2023 AFL Season Round 2: Brisbane Lions v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 24 March 2023 between the Brisbane Lions and Melbourne during round two of the 2023 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Lions hosted Melbourne at the 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. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

The Brisbane Lions (14.9.93) defeated Melbourne (13.4.82).

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Melbourne
Date: Friday 24 March 2023
Time: 6:55 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 30,047

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Melbourne
Score: 14.9.93 - 13.4.82

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions	6	.	2	8	.	4	13	.	5	14	.	9	14	.	9	(93)
Melbourne	2	.	1	5	.	2	7	.	3	13	.	4	13	.	4	(82)
Margin	BRIL by 25			BRIL by 20			BRIL by 38			BRIL by 11			BRIL by 11
Duration	33:01			32:54			33:10			31:54			2:10:59

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Brisbane Lions) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Melbourne) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Simon Goodwin

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Will Ashcroft	BRIL	8	3
Lachie Neale	BRIL	9	2
Joe Daniher	BRIL	3	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Dayne Zorko	BRIL	15	10	2	0	0	0	0
Will Ashcroft	BRIL	8	8	0	2	0	0	0
Harris Andrews	BRIL	31	6	0	0	2	0	0
Josh Dunkley	BRIL	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jake Lever	MELB	8	2	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Cameron	BRIL	23	1	0	0	0	0	1
Clayton Oliver	MELB	13	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
31	Andrews, Harris	CHB	100%	0	0	22	18	4	10	0	2	0	6	0	2	3	2
8	Ashcroft, Will	WL	81%	1	1	31	14	17	0	0	1	9	2	3	0	2	2
33	Bailey, Zac	C	87%	2	0	10	4	6	0	0	1	2	5	1	1	0	2
7	Berry, Jarrod	WR	81%	1	0	17	11	6	3	0	6	5	2	1	0	2	4
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	67%	2	0	12	9	3	1	0	5	1	4	0	1	0	5
3	Daniher, Joe	FF	88%	4	2	12	12	0	4	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	1
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	69%	0	1	26	14	12	3	0	5	9	0	1	0	5	3
32	Fort, Darcy	INT	82%	0	0	12	7	5	2	17	1	2	6	0	3	1	2
19	Gunston, Jack	CHF	68%	0	1	13	12	1	7	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	5
30	Hipwood, Eric	FPR	95%	0	0	7	7	0	6	0	1	0	4	0	3	0	3
41	Joyce, Darragh	FPL	93%	0	0	9	7	2	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0
11	McCarthy, Lincoln	INT	84%	1	0	10	5	5	3	0	4	1	3	0	1	0	1
6	McCluggage, Hugh	HFFR	83%	0	0	21	14	7	3	0	1	6	6	0	0	2	2
46	McInerney, Oscar	RU	75%	1	0	9	6	3	2	25	2	4	2	0	0	3	3
26	McKenna, Conor	HBFL	84%	0	1	15	11	4	3	0	3	1	3	2	0	2	1
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	84%	0	1	27	17	10	8	0	0	8	3	1	1	1	5
40	Payne, Jack	FB	94%	0	0	11	11	0	8	0	1	0	2	0	0	7	1
16	Rayner, Cam	INT	73%	0	0	16	13	3	4	0	1	4	6	0	2	3	3
10	Rich, Daniel	BPR	67%	0	0	14	10	4	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	3	1
2	Robertson, Deven	SUB↑	31%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1
37	Starcevich, Brandon	BPL	89%	0	0	8	7	1	5	0	4	0	4	0	2	1	1
44	Wilmot, Darcy	INT	70%	0	0	13	12	1	2	0	3	2	3	2	0	2	3
15	Zorko, Dayne	HBFR↓	54%	2	0	22	16	6	9	0	4	2	1	1	0	1	8
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				14	9	338	238	100	92	43	49	60	69	18	17	39	59

D. Robertson replaced D. Zorko.

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Bowey, Jake	INT	67%	0	0	15	12	3	2	0	2	1	1	1	1	4	4
10	Brayshaw, Angus	WL	88%	0	0	27	18	9	6	0	2	2	7	0	4	5	1
50	Brown, Ben	FF	91%	4	0	15	12	3	6	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1
37	Chandler, Kade	HFFR	63%	1	0	12	8	4	6	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	4
31	Fritsch, Bayley	INT	87%	3	1	13	10	3	6	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	2
11	Gawn, Max	RU↓	3%	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
6	Grundy, Brodie	INT	86%	0	0	12	3	9	0	45	5	3	3	3	0	1	3
4	Harmes, James	RR	57%	0	0	10	3	7	0	0	2	2	5	0	4	0	0
12	Hunter, Lachie	HBFR	94%	1	0	22	15	7	6	0	4	1	1	1	0	1	5
15	Langdon, Ed	WR	93%	0	0	18	9	9	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	1
8	Lever, Jake	HBFL	100%	0	0	20	14	6	8	0	1	0	2	1	1	5	1
25	McDonald, Tom	CHF	58%	1	0	10	5	5	2	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	1
41	McVee, Judd	BPR	79%	0	0	8	4	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1
18	Melksham, Jake	SUB↑	70%	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
30	Neal-Bullen, Alex	FPL	81%	1	0	13	8	5	6	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	3
13	Oliver, Clayton	C	89%	1	1	37	22	15	4	0	9	5	8	1	1	4	11
5	Petracca, Christian	FPR	86%	1	0	24	11	13	1	0	6	5	5	1	1	2	6
35	Petty, Harry	CHB	94%	0	0	8	1	7	0	0	3	1	3	0	2	0	0
24	Rivers, Trent	BPL	79%	0	0	19	13	6	3	0	2	1	2	0	1	6	2
9	Spargo, Charlie	HFFL	74%	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	6	0	3	1	1	1	1
32	Sparrow, Tom	INT	83%	0	1	21	7	14	4	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	4
20	Tomlinson, Adam	FB	100%	0	0	13	10	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	5	1
7	Viney, Jack	RO	76%	0	0	19	8	11	0	0	6	6	3	2	1	2	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				13	4	350	201	149	69	52	66	32	57	17	18	44	54

