2024 AFL Grand Final: Sydney v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 28 September 2024 between Sydney and Brisbane Lions in the grand final of the 2024 AFL season. Sydney hosted Brisbane Lions at MCG. In the absence of Callum Mills, Dane Rampe captained the hosts. Lachie Neale captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Longmire and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Sydney
Back: D. Rampe (capt.), T. McCartin, N. Blakey
Half-back: J. Lloyd, H. Cunningham, L. Melican
Centre: J. Jordon, C. Warner, O. Florent
Half-forward: L. Parker, L. McDonald, E. Gulden
Forward: T. Papley, J. Amartey, W. Hayward
Follower: B. Grundy, I. Heeney, J. Rowbottom
Int.: R. Fox, J. McInerney, H. McLean, M. Roberts
Sub.: B. Campbell

Brisbane Lions
Back: D. Zorko, H. Andrews, N. Answerth
Half-back: B. Starcevich, J. Payne, R. Lester
Centre: J. Fletcher, W. Ashcroft, H. McCluggage
Half-forward: C. Rayner, J. Daniher, J. Berry
Forward: C. Cameron, E. Hipwood, C. Ah Chee
Follower: D. Fort, J. Dunkley, L. Neale (capt.)
Int.: Z. Bailey, K. Lohmann, L. Morris, D. Wilmot
Sub.: C. McKenna

Sydney (9.6.60) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (18.12.120).

Goalkickers
Sydney: L. Parker (3), R. Fox, W. Hayward, I. Heeney, T. Papley, J. Rowbottom, C. Warner
Brisbane Lions: C. Ah Chee (4), K. Lohmann (4), J. Daniher (2), L. Morris (2), W. Ashcroft, J. Berry, C. Cameron, E. Hipwood, H. McCluggage, C. Rayner

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

Match Details

Season: 2024 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Sydney v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 28 September 2024
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 100,013

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 9.6.60 - 18.12.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 3 . 1 4 . 3 5 . 4 9 . 6 9 . 6 (60)
Brisbane Lions 4 . 3 11 . 7 16 . 11 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Margin BRIL by 8 BRIL by 46 BRIL by 73 BRIL by 60 BRIL by 60
Duration 29:58 30:40 30:13 29:27 2:00:18

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Longmire (Sydney), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Dane Rampe (Sydney), Lachie Neale (Brisbane Lions)

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Will Ashcroft BRIL 8 14 4 1 0
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 8 1 2 1
Callum Ah Chee BRIL 4 7 0 2 3
Kai Lohmann BRIL 1 1 0 0 1

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Will Ashcroft BRIL 8 9 1 1 0 0 0
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 9 1 1 0 0 0
Callum Ah Chee BRIL 4 5 0 0 1 1 0
Kai Lohmann BRIL 1 4 0 0 1 0 1
Brandon Starcevich BRIL 37 2 0 0 0 1 0
Joe Daniher BRIL 3 1 0 0 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel FF 80% 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
22 Blakey, Nick BPR 89% 0 1 17 14 3 8 0 1 0 5 1 0 6 1
16 Campbell, Braeden SUB↑ 43% 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 Cunningham, Harry CHB 85% 0 0 8 4 4 5 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
13 Florent, Oliver WR 90% 0 0 24 14 10 5 0 1 1 5 0 1 6 1
42 Fox, Robbie INT 93% 1 0 21 13 8 6 0 3 2 2 0 1 0 5
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 75% 0 0 22 8 14 3 36 2 7 7 2 2 1 3
21 Gulden, Errol HFFR 92% 0 0 24 18 6 5 0 4 2 5 1 2 2 6
9 Hayward, Will FPR 76% 1 0 6 3 3 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac RR 62% 1 0 14 8 6 4 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 2
17 Jordon, James WL 90% 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 4 0 4 1 1 0 2
44 Lloyd, Jake HBFL 86% 0 0 19 12 7 7 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 4
30 McCartin, Tom FB 88% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
6 McDonald, Logan CHF↓ 32% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 McInerney, Justin INT 70% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
2 McLean, Hayden INT 77% 0 1 7 4 3 4 6 2 2 2 1 1 2 1
43 Melican, Lewis HBFR 84% 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1
11 Papley, Tom FPL 85% 1 1 10 7 3 2 0 1 1 4 0 1 2 4
26 Parker, Luke HFFL 94% 3 0 14 10 4 2 0 6 2 5 0 1 0 1
24 Rampe, Dane (ac) BPL 80% 0 0 13 9 4 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 2
34 Roberts, Matt INT 77% 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 2
8 Rowbottom, James RO 74% 1 1 18 13 5 3 0 4 10 1 4 0 1 3
1 Warner, Chad C 77% 1 1 21 18 3 5 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 8
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 9 6 305 195 110 88 42 45 34 62 13 16 33 49

