2025 AFL Round 2: Sydney v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 15 March 2025 between Sydney and Brisbane Lions during round 2 of the 2025 AFL season. Sydney hosted Brisbane Lions at 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
Back: N. Blakey, L. Melican, S. Wicks
Half-back: M. Roberts, D. Rampe, J. Hamling
Centre: J. Lloyd, I. Heeney, O. Florent
Half-forward: T. Hanily, T. McCartin, T. Papley
Forward: W. Hayward, J. Amartey, J. Jordon
Follower: B. Grundy, Chad Warner, J. Rowbottom
Int.: B. Campbell, J. McInerney, B. Paton, Corey Warner
Sub.: R. Bice

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

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

Goalkickers
Sydney: B. Campbell (2), I. Heeney (2), Chad Warner (2), Corey Warner (2), T. Hanily, W. Hayward, J. Lloyd, T. McCartin
Brisbane Lions: Z. Bailey (4), D. Zorko (2), C. Ah Chee, J. Dunkley, D. Fort, E. Hipwood, O. McInerney, L. Morris

As a result of this match, Sydney were then 8th on the ladder (down from 5th) and Brisbane Lions were then 7th on the ladder by the end of the day.

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

Honour Roll

Coaches: Dean Cox (Sydney), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: unknown (Sydney), unknown (Brisbane Lions)

Brownlow Votes

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

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