J. Melksham replaced M. Gawn.

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
	24	T. Rivers	20	A. Tomlinson	41	J. McVee	46	O. McInerney	32	D. Fort
	30	E. Hipwood	3	J. Daniher	41	D. Joyce	5	J. Dunkley	11	L. McCarthy
FORWARD							9	L. Neale	16	C. Rayner
HALF-BACK									44	D. Wilmot
	8	J. Lever	35	H. Petty	12	L. Hunter			2	D. Robertson
	6	H. McCluggage	19	J. Gunston	23	C. Cameron
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	10	A. Brayshaw	13	C. Oliver	15	E. Langdon
	7	J. Berry	33	Z. Bailey	8	W. Ashcroft	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	M. Gawn	17	J. Bowey
HALF-FORWARD							4	J. Harmes	31	B. Fritsch
	9	C. Spargo	25	T. McDonald	37	K. Chandler	7	J. Viney	6	B. Grundy
	15	D. Zorko	31	H. Andrews	26	C. McKenna			32	T. Sparrow
HALF-BACK									18	J. Melksham
FORWARD
	30	A. Neal-Bullen	50	B. Brown	5	C. Petracca
	10	D. Rich	40	J. Payne	37	B. Starcevich
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	01:36
	MELB	Tom McDonald goal	1.0.6	-	1.0.6	04:01
	BRIL	Jarrod Berry goal	2.0.12	-	1.0.6	05:18
	MELB	Clayton Oliver behind	2.0.12	-	1.1.7	09:37
	MELB	Christian Petracca goal	2.0.12	-	2.1.13	11:59
	BRIL	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	2.1.13	15:47
	BRIL	Conor McKenna behind	2.2.14	-	2.1.13	18:34
	BRIL	Dayne Zorko goal	3.2.20	-	2.1.13	21:23
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft goal	4.2.26	-	2.1.13	24:30
	BRIL	Oscar McInerney goal	5.2.32	-	2.1.13	26:25
	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	6.2.38	-	2.1.13	27:57
Q2	MELB	Rushed behind	6.2.38	-	2.2.14	07:45
	BRIL	Jack Gunston behind	6.3.39	-	2.2.14	09:26
	MELB	Ben Brown goal	6.3.39	-	3.2.20	12:52
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	7.3.45	-	3.2.20	17:46
	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	8.3.51	-	3.2.20	19:18
	BRIL	Lachie Neale behind	8.4.52	-	3.2.20	21:01
	MELB	Ben Brown goal	8.4.52	-	4.2.26	22:14
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	8.4.52	-	5.2.32	31:26
Q3	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	9.4.58	-	5.2.32	01:11
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	10.4.64	-	5.2.32	03:14
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft behind	10.5.65	-	5.2.32	05:58
	BRIL	Dayne Zorko goal	11.5.71	-	5.2.32	08:29
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	11.5.71	-	6.2.38	12:11
	MELB	Tom Sparrow behind	11.5.71	-	6.3.39	16:00
	MELB	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	11.5.71	-	7.3.45	25:39
	BRIL	Lincoln McCarthy goal	12.5.77	-	7.3.45	29:08
	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	13.5.83	-	7.3.45	30:49
Q4	BRIL	Joe Daniher goal	14.5.89	-	7.3.45	03:59
	BRIL	Joe Daniher behind	14.6.90	-	7.3.45	05:44
	BRIL	Joe Daniher behind	14.7.91	-	7.3.45	07:08
	MELB	Lachie Hunter goal	14.7.91	-	8.3.51	09:48
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	14.7.91	-	9.3.57	15:42
	BRIL	Josh Dunkley behind	14.8.92	-	9.3.57	16:22
	BRIL	Rushed behind	14.9.93	-	9.3.57	22:56
	MELB	Ben Brown goal	14.9.93	-	10.3.63	23:22
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	14.9.93	-	11.3.69	24:33
	MELB	Clayton Oliver goal	14.9.93	-	12.3.75	27:03
	MELB	Ben Brown goal	14.9.93	-	13.3.81	28:46
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	14.9.93	-	13.4.82	31:45

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