2024 AFL Season Round 25: Brisbane Lions v Essendon
This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 2024 between the Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round twenty-five of the 2024 season of the Australian Football League.
The Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon 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.
Zach Merrett captained the visitors with Andrew McGrath as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Brad Scott.
The Brisbane Lions (11.21.87) defeated Essendon (10.7.67).
Match Details
Season:
2024 AFL Season
Round:
Round 25
Teams:
Brisbane Lions
v
Essendon
Date:
Saturday 24 August 2024
Time:
7:30 PM
Venue:
Gabba
Attendance:
31,663
Match Results
Outcome:
Brisbane Lions
def.
Essendon
Score:
11.21.87 - 10.7.67
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Brisbane Lions | 3 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 9 | 11 | . | 17 | 11 | . | 21 | 11 | . | 21 | (87) |
| Essendon | 1 | . | 4 | 3 | . | 5 | 5 | . | 7 | 10 | . | 7 | 10 | . | 7 | (67) |
| Margin | BRIL by 12 | BRIL by 28 | BRIL by 46 | BRIL by 20 | BRIL by 20 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 27:12 | 31:52 | 35:14 | 31:23 | 2:05:41 | |||||||||||
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 (Essendon) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Brisbane Lions
Captain: unknownCoach: Chris Fagan
Essendon
Captain: Zach MerrettVice-Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Brad Scott
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lachie Neale | BRIL | 9 | 3 |
| Josh Dunkley | BRIL | 5 | 2 |
| Charlie Cameron | BRIL | 23 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh McCluggage | BRIL | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lachie Neale | BRIL | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kai Lohmann | BRIL | 1 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | ? | 0 |
| Zach Merrett | ESSE | 7 | 4 | 0 | ? | 0 | ? | 0 |
| Josh Dunkley | BRIL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew McGrath | ESSE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darcy Wilmot | BRIL | 44 | 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 |
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| 4 | Ah Chee, Callum | INT | 78% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Andrews, Harris | FB | 91% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | Answerth, Noah | BPR | 85% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | Ashcroft, Will | INT | 72% | 0 | 0 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 33 | Bailey, Zac | HFFR | 85% | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Berry, Jarrod | WR | 62% | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Cameron, Charlie | FPL | 81% | 3 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Daniher, Joe | CHF | 100% | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Dunkley, Josh | RR | 88% | 0 | 0 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Fletcher, Jaspa | WL | 77% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 30 | Hipwood, Eric | FF↓ | 62% | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 41 | Joyce, Darragh | HBFR | 95% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Lester, Ryan | CHB | 88% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1 | Lohmann, Kai | FPR | 84% | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | McCluggage, Hugh | C | 77% | 0 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 46 | McInerney, Oscar | RU | 78% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | McKenna, Conor | INT | 75% | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Morris, Logan | INT | 69% | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Neale, Lachie | RO | 87% | 1 | 1 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 16 | Rayner, Cam | HFFL | 83% | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 22 | Sharp, Harry | SUB↑ | 15% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 44 | Wilmot, Darcy | HBFL | 82% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Zorko, Dayne | BPL | 83% | 0 | 0 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Rushed | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 11 | 21 | 414 | 249 | 165 | 110 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 53 | 16 | 11 | 36 | 62 | |||
H. Sharp replaced E. Hipwood.
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Bryan, Nick | WL | 85% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Caddy, Nate | CHF | 85% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Caldwell, Jye | RR | 72% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Draper, Sam | RU | 81% | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Durham, Sam | C | 81% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Gresham, Jade | FPR | 80% | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Guelfi, Matt | INT↓ | 47% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Heppell, Dyson | HBFR | 86% | 0 | 0 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Hobbs, Ben | SUB↑ | 27% | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Jones, Harry | HFFL | 82% | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Kelly, Jake | WR | 87% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Langford, Kyle | FPL | 86% | 3 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Laverde, Jayden | BPR | 97% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 37 | Martin, Nic | HBFL | 100% | 1 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 | McGrath, Andrew (vc) | BPL | 81% | 0 | 0 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 32 | McKay, Ben | FB | 98% | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Merrett, Zach (c) | RO | 87% | 1 | 1 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Parish, Darcy | HFFR | 80% | 0 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Perkins, Archie | FF | 64% | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | Redman, Mason | CHB | 75% | 0 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 38 | Roberts, Archie | INT | 86% | 0 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Shiel, Dylan | INT | 67% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Stringer, Jake | INT | 65% | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 10 | 7 | 438 | 234 | 204 | 112 | 38 | 45 | 25 | 60 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 46 | |||
