2020 AFL Preliminary Final 2: Brisbane Lions v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 17 October 2020 between Brisbane Lions and Geelong in the second preliminary final of the 2020 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Geelong at Gabba. Dayne Zorko captained the hosts. Joel Selwood captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

Brisbane Lions
Back: D. Rich, J. Payne, H. Andrews
Half-back: B. Starcevich, R. Lester, G. Birchall
Centre: H. McCluggage, M. Robinson, L. McCarthy
Half-forward: D. Zorko (capt.), D. McStay, C. Rayner
Forward: O. McInerney, E. Hipwood, C. Cameron
Follower: C. Ellis-Yolmen, J. Lyons, L. Neale
Int.: C. Ah Chee, Z. Bailey, J. Berry, S. Martin

Geelong
Back: J. Henry, H. Taylor, J. Kolodjashnij
Half-back: L. Henderson, M. Blicavs, T. Stewart
Centre: M. Duncan, J. Selwood (capt.), S. Menegola
Half-forward: L. Dahlhaus, G. Rohan, G. Miers
Forward: M. O'Connor, T. Hawkins, S. Simpson
Follower: R. Stanley, P. Dangerfield, C. Guthrie
Int.: G. Ablett, J. Bews, B. Parfitt, Z. Tuohy

Brisbane Lions (6.6.42) were defeated by Geelong (11.16.82).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: C. Cameron (2), L. Neale (2), E. Hipwood, C. Rayner
Geelong: G. Rohan (3), G. Ablett (2), T. Hawkins (2), J. Henry, G. Miers, B. Parfitt, Z. Tuohy

As a result of this match, Geelong faced Richmond in the grand final and Brisbane Lions were eliminated (finishing 4th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2020 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 2
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Geelong
Date: Saturday 17 October 2020
Time: 6:40 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 29,121

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by Geelong
Score: 6.6.42 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 2 . 0 4 . 3 5 . 5 6 . 6 6 . 6 (42)
Geelong 2 . 5 4 . 8 7 . 11 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin GEEL by 5 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 18 GEEL by 40 GEEL by 40
Duration 26:27 27:17 27:32 24:34 1:45:50

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions), Chris Scott (Geelong)
Captains: Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions), Joel Selwood (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: R. Findlay (#23), C. Fleer (#26), S. Ryan (#25)

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Mitch Duncan GEEL 22 10 2 0 0 0 0
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 4 0 1 0 0 0
Brandan Parfitt GEEL 3 4 0 1 0 0 0
Jake Kolodjashnij GEEL 8 3 0 0 1 0 0
Sam Menegola GEEL 27 3 0 0 1 0 0
Jack Henry GEEL 38 2 0 0 0 1 0
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 2 0 0 0 1 0
Ryan Lester BRIL 35 1 0 0 0 0 1
Lincoln McCarthy BRIL 11 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ah Chee, Callum INT 87% 0 0 9 4 5 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 5 0
31 Andrews, Harris BPR 93% 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0
33 Bailey, Zac INT 83% 0 1 8 5 3 2 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2
7 Berry, Jarrod INT 73% 0 0 8 2 6 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
14 Birchall, Grant HBFR 67% 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2
23 Cameron, Charlie FPR 91% 2 0 5 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
28 Ellis-Yolmen, Cam RU 81% 0 0 12 2 10 2 0 2 3 3 0 1 0 1
30 Hipwood, Eric FF 90% 1 1 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
35 Lester, Ryan CHB 95% 0 1 14 8 6 6 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
17 Lyons, Jarryd RR 87% 0 0 16 6 10 0 0 7 5 4 2 2 1 1
12 Martin, Stefan INT 50% 0 0 6 5 1 0 13 3 1 5 1 0 0 1
11 McCarthy, Lincoln WR 72% 0 0 14 6 8 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 6
6 McCluggage, Hugh WL 82% 0 0 17 13 4 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 2
46 McInerney, Oscar FPL 82% 0 0 8 5 3 2 22 4 2 2 0 1 4 1
25 McStay, Daniel CHF 90% 0 1 3 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Neale, Lachie RO 94% 2 0 24 10 14 5 0 3 8 1 2 0 1 4
40 Payne, Jack FB 75% 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 0
16 Rayner, Cam HFFR 73% 1 0 6 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
10 Rich, Daniel BPL 88% 0 1 18 15 3 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 7 2
5 Robinson, Mitch C 79% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 4
37 Starcevich, Brandon HBFL 96% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0
15 Zorko, Dayne (c) HFFL 72% 0 1 13 10 3 2 0 2 3 2 1 0 2 2
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 6 6 235 142 93 56 36 52 32 40 13 7 37 32

