2025 AFL Preliminary Final 1: Collingwood v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 2025 between Collingwood and Brisbane Lions in the first preliminary final of the 2025 AFL season. Collingwood hosted Brisbane Lions at MCG. Darcy Moore captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Craig McRae and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Collingwood
Back: B. Frampton, B. Maynard, D. Moore (capt.)
Half-back: I. Quaynor, J. Daicos, H. Perryman
Centre: D. Houston, J. De Goey, J. Crisp
Half-forward: N. Daicos, B. Mihocek, B. McCreery
Forward: J. Elliott, M. Cox, L. Schultz
Follower: D. Cameron, S. Pendlebury, S. Sidebottom
Int.: J. Howe, P. Lipinski, N. Long, T. Membrey
Sub.: R. Steele

Brisbane Lions
Back: D. Zorko, D. Gardiner, R. Lester
Half-back: J. Fletcher, H. Andrews, B. Starcevich
Centre: S. Marshall, H. McCluggage, J. Berry
Half-forward: C. Cameron, O. McInerney, K. Lohmann
Forward: C. Rayner, L. Morris, C. Ah Chee
Follower: D. Fort, J. Dunkley, Z. Bailey
Int.: L. Ashcroft, W. Ashcroft, T. Gallop, D. Wilmot
Sub.: B. Reville

Collingwood (11.5.71) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (15.10.100).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: J. Elliott (4), M. Cox (2), T. Membrey (2), D. Houston, P. Lipinski, L. Schultz
Brisbane Lions: T. Gallop (3), W. Ashcroft (2), Z. Bailey (2), C. Rayner (2), C. Cameron, J. Dunkley, K. Lohmann, H. McCluggage, L. Morris, D. Zorko

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions faced Geelong in the grand final and Collingwood were eliminated (finishing 3rd overall).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 1
Teams: Collingwood v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 20 September 2025
Time: 5:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 96,023

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 11.5.71 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 1 . 1 7 . 1 9 . 4 11 . 5 11 . 5 (71)
Brisbane Lions 4 . 3 4 . 6 11 . 9 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin BRIL by 20 COLL by 13 BRIL by 17 BRIL by 29 BRIL by 29
Duration 30:31 32:01 35:26 32:56 2:10:54

Honour Roll

Coaches: Craig McRae (Collingwood), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Darcy Moore (Collingwood), unknown (Brisbane Lions)

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
14 Cameron, Darcy RU 82% 0 0 15 11 4 5 35 5 3 7 2 3 1 3
46 Cox, Mason FF 65% 2 0 6 5 1 3 9 1 2 4 1 1 0 1
25 Crisp, Jack WR 79% 0 0 18 12 6 3 0 8 3 6 2 1 3 3
7 Daicos, Josh CHB 83% 0 0 26 19 7 4 0 4 4 6 2 0 5 8
35 Daicos, Nick HFFL 87% 0 0 27 15 12 2 0 5 6 4 1 2 3 6
2 De Goey, Jordan C 85% 0 2 17 7 10 2 0 2 1 5 1 2 1 3
5 Elliott, Jamie FPL 88% 4 0 16 10 6 8 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 5
17 Frampton, Billy BPL 83% 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0
9 Houston, Dan WL 86% 1 0 12 8 4 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 3
38 Howe, Jeremy INT 79% 0 0 13 10 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0
1 Lipinski, Patrick INT 82% 1 0 14 8 6 5 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 2
44 Long, Ned INT 78% 0 0 13 5 8 2 0 9 2 7 2 2 3 1
4 Maynard, Brayden FB 86% 0 0 16 11 5 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 5 2
31 McCreery, Beau HFFR 75% 0 1 13 6 7 3 0 5 5 3 0 2 2 2
28 Membrey, Tim INT 83% 2 1 11 7 4 6 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 2
41 Mihocek, Brody CHF 77% 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
30 Moore, Darcy (c) BPR 92% 0 0 9 3 6 3 0 1 0 3 0 2 2 0
10 Pendlebury, Scott RR↓ 3% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Perryman, Harry HBFR 89% 0 0 14 8 6 5 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 0
3 Quaynor, Isaac HBFL 85% 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 2 1 4 1 0 5 1
8 Schultz, Lachie FPR 82% 1 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 3
22 Sidebottom, Steele RO 88% 0 1 18 8 10 3 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 4
45 Steele, Roan SUB↑ 63% 0 0 12 8 4 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 11 5 312 186 126 77 44 65 36 79 19 21 40 51

