2025 AFL Season Round 2: Sydney v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 15 March 2025 between Sydney and the Brisbane Lions during round two of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted the Brisbane Lions at the SCG. 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 visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Sydney (12.10.82) were defeated by the Brisbane Lions (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Sydney v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 15 March 2025
Time: 4:15 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 34,906

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 12.10.82 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 4 . 0 7 . 3 9 . 6 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Brisbane Lions 1 . 3 4 . 8 10 . 10 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin SYDN by 15 SYDN by 13 BRIL by 10 BRIL by 4 BRIL by 4
Duration 35:49 33:44 34:00 29:41 2:13:14

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: unknown
Coach: Dean Cox

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Chad Warner SYDN 1 3
Zac Bailey BRIL 33 2
Josh Dunkley BRIL 5 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
36 Amartey, Joel FF 78% 0 2 8 6 2 4 7 2 0 4 0 3 0 1
26 Bice, Riley SUB↑ 31% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0
22 Blakey, Nick BPL 88% 0 0 24 19 5 4 0 1 0 1 3 0 10 4
16 Campbell, Braeden INT 78% 2 0 13 9 4 1 0 7 1 1 3 0 0 0
13 Florent, Oliver WR 86% 0 1 17 11 6 2 0 3 1 3 1 0 1 4
4 Grundy, Brodie RU 81% 0 0 16 6 10 4 35 3 1 4 1 1 0 3
29 Hamling, Joel HBFR 86% 0 0 11 5 6 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
40 Hanily, Tom HFFL 75% 1 1 12 7 5 4 0 3 1 5 1 2 0 5
9 Hayward, Will FPL 83% 1 0 11 9 2 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1
5 Heeney, Isaac C 88% 2 0 23 14 9 7 0 2 5 4 2 0 4 4
17 Jordon, James FPR 81% 0 0 19 6 13 3 0 7 2 4 1 3 0 2
44 Lloyd, Jake WL 90% 1 1 19 9 10 4 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1
30 McCartin, Tom CHF 85% 1 0 12 11 1 7 2 1 0 3 1 0 2 3
27 McInerney, Justin INT 78% 0 0 23 8 15 4 0 1 5 3 2 2 1 5
43 Melican, Lewis FB 80% 0 0 13 9 4 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 2
11 Papley, Tom HFFR 83% 0 0 8 4 4 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 0 2
25 Paton, Ben INT↓ 53% 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 2
24 Rampe, Dane CHB 81% 0 0 21 10 11 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 0
34 Roberts, Matt HBFL 89% 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 4 1 3 4 0 5 2
8 Rowbottom, James RO 61% 0 0 11 7 4 0 0 11 7 2 5 1 1 3
1 Warner, Chad RR 83% 2 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 5 9 1 5 1 8
37 Warner, Corey INT 82% 2 2 15 11 4 6 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 3
15 Wicks, Sam BPR 80% 0 0 14 8 6 2 0 3 0 9 1 4 2 3
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 12 10 351 210 141 80 44 60 36 71 31 28 39 59

R. Bice replaced B. Paton.

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Ah Chee, Callum HFFL 75% 1 2 14 7 7 3 0 1 0 7 2 4 0 0
31 Andrews, Harris CHB 97% 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 0
43 Answerth, Noah INT 86% 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 6 0 4 1 2 2 2
10 Ashcroft, Levi INT 76% 0 1 25 16 9 5 0 0 4 2 2 0 4 3
8 Ashcroft, Will WL 87% 0 1 21 11 10 0 0 4 8 4 2 2 1 1
33 Bailey, Zac C 84% 4 1 17 9 8 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2
7 Berry, Jarrod WR 85% 0 0 27 16 11 10 0 1 2 7 0 0 2 5
5 Dunkley, Josh RR 92% 1 0 27 17 10 5 0 10 6 4 4 2 2 6
3 Fletcher, Jaspa INT 75% 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 2
32 Fort, Darcy INT 73% 1 0 14 10 4 4 12 1 3 3 0 2 4 2
30 Hipwood, Eric CHF 75% 1 2 5 4 1 3 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 1
35 Lester, Ryan BPR 89% 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 2 0 3 0 1 6 0
1 Lohmann, Kai FPR↓ 8% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 McCluggage, Hugh HFFR 76% 0 0 21 11 10 2 0 1 5 6 3 2 3 4
46 McInerney, Oscar RU 79% 1 1 18 12 6 5 16 1 7 4 1 2 3 5
26 McKenna, Conor SUB↑ 65% 0 1 10 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
13 Morris, Logan FF 77% 1 1 5 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2
9 Neale, Lachie RO 84% 0 0 10 5 5 0 0 3 2 3 3 1 1 0
40 Payne, Jack FB 95% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 Rayner, Cam FPL 90% 0 2 13 8 5 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 4
37 Starcevich, Brandon HBFL 66% 0 0 13 6 7 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1
44 Wilmot, Darcy HBFR 85% 0 1 25 17 8 4 0 4 0 6 4 4 4 3
15 Zorko, Dayne BPL 80% 2 0 24 20 4 6 0 3 0 1 2 0 6 4
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 12 14 344 214 130 66 29 46 42 68 28 31 47 52

