An unchanged Lions (8th) squad will take on North Melbourne (6th) on Saturday night at the Gabba in their battle for top eight supremacy.

All Gabba gates will now open at the new time of 5pm and the curtain raiser between the Suncoast Lions (4th) and Mt Gravatt (1st) has been moved to Giffin Park, Birubi Street in Coorparoo at 2pm on Saturday.

Moving the curtain raiser will preserve the pristine condition of the Gabba for the big Lions v Kangaroos clash at 7:10pm. The last time the Lions played in the wet they came back from 47 points down to beat Port Adelaide by 20 points.