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ablett, Gary INT 74% 2 2 14 8 6 4 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 4
24 Bews, Jed INT 84% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 4 1 1 0 1 2 1
46 Blicavs, Mark CHB 84% 0 1 10 6 4 2 11 5 4 1 1 1 0 2
40 Dahlhaus, Luke HFFL 78% 0 0 9 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
35 Dangerfield, Patrick RR 92% 0 0 17 14 3 3 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 9
22 Duncan, Mitch WL 82% 0 0 22 13 9 5 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 2
29 Guthrie, Cameron RO 72% 0 0 17 8 9 2 0 3 1 4 0 2 2 2
26 Hawkins, Tom FF 94% 2 3 12 7 5 5 11 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
25 Henderson, Lachie HBFL 94% 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 3 0 2 0 0 4 1
38 Henry, Jack BPL 78% 1 0 10 9 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2
8 Kolodjashnij, Jake BPR 92% 0 0 9 5 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1
27 Menegola, Sam WR 73% 0 2 19 16 3 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
32 Miers, Gryan HFFR 88% 1 1 14 9 5 3 0 3 1 4 0 0 1 3
42 O'Connor, Mark FPL 84% 0 0 13 7 6 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
3 Parfitt, Brandan INT 66% 1 0 14 11 3 3 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 2
23 Rohan, Gary CHF 89% 3 1 11 9 2 4 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1
14 Selwood, Joel (c) C 76% 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 9 4 3 2 2 1 3
37 Simpson, Sam FPR 82% 0 0 14 6 8 2 0 4 5 2 0 1 1 2
1 Stanley, Rhys RU 73% 0 1 15 6 9 3 16 1 0 4 0 0 1 3
44 Stewart, Tom HBFR 81% 0 0 19 11 8 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 7 3
7 Taylor, Harry FB 88% 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
2 Tuohy, Zach INT 76% 1 0 16 8 8 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 1
Rushed 5
Total (22 players) 11 16 300 186 114 77 38 55 36 43 7 13 24 50

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
38 J. Henry 7 H. Taylor 8 J. Kolodjashnij 28 C. Ellis-Yolmen 4 C. Ah Chee
23 C. Cameron 30 E. Hipwood 46 O. McInerney 17 J. Lyons 33 Z. Bailey
FORWARD 9 L. Neale 7 J. Berry
HALF-BACK

12 S. Martin
25 L. Henderson 46 M. Blicavs 44 T. Stewart



16 C. Rayner 25 D. McStay 15 D. Zorko (c)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



22 M. Duncan 14 J. Selwood (c) 27 S. Menegola



11 L. McCarthy 5 M. Robinson 6 H. McCluggage FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 1 R. Stanley 4 G. Ablett
HALF-FORWARD 35 P. Dangerfield 24 J. Bews
40 L. Dahlhaus 23 G. Rohan 32 G. Miers 29 C. Guthrie 3 B. Parfitt
14 G. Birchall 35 R. Lester 37 B. Starcevich

2 Z. Tuohy
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



42 M. O'Connor 26 T. Hawkins 37 S. Simpson



31 H. Andrews 40 J. Payne 10 D. Rich



BACK



Geelong Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 04:05
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 05:29
GEEL Rushed behind 1.0.6 - 0.2.2 07:40
GEEL Brandan Parfitt goal 1.0.6 - 1.2.8 11:27
GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 1.0.6 - 2.2.14 16:16
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 1.0.6 - 2.3.15 20:58
GEEL Rhys Stanley behind 1.0.6 - 2.4.16 22:26
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 2.0.12 - 2.4.16 24:41
GEEL Rushed behind 2.0.12 - 2.5.17 26:12
Q2 GEEL Tom Hawkins goal 2.0.12 - 3.5.23 02:48
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 2.0.12 - 4.5.29 06:16
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 3.0.18 - 4.5.29 08:00
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 3.1.19 - 4.5.29 11:22
BRIL Daniel Rich behind 3.2.20 - 4.5.29 15:15
GEEL Sam Menegola behind 3.2.20 - 4.6.30 17:45
GEEL Rushed behind 3.2.20 - 4.7.31 18:38
GEEL Gryan Miers behind 3.2.20 - 4.8.32 22:13
BRIL Lachie Neale goal 4.2.26 - 4.8.32 23:43
BRIL Zac Bailey behind 4.3.27 - 4.8.32 27:12
Q3 GEEL Jack Henry goal 4.3.27 - 5.8.38 02:29
BRIL Daniel McStay behind 4.4.28 - 5.8.38 04:54
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 4.4.28 - 6.8.44 11:51
BRIL Cam Rayner goal 5.4.34 - 6.8.44 14:45
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 5.4.34 - 7.8.50 16:12
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 5.5.35 - 7.8.50 19:30
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 5.5.35 - 7.9.51 21:47
GEEL Rushed behind 5.5.35 - 7.10.52 24:05
GEEL Mark Blicavs behind 5.5.35 - 7.11.53 25:46
Q4 GEEL Gryan Miers goal 5.5.35 - 8.11.59 01:19
BRIL Lachie Neale goal 6.5.41 - 8.11.59 03:16
BRIL Ryan Lester behind 6.6.42 - 8.11.59 08:57
GEEL Zach Tuohy goal 6.6.42 - 9.11.65 10:34
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 6.6.42 - 9.12.66 16:02
GEEL Sam Menegola behind 6.6.42 - 9.13.67 16:39
GEEL Tom Hawkins behind 6.6.42 - 9.14.68 18:39
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 6.6.42 - 10.14.74 20:41
GEEL Gary Rohan behind 6.6.42 - 10.15.75 22:59
GEEL Rushed behind 6.6.42 - 10.16.76 23:37
GEEL Gary Rohan goal 6.6.42 - 11.16.82 24:28