2023 AFL Preliminary Final 2: Brisbane Lions v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 23 September 2023 between Brisbane Lions and Carlton in the second preliminary final of the 2023 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Carlton at Gabba. With the presence of multiple Brisbane Lions co-captains, namely Harris Andrews and Lachie Neale, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts. Patrick Cripps captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Michael Voss.

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

Carlton
Back: J. Weitering, C. Marchbank, A. Saad
Half-back: M. McGovern, J. Boyd, N. Newman
Centre: B. Acres, P. Cripps (capt.), O. Hollands
Half-forward: L. Fogarty, S. Docherty, M. Cottrell
Forward: J. Martin, C. Curnow, H. McKay
Follower: M. Pittonet, G. Hewett, S. Walsh
Int.: A. Cerra, A. Cincotta, T. De Koning, J. Motlop
Sub.: M. Kennedy

Brisbane Lions (11.13.79) defeated Carlton (9.9.63).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: J. Daniher (2), L. McCarthy (2), O. McInerney (2), C. Ah Chee, C. Cameron, E. Hipwood, R. Lester, C. McKenna
Carlton: P. Cripps (2), J. Martin (2), H. McKay (2), M. Cottrell, C. Curnow, S. Docherty

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions faced Collingwood in the grand final and Carlton were eliminated (finishing 3rd overall).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 2
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Carlton
Date: Saturday 23 September 2023
Time: 5:15 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 36,012

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Carlton
Score: 11.13.79 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions	1	.	2	6	.	6	9	.	9	11	.	13	11	.	13	(79)
Carlton	5	.	1	6	.	3	6	.	7	9	.	9	9	.	9	(63)
Margin	CARL by 23			BRIL by 3			BRIL by 20			BRIL by 16			BRIL by 16
Duration	32:44			32:23			29:48			29:33			2:04:28

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions), Michael Voss (Carlton)
Captains: unknown (Brisbane Lions), Patrick Cripps (Carlton)

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Keidean Coleman	BRIL	18	10	2	0	0	0	0
Josh Dunkley	BRIL	5	7	0	1	1	0	0
Sam Walsh	CARL	18	5	0	?	?	?	?
Oscar McInerney	BRIL	46	4	0	?	?	?	?
Harris Andrews	BRIL	31	3	0	0	?	?	?
Caleb Marchbank	CARL	22	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	FPR↓	68%	1	1	8	6	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
31	Andrews, Harris	FB	99%	0	0	10	6	4	5	0	0	0	5	0	4	3	0
33	Bailey, Zac	HFFR	77%	0	0	19	10	9	2	0	2	6	5	0	1	2	3
7	Berry, Jarrod	RO	79%	0	0	24	14	10	6	0	1	3	4	1	1	7	3
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	78%	1	3	10	8	2	5	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	3
18	Coleman, Keidean	INT	79%	0	0	21	18	3	10	0	4	1	1	0	0	5	3
3	Daniher, Joe	FF	93%	2	1	14	10	4	3	3	1	3	4	2	1	0	7
5	Dunkley, Josh	C	83%	0	0	23	9	14	5	0	5	6	2	0	0	0	3
28	Fletcher, Jaspa	INT	70%	0	0	11	9	2	8	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	1
27	Gardiner, Darcy	BPR	90%	0	0	11	7	4	5	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	1
30	Hipwood, Eric	CHF	91%	1	1	11	9	2	6	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	3
35	Lester, Ryan	CHB	88%	1	0	16	13	3	9	0	2	1	1	3	0	3	2
17	Lyons, Jarryd	SUB↑	6%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
11	McCarthy, Lincoln	INT	70%	2	0	18	10	8	3	0	7	2	2	0	0	0	3
6	McCluggage, Hugh	WL	79%	0	2	15	10	5	4	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	4
46	McInerney, Oscar	RU	85%	2	0	14	10	4	2	38	3	6	4	1	1	1	2
26	McKenna, Conor	HBFL	82%	1	0	20	19	1	3	0	2	0	5	2	0	5	5
9	Neale, Lachie	RR	86%	0	0	23	11	12	2	0	3	8	4	2	0	0	5
16	Rayner, Cam	FPL	83%	0	1	9	2	7	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
2	Robertson, Deven	INT	79%	0	0	11	6	5	3	0	5	2	5	1	1	2	2
37	Starcevich, Brandon	BPL	81%	0	0	10	8	2	5	0	0	0	5	0	2	4	2
44	Wilmot, Darcy	HBFR	81%	0	0	18	17	1	8	0	2	0	3	0	0	7	2
15	Zorko, Dayne	WR	73%	0	0	22	17	5	6	0	4	3	4	1	0	1	6
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				11	13	339	230	109	104	41	53	44	69	17	15	43	63

