Brisbane have a stranglehold on the AFLW minor premiership thanks to a 55-point defeat of Collingwood on the Gold Coast.
An early tackling frenzy and some opportunistic offence established an early buffer before three quick goals in the shadows of halftime effectively killed the contest on Friday night at Metricon Stadium.
The 8.7 (55) to 1.4 (10) victory puts the Lions (9-1) a win and percentage ahead of Melbourne, who play their final-round match against West Coast on Saturday.
The Magpies' second straight defeat leaves them 7-3 and in a log-jam of teams fighting for spots in the bottom half of the eight.
Brisbane made almost double (78-43) the tackles of the visitors and weathered some early pressure before some razzle dazzle close to goal opened up the game.
First Courtney Hodder snapped out of the pack then Jesse Wardlaw took the ball straight from the bounce to score the Lions' second.
Dakota Davidson then soccered another in traffic close to goal while Cathy Svarc's running goal all-but broke the Magpies' backs before the main break.
Their pressure continued after the break, Wardlaw and Hodder both kicking another and Taylor Smith also finishing with two goals in the rout.
Ally Anderson had 26 disposals while Hodder and Svac both made nine tackles and Nat Grider was superb in defence.
Jaimee Lambert was Collingwood's lone goal scorer while Mikala Cann had 22 touches and five tackles for the visitors.
