2023 AFL Grand Final: Collingwood v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 30 September 2023 between Collingwood and Brisbane Lions in the grand final of the 2023 AFL season. Collingwood hosted Brisbane Lions at MCG. Darcy Moore captained the hosts. Harris Andrews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Craig McRae and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Collingwood
Back: N. Murphy, D. Moore (capt.), J. Howe
Half-back: B. Maynard, B. Frampton, I. Quaynor
Centre: S. Sidebottom, S. Pendlebury, O. Markov
Half-forward: B. Hill, B. Mihocek, J. Elliott
Forward: B. McCreery, J. De Goey, J. Daicos
Follower: M. Cox, N. Daicos, J. Crisp
Int.: D. Cameron, J. Ginnivan, W. Hoskin-Elliott, T. Mitchell
Sub.: P. Lipinski

Brisbane Lions
Back: B. Starcevich, H. Andrews (capt.), D. Gardiner
Half-back: C. McKenna, R. Lester, D. Wilmot
Centre: H. McCluggage, J. Dunkley, D. Zorko
Half-forward: C. Cameron, E. Hipwood, C. Ah Chee
Forward: C. Rayner, J. Daniher, Z. Bailey
Follower: O. McInerney, L. Neale, J. Berry
Int.: K. Coleman, J. Fletcher, L. McCarthy, D. Robertson
Sub.: J. Lyons

Collingwood (12.18.90) defeated Brisbane Lions (13.8.86).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: B. Hill (4), J. Crisp (2), J. De Goey (2), N. Daicos, B. Mihocek, S. Pendlebury, S. Sidebottom
Brisbane Lions: C. Cameron (3), J. Daniher (3), Z. Bailey (2), L. McCarthy (2), H. McCluggage (2), D. Robertson

As a result of this match, Collingwood were the premiers and Brisbane Lions were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Collingwood v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 30 September 2023
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 100,024

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 12.18.90 - 13.8.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 4 9 . 9 10 . 15 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Brisbane Lions 3 . 0 9 . 3 11 . 5 13 . 8 13 . 8 (86)
Margin COLL by 10 COLL by 6 COLL by 4 COLL by 4 COLL by 4
Duration 33:50 35:37 30:28 30:07 2:10:02

Honour Roll

Coaches: Craig McRae (Collingwood), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Darcy Moore (Collingwood), Harris Andrews (Brisbane Lions)

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Bobby Hill COLL 23 15 5 0 0
Keidean Coleman BRIL 18 5 0 2 1
Nick Daicos COLL 35 4 0 2 0
Tom Mitchell COLL 6 3 0 1 1
Jack Crisp COLL 25 2 0 0 2
Scott Pendlebury COLL 10 1 0 0 1

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Bobby Hill COLL 23 10 2 0 0 0 0
Keidean Coleman BRIL 18 7 0 1 1 0 0
Jack Crisp COLL 25 4 0 ? ? 0 ?
Nick Daicos COLL 35 4 0 ? ? 0 ?
Tom Mitchell COLL 6 2 0 0 0 1 0
Scott Pendlebury COLL 10 2 0 0 0 1 0
Joe Daniher BRIL 3 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Cameron, Darcy INT 59% 0 0 12 8 4 2 19 6 4 3 1 1 1 3
46 Cox, Mason RU 67% 0 2 7 5 2 4 31 1 2 6 1 4 0 0
25 Crisp, Jack RO 91% 2 1 25 16 9 7 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 4
7 Daicos, Josh FPR 83% 0 0 17 11 6 2 0 0 2 5 1 1 2 4
35 Daicos, Nick RR 85% 1 1 29 17 12 4 0 4 2 1 3 1 2 3
2 De Goey, Jordan FF 82% 2 0 18 10 8 5 0 4 4 3 0 2 1 6
5 Elliott, Jamie HFFR 88% 0 1 14 9 5 7 0 4 2 4 0 2 0 5
17 Frampton, Billy CHB 82% 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0
33 Ginnivan, Jack INT 67% 0 1 7 6 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
23 Hill, Bobby HFFL 80% 4 2 18 14 4 8 0 5 0 3 1 1 0 0
32 Hoskin-Elliott, Will INT 89% 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 3
38 Howe, Jeremy BPR 94% 0 0 24 18 6 9 0 1 0 1 2 0 8 1
1 Lipinski, Patrick SUB↑ 58% 0 0 16 4 12 2 0 5 3 3 0 1 0 2
37 Markov, Oleg WR 81% 0 0 12 6 6 4 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 2
4 Maynard, Brayden HBFL 93% 0 1 13 10 3 3 0 2 1 2 2 0 4 1
31 McCreery, Beau FPL 73% 0 3 13 10 3 1 0 3 1 5 0 2 0 5
41 Mihocek, Brody CHF 92% 1 0 10 6 4 6 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 4
6 Mitchell, Tom INT 72% 0 0 24 11 13 4 0 13 7 2 1 0 1 3
30 Moore, Darcy (c) FB 95% 0 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0
28 Murphy, Nathan BPL↓ 20% 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
10 Pendlebury, Scott C 77% 1 0 24 16 8 5 0 4 6 3 1 0 1 4
3 Quaynor, Isaac HBFR 86% 0 0 12 10 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Sidebottom, Steele WL 86% 1 0 20 12 8 5 0 7 3 3 0 1 1 4
Rushed 5
Total (23 players) 12 18 340 219 121 95 50 73 38 61 16 22 30 57

