2023 AFL Round 7: Brisbane Lions v Fremantle

This is the match report for the match played on 29 April 2023 between Brisbane Lions and Fremantle during round 7 of the 2023 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Fremantle 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. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Justin Longmuir.

Brisbane Lions
Back: B. Starcevich, J. Payne, C. Rayner
Half-back: C. McKenna, H. Andrews, D. Rich
Centre: R. Lester, Z. Bailey, H. McCluggage
Half-forward: C. Cameron, J. Gunston, J. Berry
Forward: D. Zorko, J. Daniher, E. Hipwood
Follower: O. McInerney, J. Dunkley, L. Neale
Int.: W. Ashcroft, K. Coleman, L. McCarthy, D. Wilmot
Sub.: N. Answerth

Fremantle
Back: B. Cox, A. Pearce, H. Young
Half-back: B. Walker, L. Ryan, J. Clark
Centre: J. Aish, C. Serong, N. O'Driscoll
Half-forward: M. Walters, L. Jackson, B. Banfield
Forward: S. Switkowski, J. Amiss, L. Schultz
Follower: S. Darcy, A. Brayshaw, W. Brodie
Int.: E. Hughes, M. Johnson, J. O'Meara, S. Sturt
Sub.: N. Erasmus

Brisbane Lions (17.13.115) defeated Fremantle (10.7.67).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: J. Daniher (3), L. McCarthy (3), W. Ashcroft (2), Z. Bailey (2), C. Cameron (2), E. Hipwood (2), J. Gunston, C. McKenna, C. Rayner
Fremantle: A. Brayshaw (2), J. O'Meara (2), S. Switkowski (2), J. Amiss, L. Jackson, N. O'Driscoll, M. Walters

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions were then 4th on the ladder (up from 6th) and Fremantle were then 14th on the ladder (down from 13th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2023 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Fremantle
Date: Saturday 29 April 2023
Time: 1:45 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 25,528

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Fremantle
Score: 17.13.115 - 10.7.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 3 . 5 8 . 7 13 . 10 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Fremantle 1 . 3 3 . 6 8 . 6 10 . 7 10 . 7 (67)
Margin BRIL by 14 BRIL by 31 BRIL by 34 BRIL by 48 BRIL by 48
Duration 29:26 32:18 33:04 30:48 2:05:36

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions), Justin Longmuir (Fremantle)
Captains: unknown (Brisbane Lions), unknown (Fremantle)

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
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 10 2 0 0 0 0
Will Ashcroft BRIL 8 7 0 1 1 0 0
Oscar McInerney BRIL 46 5 0 1 0 0 1
Brandon Starcevich BRIL 37 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Dayne Zorko BRIL 15 3 0 0 ? ? ?
Josh Dunkley BRIL 5 2 0 0 0 1 0