J. Lyons replaced C. Ah Chee.

Carlton

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
13	Acres, Blake	WL	88%	0	0	18	7	11	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	2
37	Boyd, Jordan	CHB	85%	0	0	17	13	4	5	0	4	0	1	1	1	3	3
5	Cerra, Adam	INT	65%	0	1	20	8	12	2	0	5	4	3	1	1	1	2
39	Cincotta, Alex	INT	74%	0	0	8	4	4	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	1	0
46	Cottrell, Matt	HFFR	90%	1	1	8	7	1	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
9	Cripps, Patrick (c)	C	79%	2	0	13	6	7	4	0	6	4	5	1	2	0	1
30	Curnow, Charlie	FF	97%	1	1	8	6	2	4	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	5
12	De Koning, Tom	INT	69%	0	0	8	5	3	3	16	3	0	3	0	2	0	5
15	Docherty, Sam	CHF	91%	1	0	19	9	10	5	0	5	2	6	0	0	2	3
8	Fogarty, Lachie	HFFL↓	55%	0	0	7	3	4	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2
29	Hewett, George	RR	76%	0	0	20	7	13	0	0	6	3	1	1	0	2	3
14	Hollands, Oliver	WR	87%	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	3	0
7	Kennedy, Matthew	SUB↑	21%	0	0	6	4	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	0
22	Marchbank, Caleb	FB	98%	0	0	20	16	4	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1
21	Martin, Jack	FPL	70%	2	1	10	4	6	2	0	4	1	1	1	0	0	5
11	McGovern, Mitch	HBFL	68%	0	0	24	15	9	5	0	2	0	2	1	1	10	3
10	McKay, Harry	FPR	91%	2	2	10	10	0	6	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	3
3	Motlop, Jesse	INT	72%	0	0	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
24	Newman, Nic	HBFR	87%	0	0	23	16	7	4	0	3	0	6	1	1	3	1
27	Pittonet, Marc	RU	67%	0	0	10	6	4	1	17	0	6	4	1	3	1	1
42	Saad, Adam	BPR	88%	0	0	12	8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	0
18	Walsh, Sam	RO	82%	0	0	33	15	18	3	0	6	3	8	0	3	1	8
23	Weitering, Jacob	BPL	100%	0	0	17	13	4	8	0	1	1	2	1	0	11	1
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				9	9	328	194	134	80	33	59	30	59	15	17	50	52

M. Kennedy replaced L. Fogarty.

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
	23	J. Weitering	22	C. Marchbank	42	A. Saad	46	O. McInerney	18	K. Coleman
	4	C. Ah Chee	3	J. Daniher	16	C. Rayner	9	L. Neale	28	J. Fletcher
FORWARD							7	J. Berry	11	L. McCarthy
HALF-BACK									2	D. Robertson
	11	M. McGovern	37	J. Boyd	24	N. Newman			17	J. Lyons
	33	Z. Bailey	30	E. Hipwood	23	C. Cameron
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	13	B. Acres	9	P. Cripps (c)	14	O. Hollands
	15	D. Zorko	5	J. Dunkley	6	H. McCluggage	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							27	M. Pittonet	5	A. Cerra
HALF-FORWARD							29	G. Hewett	39	A. Cincotta
	8	L. Fogarty	15	S. Docherty	46	M. Cottrell	18	S. Walsh	12	T. De Koning
	44	D. Wilmot	35	R. Lester	26	C. McKenna			3	J. Motlop
HALF-BACK									7	M. Kennedy
FORWARD
	21	J. Martin	30	C. Curnow	10	H. McKay
	27	D. Gardiner	31	H. Andrews	37	B. Starcevich
BACK
Carlton							Coach: Michael Voss

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	CARL	Matt Cottrell goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:12
	CARL	Jack Martin behind	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	08:32
	CARL	Harry McKay goal	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	09:41
	BRIL	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	2.1.13	16:36
	CARL	Jack Martin goal	0.1.1	-	3.1.19	17:42
	CARL	Sam Docherty goal	0.1.1	-	4.1.25	19:54
	CARL	Charlie Curnow goal	0.1.1	-	5.1.31	21:33
	BRIL	Joe Daniher behind	0.2.2	-	5.1.31	24:45
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	1.2.8	-	5.1.31	29:58
Q2	CARL	Harry McKay behind	1.2.8	-	5.2.32	00:39
	BRIL	Oscar McInerney goal	2.2.14	-	5.2.32	05:10
	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	3.2.20	-	5.2.32	06:55
	CARL	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	5.3.33	14:11
	BRIL	Rushed behind	3.3.21	-	5.3.33	15:18
	CARL	Patrick Cripps goal	3.3.21	-	6.3.39	17:46
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee behind	3.4.22	-	6.3.39	20:01
	BRIL	Conor McKenna goal	4.4.28	-	6.3.39	22:19
	BRIL	Ryan Lester goal	5.4.34	-	6.3.39	24:49
	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	6.4.40	-	6.3.39	27:59
	BRIL	Rushed behind	6.5.41	-	6.3.39	30:13
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	6.6.42	-	6.3.39	31:20
Q3	BRIL	Oscar McInerney goal	7.6.48	-	6.3.39	00:57
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	8.6.54	-	6.3.39	04:01
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood behind	8.7.55	-	6.3.39	05:40
	BRIL	Cam Rayner behind	8.8.56	-	6.3.39	06:50
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage behind	8.9.57	-	6.3.39	10:27
	CARL	Rushed behind	8.9.57	-	6.4.40	11:48
	CARL	Charlie Curnow behind	8.9.57	-	6.5.41	18:44
	CARL	Rushed behind	8.9.57	-	6.6.42	20:35
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee goal	9.9.63	-	6.6.42	23:11
	CARL	Adam Cerra behind	9.9.63	-	6.7.43	29:07
Q4	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	9.10.64	-	6.7.43	02:43
	BRIL	Lincoln McCarthy goal	10.10.70	-	6.7.43	04:00
	BRIL	Rushed behind	10.11.71	-	6.7.43	08:31
	CARL	Harry McKay behind	10.11.71	-	6.8.44	10:02
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	10.12.72	-	6.8.44	12:10
	CARL	Patrick Cripps goal	10.12.72	-	7.8.50	13:24
	CARL	Harry McKay goal	10.12.72	-	8.8.56	15:34
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage behind	10.13.73	-	8.8.56	23:16
	BRIL	Lincoln McCarthy goal	11.13.79	-	8.8.56	24:19
	CARL	Matt Cottrell behind	11.13.79	-	8.9.57	25:41
	CARL	Jack Martin goal	11.13.79	-	9.9.63	28:23

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