2025 AFL Round 18: Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 2025 between Brisbane Lions and Port Adelaide during round 18 of the 2025 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Port Adelaide 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. Connor Rozee captained the visitors with Zak Butters as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Ken Hinkley.

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

Port Adelaide
Back: B. Zerk-Thatcher, E. Ratugolea, A. Aliir
Half-back: J. Sinn, L. Jones, C. Rozee (capt.)
Centre: J. Burgoyne, J. Horne-Francis, W. Drew
Half-forward: S. Powell-Pepper, D. Byrne-Jones, W. Rioli
Forward: D. Visentini, M. Georgiades, J. Lukosius
Follower: J. Sweet, M. Bergman, Z. Butters (vice-capt.)
Int.: T. Boak, K. Farrell, J. Richards, O. Wines
Sub.: H. Jackson

Brisbane Lions (18.12.120) defeated Port Adelaide (14.8.92).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: Z. Bailey (5), C. Cameron (3), C. Ah Chee, L. Ashcroft, W. Ashcroft, J. Dunkley, D. Fort, E. Hipwood, K. Lohmann, H. McCluggage, L. Morris, L. Neale
Port Adelaide: M. Georgiades (4), J. Lukosius (3), W. Rioli (3), S. Powell-Pepper (2), J. Horne-Francis, J. Richards

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions remained 2nd on the ladder and Port Adelaide remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 5 July 2025
Time: 7:35 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 30,017

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Port Adelaide
Score: 18.12.120 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions	8	.	4	9	.	8	14	.	10	18	.	12	18	.	12	(120)
Port Adelaide	3	.	2	6	.	5	10	.	6	14	.	8	14	.	8	(92)
Margin	BRIL by 32			BRIL by 21			BRIL by 28			BRIL by 28			BRIL by 28
Duration	36:16			29:44			33:30			30:12			2:09:42

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions), Ken Hinkley (Port Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (Brisbane Lions), Connor Rozee (Port Adelaide)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Brisbane Lions), Zak Butters (Port Adelaide)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Zac Bailey	BRIL	33	3
Lachie Neale	BRIL	9	2
Zak Butters	PADL	9	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	INT	82%	1	1	12	9	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2
31	Andrews, Harris	CHB	98%	0	0	15	13	2	10	0	1	0	3	2	2	5	1
43	Answerth, Noah	HBFL	82%	0	0	11	8	3	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	5	1
10	Ashcroft, Levi	INT	73%	1	0	19	13	6	4	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	1
8	Ashcroft, Will	INT	78%	1	1	23	5	18	2	0	1	9	1	1	1	1	1
33	Bailey, Zac	WL	83%	5	1	26	16	10	2	0	1	2	3	1	1	2	7
7	Berry, Jarrod	WR	72%	0	0	16	11	5	7	0	2	0	1	2	1	3	3
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	80%	3	1	10	8	2	5	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	2
14	Day, Sam	FPR↓	53%	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	88%	1	0	17	8	9	4	0	5	2	3	1	1	1	1
3	Fletcher, Jaspa	INT	83%	0	1	19	13	6	8	0	0	1	2	0	1	6	2
32	Fort, Darcy	RU	87%	1	0	6	3	3	3	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
27	Gardiner, Darcy	SUB↑	17%	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
30	Hipwood, Eric	CHF	81%	1	1	9	7	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
35	Lester, Ryan	FB	94%	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
1	Lohmann, Kai	FPL	71%	1	0	14	7	7	2	0	4	2	4	1	2	0	3
6	McCluggage, Hugh	C	87%	1	1	29	16	13	4	0	4	7	3	2	1	3	5
13	Morris, Logan	FF	83%	1	0	8	5	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	4
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	88%	1	0	29	15	14	6	0	2	5	2	1	0	0	5
16	Rayner, Cam	HFFR	83%	0	1	22	10	12	4	0	1	5	3	3	1	1	3
37	Starcevich, Brandon	HBFR	77%	0	0	7	7	0	3	0	4	0	5	2	4	3	0
44	Wilmot, Darcy	BPR	78%	0	0	18	15	3	7	0	1	3	1	1	0	2	6
15	Zorko, Dayne	BPL	82%	0	1	23	18	5	5	0	1	0	3	1	2	7	4
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				18	12	339	211	128	97	33	35	38	45	26	24	41	55