P. Lipinski replaced N. Murphy.

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ah Chee, Callum HFFR↓ 61% 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
31 Andrews, Harris (c) FB 97% 0 0 16 11 5 9 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 1
33 Bailey, Zac FPR 81% 2 1 13 11 2 1 0 4 4 3 2 1 1 6
7 Berry, Jarrod RO 73% 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 2 2 5 0 2 4 1
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFL 89% 3 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1
18 Coleman, Keidean INT 81% 0 1 26 23 3 8 0 6 2 1 3 0 7 4
3 Daniher, Joe FF 93% 3 1 16 14 2 8 4 0 2 6 0 1 1 3
5 Dunkley, Josh C 86% 0 1 21 9 12 6 0 4 5 3 1 0 1 1
28 Fletcher, Jaspa INT 64% 0 1 9 3 6 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
27 Gardiner, Darcy BPR 97% 0 0 9 4 5 3 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 0
30 Hipwood, Eric CHF 85% 0 1 10 6 4 4 0 3 0 5 2 1 0 2
35 Lester, Ryan CHB 86% 0 0 18 14 4 6 0 2 0 3 2 1 1 3
17 Lyons, Jarryd SUB↑ 17% 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 McCarthy, Lincoln INT 74% 2 1 7 6 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 4
6 McCluggage, Hugh WL 81% 2 0 21 12 9 4 0 5 4 2 0 0 1 2
46 McInerney, Oscar RU 88% 0 0 13 7 6 0 28 4 10 6 3 2 1 2
26 McKenna, Conor HBFL 75% 0 0 13 13 0 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 9 0
9 Neale, Lachie RR 85% 0 1 21 9 12 6 0 3 5 2 2 0 2 3
16 Rayner, Cam FPL 75% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 1 2 4 0 1 2 1
2 Robertson, Deven INT 63% 1 0 13 6 7 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2
37 Starcevich, Brandon BPL 82% 0 0 14 9 5 7 0 1 1 3 1 2 2 0
44 Wilmot, Darcy HBFR 82% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 3 1 2 0 1 3 1
15 Zorko, Dayne WR 85% 0 0 17 15 2 6 0 4 2 4 1 0 1 2
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 13 8 308 205 103 89 32 53 44 61 22 16 44 43

J. Lyons replaced C. Ah Chee.

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

Collingwood Coach: Craig McRae
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
37 B. Starcevich 31 H. Andrews (c) 27 D. Gardiner 46 M. Cox 14 D. Cameron
7 J. Daicos 2 J. De Goey 31 B. McCreery 35 N. Daicos 33 J. Ginnivan
FORWARD 25 J. Crisp 32 W. Hoskin-Elliott
HALF-BACK

