How outback brothers Keidean and Blake Coleman scored AFL guernseys with the Brisbane Lions

Katherine, a town 317 kilometres south-east of Darwin in the Northern Territory, is home to about 10,000 people and known as the place where “the outback meets the tropics”.

But the small community has another claim to fame: It’s where two brothers, Keidean and Blake Coleman, forged their AFL dreams.

There are only five sets of brothers playing for the same team in the AFL at the moment. Carlton, Collingwood and Geelong have one each, while the Brisbane Lions have two; the Coleman boys and the Berry brothers, Jarrod and Thomas.

How the Coleman brothers both landed with the Brisbane Lions can all be traced back to a decision made almost a decade ago.

‘Chance to be AFL stars’

Aged just nine and seven, Keidean and Blake Coleman packed up their…