C. McKenna replaced K. Lohmann.

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

Sydney Coach: Dean Cox
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
15 D. Zorko 40 J. Payne 35 R. Lester 4 B. Grundy 16 B. Campbell
17 J. Jordon 36 J. Amartey 9 W. Hayward 1 C. Warner 27 J. McInerney
FORWARD 8 J. Rowbottom 25 B. Paton
HALF-BACK

37 C. Warner
37 B. Starcevich 31 H. Andrews 44 D. Wilmot

26 R. Bice
11 T. Papley 30 T. McCartin 40 T. Hanily



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 W. Ashcroft 33 Z. Bailey 7 J. Berry



13 O. Florent 5 I. Heeney 44 J. Lloyd FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 46 O. McInerney 43 N. Answerth
HALF-FORWARD 5 J. Dunkley 10 L. Ashcroft
4 C. Ah Chee 30 E. Hipwood 6 H. McCluggage 9 L. Neale 3 J. Fletcher
29 J. Hamling 24 D. Rampe 34 M. Roberts

32 D. Fort
HALF-BACK

26 C. McKenna
FORWARD



16 C. Rayner 13 L. Morris 1 K. Lohmann



15 S. Wicks 43 L. Melican 22 N. Blakey



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Cam Rayner behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 07:28
SYDN Braeden Campbell goal 1.0.6 - 0.1.1 09:30
SYDN Corey Warner goal 2.0.12 - 0.1.1 11:57
SYDN Corey Warner goal 3.0.18 - 0.1.1 18:58
SYDN Jake Lloyd goal 4.0.24 - 0.1.1 26:54
BRIL Cam Rayner behind 4.0.24 - 0.2.2 28:27
BRIL Darcy Fort goal 4.0.24 - 1.2.8 31:18
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 4.0.24 - 1.3.9 34:39
Q2 SYDN Corey Warner behind 4.1.25 - 1.3.9 01:39
SYDN Braeden Campbell goal 5.1.31 - 1.3.9 03:12
BRIL Zac Bailey behind 5.1.31 - 1.4.10 04:20
BRIL Callum Ah Chee goal 5.1.31 - 2.4.16 07:07
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 5.1.31 - 3.4.22 11:24
SYDN Chad Warner goal 6.1.37 - 3.4.22 12:31
BRIL Levi Ashcroft behind 6.1.37 - 3.5.23 14:07
BRIL Darcy Wilmot behind 6.1.37 - 3.6.24 16:27
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 6.1.37 - 4.6.30 19:51
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 6.1.37 - 4.7.31 21:58
BRIL Conor McKenna behind 6.1.37 - 4.8.32 23:03
SYDN Tom Hanily behind 6.2.38 - 4.8.32 27:48
SYDN Jake Lloyd behind 6.3.39 - 4.8.32 30:09
SYDN Tom McCartin goal 7.3.45 - 4.8.32 31:10
Q3 SYDN Joel Amartey behind 7.4.46 - 4.8.32 01:48
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 7.4.46 - 5.8.38 02:52
SYDN Oliver Florent behind 7.5.47 - 5.8.38 05:16
BRIL Oscar McInerney goal 7.5.47 - 6.8.44 06:54
BRIL Rushed behind 7.5.47 - 6.9.45 08:19
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 7.5.47 - 7.9.51 09:17
SYDN Tom Hanily goal 8.5.53 - 7.9.51 10:40
BRIL Will Ashcroft behind 8.5.53 - 7.10.52 20:27
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 8.5.53 - 8.10.58 20:54
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 8.5.53 - 9.10.64 22:18
SYDN Rushed behind 8.6.54 - 9.10.64 23:39
BRIL Logan Morris goal 8.6.54 - 10.10.70 27:33
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 9.6.60 - 10.10.70 30:13
Q4 SYDN Will Hayward goal 10.6.66 - 10.10.70 02:33
BRIL Logan Morris behind 10.6.66 - 10.11.71 04:53
SYDN Joel Amartey behind 10.7.67 - 10.11.71 06:11
BRIL Oscar McInerney behind 10.7.67 - 10.12.72 09:53
BRIL Dayne Zorko goal 10.7.67 - 11.12.78 13:19
SYDN Corey Warner behind 10.8.68 - 11.12.78 14:55
SYDN Chad Warner goal 11.8.74 - 11.12.78 17:47
BRIL Callum Ah Chee behind 11.8.74 - 11.13.79 19:50
BRIL Callum Ah Chee behind 11.8.74 - 11.14.80 21:29
BRIL Josh Dunkley goal 11.8.74 - 12.14.86 22:15
SYDN Rushed behind 11.9.75 - 12.14.86 24:51
SYDN Isaac Heeney goal 12.9.81 - 12.14.86 26:48
SYDN Rushed behind 12.10.82 - 12.14.86 28:14