Rodney Eade says the belief that "no Jonathan Brown meant no Brisbane" was dead and buried Jonathan Brown (ball) impressed at a recent Lions intra-club practice match. Picture: Adam Armstrong Source: The Courier-Mail Jonathan Brown and Daniel Merrett at Grantham state school. Picture: Mark Calleja Source: The Daily Telegraph COLLINGWOOD coaching director Rodney Eade says the belief that "no Jonathan Brown meant no Brisbane" was dead and buried in the AFL. The Magpies will meet the Lions in a virtual NAB Cup semi-final at Etihad Stadium tomorrow, with both sides unbeaten in the pre-season competition. Collingwood have rested stars Scott Pendlebury, Dane Swan, Travis Cloke, Ben Reid and Alan Toovey while Brisbane has recalled Brown for his first outing of the year along with Daniel Rich, Daniel Merrett, Ash McGrath, Andrew Raines and Joel Patfull to be near full strength for the clash. Collingwood have recalled ruckman Darren Jolly, Dayne Beams, Tyson Goldsack and Brent Macaffer. Eade, a senior part of the Magpies brains trust in his role as football and coaching strategist, said the emerging Lions no longer relied on their co-captain. "They've obviously started pretty well without their older guys," Eade said. They were impressive when they beat Hawthorn and Gold Coast pretty easily to continue on from their last half of last season, which was very good. They've got some good young players and they are only improving. There's no doubt they are sharing the load a lot more as they get more experience and more games under their belt. The older guys aren't having to do it all. Players like (Jack) Redden, (Claye) Beams and (Patrick) Karnezis have played well in the pre-season.