THE Brisbane Lions continued their winning ways, dominating from start to finish, defeating the West Coast Eagles by 45 points at Mineral Resources Park on Sunday afternoon.

According to Lions coach Craig Starcevich, “the fact that we got off to a good start was most pleasing. The danger with this one was at the back of the little period that we’ve gone through, three game in nine days was going to be was where was the energy going to come from.

“The fact that we started strongly I thought was really good. That can carry through the back end of the game, even when you’re not feeling flash. That start was terrific.”

With the condensed fixture in full swing, Starcevich talked about how he managed his side’s fatigue rotating players coming into the game.

“Just to keep enough spark inside the contest to get us out of stoppage and move the ball through the middle of the ground, there was a bit of flipping around,” he said.

“Jade Ellenger played three to four different spots today, Sophie Conway the same, Courtney Hodder a little bit the same, Charlotte Mullins, Lily Postlethwaite, they all played multiple roles today.

“All things said and done, it was not too bad.”

Starcevich praised the performance Taylor Smith played and the importance of her playing a key role this season with her recent form.

“She’s had a really good season so far. In particular, the last three or four games. Her hands have been pretty good, she’s regularly hitting the scoreboard. Dakota had the midweek game off as she was sick and wasn’t super today in terms of health, but at least she (Sophie) got out there and got her hands on it a little bit. The two of them up and going and really firing, we’re hope there going to be a handful for opposition clubs.”