Copeland Trophy beating of 2011 winner Scott Pendlebury by 35 votes. At 27 years old he is a Senior player amongst the youngest team in the AFL and strives to set a good example to the young men making their way through. [17] On 24 May 2017, it was announced that he would wear number 50 on his guernsey, rather than his usual 9, for the round 10 Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round game against Collingwood. I had a message from Dayne telling me to call dad as soon as I could, so I rang him straight away and he told me he had been to the doctors and was diagnosed with bowel cancer.”. “Our old man is a country boy who keeps to himself a fair bit, so that meant we were playing the middle man to Dayne when he was in Melbourne and my sister was down there as well at the time. And I let a lot of people down.
Claye believes his brother’s decision to leave Collingwood and move home was purely based on wanting to be with his family again while they were unsure of how much time their father had left. He averaged over 31 possessions a game, impressing in best-on-ground performances against Adelaide, West Coast and Sydney.
Beams was born in Yarrawonga.
Following the Voss brothers and the fearless Scott brothers, Claye and Dayne took the field against Dayne’s old side Collingwood in Round 1 with both players engaging in some push-and-shove with the elder brother’s former teammates. Brisbane Lions Captain Dayne Beams spoke to Fox Footy 360 program about the positive influence his brother-in law Mark, who has down syndrome, has on his life.
Beams is a proud Queensland Disability Inclusion Ambassador and spoke to Fox Footy live from the 2017 National Inclusion Carnival, currently being held on the Gold Coast. The cancer hasn’t come back which is great so far. Footy is not the be all and end all. As a result of Beams' breakout 2012 season, he was awarded the 2012 3AW Player of the Year award, ahead of Essendon's Jobe Watson, Gold Coast's Gary Ablett Jr. and Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell.[11]. That 12-month period was a difficult one for the Beams clan, especially when Dayne was based in Melbourne and unable to spend much-needed time with the family. The Lions coach hopes Olympic heroics can help his side get over Richmond, AFL announces presenters for the 2020 Toyota AFL Grand Final, with three champions of…, Lincoln McCarthy says Brisbane's won't rely on any particular player for this year's…. [15], In early 2016, Beams was elevated to Brisbane's leadership group and given the vice captaincy alongside Daniel Merrett, Dayne Zorko, Daniel Rich and Pearce Hanley.