2025 AFL Round 21: Gold Coast v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 26 July 2025 between Gold Coast and Brisbane Lions during round 21 of the 2025 AFL season. Gold Coast hosted Brisbane Lions at People First Stadium. Noah Anderson captained the hosts. 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 Damien Hardwick and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Gold Coast
Back: B. Uwland, M. Andrew, S. Collins
Half-back: J. Noble, W. Powell, O. Adams
Centre: L. Weller, A. Davies, B. Fiorini
Half-forward: B. Ainsworth, S. Flanders, B. Humphrey
Forward: B. Long, J. Farrar, B. King
Follower: J. Witts, M. Rowell, N. Anderson (capt.)
Int.: C. Budarick, N. Holman, J. Jeffrey, E. Read
Sub.: L. Lombard

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

Gold Coast (20.10.130) defeated Brisbane Lions (9.10.64).

Goalkickers
Gold Coast: B. Long (4), B. Ainsworth (3), J. Farrar (3), B. Humphrey (3), B. King (2), N. Anderson, C. Budarick, B. Fiorini, N. Holman, E. Read
Brisbane Lions: C. Rayner (3), C. Ah Chee, Z. Bailey, E. Hipwood, S. Marshall, H. McCluggage, L. Neale

As a result of this match, Gold Coast were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Brisbane Lions were then 3rd on the ladder (down from 2nd) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 21
Teams: Gold Coast v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 26 July 2025
Time: 1:20 PM
Venue: People First Stadium
Attendance: 20,833

Match Results

Outcome: Gold Coast def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 20.10.130 - 9.10.64

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Gold Coast	5	.	1	10	.	3	15	.	6	20	.	10	20	.	10	(130)
Brisbane Lions	2	.	3	4	.	6	5	.	8	9	.	10	9	.	10	(64)
Margin	GCST by 16			GCST by 33			GCST by 58			GCST by 66			GCST by 66
Duration	33:29			32:57			32:00			33:51			2:12:17

Honour Roll

Coaches: Damien Hardwick (Gold Coast), Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Noah Anderson (Gold Coast), unknown (Brisbane Lions)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Matt Rowell	GCST	18	3
Noah Anderson	GCST	15	2
Ben Long	GCST	22	1

Player Statistics

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
48	Adams, Oscar	HBFR	83%	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	2	0	4	1	2	3	0
9	Ainsworth, Ben	HFFL	84%	3	1	27	11	16	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5
15	Anderson, Noah (c)	RO	84%	1	0	33	14	19	4	0	3	5	5	0	1	2	3
1	Andrew, Mac	FB	93%	0	0	18	9	9	4	0	1	0	3	0	2	4	2
35	Budarick, Connor	INT	75%	1	1	22	8	14	3	0	5	2	2	1	0	0	1
25	Collins, Sam	BPR↓	72%	0	0	10	5	5	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
5	Davies, Alex	C	81%	0	0	30	10	20	1	0	10	6	3	1	1	1	4
50	Farrar, Jy	FF	76%	3	0	13	5	8	2	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
8	Fiorini, Brayden	WR	86%	1	0	32	18	14	6	0	5	4	4	0	0	4	3
3	Flanders, Sam	CHF	85%	0	0	18	6	12	4	0	2	0	2	0	1	2	3
7	Holman, Nick	INT	77%	1	0	7	2	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
19	Humphrey, Bailey	HFFR	78%	3	1	19	12	7	4	0	8	3	0	1	0	0	7
40	Jeffrey, Joel	INT	80%	0	1	32	19	13	8	0	0	3	0	1	0	10	5
34	King, Ben	FPR	86%	2	0	8	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3
30	Lombard, Leo	SUB↑	16%	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
22	Long, Ben	FPL	84%	4	1	11	11	0	7	0	4	0	2	0	1	0	2
2	Noble, John	HBFL	84%	0	0	31	19	12	7	0	1	3	7	0	2	5	3
27	Powell, Wil	CHB	89%	0	1	26	13	13	3	0	4	1	1	1	1	5	5
20	Read, Ethan	INT	69%	1	2	8	4	4	1	4	1	1	5	1	4	0	0
18	Rowell, Matt	RR	79%	0	0	37	17	20	4	0	12	15	5	3	3	4	7
32	Uwland, Bodhi	BPL	81%	0	0	15	4	11	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1
14	Weller, Lachie	WL	73%	0	0	19	10	9	3	0	4	2	2	2	0	1	5
28	Witts, Jarrod	RU	85%	0	0	13	5	8	2	48	4	5	0	1	0	1	4
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				20	10	436	212	224	75	52	77	52	53	18	19	43	64

