2025 AFL Season Round 20: Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 2025 between the Brisbane Lions and the Western Bulldogs during round twenty of the 2025 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Lions hosted the Western Bulldogs 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. Marcus Bontempelli captained the visitors with Tom Liberatore as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Luke Beveridge.

The Brisbane Lions (12.14.86) defeated the Western Bulldogs (12.4.76).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs
Date: Friday 18 July 2025
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 29,039

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Western Bulldogs
Score: 12.14.86 - 12.4.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 2 . 2 7 . 4 10 . 11 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Western Bulldogs 2 . 1 5 . 3 8 . 4 12 . 4 12 . 4 (76)
Margin BRIL by 1 BRIL by 13 BRIL by 19 BRIL by 10 BRIL by 10
Duration 32:34 32:20 30:37 33:02 2:08:33

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 (Western Bulldogs) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

Western Bulldogs

Captain: Marcus Bontempelli
Vice-Captain: Tom Liberatore
Coach: Luke Beveridge

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Will Ashcroft BRIL 8 3
Hugh McCluggage BRIL 6 2
Marcus Bontempelli WBUL 4 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 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 HFFR 90% 0 2 19 16 3 6 0 3 2 4 0 1 0 9
31 Andrews, Harris CHB 92% 0 0 13 11 2 8 0 1 0 4 0 4 1 0
10 Ashcroft, Levi WL 75% 2 0 18 12 6 6 0 2 1 1 1 0 3 1
8 Ashcroft, Will INT 78% 3 0 26 15 11 2 0 5 5 2 1 0 0 4
7 Berry, Jarrod WR 80% 2 0 19 12 7 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 5
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFL 81% 1 0 8 7 1 2 0 5 0 3 1 0 0 5
5 Dunkley, Josh RR 83% 0 1 28 12 16 2 0 15 5 7 1 1 1 6
3 Fletcher, Jaspa HBFL 82% 0 0 24 15 9 8 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
32 Fort, Darcy INT 87% 0 1 9 5 4 1 17 3 2 3 0 2 0 3
27 Gardiner, Darcy FB 84% 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 0 7 0 3 6 0
30 Hipwood, Eric CHF 78% 0 2 10 8 2 2 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 1
35 Lester, Ryan BPR 93% 0 0 11 8 3 5 0 3 0 1 2 1 3 1
1 Lohmann, Kai FPR 70% 2 2 10 6 4 2 0 8 0 2 0 0 1 1
20 Marshall, Sam SUB↑ 13% 0 0 5 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
6 McCluggage, Hugh C 86% 0 0 27 11 16 4 0 4 7 3 1 1 2 5
46 McInerney, Oscar RU 67% 0 1 11 7 4 2 38 3 1 5 1 1 0 3
13 Morris, Logan FF 81% 1 1 13 9 4 6 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3
9 Neale, Lachie RO 83% 0 1 24 11 13 3 0 4 5 4 1 1 0 4
16 Rayner, Cam FPL 86% 1 2 12 7 5 3 0 5 0 3 0 2 0 1
38 Reville, Bruce INT↓ 68% 0 0 11 4 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
37 Starcevich, Brandon HBFR 78% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
44 Wilmot, Darcy INT 84% 0 0 17 12 5 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 3
15 Zorko, Dayne BPL 78% 0 1 25 21 4 8 0 2 0 4 2 1 4 6
Rushed 0
Total (23 players) 12 14 364 226 138 86 55 73 36 62 16 20 30 64

S. Marshall replaced B. Reville.

Western Bulldogs

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Bontempelli, Marcus (c) RR 87% 1 0 24 13 11 3 0 10 4 6 1 4 3 10
29 Bramble, Lachie BPL 78% 0 0 19 14 5 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 4
36 Cleary, Luke FB 72% 0 0 16 10 6 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 6 0
31 Dale, Bailey HBFR 90% 0 1 33 25 8 8 0 3 4 8 0 0 11 3
10 Darcy, Sam FF 81% 1 0 13 9 4 5 5 2 2 0 5 0 0 3
42 Davidson, Sam INT 66% 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 4 2 3 0 1 0 1
44 English, Tim RU 87% 1 0 10 5 5 5 34 6 1 1 1 1 1 1
27 Freijah, Joel INT 82% 1 0 14 8 6 3 0 6 2 4 0 1 1 1
38 Garcia, Riley WR 70% 1 0 14 7 7 1 0 3 2 2 2 2 0 3
39 Johannisen, Jason HBFL 79% 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 8 1
19 Jones, Liam INT 91% 0 0 6 4 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 1
8 Kennedy, Matthew HFFR 82% 1 0 21 10 11 3 0 9 4 0 1 0 2 2
21 Liberatore, Tom (vc) RO 82% 0 0 23 12 11 1 0 10 9 8 2 2 1 4
7 Lobb, Rory CHB 100% 0 0 12 7 5 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
30 McNeil, Lachlan INT 61% 0 0 7 0 7 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Naughton, Aaron CHF 90% 2 1 10 10 0 6 0 4 0 2 3 0 0 1
18 O'Donnell, James BPR 84% 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 4 1 2 0 1 3 0
25 Poulter, Caleb SUB↑ 22% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Richards, Ed C 85% 0 0 27 16 11 1 0 1 7 7 1 2 2 4
9 Sanders, Ryley HFFL 85% 0 0 20 7 13 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 0
23 Vandermeer, Laitham FPL↓ 53% 0 0 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
14 West, Rhylee FPR 85% 4 0 14 12 2 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 3
34 Williams, Bailey WL 89% 0 0 18 11 7 7 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 12 4 339 206 133 74 39 82 46 54 20 16 52 44

