.

"It was a very brave effort by him to continue to play because he was putting the team first.

"He wasn't putting his own reputation first because he couldn't play at the level he really wanted to."

Statistics show the drop-off after the injury.

Daniher was being touted as a potential All-Australian through six rounds where he'd kicked 19 goals and taken 16 contested marks.

The 12 games following his return yielded 20 goals and just eight contested marks. The same physicality and aerial presence that punctuated the opening weeks was only sporadically on show.

The 28-year-old had a moment to remember in the Lions' thrilling elimination final win over Richmond, kicking the go-ahead goal with 70 seconds remaining to give his team victory.

"It was a mighty effort by him to get himself up to play every week," Fagan said.

"I'm sure he was probably mentally exhausted at the end of the year from doing it.

"Up until round seven … he was flying, playing really good footy. Hopefully we can get that for a full 22 rounds and finals."

Despite Fagan's defence of Daniher, it wasn't a totally rosy off-season review for the former Bomber, being told in his exit meeting he needed to work harder without the ball.

Although the coach said Daniher was "not the only one" that got that feedback, it appears to have struck a chord in the early part of the pre-season.

When Brisbane returned to training in early December, he was reduced to running lap of the club's new Springfield facility while his shoulder continued to get stronger following surgery.

"He's pretty fit because he's done a lot of running," Fagan said. "He's in good shape and we expect he'll improve in that part of the game."

Daniher has competed in the past three match simulation sessions for the Lions, taking strong overhead marks and moving well around the ground.
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Coaches Update: "Joey's Only Going To Get Better"

The best is yet to come in 2023 from Joe Daniher, says Brisbane coach Chris Fagan, after watching his key forward boot five goals in a best afield performance on Saturday.

It was only two weeks ago Daniher copped the wrath of the AFL's national media for a below-par outing against the Western Bulldogs, but his past two games have been nothing short of superb.

Against Collingwood on Easter Thursday he kicked two goals from 20 disposals, and against North Melbourne at Mount Barker the big left-footer kicked five from 18 touches and also hauled in 13 marks.

Fagan said he loved coaching Daniher, even if it was a rollercoaster of emotions at times.

"He does some quirky things on the field from time to time that makes everybody roll their eyes, but he's a great team man, his heart is always in the right place," Fagan said.

"He's a joy to coach, he's a sublime talent and I just feel like he'll get better this year.

"I think he's happy where he is in his life and is looking forward to making a big contribution to our effort this year."

Daniher did just about everything against the Kangaroos, kicking three goals in the match-shaping second quarter, hauling in a spectacular mark in the third, and missing some gettable set shots when a career-best haul (six) was on offer.

In the second term, he took a mark inside the centre square, wheeled around and watched the ball fly over a pack of players and bounce through.

"I was probably saying, 'Slow down Joe and try and find a target inside 50'," Fagan admitted.

"But I also believe with coaching and managing players you've got to let them do what they're good at and not get in the way.

"It's always a balance, but you've got to have a bit of fun when you play footy as well, and he does."

Daniher was the standout in the 75-point win, but Fagan was also pleased with Brisbane's defensive pressure and said his new faces were coming together well after five rounds.
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Brisbane star Joe Daniher thrilled to again be playing alongside his former Essendon teammate Conor McKenna

The “novelty” of playing against his former club Essendon might have worn off for Joe Daniher, but the Brisbane star has tipped another of the Lions’ ex-Bombers – Irishman Conor McKenna – to embrace crossing paths with some old mates at the Gabba on Saturday night.
McKenna will take on his former team for the first time this weekend when the in-form Lions chase a sixth successive win.

Among a handful of Brisbane’s prized off-season recruits, speedy defender McKenna has settled in extremely well at the Lions since returning to the AFL following two years back at home in Northern Ireland playing Gaelic football for Tyrone.

A familiar face at the Lions’ Springfield base has been Daniher, who spent six seasons at Bombers before both left the club at the end the 2020 campaign.

“We had a lot of time together at Essendon together,” Daniher said on Wednesday,

“I’m obviously very happy to get him back not only in Australia but back playing in the AFL, and back playing in the same side.

“It’s fantastic to be back playing footy with him.”

Daniher kept in touch with McKenna during his couple of years back in Northern Ireland, and had a hand in him returning to the AFL, specifically to play for the Lions.

“I’d always kept in contact with him after he went back, and then once it became apparent that it was on his to-do list to come back play in the AFL, I was in his ear a little bit and told him about the football club (the Lion),” Daniher said.

“Most importantly I thought he would be a good fit for the environment, and a good fit for the club, and that the club would be a good fit for him.

“I was very excited when he came over, toured the facility and decided that Brisbane was the best place for him.”

Daniher said McKenna was “pretty excited” about playing against the Bombers.

“He’s got some close mates there playing footy, so it’s a game that he’ll be looking forward to,” he said

As for Daniher, his only concern is helping the Lions maintain their purple-patch of form rather than getting caught up in the hype of taking on his old club.

“I have played against them a few times now so that novelty’s worn off a little bit, but it’s a very exciting game for us and it’s nice to be back at the Gabba,” he said.
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