2025 AFL Season Round 6: Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 12 April 2025 between the Western Bulldogs and the Brisbane Lions during round six of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. The Western Bulldogs hosted the Brisbane Lions at Coopers Stadium. In the absence of Marcus Bontempelli, vice-captain Tom Liberatore captained the hosts with Aaron Naughton as vice-captain. 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 Luke Beveridge and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

The Western Bulldogs (14.13.97) were defeated by the Brisbane Lions (18.10.118).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 12 April 2025
Time: 3:45 PM
Venue: Coopers Stadium
Attendance: 9,242

Match Results

Outcome: Western Bulldogs def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 14.13.97 - 18.10.118

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Western Bulldogs	2	.	4	9	.	8	11	.	12	14	.	13	14	.	13	(97)
Brisbane Lions	3	.	3	4	.	5	11	.	6	18	.	10	18	.	10	(118)
Margin	BRIL by 5			WBUL by 33			WBUL by 6			BRIL by 21			BRIL by 21
Duration	28:56			33:54			32:50			35:46			2:11:26

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Tom Liberatore (acting)
Vice-Captain: Aaron Naughton (acting)
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Dayne Zorko	BRIL	15	3
Ed Richards	WBUL	20	2
Will Ashcroft	BRIL	8	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Western Bulldogs

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
29	Bramble, Lachie	BPR	81%	1	0	22	14	8	4	0	2	0	2	2	0	3	4
36	Cleary, Luke	INT	84%	0	1	12	7	5	3	0	2	0	2	1	1	2	1
31	Dale, Bailey	HBFR	85%	0	0	21	14	7	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0
10	Darcy, Sam	FF	84%	2	3	16	9	7	8	1	0	5	1	1	0	0	3
42	Davidson, Sam	WR	68%	1	0	14	6	8	4	0	2	2	2	0	1	1	1
26	Dolan, Josh	SUB↑	68%	1	1	11	5	6	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3
44	English, Tim	RU	87%	0	0	18	11	7	6	32	0	2	2	1	0	1	7
27	Freijah, Joel	WL	86%	1	3	17	9	8	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	2
22	Harmes, James	FPR↓	2%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Hynes, Cooper	HFFL	60%	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
39	Johannisen, Jason	HBFL	74%	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19	Jones, Liam	FB	100%	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	3	0
8	Kennedy, Matthew	RR	79%	1	0	27	18	9	2	0	4	6	12	1	4	3	6
24	Khamis, Buku	BPL	82%	0	0	12	6	6	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0
21	Liberatore, Tom (ac)	C	82%	0	0	24	10	14	2	0	5	9	0	1	0	1	3
7	Lobb, Rory	CHB	100%	0	0	19	10	9	6	1	4	0	1	0	1	7	0
30	McNeil, Lachlan	INT	78%	1	0	18	14	4	2	0	4	0	4	4	1	0	2
33	Naughton, Aaron (avc)	CHF	85%	3	1	8	7	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
18	O'Donnell, James	INT	79%	0	0	7	6	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	4
20	Richards, Ed	RO	82%	0	0	29	16	13	3	0	3	8	2	0	1	0	8
9	Sanders, Ryley	HFFR	85%	1	0	22	6	16	4	0	3	2	2	0	0	3	2
14	West, Rhylee	FPL	83%	1	3	24	12	12	4	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	4
34	Williams, Bailey	INT	86%	1	1	19	9	10	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				14	13	362	204	158	78	34	39	41	45	14	11	34	53

J. Dolan replaced J. Harmes.

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Ah Chee, Callum	HBFR	84%	2	0	22	8	14	6	0	4	0	3	1	1	0	0
31	Andrews, Harris	CHB	92%	0	0	14	13	1	11	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
43	Answerth, Noah	HBFL	80%	0	0	12	9	3	5	0	2	0	1	1	1	3	1
10	Ashcroft, Levi	INT	76%	1	1	22	16	6	6	0	2	2	3	1	0	0	6
8	Ashcroft, Will	INT	80%	0	0	31	14	17	1	0	5	7	1	2	0	1	3
33	Bailey, Zac	C	84%	3	2	20	16	4	5	0	2	3	1	1	0	1	4
7	Berry, Jarrod	WR	84%	0	0	19	12	7	5	0	5	1	2	1	0	6	1
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	78%	0	3	8	6	2	4	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	1
14	Day, Sam	FF	67%	0	1	7	6	1	6	10	3	0	1	0	1	0	4
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	78%	0	0	22	10	12	4	0	8	5	4	0	0	1	0
3	Fletcher, Jaspa	WL	84%	0	0	25	18	7	6	0	3	1	2	0	0	1	2
30	Hipwood, Eric	CHF	82%	5	0	12	11	1	5	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	6
35	Lester, Ryan	BPR	90%	0	0	14	8	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
6	McCluggage, Hugh	HFFR	80%	0	1	32	15	17	3	0	6	6	2	1	1	1	6
46	McInerney, Oscar	RU	81%	0	0	8	4	4	0	43	2	4	5	0	3	0	2
28	McLachlan, Will	SUB↑	21%	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
13	Morris, Logan	FPR	80%	4	0	15	9	6	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	88%	0	0	28	14	14	7	0	2	11	8	0	2	1	3
40	Payne, Jack	FB	94%	0	0	16	9	7	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	2
16	Rayner, Cam	FPL	90%	2	1	14	8	6	3	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	3
38	Reville, Bruce	INT↓	47%	0	0	14	8	6	4	0	2	1	3	0	1	3	0
44	Wilmot, Darcy	INT	83%	1	0	16	11	5	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	2
15	Zorko, Dayne	BPL	76%	0	0	23	20	3	6	0	2	0	2	1	1	10	2
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				18	10	396	246	150	102	53	64	44	49	11	14	38	54