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 93% 0 0 20 15 5 11 0 2 0 3 0 1 6 1
43 Answerth, Noah SUB↑ 21% 0 0 7 2 5 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1
8 Ashcroft, Will INT 83% 2 1 28 16 12 7 0 2 3 2 1 0 1 3
33 Bailey, Zac C 84% 2 0 19 17 2 6 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 3
7 Berry, Jarrod HFFR 77% 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 3 3 2 0 1 4 3
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFL 82% 2 0 12 6 6 2 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 2
18 Coleman, Keidean INT 80% 0 0 14 9 5 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0
3 Daniher, Joe FF 89% 3 1 14 10 4 5 1 1 1 3 1 2 0 1
5 Dunkley, Josh RR 85% 0 0 28 11 17 7 0 8 3 3 1 2 1 1
19 Gunston, Jack CHF 81% 1 1 7 4 3 3 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0
30 Hipwood, Eric FPR 87% 2 2 8 6 2 4 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 1
35 Lester, Ryan WL 80% 0 0 13 9 4 4 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 0
11 McCarthy, Lincoln INT 73% 3 0 11 8 3 2 0 1 1 6 0 2 0 2
6 McCluggage, Hugh WR 82% 0 1 21 19 2 4 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 8
46 McInerney, Oscar RU 85% 0 1 13 6 7 1 30 1 9 3 1 0 0 3
26 McKenna, Conor HBFL 85% 1 0 14 13 1 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 6
9 Neale, Lachie RO 87% 0 1 35 14 21 2 0 7 13 6 0 0 1 8
40 Payne, Jack FB 96% 0 0 14 11 3 8 0 1 0 3 0 0 7 0
16 Rayner, Cam BPR 76% 1 0 12 6 6 3 0 3 3 3 1 0 1 4
10 Rich, Daniel HBFR 68% 0 0 20 17 3 11 0 1 0 4 0 2 5 3
37 Starcevich, Brandon BPL 88% 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 1 1 5 1 1 1 2
44 Wilmot, Darcy INT 70% 0 0 15 10 5 7 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
15 Zorko, Dayne FPL↓ 49% 0 2 19 12 7 4 0 2 5 3 1 0 1 8
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 17 13 373 240 133 112 31 58 46 67 13 18 32 62

N. Answerth replaced D. Zorko.

Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
11 Aish, James WL 83% 0 0 18 9 9 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 5
24 Amiss, Jye FF 75% 1 0 7 5 2 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2
41 Banfield, Bailey HFFR 80% 0 1 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1
8 Brayshaw, Andrew RR 84% 2 0 30 14 16 5 0 4 2 7 2 2 2 6
17 Brodie, Will RO 73% 0 0 24 10 14 3 0 1 5 6 1 0 0 6
6 Clark, Jordan HBFR 83% 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 2
36 Cox, Brennan BPL 87% 0 0 23 7 16 5 0 3 1 3 0 0 4 0
4 Darcy, Sean RU 85% 0 0 18 8 10 3 39 0 4 0 2 0 0 3
28 Erasmus, Neil SUB↑ 25% 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
15 Hughes, Ethan INT 76% 0 0 16 12 4 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 0
9 Jackson, Luke CHF 81% 1 2 12 5 7 2 7 3 0 3 0 1 0 1
44 Johnson, Matthew INT 75% 0 0 22 8 14 3 0 2 5 6 0 2 1 1
30 O'Driscoll, Nathan WR 82% 1 0 14 7 7 4 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 1
2 O'Meara, Jaeger INT 81% 2 0 18 5 13 3 0 8 1 1 1 0 1 1
25 Pearce, Alex FB 100% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 5 0 2 1 1 3 1
13 Ryan, Luke CHB 87% 0 0 18 14 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 9 0
5 Schultz, Lachie FPR 76% 0 0 16 7 9 2 0 1 1 7 2 3 0 1
3 Serong, Caleb C 83% 0 0 27 14 13 5 0 3 4 3 2 1 3 5
1 Sturt, Sam INT↓ 54% 0 2 7 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
39 Switkowski, Sam FPL 76% 2 0 11 5 6 3 0 5 1 4 3 0 0 2
31 Walker, Brandon HBFL 86% 0 0 14 8 6 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 2 1
10 Walters, Michael HFFL 88% 1 0 11 6 5 4 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0
26 Young, Hayden BPR 81% 0 1 33 19 14 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 9 3
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 10 7 381 187 194 78 46 57 28 64 18 13 44 42

N. Erasmus replaced S. Sturt.

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
36 B. Cox 25 A. Pearce 26 H. Young 46 O. McInerney 8 W. Ashcroft
30 E. Hipwood 3 J. Daniher 15 D. Zorko 5 J. Dunkley 18 K. Coleman
FORWARD 9 L. Neale 11 L. McCarthy
HALF-BACK

44 D. Wilmot
31 B. Walker 13 L. Ryan 6 J. Clark

43 N. Answerth
7 J. Berry 19 J. Gunston 23 C. Cameron



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 J. Aish 3 C. Serong 30 N. O'Driscoll