D. Gardiner replaced S. Day.

Port Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
21	Aliir, Aliir	BPR	100%	0	0	12	6	6	4	0	3	1	0	2	0	3	1
14	Bergman, Miles	RR	93%	0	0	17	10	7	2	0	4	3	4	1	1	4	5
10	Boak, Travis	INT	83%	0	1	27	13	14	7	0	2	3	3	0	1	2	3
7	Burgoyne, Jase	WL	96%	0	0	15	9	6	4	0	2	0	4	1	1	0	2
9	Butters, Zak (vc)	RO	90%	0	1	31	20	11	5	0	6	4	4	0	1	2	7
33	Byrne-Jones, Darcy	CHF	87%	0	1	15	8	7	2	0	3	2	4	3	0	0	4
28	Drew, Willem	WR	93%	0	0	21	7	14	4	0	5	5	4	1	2	1	2
6	Farrell, Kane	INT	74%	0	0	19	10	9	3	0	1	0	5	0	1	4	3
19	Georgiades, Mitch	FF	90%	4	1	10	9	1	7	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0
18	Horne-Francis, Jason	C	75%	1	0	19	12	7	6	0	3	6	5	2	1	2	4
39	Jackson, Hugh	SUB↑	59%	0	0	12	6	6	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	4
34	Jones, Lachie	CHB	76%	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	1	0	4	1	2	1	1
12	Lukosius, Jack	FPR	86%	3	1	14	11	3	9	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2
2	Powell-Pepper, Sam	HFFL	58%	2	1	16	5	11	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	2
27	Ratugolea, Esava	FB	23%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Richards, Joe	INT	91%	1	0	14	8	6	4	0	3	1	3	1	1	1	3
15	Rioli, Willie	HFFR	86%	3	0	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	2
1	Rozee, Connor (c)	HBFR	88%	0	0	31	20	11	5	0	3	2	3	5	1	8	5
8	Sinn, Josh	HBFL	71%	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	3	0	1	2	1	2	1
24	Sweet, Jordon	RU	92%	0	1	13	3	10	3	45	4	2	2	0	1	0	0
38	Visentini, Dante	FPL↓	6%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Wines, Ollie	INT	81%	0	0	22	10	12	5	0	6	6	4	1	2	0	3
25	Zerk-Thatcher, Brandon	BPL	100%	0	0	8	6	2	6	0	0	0	6	0	4	3	1
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				14	8	346	192	154	87	45	51	36	70	24	26	33	55

H. Jackson replaced D. Visentini.

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
	25	B. Zerk-Thatcher	27	E. Ratugolea	21	A. Aliir	32	D. Fort	4	C. Ah Chee
	14	S. Day	13	L. Morris	1	K. Lohmann	5	J. Dunkley	10	L. Ashcroft
FORWARD							9	L. Neale	8	W. Ashcroft
HALF-BACK									3	J. Fletcher
	8	J. Sinn	34	L. Jones	1	C. Rozee (c)			27	D. Gardiner
	16	C. Rayner	30	E. Hipwood	23	C. Cameron
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	J. Burgoyne	18	J. Horne-Francis	28	W. Drew
	7	J. Berry	6	H. McCluggage	33	Z. Bailey	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							24	J. Sweet	10	T. Boak
HALF-FORWARD							14	M. Bergman	6	K. Farrell
	2	S. Powell-Pepper	33	D. Byrne-Jones	15	W. Rioli	9	Z. Butters (vc)	35	J. Richards
	37	B. Starcevich	31	H. Andrews	43	N. Answerth			16	O. Wines
HALF-BACK									39	H. Jackson
FORWARD
	38	D. Visentini	19	M. Georgiades	12	J. Lukosius
	44	D. Wilmot	35	R. Lester	15	D. Zorko
BACK
Port Adelaide							Coach: Ken Hinkley