6 T. Mitchell
26 C. McKenna 35 R. Lester 44 D. Wilmot

1 P. Lipinski
5 J. Elliott 41 B. Mihocek 23 B. Hill



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



6 H. McCluggage 5 J. Dunkley 15 D. Zorko



37 O. Markov 10 S. Pendlebury 22 S. Sidebottom FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 46 O. McInerney 18 K. Coleman
HALF-FORWARD 9 L. Neale 28 J. Fletcher
23 C. Cameron 30 E. Hipwood 4 C. Ah Chee 7 J. Berry 11 L. McCarthy
3 I. Quaynor 17 B. Frampton 4 B. Maynard

2 D. Robertson
HALF-BACK

17 J. Lyons
FORWARD



16 C. Rayner 3 J. Daniher 33 Z. Bailey



38 J. Howe 30 D. Moore (c) 28 N. Murphy



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 COLL Nick Daicos goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 04:19
COLL Bobby Hill goal 2.0.12 - 0.0.0 06:03
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 2.0.12 - 1.0.6 10:56
COLL Beau McCreery behind 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 15:16
COLL Jamie Elliott behind 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 16:34
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy goal 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 19:19
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 2.2.14 - 3.0.18 24:35
COLL Mason Cox behind 2.3.15 - 3.0.18 27:49
COLL Brody Mihocek goal 3.3.21 - 3.0.18 30:30
COLL Jack Crisp behind 3.4.22 - 3.0.18 32:33
COLL Jordan De Goey goal 4.4.28 - 3.0.18 33:47
Q2 BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 4.4.28 - 4.0.24 00:30
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 4.4.28 - 5.0.30 02:13
BRIL Lachie Neale behind 4.4.28 - 5.1.31 03:47
COLL Bobby Hill goal 5.4.34 - 5.1.31 05:24
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 5.4.34 - 6.1.37 07:58
COLL Beau McCreery behind 5.5.35 - 6.1.37 09:55
COLL Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 6.1.37 13:36
COLL Beau McCreery behind 5.7.37 - 6.1.37 14:56
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 5.7.37 - 7.1.43 16:47
BRIL Zac Bailey behind 5.7.37 - 7.2.44 19:24
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy goal 5.7.37 - 8.2.50 19:54
COLL Jack Crisp goal 6.7.43 - 8.2.50 21:44
COLL Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 8.2.50 23:24
COLL Bobby Hill goal 7.8.50 - 8.2.50 24:48
COLL Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 8.2.50 26:27
BRIL Josh Dunkley behind 7.9.51 - 8.3.51 27:56
COLL Bobby Hill goal 8.9.57 - 8.3.51 30:32
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 8.9.57 - 9.3.57 32:34
COLL Jack Crisp goal 9.9.63 - 9.3.57 35:35
Q3 COLL Billy Frampton behind 9.10.64 - 9.3.57 00:53
COLL Rushed behind 9.11.65 - 9.3.57 04:58
BRIL Jaspa Fletcher behind 9.11.65 - 9.4.58 05:52
COLL Brayden Maynard behind 9.12.66 - 9.4.58 10:13
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 9.12.66 - 10.4.64 11:53
COLL Jack Ginnivan behind 9.13.67 - 10.4.64 17:48
BRIL Deven Robertson goal 9.13.67 - 11.4.70 19:30
COLL Mason Cox behind 9.14.68 - 11.4.70 21:44
COLL Bobby Hill behind 9.15.69 - 11.4.70 23:08
COLL Scott Pendlebury goal 10.15.75 - 11.4.70 27:20
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy behind 10.15.75 - 11.5.71 29:57
Q4 COLL Nick Daicos behind 10.16.76 - 11.5.71 02:40
COLL Bobby Hill behind 10.17.77 - 11.5.71 03:45
COLL Rushed behind 10.18.78 - 11.5.71 05:58
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 10.18.78 - 11.6.72 07:57
BRIL Keidean Coleman behind 10.18.78 - 11.7.73 12:29
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 10.18.78 - 11.8.74 14:03
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 10.18.78 - 12.8.80 18:50
COLL Jordan De Goey goal 11.18.84 - 12.8.80 20:20
COLL Steele Sidebottom goal 12.18.90 - 12.8.80 22:30
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 12.18.90 - 13.8.86 27:10