Kyle Dunkley is among ten confirmed names on Brisbane's VFL list in 2023, joining brother Josh as a new recruit at the Lions.
Older brother Josh made the move north from the Western Bulldogs in 2022's trade period, with Kyle now the latest Dunkley to join the pride.
The 22-year-old joins Brisbane's VFL side after featuring in the VFL for Essendon and the Northern Bullants, after playing five AFL games for Melbourne in 2019. Dunkley was delisted for the Demons at the end of the 2020 season.
The Lions have also signed Lockie Rayner, younger brother of Cam, to their VFL list.
Rayner played two VFL games for Essendon early in 2022, featuring predominately in Premier Division footy, where he played 13 games.
The Lions finished second on the ladder in 2022, coming close to a grand final feature before losing to Casey in the preliminary finals.
One set of brothers turns to three ๐ฆ
Weโve locked in our VFL squad with another Rayner and Dunkley leading the charge ๐ฒhttps://t.co/I68pdTRFy3
— Brisbane Lions VFL (@lions_vfl) February 5, 2023
Ben Hudson, Brisbane's incoming VFL coach, said the Lions current list was full of promise.
โWe're really excited about where the list sits at the moment,โ Hudson said.
โTo have quality players like Kyle want to continue their footy journey with the Club is really encouraging and to keep a similar group to last season is only going to help cohesion.ย
โWe have a lot of quality local talent that have been in the four walls for a number of years now and gel with our senior-listed players really well.
โLast season showed that we have a team that can compete with the best in the VFL competition and the players we've brought in, I'm hopeful can help us take that next step.โ
