2025 AFL Season Round 1: Brisbane Lions v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 29 March 2025 between the Brisbane Lions and Geelong during round one of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Lions hosted Geelong 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. Patrick Dangerfield captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Chris Scott.

The Brisbane Lions (10.10.70) defeated Geelong (9.7.61).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Geelong
Date: Saturday 29 March 2025
Time: 6:35 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 27,966

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Geelong
Score: 10.10.70 - 9.7.61

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions	2	.	2	3	.	4	7	.	7	10	.	10	10	.	10	(70)
Geelong	3	.	4	7	.	6	7	.	6	9	.	7	9	.	7	(61)
Margin	GEEL by 8			GEEL by 26			BRIL by 1			BRIL by 9			BRIL by 9
Duration	32:02			31:45			28:58			32:45			2:05:30

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 (Geelong) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

Geelong

Captain: Patrick Dangerfield
Coach: Chris Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Dayne Zorko	BRIL	15	3
Hugh McCluggage	BRIL	6	2
Jack Payne	BRIL	40	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	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	WL	78%	0	0	11	5	6	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1
31	Andrews, Harris	CHB	96%	0	0	12	9	3	8	0	3	0	1	1	0	8	1
43	Answerth, Noah	HBFL	78%	0	1	17	12	5	5	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	2
10	Ashcroft, Levi	INT	79%	1	0	12	9	3	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	1
8	Ashcroft, Will	INT	85%	1	0	33	11	22	6	0	3	5	3	2	0	2	4
33	Bailey, Zac	C	82%	1	2	19	11	8	3	0	6	2	4	1	1	2	3
7	Berry, Jarrod	WR	71%	1	0	17	12	5	4	0	3	0	3	2	1	1	5
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	87%	1	0	7	6	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	3
14	Day, Sam	FF	74%	0	0	6	4	2	3	9	4	1	3	0	3	1	1
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	81%	0	1	26	21	5	4	0	6	9	5	3	1	1	6
3	Fletcher, Jaspa	INT	74%	0	0	13	8	5	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	2
32	Fort, Darcy	RU	82%	0	1	10	8	2	0	39	3	4	4	3	2	1	2
30	Hipwood, Eric	CHF	82%	1	0	8	6	2	4	0	3	0	6	0	1	0	2
35	Lester, Ryan	BPR	97%	0	0	15	13	2	6	0	1	2	2	0	1	3	0
1	Lohmann, Kai	INT↓	54%	0	0	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
6	McCluggage, Hugh	HFFR	80%	0	0	30	17	13	4	0	8	6	7	6	2	0	7
13	Morris, Logan	FPR	75%	1	0	10	4	6	2	0	5	0	2	1	0	0	1
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	84%	0	1	20	15	5	3	0	6	4	3	2	0	0	5
40	Payne, Jack	FB	94%	0	0	11	11	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	3
16	Rayner, Cam	FPL	73%	1	1	15	10	5	3	0	1	3	5	2	2	0	8
38	Reville, Bruce	SUB↑	32%	1	0	7	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
44	Wilmot, Darcy	HBFR	75%	0	0	16	9	7	7	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	1
15	Zorko, Dayne	BPL	86%	1	0	28	23	5	7	0	4	5	7	0	1	8	5
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				10	10	347	232	115	93	48	69	45	69	24	16	38	67

B. Reville replaced K. Lohmann.

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Atkins, Tom	RO	84%	0	0	14	6	8	1	0	14	7	3	1	2	2	1
46	Blicavs, Mark	BPR	79%	1	1	12	8	4	2	16	5	5	2	2	2	2	1
12	Bowes, Jack	INT	73%	0	0	19	16	3	1	0	3	5	5	1	2	7	5
5	Cameron, Jeremy	FF	92%	1	0	8	8	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5
13	Clark, Jhye	INT	65%	1	0	12	7	5	3	0	4	2	5	0	0	0	1
40	Clohesy, Ted	INT	67%	0	0	13	8	5	2	0	3	2	6	1	3	2	1
45	Close, Brad	WL	78%	1	0	10	8	2	3	0	4	1	3	3	1	0	2
35	Dangerfield, Patrick (c)	C	75%	2	1	16	13	3	4	0	5	4	6	0	2	0	4
16	De Koning, Sam	RU↓	68%	0	0	16	9	7	2	20	0	4	6	2	1	4	2
28	Dempsey, Oliver	WR	81%	1	1	11	7	4	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
39	Guthrie, Zach	CHB	82%	0	0	18	15	3	5	0	0	0	6	1	0	7	0
38	Henry, Jack	FB	91%	0	0	12	12	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
36	Henry, Ollie	FPR	81%	1	0	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3
9	Holmes, Max	RR	79%	1	0	29	19	10	9	0	3	2	8	0	1	8	3
17	Humphries, Lawson	INT	86%	0	0	18	11	7	4	0	4	2	2	1	0	8	1
10	Knevitt, Mitch	SUB↑	19%	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
32	Miers, Gryan	CHF	88%	0	1	22	15	7	8	0	7	0	2	0	0	4	5
34	Mullin, Oisin	HBFR	87%	0	0	15	9	6	6	0	1	0	3	0	3	1	1
33	Neale, Shannon	FPL	88%	0	0	5	3	2	1	3	4	0	2	1	2	0	2
42	O'Connor, Mark	HBFL	82%	0	0	12	5	7	4	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	1
14	O'Sullivan, Connor	BPL	93%	0	0	10	4	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0
3	Smith, Bailey	HFFL	82%	0	0	25	18	7	3	0	11	5	10	0	3	0	8
18	Stengle, Tyson	HFFR	80%	0	1	10	8	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				9	7	320	219	101	77	39	77	43	77	16	24	56	48

