Brisbane Lions captain Jonathan Brown, left, and Jed Adcock celebrate winning the NAB Cup. Picture: Michael Dodge. Source: Getty Images
JONATHAN Brown wants today's Three-Peat Anniversary Lunch to inspire the Lions to create their own glittering history.
More than 1200 people will converge on the Brisbane Convention Centre for the club's celebration of the hat-trick of AFL flags from 2001-2003, with defender Mal Michael the only player missing from the three victorious teams because of work commitments.
Brisbane's 2013 squad will also be there, fresh from their NAB Cup grand final win over Carlton last Friday night.
Brown, 31, was the youngest player on the MCG when Brisbane beat Essendon in the 2001 grand final and was the oldest Lion at Etihad Stadium when the club broke their decade-long trophy drought in the pre-season.
The Lions' co-captain wants the side to soak up the atmosphere and images from the club's glorious premiership run.
"It was a wonderful era for the club and it will be great to relive it all with all of the boys at the lunch and bring back a few memories," Brown said.
"But it's important that this current group gets something out of it too.
"It will be nice to look back but we need to look forward and think about creating our own legacy for the club.
"We need to create our own success.
"Things are starting to click and the group has developed greatly over the past 12 to 18 months.
"It was a nice reward to get our hands on some silverware, albeit pre-season silverware, and it tells us that we are on the right track."
When Brisbane launched the Three-Peat Anniversary lunch concept late last year, triple premiership coach Leigh Matthews delivered the sobering warning that the Lions may never win another flag.
Matthews said so much needed to go right for a team to stand on top of the mountain on the last Saturday in September and the ultimate success was never guaranteed.
Lions coach Michael Voss could not agree more with his long-time mentor. Voss said his side could not take anything for granted, despite the undefeated pre-season campaign, and past success was no sign of future success.
"We always want to honour and respect our past but our group now has to realise that those premierships were 10 years ago and they have to do the work to form their own history," he said.
"Seeing the highlights of 10 years ago should inspire them and help them focus on the season ahead.
"They shouldn't think it's automatically going to happen for them
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