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Lion Ashcroft set for high-stakes battle with Geelong

Will Ashcroft, who grew up a Geelong fan despite his Lions star father, takes on the Cats this week. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

You would think the son of a 300-game Brisbane champion might have grown up barracking for the Lions, but Will Ashcroft will take on the AFL club he loved most as a child this Saturday.

Triple premiership Lion Marcus Ashcroft couldn't convince his son to support the club. Instead, former teammate Nigel Lappin swayed the prodigious young talent to follow the club where he's been a long-time assistant coach - Geelong.

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