M. Knevitt replaced S. De Koning.

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
	14	C. O'Sullivan	38	J. Henry	46	M. Blicavs	32	D. Fort	10	L. Ashcroft
	13	L. Morris	14	S. Day	16	C. Rayner	5	J. Dunkley	8	W. Ashcroft
FORWARD							9	L. Neale	3	J. Fletcher
HALF-BACK									1	K. Lohmann
	42	M. O'Connor	39	Z. Guthrie	34	O. Mullin			38	B. Reville
	6	H. McCluggage	30	E. Hipwood	23	C. Cameron
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	45	B. Close	35	P. Dangerfield (c)	28	O. Dempsey
	7	J. Berry	33	Z. Bailey	4	C. Ah Chee	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							16	S. De Koning	12	J. Bowes
HALF-FORWARD							9	M. Holmes	13	J. Clark
	3	B. Smith	32	G. Miers	18	T. Stengle	30	T. Atkins	40	T. Clohesy
	44	D. Wilmot	31	H. Andrews	43	N. Answerth			17	L. Humphries
HALF-BACK									10	M. Knevitt
FORWARD
	33	S. Neale	5	J. Cameron	36	O. Henry
	35	R. Lester	40	J. Payne	15	D. Zorko
BACK
Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	GEEL	Ollie Henry goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	01:48
	BRIL	Darcy Fort behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	04:15
	GEEL	Gryan Miers behind	0.1.1	-	1.1.7	05:43
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey goal	0.1.1	-	2.1.13	07:08
	BRIL	Rushed behind	0.2.2	-	2.1.13	11:36
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	12:21
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey behind	1.2.8	-	2.2.14	15:49
	BRIL	Cam Rayner goal	2.2.14	-	2.2.14	17:04
	GEEL	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	2.3.15	18:20
	GEEL	Jeremy Cameron goal	2.2.14	-	3.3.21	25:44
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield behind	2.2.14	-	3.4.22	31:24
Q2	BRIL	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	3.4.22	01:14
	GEEL	Rushed behind	2.3.15	-	3.5.23	02:49
	GEEL	Tyson Stengle behind	2.3.15	-	3.6.24	04:20
	BRIL	Rushed behind	2.4.16	-	3.6.24	13:20
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs goal	2.4.16	-	4.6.30	15:31
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	2.4.16	-	5.6.36	20:50
	GEEL	Max Holmes goal	2.4.16	-	6.6.42	25:35
	GEEL	Brad Close goal	2.4.16	-	7.6.48	28:05
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft goal	3.4.22	-	7.6.48	30:25
Q3	BRIL	Lachie Neale behind	3.5.23	-	7.6.48	02:25
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	3.6.24	-	7.6.48	07:42
	BRIL	Levi Ashcroft goal	4.6.30	-	7.6.48	09:37
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	4.7.31	-	7.6.48	12:29
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	5.7.37	-	7.6.48	15:30
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	6.7.43	-	7.6.48	23:21
	BRIL	Bruce Reville goal	7.7.49	-	7.6.48	26:09
Q4	BRIL	Josh Dunkley behind	7.8.50	-	7.6.48	00:39
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	7.8.50	-	8.6.54	03:46
	BRIL	Cam Rayner behind	7.9.51	-	8.6.54	06:29
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	8.9.57	-	8.6.54	09:24
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs behind	8.9.57	-	8.7.55	18:15
	BRIL	Noah Answerth behind	8.10.58	-	8.7.55	20:19
	BRIL	Dayne Zorko goal	9.10.64	-	8.7.55	22:00
	BRIL	Jarrod Berry goal	10.10.70	-	8.7.55	26:20
	GEEL	Jhye Clark goal	10.10.70	-	9.7.61	28:33

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