W. McLachlan replaced B. Reville.

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

Western Bulldogs							Coach: Luke Beveridge
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	15	D. Zorko	40	J. Payne	35	R. Lester	44	T. English	36	L. Cleary
	22	J. Harmes	10	S. Darcy	14	R. West	8	M. Kennedy	30	L. McNeil
FORWARD							20	E. Richards	18	J. O'Donnell
HALF-BACK									34	B. Williams
	43	N. Answerth	31	H. Andrews	4	C. Ah Chee			26	J. Dolan
	9	R. Sanders	33	A. Naughton (avc)	6	C. Hynes
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	3	J. Fletcher	33	Z. Bailey	7	J. Berry
	42	S. Davidson	21	T. Liberatore (ac)	27	J. Freijah	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							46	O. McInerney	10	L. Ashcroft
HALF-FORWARD							5	J. Dunkley	8	W. Ashcroft
	23	C. Cameron	30	E. Hipwood	6	H. McCluggage	9	L. Neale	38	B. Reville
	31	B. Dale	7	R. Lobb	39	J. Johannisen			44	D. Wilmot
HALF-BACK									28	W. McLachlan
FORWARD
	16	C. Rayner	14	S. Day	13	L. Morris
	29	L. Bramble	19	L. Jones	24	B. Khamis
BACK
Brisbane Lions							Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	WBUL	Rhylee West behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	01:01
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	02:26
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	1.1.7	-	0.1.1	06:41
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	07:47
	WBUL	Ryley Sanders goal	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	09:07
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	2.1.13	-	2.1.13	12:55
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton behind	2.2.14	-	2.1.13	17:40
	BRIL	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	2.2.14	19:51
	WBUL	Bailey Williams behind	2.3.15	-	2.2.14	21:24
	WBUL	Rhylee West behind	2.4.16	-	2.2.14	22:00
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	2.4.16	-	2.3.15	23:05
	BRIL	Darcy Wilmot goal	2.4.16	-	3.3.21	24:51
Q2	WBUL	Josh Dolan goal	3.4.22	-	3.3.21	00:32
	WBUL	Rhylee West goal	4.4.28	-	3.3.21	01:54
	WBUL	Lachie Bramble goal	5.4.34	-	3.3.21	03:49
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	5.4.34	-	3.4.22	06:45
	BRIL	Levi Ashcroft goal	5.4.34	-	4.4.28	08:17
	WBUL	Sam Darcy behind	5.5.35	-	4.4.28	11:23
	WBUL	Joel Freijah goal	6.5.41	-	4.4.28	14:23
	WBUL	Sam Davidson goal	7.5.47	-	4.4.28	15:51
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	8.5.53	-	4.4.28	20:34
	WBUL	Rhylee West behind	8.6.54	-	4.4.28	21:50
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	9.6.60	-	4.4.28	23:23
	WBUL	Josh Dolan behind	9.7.61	-	4.4.28	24:29
	BRIL	Sam Day behind	9.7.61	-	4.5.29	28:33
	WBUL	Sam Darcy behind	9.8.62	-	4.5.29	30:59
Q3	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	9.8.62	-	5.5.35	01:31
	WBUL	Aaron Naughton goal	10.8.68	-	5.5.35	03:27
	WBUL	Sam Darcy goal	11.8.74	-	5.5.35	05:16
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	11.8.74	-	5.6.36	08:18
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	11.8.74	-	6.6.42	08:42
	WBUL	Luke Cleary behind	11.9.75	-	6.6.42	10:34
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	11.9.75	-	7.6.48	11:58
	WBUL	Joel Freijah behind	11.10.76	-	7.6.48	13:11
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	11.10.76	-	8.6.54	16:14
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	11.10.76	-	9.6.60	22:02
	BRIL	Cam Rayner goal	11.10.76	-	10.6.66	24:03
	WBUL	Sam Darcy behind	11.11.77	-	10.6.66	27:44
	WBUL	Joel Freijah behind	11.12.78	-	10.6.66	30:50
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	11.12.78	-	11.6.72	31:25
Q4	BRIL	Levi Ashcroft behind	11.12.78	-	11.7.73	01:40
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	11.12.78	-	12.7.79	03:18
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee goal	11.12.78	-	13.7.85	06:32
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	11.12.78	-	13.8.86	09:11
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	11.12.78	-	14.8.92	12:04
	WBUL	Matthew Kennedy goal	12.12.84	-	14.8.92	13:43
	WBUL	Bailey Williams goal	13.12.90	-	14.8.92	15:03
	WBUL	Joel Freijah behind	13.13.91	-	14.8.92	16:18
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage behind	13.13.91	-	14.9.93	23:18
	BRIL	Cam Rayner goal	13.13.91	-	15.9.99	23:47
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee goal	13.13.91	-	16.9.105	25:26
	BRIL	Cam Rayner behind	13.13.91	-	16.10.106	28:57
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	13.13.91	-	17.10.112	30:29
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	13.13.91	-	18.10.118	31:52
	WBUL	Lachlan McNeil goal	14.13.97	-	18.10.118	33:28

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