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An up-front Chris Fagan told Tom Rockliff soon after taking the reins at Brisbane his captaincy at the AFL club was under review.Rockliff has a tenuous grip on the Lions leadership after a disastrous past two seasons, speculation he would be traded and a sexist post-season tweet for which he had to apologise.In the conversations that Ive had with him and the few times Ive met him, he (Fagan) has been really up front with me, Rockliff told SEN radio on Friday.He outlined clearly to me that there will be a process that we go through to select the leaders for 2017.Thats all you want as a player. You just want honesty. He calls it how it is.Fagan, who was appointed as Justin Leppitschs replacement from Hawthorn following the Lions second-straight bottom-two finish, has previously said the captaincy was up for grabs.A decision on whether Rockliff would keep the reins would not be made until a player leadership vote before the 2017 AFL pre-season NAB Challenge, Fagan said.The incumbent is fine with losing the position, saying he would take a team-first mentality to the review.Obviously, yeah, I would enjoy to be (captain). But in saying that, if Im not captain, Im fine with that as well, Rockliff said.If I remain captain, I remain captain. And if not, Ill fully support who it is.You play for team success.The Victorian identified Dayne Zorko, Dayne Beams and Daniel Rich as the players who could emerge to take control of the young Lions squad.Rockliff also denied he had spoken to rival clubs about a Gabba exit after speculation he would move to Adelaide during the trade period. Jordan Richards Jersey . 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Scott won the Australian PGA last week in his first event in Australia since winning the U.S. Masters in April. American Matt Kuchar, ahead by two strokes with four to play and even with Scott with one to go, double-bogeyed the 18th after taking two shots to get out of a bunker. PARIS -- Cristiano Ronaldo and Ricardo Carvalho have waited a dozen years to reach another final with Portugal. Some teammates will have a more recent Portuguese setback on their minds going into Sundays European Championship final against France.Joao Mario, William Carvalho, Rafa Silva and Raphael Guerreiro were in the squad at the European Under-21 Championship a year ago when Portugal was denied the title by Sweden.I have lost a final last year and I hope this year things are different, the 23-year-old Mario said Friday. Im sure that its the match of our lives because theres nothing better than playing in a tournament like this one for our country.Marios stock has certainly been on the rise in the last year. What he lacks in height, he makes up for with intelligent technique on the ball. The playmaker has been linked with a post-Euro 2016 move from Sporting Lisbon to Inter Milan.My only focus is on playing this final, Mario said, avoiding discussing his club career at the Portugal training base south of Paris.If Mario needs advice on leaving Portugal for one of Europes bigger leagues, he only has to look across the dressing room at Ronaldo and Ricardo Carvalho. Ronaldo left Sporting for Manchester United in 2003. A year later, after impressing in central defense at Euro 2004, Carvalho earned a move from Porto to Chelsea.Ronaldo and Carvalho, veterans of the Euro 2004 final loss to Greece on home soil, are well placed to calm any anxieties heading into Sundays final at the Stade de France.We have players who give us advice at certain moments in the match, Mario said, without providing names. Theyre older and more experienced, thats normal, but were also a bit cheeky towards them, which comes from our youth. The most iimportant thing is to give the young players a chance, and the coach did.ddddddddddddOlder players are getting chances too from coach Fernando Santos.At the other end of the age scale to Mario is 32-year-old Jose Fonte who has had to make the international grade the hard way.Five years ago, the defender was playing in the English third tier -- the start of a rise to the Premier League with Southampton where he remains.Obviously Ive always had the ambition and the desire and the belief that I could get there (to the Portugal team), Fonte said this week. As soon as I could get to the Premier League, I thought Id be closer to the dream, to my target.Fortunately, weve been able to progress at Southampton to be a top-six or seven club in the Premier League, and that gave me the opportunity to be selected by the manager (Santos). Its something that I am proud of and something Ill always cherish, this time in Euro 2016.Its not over yet.Portugal will need to beat France for the first time since 1975 if it is to win a first major international title. The Portuguese arent trying to avoid being weighed down by the lop-sided nature of the rivalry.France hadnt beaten Germany for a long time but they did yesterday, Mario said. Im sure that France will go out onto the pitch with a different mentality. Theyll be playing at home and theyre allowed to dream of victory.Were very ambitious and were aware of our past against France. Thats what will motivate us and certainly give us even more strength to win this final.---Rob Harris can be followed at www.twitter.com/RobHarris and www.facebook.com/RobHarrisReports ' ' '