R. Steele replaced S. Pendlebury.

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ah Chee, Callum FPR 85% 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 3 1 1 3 0 3 2
31 Andrews, Harris CHB 100% 0 0 18 14 4 13 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 1
10 Ashcroft, Levi INT 72% 0 0 14 10 4 5 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 2
8 Ashcroft, Will INT 85% 2 1 20 11 9 6 0 6 5 4 0 2 1 3
33 Bailey, Zac RO 86% 2 1 21 15 6 3 0 4 7 7 2 3 2 4
7 Berry, Jarrod WR↓ 27% 0 0 11 7 4 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 0
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFL 86% 1 1 15 9 6 4 0 5 1 1 2 1 0 1
5 Dunkley, Josh RR 77% 1 0 19 12 7 5 0 10 3 3 1 1 1 2
3 Fletcher, Jaspa HBFL 83% 0 0 18 11 7 7 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 0
32 Fort, Darcy RU 85% 0 0 8 6 2 0 32 6 5 9 3 4 2 2
22 Gallop, Ty INT 79% 3 0 11 8 3 4 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 1
27 Gardiner, Darcy FB 87% 0 0 17 11 6 7 0 4 0 1 1 0 5 1
35 Lester, Ryan BPR 81% 0 0 14 9 5 7 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 0
1 Lohmann, Kai HFFR 82% 1 1 17 8 9 3 0 2 1 5 0 1 0 3
20 Marshall, Sam WL 76% 0 0 17 8 9 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3
6 McCluggage, Hugh C 81% 1 0 37 20 17 8 0 2 10 6 0 1 1 6
46 McInerney, Oscar CHF 64% 0 0 8 3 5 1 11 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
13 Morris, Logan FF 84% 1 1 13 11 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 4
16 Rayner, Cam FPL 86% 2 2 10 4 6 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1
38 Reville, Bruce SUB↑ 46% 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2
37 Starcevich, Brandon HBFR 90% 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 2
44 Wilmot, Darcy INT 80% 0 0 25 19 6 8 0 2 1 6 1 0 1 7
15 Zorko, Dayne BPL 79% 1 0 28 22 6 7 0 8 1 5 0 2 2 9
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 15 10 381 247 134 113 43 73 45 69 21 19 38 56

B. Reville replaced J. Berry.

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

Collingwood Coach: Craig McRae
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 D. Zorko 27 D. Gardiner 35 R. Lester 14 D. Cameron 38 J. Howe
8 L. Schultz 46 M. Cox 5 J. Elliott 10 S. Pendlebury 1 P. Lipinski
FORWARD 22 S. Sidebottom 44 N. Long
HALF-BACK

28 T. Membrey
3 J. Fletcher 31 H. Andrews 37 B. Starcevich

45 R. Steele
31 B. McCreery 41 B. Mihocek 35 N. Daicos



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



20 S. Marshall 6 H. McCluggage 7 J. Berry



25 J. Crisp 2 J. De Goey 9 D. Houston FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 32 D. Fort 10 L. Ashcroft
HALF-FORWARD 5 J. Dunkley 8 W. Ashcroft
23 C. Cameron 46 O. McInerney 1 K. Lohmann 33 Z. Bailey 22 T. Gallop
12 H. Perryman 7 J. Daicos 3 I. Quaynor

44 D. Wilmot
HALF-BACK

38 B. Reville
FORWARD



16 C. Rayner 13 L. Morris 4 C. Ah Chee



30 D. Moore (c) 4 B. Maynard 17 B. Frampton



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 COLL Jordan De Goey behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 04:16
COLL Mason Cox goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 07:06
BRIL Logan Morris behind 1.1.7 - 0.1.1 09:17
BRIL Josh Dunkley goal 1.1.7 - 1.1.7 10:01
BRIL Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 1.2.8 11:45
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 1.1.7 - 2.2.14 15:21
BRIL Logan Morris goal 1.1.7 - 3.2.20 19:54
BRIL Ty Gallop goal 1.1.7 - 4.2.26 22:18
BRIL Rushed behind 1.1.7 - 4.3.27 28:22
Q2 BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 1.1.7 - 4.4.28 02:30
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 2.1.13 - 4.4.28 03:16
BRIL Zac Bailey behind 2.1.13 - 4.5.29 04:27
COLL Tim Membrey goal 3.1.19 - 4.5.29 11:29
COLL Lachie Schultz goal 4.1.25 - 4.5.29 16:15
COLL Patrick Lipinski goal 5.1.31 - 4.5.29 21:31
COLL Tim Membrey goal 6.1.37 - 4.5.29 26:43
COLL Dan Houston goal 7.1.43 - 4.5.29 28:21
BRIL Rushed behind 7.1.43 - 4.6.30 30:42
Q3 BRIL Zac Bailey goal 7.1.43 - 5.6.36 00:50
BRIL Will Ashcroft goal 7.1.43 - 6.6.42 02:10
BRIL Ty Gallop goal 7.1.43 - 7.6.48 05:39
BRIL Will Ashcroft behind 7.1.43 - 7.7.49 07:14
COLL Jordan De Goey behind 7.2.44 - 7.7.49 09:56
BRIL Cam Rayner goal 7.2.44 - 8.7.55 11:52
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 8.2.50 - 8.7.55 14:04
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 8.2.50 - 9.7.61 15:49
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 9.2.56 - 9.7.61 18:20
COLL Steele Sidebottom behind 9.3.57 - 9.7.61 20:34
BRIL Kai Lohmann behind 9.3.57 - 9.8.62 22:24
BRIL Cam Rayner behind 9.3.57 - 9.9.63 24:31
BRIL Will Ashcroft goal 9.3.57 - 10.9.69 25:43
COLL Tim Membrey behind 9.4.58 - 10.9.69 30:43
BRIL Cam Rayner goal 9.4.58 - 11.9.75 34:13
Q4 BRIL Cam Rayner behind 9.4.58 - 11.10.76 07:18
COLL Mason Cox goal 10.4.64 - 11.10.76 12:38
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 10.4.64 - 12.10.82 17:42
BRIL Ty Gallop goal 10.4.64 - 13.10.88 20:56
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 10.4.64 - 14.10.94 22:53
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 10.4.64 - 15.10.100 26:59
COLL Jamie Elliott goal 11.4.70 - 15.10.100 30:25
COLL Beau McCreery behind 11.5.71 - 15.10.100 31:32