C. Poulter replaced L. Vandermeer.

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
29 L. Bramble 36 L. Cleary 18 J. O'Donnell 46 O. McInerney 8 W. Ashcroft
1 K. Lohmann 13 L. Morris 16 C. Rayner 5 J. Dunkley 32 D. Fort
FORWARD 9 L. Neale 38 B. Reville
HALF-BACK

44 D. Wilmot
39 J. Johannisen 7 R. Lobb 31 B. Dale

20 S. Marshall
4 C. Ah Chee 30 E. Hipwood 23 C. Cameron



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



34 B. Williams 20 E. Richards 38 R. Garcia



7 J. Berry 6 H. McCluggage 10 L. Ashcroft FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 44 T. English 42 S. Davidson
HALF-FORWARD 4 M. Bontempelli (c) 27 J. Freijah
9 R. Sanders 33 A. Naughton 8 M. Kennedy 21 T. Liberatore (vc) 19 L. Jones
37 B. Starcevich 31 H. Andrews 3 J. Fletcher

30 L. McNeil
HALF-BACK

25 C. Poulter
FORWARD



23 L. Vandermeer 10 S. Darcy 14 R. West



35 R. Lester 27 D. Gardiner 15 D. Zorko



BACK



Western Bulldogs Coach: Luke Beveridge

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:56
BRIL Levi Ashcroft goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 03:02
WBUL Rhylee West goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:08
WBUL Tim English goal 1.1.7 - 2.0.12 08:13
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 09:40
BRIL Oscar McInerney behind 2.2.14 - 2.0.12 23:15
WBUL Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 2.1.13 28:46
Q2 BRIL Cam Rayner goal 3.2.20 - 2.1.13 02:04
WBUL Rhylee West goal 3.2.20 - 3.1.19 06:52
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 4.2.26 - 3.1.19 09:40
BRIL Logan Morris behind 4.3.27 - 3.1.19 11:40
BRIL Will Ashcroft goal 5.3.33 - 3.1.19 13:13
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 5.3.33 - 4.1.25 18:25
BRIL Kai Lohmann behind 5.4.34 - 4.1.25 19:39
BRIL Jarrod Berry goal 6.4.40 - 4.1.25 20:34
WBUL Riley Garcia goal 6.4.40 - 5.1.31 25:29
WBUL Bailey Dale behind 6.4.40 - 5.2.32 28:31
WBUL Aaron Naughton behind 6.4.40 - 5.3.33 30:01
BRIL Will Ashcroft goal 7.4.46 - 5.3.33 31:14
Q3 BRIL Levi Ashcroft goal 8.4.52 - 5.3.33 00:54
BRIL Lachie Neale behind 8.5.53 - 5.3.33 04:03
WBUL Matthew Kennedy goal 8.5.53 - 6.3.39 05:12
BRIL Cam Rayner behind 8.6.54 - 6.3.39 08:11
BRIL Callum Ah Chee behind 8.7.55 - 6.3.39 09:05
BRIL Dayne Zorko behind 8.8.56 - 6.3.39 10:57
WBUL Rushed behind 8.8.56 - 6.4.40 11:27
BRIL Logan Morris goal 9.8.62 - 6.4.40 14:49
WBUL Rhylee West goal 9.8.62 - 7.4.46 16:18
BRIL Jarrod Berry goal 10.8.68 - 7.4.46 19:45
WBUL Sam Darcy goal 10.8.68 - 8.4.52 24:17
BRIL Darcy Fort behind 10.9.69 - 8.4.52 26:05
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 10.10.70 - 8.4.52 27:38
BRIL Callum Ah Chee behind 10.11.71 - 8.4.52 30:24
Q4 BRIL Cam Rayner behind 10.12.72 - 8.4.52 07:20
WBUL Aaron Naughton goal 10.12.72 - 9.4.58 08:33
BRIL Kai Lohmann behind 10.13.73 - 9.4.58 12:37
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 11.13.79 - 9.4.58 16:18
WBUL Joel Freijah goal 11.13.79 - 10.4.64 18:16
WBUL Marcus Bontempelli goal 11.13.79 - 11.4.70 21:38
BRIL Josh Dunkley behind 11.14.80 - 11.4.70 27:53
WBUL Rhylee West goal 11.14.80 - 12.4.76 30:24
BRIL Will Ashcroft goal 12.14.86 - 12.4.76 32:45