6 H. McCluggage 33 Z. Bailey 35 R. Lester FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 4 S. Darcy 15 E. Hughes
HALF-FORWARD 8 A. Brayshaw 44 M. Johnson
10 M. Walters 9 L. Jackson 41 B. Banfield 17 W. Brodie 2 J. O'Meara
10 D. Rich 31 H. Andrews 26 C. McKenna

1 S. Sturt
HALF-BACK

28 N. Erasmus
FORWARD



39 S. Switkowski 24 J. Amiss 5 L. Schultz



16 C. Rayner 40 J. Payne 37 B. Starcevich



BACK



Fremantle Coach: Justin Longmuir

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 FREM Hayden Young behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:05
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 02:26
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 05:10
BRIL Oscar McInerney behind 1.2.8 - 0.1.1 07:02
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 1.3.9 - 0.1.1 08:21
BRIL Jack Gunston goal 2.3.15 - 0.1.1 09:58
BRIL Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 0.1.1 13:21
FREM Luke Jackson behind 2.4.16 - 0.2.2 14:41
FREM Bailey Banfield behind 2.4.16 - 0.3.3 18:37
FREM Jaeger O'Meara goal 2.4.16 - 1.3.9 20:46
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy goal 3.4.22 - 1.3.9 23:31
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 3.5.23 - 1.3.9 26:48
Q2 BRIL Will Ashcroft goal 4.5.29 - 1.3.9 00:58
BRIL Jack Gunston behind 4.6.30 - 1.3.9 03:09
BRIL Will Ashcroft goal 5.6.36 - 1.3.9 08:09
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 5.6.36 - 2.3.15 09:56
FREM Sam Sturt behind 5.6.36 - 2.4.16 13:43
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 5.7.37 - 2.4.16 15:48
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 6.7.43 - 2.4.16 16:57
FREM Sam Sturt behind 6.7.43 - 2.5.17 20:10
BRIL Conor McKenna goal 7.7.49 - 2.5.17 21:18
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 8.7.55 - 2.5.17 24:46
FREM Rushed behind 8.7.55 - 2.6.18 26:53
FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 8.7.55 - 3.6.24 28:57
Q3 FREM Jaeger O'Meara goal 8.7.55 - 4.6.30 04:38
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 9.7.61 - 4.6.30 07:05
FREM Andrew Brayshaw goal 9.7.61 - 5.6.36 10:05
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 10.7.67 - 5.6.36 12:59
BRIL Rushed behind 10.8.68 - 5.6.36 14:23
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 10.9.69 - 5.6.36 14:56
FREM Luke Jackson goal 10.9.69 - 6.6.42 15:50
FREM Sam Switkowski goal 10.9.69 - 7.6.48 18:40
BRIL Hugh McCluggage behind 10.10.70 - 7.6.48 20:01
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy goal 11.10.76 - 7.6.48 23:40
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy goal 12.10.82 - 7.6.48 26:42
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 13.10.88 - 7.6.48 28:52
FREM Nathan O'Driscoll goal 13.10.88 - 8.6.54 33:00
Q4 FREM Michael Walters goal 13.10.88 - 9.6.60 02:08
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 14.10.94 - 9.6.60 05:05
FREM Luke Jackson behind 14.10.94 - 9.7.61 06:42
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 15.10.100 - 9.7.61 10:19
BRIL Lachie Neale behind 15.11.101 - 9.7.61 15:31
BRIL Cam Rayner goal 16.11.107 - 9.7.61 16:56
BRIL Rushed behind 16.12.108 - 9.7.61 19:58
FREM Jye Amiss goal 16.12.108 - 10.7.67 21:09
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 17.12.114 - 10.7.67 22:16
BRIL Will Ashcroft behind 17.13.115 - 10.7.67 28:47