2025 AFL Round 11: Brisbane Lions v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 May 2025 between Brisbane Lions and Melbourne during round 11 of the 2025 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Melbourne at 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. Max Gawn captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Simon Goodwin.

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

Melbourne
Back: J. Bowey, S. May, C. Salem
Half-back: J. McVee, T. McDonald, X. Lindsay
Centre: K. Chandler, C. Petracca, E. Langdon
Half-forward: D. Turner, H. Petty, T. Sparrow
Forward: C. Spargo, J. Melksham, K. Pickett
Follower: M. Gawn (capt.), C. Oliver, H. Langford
Int.: A. Johnson, T. Rivers, H. Sharp, C. Windsor
Sub.: B. Fritsch

Brisbane Lions (13.10.88) were defeated by Melbourne (14.15.99).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: D. Gardiner (4), L. Morris (3), C. Ah Chee, Z. Bailey, J. Fletcher, E. Hipwood, H. McCluggage, C. McKenna
Melbourne: J. Melksham (4), K. Pickett (2), K. Chandler, B. Fritsch, A. Johnson, E. Langdon, T. McDonald, C. Oliver, T. Rivers, T. Sparrow

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions remained 2nd on the ladder and Melbourne were then 14th on the ladder (up from 15th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 18 May 2025
Time: 3:20 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 30,473

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.10.88 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions	6	.	3	8	.	7	12	.	9	13	.	10	13	.	10	(88)
Melbourne	3	.	4	6	.	6	10	.	7	14	.	15	14	.	15	(99)
Margin	BRIL by 17			BRIL by 13			BRIL by 14			MELB by 11			MELB by 11
Duration	34:09			31:49			32:59			29:54			2:08:51

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions), Simon Goodwin (Melbourne)
Captains: unknown (Brisbane Lions), Max Gawn (Melbourne)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Max Gawn	MELB	11	3
Christian Petracca	MELB	5	2
Zac Bailey	BRIL	33	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	FPR	75%	1	1	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
31	Andrews, Harris	CHB	100%	0	1	10	5	5	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1
43	Answerth, Noah	HBFL	91%	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	2	1	5	0	0	1	0
10	Ashcroft, Levi	INT	82%	0	0	22	15	7	7	0	0	2	4	2	0	2	1
8	Ashcroft, Will	HFFR	86%	0	1	30	12	18	4	0	2	6	2	0	0	1	5
33	Bailey, Zac	WR	81%	1	0	27	14	13	8	0	2	4	0	1	0	2	7
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	88%	0	2	13	10	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3
18	Coleman, Keidean	HBFR	68%	0	0	19	13	6	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	2
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	81%	0	1	28	10	18	4	0	4	6	5	2	1	1	2
3	Fletcher, Jaspa	WL	72%	1	0	22	9	13	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	2
32	Fort, Darcy	RU	88%	0	0	11	7	4	2	15	4	3	4	2	2	2	1
27	Gardiner, Darcy	INT	64%	4	0	13	8	5	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	1
30	Hipwood, Eric	CHF	82%	1	1	9	6	3	4	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	4
35	Lester, Ryan	BPR	81%	0	0	16	10	6	8	0	5	1	0	0	0	3	1
1	Lohmann, Kai	INT↓	65%	0	0	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	2
6	McCluggage, Hugh	C	84%	1	0	28	14	14	7	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	6
26	McKenna, Conor	SUB↑	12%	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Morris, Logan	FF	77%	3	1	11	9	2	5	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	84%	0	0	30	14	16	6	0	3	6	1	0	1	2	4
40	Payne, Jack	FB	94%	0	0	10	7	3	7	0	1	0	3	0	1	4	0
16	Rayner, Cam	FPL	79%	0	0	15	5	10	2	0	1	4	5	0	1	0	4
44	Wilmot, Darcy	INT	84%	0	0	20	10	10	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	1
15	Zorko, Dayne	BPL	82%	0	1	27	20	7	8	0	3	2	3	1	1	9	3
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				13	10	383	215	168	101	17	39	39	51	12	13	43	53

C. McKenna replaced K. Lohmann.

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
17	Bowey, Jake	BPL	83%	0	0	22	12	10	8	0	1	3	1	0	1	1	2
37	Chandler, Kade	WL	88%	1	1	11	7	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
31	Fritsch, Bayley	SUB↑	37%	1	1	7	5	2	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
11	Gawn, Max (c)	RU	87%	0	0	22	12	10	7	46	0	8	5	3	3	2	4
42	Johnson, Aidan	INT	56%	1	0	5	4	1	0	7	2	2	1	0	0	1	0
15	Langdon, Ed	WR	78%	1	0	25	10	15	6	0	3	2	5	0	1	1	1
19	Langford, Harvey	RO	79%	0	0	19	11	8	7	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	2
20	Lindsay, Xavier	HBFR	80%	0	1	19	14	5	6	0	2	0	2	2	1	3	3
1	May, Steven	FB	96%	0	0	15	14	1	8	0	1	0	1	0	1	5	1
25	McDonald, Tom	CHB	100%	1	0	16	12	4	6	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1
4	McVee, Judd	HBFL	87%	0	0	13	11	2	6	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	0
18	Melksham, Jake	FF	86%	4	1	11	11	0	7	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	2
13	Oliver, Clayton	RR	85%	1	0	23	8	15	3	0	3	7	1	1	0	1	5
5	Petracca, Christian	C	87%	0	1	31	13	18	2	0	2	9	6	0	2	1	7
35	Petty, Harry	CHF	71%	0	2	10	8	2	7	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	4
36	Pickett, Kysaiah	FPR	84%	2	4	21	14	7	5	0	3	3	1	2	0	1	3
24	Rivers, Trent	INT	66%	1	1	24	14	10	4	0	1	4	2	0	0	3	6
3	Salem, Christian	BPR	87%	0	0	20	17	3	8	0	1	2	1	0	0	7	3
30	Sharp, Harry	INT↓	52%	0	1	10	5	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9	Spargo, Charlie	FPL	82%	0	0	13	5	8	3	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	3
32	Sparrow, Tom	HFFR	83%	1	0	16	9	7	2	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	6
10	Turner, Daniel	HFFL	79%	0	0	11	6	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
6	Windsor, Caleb	INT	68%	0	0	6	6	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	2	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				14	15	370	228	142	109	53	41	44	49	13	12	38	58

