BRISBANE Lions full-forward Brendan Fevola thought he would never make it to the 200-game milestone he will reach against Richmond at the Gabba on Saturday night.

After a tumultuous 12 months, Fevola said celebrating the occasion with his family, who are living in Melbourne, will make it a night to cherish.

“Getting to run out with your kids and stuff will be pretty special,” Fevola said.

“It’s just a bit hard without the kids but they come up this week.

“Making the 200 mark is a great honour - [you never thought] you would play one and then when you get that one you just hopefully look at getting a senior spot every week.”

While happy the mid-season break is almost upon him, the Lions' leading goalkicker said he had a couple more years of football ahead of him beyond his current three year contract.

“I’m 29, in my peak,” Fevola said.

“Two more years after this and then hopefully play till I’m 33, 34 so hopefully I can play another hundred or so games.

“As long as I keep my pace and look after my body I think I can play for a lot longer than what my contract is at the moment.”

Fevola was anxious not to miss a game in the early part of the season, so as to avoid reaching the milestone against his old team Carlton at Etihad Stadium in round 14.

He said regular trips to Melbourne during the week made living in Brisbane easier without his family present.

“The footy club has been great, they let me go back on days off so I’ve pretty much seen them a couple of days a week every week,” Fevola said.

“It’s pretty tough, Alex is back there doing Dancing with the Stars so she’s back there training her little butt off and she’s in ripping nick at the moment so hopefully she goes really well.”

Fevola said Mitch Clark and Brent Staker will help cover for the loss of Jonathan Brown in the forward line.

And he believes Richmond full forward Jack Riewoldt won’t be bagging another 10 goals at the Gabba on Saturday night.

“Darren Glass was obviously missing (for West Coast) and he played on a young kid,” Fevola said.

“They exploited that which was good by Richmond, but he will be playing on big Rog (Daniel) Merrett this week so he might find it a little bit tougher to kick 10 goals.”

Fevola said kicking a goal with his left foot was one notable challenge he hoped to accomplish before his career finished, and named Geelong full-back Matthew Scarlett as his toughest opponent.

“He has called me his bunny a couple of times,” Fevola said.

“He said it’s like taking out the garbage bin, that’s how easy it is to play on me ... I kicked five on him that week.

“We’ve had some good battles.”

Fevola was set to complete his first full training session for several weeks on Thursday afternoon.