FAST FACTS
JOINED LEAGUE: 1940; 1976 TO PRESENT NICKNAME: LIONS HOME GROUND: KINGS PARK COACH: BEN DAVEY PRESIDENT: GERARD O'SULLIVAN PREMIERSHIPS: 1976, 1981, 1982. 1991, 2005, 2006, 2007 MORRISON MEDALLISTS: C.FROELICH (1940), GLIDDELL (1978), J.SOLOMON (1989), S.SCHOTTNER (2004), B.RIGONI (2022), J.O'SULLIVAN (2021, 2023) 2023 FINISH: FOURTH (16-4) 2023 BEST-AND-FAIREST: JACK O’SULLIVAN 2023 LEADING GOAL-KICKER: RILEY MASON (34)
PLAYER CHANGES
INS: David Mundy (Freemantle), Tom Maloney (Box Hill Hawks)
OUTS: Jack O’Sullivan (Wodonga Bulldogs), Michael Hartley (Castlemaine), Nic Quigg (Greater Western Sydney)
At the end of the 2023 regular season, Seymour looked like they were in flag-winning form.
The only side to beat the eventual champions, Echuca, the Lions only stumbled twice with losses against Shepparton and Kyabram.
But a straight sets exit from finals left the Lions lamenting what could have been.
Coach Ben Davey gave his side a longer-than-usual break before starting pre-season after Christmas, but that’s not to say the Lions are taking a step back.
“The aim is to finish in the finals, and then what happens from there it’s like a whole new season. It all starts again,” Davey said.
“We don’t shy away from that because if you’ve got to aim high, that’s why you play football.”
With several key players departing the club, including dual Morrison Medal winner Jack O’Sullivan, the question on everyone’s lips is, can they bounce back?
If Freemantle Football Club’s most capped player and homegrown Seymour product, David Mundy, can play his fair share of games, you would expect the Lions to be right in the mix.
“With Dave (signing), that’s very exciting because a lot of our players have grown up watching him,” Davey said.
“For them to have the opportunity to run around with him is brilliant, and I think it also hasn’t been said a lot, but I didn’t do a lot of work to get Dave here; it was driven by him, which is just a mark of the type of guy he is.
“(He’s) such a down-to-earth person. You wouldn’t hear anyone say a bad word about Dave.
“His family are really excited to see him play in the Seymour colours.”