2024 AFL Round 25: Brisbane Lions v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 24 August 2024 between Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round 25 of the 2024 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon 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. 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.

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

Essendon
Back: A. McGrath (vice-capt.), B. McKay, J. Laverde
Half-back: N. Martin, M. Redman, D. Heppell
Centre: N. Bryan, S. Durham, J. Kelly
Half-forward: H. Jones, N. Caddy, D. Parish
Forward: K. Langford, A. Perkins, J. Gresham
Follower: S. Draper, J. Caldwell, Z. Merrett (capt.)
Int.: M. Guelfi, A. Roberts, D. Shiel, J. Stringer
Sub.: B. Hobbs

Brisbane Lions (11.21.87) defeated Essendon (10.7.67).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: C. Cameron (3), K. Lohmann (3), Z. Bailey, J. Daniher, E. Hipwood, L. Morris, L. Neale
Essendon: K. Langford (3), J. Stringer (2), S. Draper, J. Gresham, B. Hobbs, N. Martin, Z. Merrett

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions remained 5th on the ladder and Essendon remained 11th on the ladder by the end of the round.

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
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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions), Brad Scott (Essendon)
Captains: unknown (Brisbane Lions), Zach Merrett (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Brisbane Lions), Andrew McGrath (Essendon)

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
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 50s

Player Line-Up

Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
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
HALF-BACK

13 L. Morris
37 N. Martin 27 M. Redman 21 D. Heppell

22 H. Sharp
33 Z. Bailey 3 J. Daniher 16 C. Rayner



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



24 N. Bryan 22 S. Durham 29 J. Kelly



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

25 J. Stringer
HALF-BACK

8 B. Hobbs
FORWARD



4 K. Langford 16 A. Perkins 11 J. Gresham



43 N. Answerth 31 H. Andrews 15 D. Zorko



BACK



Essendon Coach: Brad Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
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