DIFFERENT jumper. Same rollercoaster ride. Brendan Fevola's first match as a Lion produced highs, lows and was never, ever dull.

Most importantly, it also produced an all-important win as Brisbane scored a 32-point victory over West Coast at the Gabba to give the Lions' off-season spending spree some bang for its buck.

Fevola finished with three goals (and seven behinds) with his partner-in-crime in the Brisbane forward line Jonathan Brown adding five imposing majors.

Their much anticipated forward line combination showed plenty of promise and went a long way towards delivering on the pre-season hype. To put it simply, they can work together. Case closed.

"Everyone wants to write us off but if he (Brown) can kick five and I can kick three then we are going to go a long way to winning games," Fevola said.

"Big Brownie was kicking them from everywhere and I was spraying them."

They had no goals between them at quarter-time but combined for four majors in the last term as Brisbane surged past the Eagles relentlessly. West Coast was powerless to stop the onslaught which was led by Brown who was sensational in the last term.

Brisbane kicked seven goals to one when it mattered most.

Fevola and Brown were important but nobody stood taller than Jared Brennan who was best-on-ground in his new midfield role.

Brennan, who racked up 31 possessions, was simply brilliant and was well supported by veteran Luke Power who added three goals of his own.

The victory could come at a cost with vice-captain Jed Adcock (ankle), new recruit Amon Buchanan (hand) and Josh Drummond (leg) all suffering injuries.

Fevola himself appeared to have written the script for the opening passage of play.

He took his first mark in Brisbane colours after just 10 seconds following a pinpoint pass from debutant Todd Banfield.

However, much to the chagrin of the Gabba faithful, the kick from the right-hand side of goal sailed wide.

Fevola dropped a chest mark just minutes later and the crowd let out a collective groan as they were desperate to see the former Blue open his account as a Lion.

Fevola and Brown finished the term with two behinds each with the unlikely figure of Josh Drummond kicking Brisbane's first goal of the night after he sliced through the centre square and thumped the Sherrin with his booming left boot.

Fevola took a tough contested mark over Eagles skipper Darren Glass and kicked truly less than a minute into the second quarter to register his first goal for his new club.

Soon after, Brown took an even tougher mark over Glass and kicked his first goal for the year. The Eagles' waterboy that gave away the 50m penalty by running through the mark only made Brown's task easier.

They were seemingly away as Brown added another major to help the Lions take the lead for the first time on the night.

However, the brilliance of Eagles ruckman Nic Naitanui kept the visitors in front at the main break with a goal and a scoring assist leading a West Coast fightback.

Fevola enjoyed a mixed third term as the Eagles extended their lead with Brisbane suffering the same problem of poor disposal that haunted the home team in the opening quarter.

A booming goal was offset by another behind, a kick out on the full and a free kick conceded. It was that sort of night for Fev.

But a soccer-style goal in the fourth-quarter rampage showed how deadly he can be in front of goal. His day will come.

BRISBANE 2.6/6.10/9.12/16.18 (114)

WEST COAST 4.2/7.6/10.8/12.10 (82)

Goalkickers: Brisbane: Jonathan Brown 5, Luke Power 3, Brendan Fevola 3, Josh Drummond, Todd Banfield, Jared Brennan, Justin Sherman, Brent Staker

West Coast: Josh Kennedy 2, Quinten Lynch 2, Luke Shuey 2, Brad Ebert, Mark LeCras, Nic Naitanui, Patrick McGinnity, Andrew Embley, Dean Cox

Crowd: 29,201