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	PADL	Mitch Georgiades behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	02:48
	PADL	Willie Rioli goal	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	03:13
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	0.0.0	-	2.1.13	05:47
	BRIL	Dayne Zorko behind	0.1.1	-	2.1.13	08:07
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee behind	0.2.2	-	2.1.13	09:53
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	1.2.8	-	2.1.13	11:45
	PADL	Sam Powell-Pepper goal	1.2.8	-	3.1.19	13:10
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	2.2.14	-	3.1.19	17:38
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	3.2.20	-	3.1.19	20:06
	PADL	Sam Powell-Pepper behind	3.2.20	-	3.2.20	22:07
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee goal	4.2.26	-	3.2.20	24:03
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage goal	5.2.32	-	3.2.20	25:34
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft goal	6.2.38	-	3.2.20	27:03
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	7.2.44	-	3.2.20	28:51
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft behind	7.3.45	-	3.2.20	31:36
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	8.3.51	-	3.2.20	33:44
	BRIL	Rushed behind	8.4.52	-	3.2.20	35:49
Q2	PADL	Rushed behind	8.4.52	-	3.3.21	00:25
	BRIL	Rushed behind	8.5.53	-	3.3.21	04:36
	BRIL	Josh Dunkley goal	9.5.59	-	3.3.21	08:01
	PADL	Jack Lukosius goal	9.5.59	-	4.3.27	10:09
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	9.6.60	-	4.3.27	15:31
	PADL	Jordon Sweet behind	9.6.60	-	4.4.28	17:02
	BRIL	Cam Rayner behind	9.7.61	-	4.4.28	17:48
	PADL	Sam Powell-Pepper goal	9.7.61	-	5.4.34	20:43
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	9.7.61	-	6.4.40	23:24
	PADL	Darcy Byrne-Jones behind	9.7.61	-	6.5.41	27:24
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage behind	9.8.62	-	6.5.41	29:40
Q3	PADL	Zak Butters behind	9.8.62	-	6.6.42	03:19
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	10.8.68	-	6.6.42	08:02
	BRIL	Jaspa Fletcher behind	10.9.69	-	6.6.42	09:48
	PADL	Jack Lukosius goal	10.9.69	-	7.6.48	13:28
	BRIL	Lachie Neale goal	11.9.75	-	7.6.48	18:05
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	12.9.81	-	7.6.48	20:02
	BRIL	Rushed behind	12.10.82	-	7.6.48	22:28
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	13.10.88	-	7.6.48	23:04
	PADL	Joe Richards goal	13.10.88	-	8.6.54	25:25
	PADL	Jason Horne-Francis goal	13.10.88	-	9.6.60	27:13
	BRIL	Darcy Fort goal	14.10.94	-	9.6.60	29:44
	PADL	Willie Rioli goal	14.10.94	-	10.6.66	32:12
Q4	PADL	Jack Lukosius goal	14.10.94	-	11.6.72	01:08
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	15.10.100	-	11.6.72	02:58
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	15.10.100	-	12.6.78	07:48
	PADL	Mitch Georgiades goal	15.10.100	-	13.6.84	10:56
	BRIL	Levi Ashcroft goal	16.10.106	-	13.6.84	13:27
	PADL	Jack Lukosius behind	16.10.106	-	13.7.85	14:59
	PADL	Travis Boak behind	16.10.106	-	13.8.86	17:40
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	17.10.112	-	13.8.86	19:44
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood behind	17.11.113	-	13.8.86	21:55
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	18.11.119	-	13.8.86	22:31
	PADL	Willie Rioli goal	18.11.119	-	14.8.92	26:29
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	18.12.120	-	14.8.92	28:15

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