B. Fritsch replaced H. Sharp.

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
	17	J. Bowey	1	S. May	3	C. Salem	32	D. Fort	10	L. Ashcroft
	4	C. Ah Chee	13	L. Morris	16	C. Rayner	5	J. Dunkley	27	D. Gardiner
FORWARD							9	L. Neale	1	K. Lohmann
HALF-BACK									44	D. Wilmot
	4	J. McVee	25	T. McDonald	20	X. Lindsay			26	C. McKenna
	8	W. Ashcroft	30	E. Hipwood	23	C. Cameron
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	37	K. Chandler	5	C. Petracca	15	E. Langdon
	33	Z. Bailey	6	H. McCluggage	3	J. Fletcher	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							11	M. Gawn (c)	42	A. Johnson
HALF-FORWARD							13	C. Oliver	24	T. Rivers
	10	D. Turner	35	H. Petty	32	T. Sparrow	19	H. Langford	30	H. Sharp
	18	K. Coleman	31	H. Andrews	43	N. Answerth			6	C. Windsor
HALF-BACK									31	B. Fritsch
FORWARD
	9	C. Spargo	18	J. Melksham	36	K. Pickett
	35	R. Lester	40	J. Payne	15	D. Zorko
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Simon Goodwin

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:57
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft behind	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	02:21
	BRIL	Jaspa Fletcher goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	02:38
	MELB	Harry Petty behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	07:21
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage goal	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	09:12
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee goal	3.1.19	-	1.1.7	10:53
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	3.1.19	-	2.1.13	12:37
	BRIL	Harris Andrews behind	3.2.20	-	2.1.13	16:19
	MELB	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	2.2.14	16:59
	MELB	Tom McDonald goal	3.2.20	-	3.2.20	18:32
	MELB	Rushed behind	3.2.20	-	3.3.21	21:51
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	4.2.26	-	3.3.21	24:24
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	5.2.32	-	3.3.21	26:14
	BRIL	Dayne Zorko behind	5.3.33	-	3.3.21	27:43
	MELB	Kade Chandler behind	5.3.33	-	3.4.22	30:04
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	6.3.39	-	3.4.22	31:04
Q2	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	6.3.39	-	3.5.23	00:42
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	6.4.40	-	3.5.23	01:22
	BRIL	Darcy Gardiner goal	7.4.46	-	3.5.23	02:48
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee behind	7.5.47	-	3.5.23	06:37
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	7.5.47	-	4.5.29	10:50
	MELB	Kade Chandler goal	7.5.47	-	5.5.35	14:06
	MELB	Trent Rivers behind	7.5.47	-	5.6.36	15:27
	BRIL	Darcy Gardiner goal	8.5.53	-	5.6.36	18:07
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood behind	8.6.54	-	5.6.36	19:22
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	8.7.55	-	5.6.36	20:34
	MELB	Trent Rivers goal	8.7.55	-	6.6.42	28:59
Q3	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	9.7.61	-	6.6.42	01:03
	MELB	Tom Sparrow goal	9.7.61	-	7.6.48	05:36
	BRIL	Josh Dunkley behind	9.8.62	-	7.6.48	09:12
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett goal	9.8.62	-	8.6.54	10:02
	MELB	Harry Sharp behind	9.8.62	-	8.7.55	12:07
	BRIL	Darcy Gardiner goal	10.8.68	-	8.7.55	15:59
	BRIL	Logan Morris behind	10.9.69	-	8.7.55	18:03
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	11.9.75	-	8.7.55	20:02
	MELB	Clayton Oliver goal	11.9.75	-	9.7.61	22:41
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	11.9.75	-	10.7.67	26:12
	BRIL	Darcy Gardiner goal	12.9.81	-	10.7.67	30:38
Q4	MELB	Jake Melksham behind	12.9.81	-	10.8.68	00:28
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	12.9.81	-	10.9.69	01:31
	BRIL	Rushed behind	12.10.82	-	10.9.69	05:48
	MELB	Jake Melksham goal	12.10.82	-	11.9.75	09:17
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch goal	12.10.82	-	12.9.81	10:56
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	12.10.82	-	12.10.82	13:04
	MELB	Harry Petty behind	12.10.82	-	12.11.83	14:20
	MELB	Aidan Johnson goal	12.10.82	-	13.11.89	15:03
	MELB	Bayley Fritsch behind	12.10.82	-	13.12.90	17:20
	MELB	Ed Langdon goal	12.10.82	-	14.12.96	19:10
	MELB	Xavier Lindsay behind	12.10.82	-	14.13.97	20:22
	BRIL	Conor McKenna goal	13.10.88	-	14.13.97	21:07
	MELB	Christian Petracca behind	13.10.88	-	14.14.98	28:38
	MELB	Kysaiah Pickett behind	13.10.88	-	14.15.99	29:50

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