B. Hobbs replaced M. Guelfi.
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Brisbane Lions | Coach: Chris Fagan | ||||||||||||||
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| 1 | A. McGrath (vc) | 32 | B. McKay | 15 | J. Laverde | 46 | O. McInerney | 4 | C. Ah Chee | ||||||
| 1 | K. Lohmann | 30 | E. Hipwood | 23 | C. Cameron | 5 | J. Dunkley | 8 | W. Ashcroft | ||||||
| FORWARD | 9 | L. Neale | 26 | C. McKenna | |||||||||||
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| 37 | N. Martin | 27 | M. Redman | 21 | D. Heppell |
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| 33 | Z. Bailey | 3 | J. Daniher | 16 | C. Rayner |
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| 24 | N. Bryan | 22 | S. Durham | 29 | J. Kelly |
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| 7 | J. Berry | 6 | H. McCluggage | 28 | J. Fletcher | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 2 | S. Draper | 35 | M. Guelfi | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 6 | J. Caldwell | 38 | A. Roberts | |||||||||||
| 23 | H. Jones | 30 | N. Caddy | 3 | D. Parish | 7 | Z. Merrett (c) | 9 | D. Shiel | ||||||
| 41 | D. Joyce | 35 | R. Lester | 44 | D. Wilmot |
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| 4 | K. Langford | 16 | A. Perkins | 11 | J. Gresham |
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| 43 | N. Answerth | 31 | H. Andrews | 15 | D. Zorko |
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| Essendon | Coach: Brad Scott | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | BRIL | Eric Hipwood behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | 00:58 |
| BRIL | Jarrod Berry behind | 0.2.2 | - | 0.0.0 | 02:30 | |
| BRIL | Charlie Cameron goal | 1.2.8 | - | 0.0.0 | 04:20 | |
| BRIL | Rushed behind | 1.3.9 | - | 0.0.0 | 06:03 | |
| ESSE | Archie Perkins behind | 1.3.9 | - | 0.1.1 | 08:02 | |
| BRIL | Kai Lohmann goal | 2.3.15 | - | 0.1.1 | 11:43 | |
| ESSE | Kyle Langford goal | 2.3.15 | - | 1.1.7 | 13:40 | |
| ESSE | Jake Stringer behind | 2.3.15 | - | 1.2.8 | 15:56 | |
| ESSE | Darcy Parish behind | 2.3.15 | - | 1.3.9 | 19:00 | |
| BRIL | Rushed behind | 2.4.16 | - | 1.3.9 | 20:03 | |
| BRIL | Logan Morris goal | 3.4.22 | - | 1.3.9 | 20:59 | |
| ESSE | Jade Gresham behind | 3.4.22 | - | 1.4.10 | 23:38 | |
| Q2 | ESSE | Zach Merrett behind | 3.4.22 | - | 1.5.11 | 00:31 |
| BRIL | Kai Lohmann behind | 3.5.23 | - | 1.5.11 | 02:54 | |
| BRIL | Charlie Cameron goal | 4.5.29 | - | 1.5.11 | 06:04 | |
| BRIL | Kai Lohmann goal | 5.5.35 | - | 1.5.11 | 10:27 | |
| BRIL | Zac Bailey behind | 5.6.36 | - | 1.5.11 | 12:35 | |
| BRIL | Joe Daniher behind | 5.7.37 | - | 1.5.11 | 14:07 | |
| BRIL | Joe Daniher goal | 6.7.43 | - | 1.5.11 | 15:19 | |
| ESSE | Jake Stringer goal | 6.7.43 | - | 2.5.17 | 17:24 | |
| BRIL | Charlie Cameron goal | 7.7.49 | - | 2.5.17 | 21:15 | |
| ESSE | Jade Gresham goal | 7.7.49 | - | 3.5.23 | 24:35 | |
| BRIL | Rushed behind | 7.8.50 | - | 3.5.23 | 26:37 | |
| BRIL | Logan Morris behind | 7.9.51 | - | 3.5.23 | 30:10 | |
| Q3 | BRIL | Rushed behind | 7.10.52 | - | 3.5.23 | 01:40 |
| ESSE | Kyle Langford goal | 7.10.52 | - | 4.5.29 | 02:52 | |
| ESSE | Nic Martin behind | 7.10.52 | - | 4.6.30 | 07:43 | |
| BRIL | Kai Lohmann behind | 7.11.53 | - | 4.6.30 | 08:08 | |
| BRIL | Kai Lohmann goal | 8.11.59 | - | 4.6.30 | 08:33 | |
| BRIL | Rushed behind | 8.12.60 | - | 4.6.30 | 10:32 | |
| ESSE | Kyle Langford goal | 8.12.60 | - | 5.6.36 | 11:13 | |
| BRIL | Logan Morris behind | 8.13.61 | - | 5.6.36 | 13:42 | |
| BRIL | Zac Bailey goal | 9.13.67 | - | 5.6.36 | 15:44 | |
| BRIL | Eric Hipwood goal | 10.13.73 | - | 5.6.36 | 22:04 | |
| BRIL | Cam Rayner behind | 10.14.74 | - | 5.6.36 | 23:32 | |
| BRIL | Rushed behind | 10.15.75 | - | 5.6.36 | 24:01 | |
| BRIL | Joe Daniher behind | 10.16.76 | - | 5.6.36 | 29:14 | |
| BRIL | Charlie Cameron behind | 10.17.77 | - | 5.6.36 | 30:22 | |
| BRIL | Lachie Neale goal | 11.17.83 | - | 5.6.36 | 31:39 | |
| ESSE | Rushed behind | 11.17.83 | - | 5.7.37 | 34:42 | |
| Q4 | ESSE | Jake Stringer goal | 11.17.83 | - | 6.7.43 | 03:54 |
| ESSE | Nic Martin goal | 11.17.83 | - | 7.7.49 | 05:41 | |
| BRIL | Lachie Neale behind | 11.18.84 | - | 7.7.49 | 10:11 | |
| ESSE | Ben Hobbs goal | 11.18.84 | - | 8.7.55 | 12:03 | |
| BRIL | Hugh McCluggage behind | 11.19.85 | - | 8.7.55 | 14:48 | |
| BRIL | Rushed behind | 11.20.86 | - | 8.7.55 | 15:44 | |
| ESSE | Zach Merrett goal | 11.20.86 | - | 9.7.61 | 16:55 | |
| ESSE | Sam Draper goal | 11.20.86 | - | 10.7.67 | 18:48 | |
| BRIL | Rushed behind | 11.21.87 | - | 10.7.67 | 23:47 | |