A goal kicking clinic by Coleman Medal favourite Jonathan Brown was not enough to ensure a fond Gabba farewell for retiring Brisbane Lions veterans Chris Scott and Chris Johnson against Geelong.

Brisbane may have had their slim AFL finals chances snuffed out before the opening bounce after Adelaide snapped up eighth spot with a victory over Collingwood Friday night.

However, the Lions still had plenty to play for with Scott and Johnson drawing the curtain on their glittering AFL careers with one last run at their beloved Brisbane venue.

But the Cats ran amok in the second half to clinch a 22.13 (145) to 15.13 (103) win - their 16th victory in 17 games - despite the best efforts of Lions talisman Brown.

Brown all but sealed his first Coleman Medal for the AFL's leading goalkicker with seven majors, boosting his season total to 77 - one short of Alastair Lynch's club record.

With the result sewn up, Brown still thrilled the 34,107-strong faithful - the Lions' biggest home crowd of 2007 - by kicking three straight in the dying minutes including a miraculous left footer from the left forward pocket at an impossible angle.

He had a chance to equal Lynch's record mark of 78 goals but sprayed his set shot to the right with just minutes left on the match clock.

After Brisbane at one stage cut the deficit to four points midway through the second quarter and 16 points by halftime, Geelong kicked away in the second half thanks to Cameron Mooney (four goals) and Brad Ottens (four goals).

Three goals by Steve Johnson helped Geelong take a 9.4 (58) to 6.6 (42) halftime lead.

Geelong banged in the first four goals including a Mathew Stokes double to lead by 25 points early in the first quarter and enjoy a 5.2 (32) to 2.1 (13) buffer at the opening break.

It was all over by the final break when Geelong burst out to a 15.10 (100) to 9.10 (64) lead a three-quarter time.

Geelong's record 15 game winning run was snapped last round when Port upset them by five points.

Two-time premiership player Scott, 31, confirmed the worst kept secret at the Lions when he announced he would draw the curtain on his career which began way back in 1994 last Tuesday.

But triple premiership player and dual All Australian Johnson, also 31, caught several off guard when he told teammates before training on Friday that he would be calling it a day after the 2007 season.

Johnson's retirement marks an end of an era - he is the last current player in the AFL who played for Fitzroy which merged with Brisbane in 1996.

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