2025 AFL Season Round 18: Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide
This is the match report for the match played on 5 July 2025 between the Brisbane Lions and Port Adelaide during round eighteen of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League.
The Brisbane Lions hosted Port Adelaide at the 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.
The Brisbane Lions (18.12.120) defeated Port Adelaide (14.8.92).
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
Score Worm
This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Brisbane Lions) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Port Adelaide) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Brisbane Lions
Captain: unknownCoach: Chris Fagan
Port Adelaide
Captain: Connor RozeeVice-Captain: Zak Butters
Coach: Ken Hinkley
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zac Bailey | BRIL | 33 | 3 |
| Lachie Neale | BRIL | 9 | 2 |
| Zak Butters | PADL | 9 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Player Statistics
Brisbane Lions
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Brisbane Lions | Coach: Chris Fagan | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||
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| 8 | J. Sinn | 34 | L. Jones | 1 | C. Rozee (c) |
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| 16 | C. Rayner | 30 | E. Hipwood | 23 | C. Cameron |
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| 7 | J. Burgoyne | 18 | J. Horne-Francis | 28 | W. Drew |
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| 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 |
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| 38 | D. Visentini | 19 | M. Georgiades | 12 | J. Lukosius |
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| 44 | D. Wilmot | 35 | R. Lester | 15 | D. Zorko |
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| Port Adelaide | Coach: Ken Hinkley | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| 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 | |