B. Campbell replaced L. McDonald.

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ah Chee, Callum FPR 81% 4 1 14 10 4 6 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1
31 Andrews, Harris FB 92% 0 0 16 12 4 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
43 Answerth, Noah BPR 80% 0 0 15 12 3 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 1
8 Ashcroft, Will C 82% 1 0 30 14 16 5 0 3 5 0 2 0 0 6
33 Bailey, Zac INT 80% 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3
7 Berry, Jarrod HFFR 75% 1 0 20 16 4 10 0 3 1 3 2 2 2 4
23 Cameron, Charlie FPL 83% 1 2 14 13 1 6 0 2 0 5 3 0 0 2
3 Daniher, Joe CHF 100% 2 4 16 15 1 8 1 1 4 4 0 3 0 5
5 Dunkley, Josh RR 81% 0 0 21 12 9 8 0 11 4 1 2 0 4 2
28 Fletcher, Jaspa WL 71% 0 0 18 13 5 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3
32 Fort, Darcy RU 70% 0 1 12 9 3 2 19 3 4 2 2 2 1 1
30 Hipwood, Eric FF 78% 1 0 9 5 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
35 Lester, Ryan HBFR 78% 0 0 15 13 2 11 0 4 0 2 0 1 1 2
1 Lohmann, Kai INT 75% 4 0 15 8 7 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
6 McCluggage, Hugh WR 84% 1 0 21 12 9 5 0 6 3 3 0 2 0 5
26 McKenna, Conor SUB↑ 10% 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Morris, Logan INT↓ 66% 2 1 10 8 2 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
9 Neale, Lachie (c) RO 89% 0 0 35 15 20 8 0 3 9 2 1 1 2 6
40 Payne, Jack CHB 92% 0 0 11 10 1 8 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0
16 Rayner, Cam HFFL 74% 1 0 16 9 7 9 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 4
37 Starcevich, Brandon HBFL 87% 0 0 16 14 2 8 0 4 1 1 0 0 6 2
44 Wilmot, Darcy INT 83% 0 0 15 12 3 8 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1
15 Zorko, Dayne BPL 88% 0 0 26 23 3 10 0 6 0 2 1 1 9 0
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 18 12 385 270 115 158 20 64 33 37 16 13 38 51

C. McKenna replaced L. Morris.

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

Sydney Coach: John Longmire
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 D. Zorko 31 H. Andrews 43 N. Answerth 4 B. Grundy 42 R. Fox
9 W. Hayward 36 J. Amartey 11 T. Papley 5 I. Heeney 27 J. McInerney
FORWARD 8 J. Rowbottom 2 H. McLean
HALF-BACK

34 M. Roberts
37 B. Starcevich 40 J. Payne 35 R. Lester

16 B. Campbell
21 E. Gulden 6 L. McDonald 26 L. Parker



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 J. Fletcher 8 W. Ashcroft 6 H. McCluggage



13 O. Florent 1 C. Warner 17 J. Jordon FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 D. Fort 33 Z. Bailey
HALF-FORWARD 5 J. Dunkley 1 K. Lohmann
16 C. Rayner 3 J. Daniher 7 J. Berry 9 L. Neale (c) 13 L. Morris
43 L. Melican 7 H. Cunningham 44 J. Lloyd

44 D. Wilmot
HALF-BACK

26 C. McKenna
FORWARD



23 C. Cameron 30 E. Hipwood 4 C. Ah Chee



22 N. Blakey 30 T. McCartin 24 D. Rampe (ac)



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 01:59
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 0.0.0 - 0.2.2 05:29
SYDN James Rowbottom behind 0.1.1 - 0.2.2 09:19
SYDN Will Hayward goal 1.1.7 - 0.2.2 09:56
SYDN Tom Papley goal 2.1.13 - 0.2.2 11:19
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 2.1.13 - 1.2.8 15:27
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 2.1.13 - 2.2.14 16:37
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 2.1.13 - 2.3.15 21:32
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 2.1.13 - 3.3.21 22:52
SYDN James Rowbottom goal 3.1.19 - 3.3.21 26:01
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 3.1.19 - 4.3.27 28:44
Q2 SYDN Chad Warner behind 3.2.20 - 4.3.27 01:25
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 3.2.20 - 5.3.33 05:48
SYDN Robbie Fox goal 4.2.26 - 5.3.33 07:32
BRIL Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 5.4.34 10:10
BRIL Logan Morris behind 4.2.26 - 5.5.35 11:31
BRIL Darcy Fort behind 4.2.26 - 5.6.36 12:46
BRIL Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 5.7.37 13:54
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 4.2.26 - 6.7.43 15:36
BRIL Callum Ah Chee goal 4.2.26 - 7.7.49 17:16
BRIL Jarrod Berry goal 4.2.26 - 8.7.55 21:44
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 4.2.26 - 9.7.61 23:10
BRIL Callum Ah Chee goal 4.2.26 - 10.7.67 25:03
SYDN Hayden McLean behind 4.3.27 - 10.7.67 26:47
BRIL Logan Morris goal 4.3.27 - 11.7.73 28:30
Q3 SYDN Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 11.7.73 01:01
BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 4.4.28 - 11.8.74 04:27
BRIL Rushed behind 4.4.28 - 11.9.75 05:48
BRIL Callum Ah Chee goal 4.4.28 - 12.9.81 08:11
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 4.4.28 - 12.10.82 09:56
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 5.4.34 - 12.10.82 12:38
BRIL Will Ashcroft goal 5.4.34 - 13.10.88 14:49
BRIL Cam Rayner goal 5.4.34 - 14.10.94 21:10
BRIL Joe Daniher behind 5.4.34 - 14.11.95 22:24
BRIL Logan Morris goal 5.4.34 - 15.11.101 25:58
BRIL Callum Ah Chee goal 5.4.34 - 16.11.107 28:44
Q4 SYDN Nick Blakey behind 5.5.35 - 16.11.107 01:06
BRIL Callum Ah Chee behind 5.5.35 - 16.12.108 06:46
SYDN Luke Parker goal 6.5.41 - 16.12.108 11:34
SYDN Chad Warner goal 7.5.47 - 16.12.108 12:49
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 7.5.47 - 17.12.114 17:10
SYDN Tom Papley behind 7.6.48 - 17.12.114 18:17
SYDN Luke Parker goal 8.6.54 - 17.12.114 22:28
SYDN Luke Parker goal 9.6.60 - 17.12.114 25:20
BRIL Joe Daniher goal 9.6.60 - 18.12.120 26:39