2025 AFL Season Preliminary Final 1: Collingwood v Brisbane Lions

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

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

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: First Preliminary Final
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

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Collingwood) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Brisbane Lions) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Darcy Moore
Coach: Craig McRae

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Hugh McCluggage	BRIL	6	9	1	1	0	0	0
Harris Andrews	BRIL	31	6	?	?	?	?	?
Will Ashcroft	BRIL	8	5	?	?	?	?	?
Zac Bailey	BRIL	33	4	0	?	?	?	?
Jamie Elliott	COLL	5	3	0	0	?	?	?
Ty Gallop	BRIL	22	2	0	0	0	1	0
Darcy Gardiner	BRIL	27	1	0	0	0	0	1

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

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