L. Lombard replaced S. Collins.

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Ah Chee, Callum	FPR	80%	1	1	18	14	4	5	0	2	1	5	1	2	1	3
31	Andrews, Harris	CHB	95%	0	0	11	7	4	2	0	0	0	8	0	5	3	0
10	Ashcroft, Levi	INT	76%	0	0	15	7	8	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	3
8	Ashcroft, Will	INT	86%	0	0	25	14	11	4	0	4	4	5	1	1	0	4
33	Bailey, Zac	HFFR	73%	1	2	26	11	15	3	0	3	1	2	2	1	1	3
7	Berry, Jarrod	WR	82%	0	0	20	8	12	2	0	8	5	3	1	0	2	3
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	78%	0	2	8	6	2	1	0	3	0	3	1	0	0	2
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	81%	0	0	22	8	14	2	0	14	4	4	1	1	0	5
3	Fletcher, Jaspa	WL	85%	0	0	20	16	4	6	0	2	2	4	1	0	9	0
32	Fort, Darcy	INT	85%	0	0	7	3	4	0	31	2	3	2	1	1	0	2
27	Gardiner, Darcy	FB	85%	0	0	14	9	5	3	0	4	0	2	2	0	4	0
30	Hipwood, Eric	CHF	84%	1	0	15	10	5	6	0	1	1	3	2	1	0	1
35	Lester, Ryan	BPR	91%	0	0	15	8	7	4	0	3	2	1	1	0	3	2
20	Marshall, Sam	SUB↑	37%	1	0	9	4	5	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1
6	McCluggage, Hugh	C	86%	1	0	28	16	12	1	0	2	7	3	0	1	2	7
46	McInerney, Oscar	RU	57%	0	0	3	1	2	0	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
26	McKenna, Conor	HBFL↓	34%	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
13	Morris, Logan	FF	81%	0	1	2	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	87%	1	1	36	16	20	4	0	5	3	4	0	1	2	4
16	Rayner, Cam	FPL	93%	3	1	19	12	7	3	0	4	3	3	2	1	0	6
37	Starcevich, Brandon	HBFR	83%	0	0	12	8	4	2	0	4	0	3	0	1	4	0
44	Wilmot, Darcy	INT	86%	0	0	20	13	7	6	0	4	0	2	0	1	6	3
15	Zorko, Dayne	BPL	75%	0	0	17	11	6	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	3
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				9	10	364	205	159	63	51	73	40	61	19	18	43	53

S. Marshall replaced C. McKenna.

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

Gold Coast							Coach: Damien Hardwick
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	15	D. Zorko	27	D. Gardiner	35	R. Lester	28	J. Witts	35	C. Budarick
	34	B. King	50	J. Farrar	22	B. Long	18	M. Rowell	7	N. Holman
FORWARD							15	N. Anderson (c)	40	J. Jeffrey
HALF-BACK									20	E. Read
	26	C. McKenna	31	H. Andrews	37	B. Starcevich			30	L. Lombard
	19	B. Humphrey	3	S. Flanders	9	B. Ainsworth
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	3	J. Fletcher	6	H. McCluggage	7	J. Berry
	8	B. Fiorini	5	A. Davies	14	L. Weller	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							46	O. McInerney	10	L. Ashcroft
HALF-FORWARD							5	J. Dunkley	8	W. Ashcroft
	23	C. Cameron	30	E. Hipwood	33	Z. Bailey	9	L. Neale	32	D. Fort
	48	O. Adams	27	W. Powell	2	J. Noble			44	D. Wilmot
HALF-BACK									20	S. Marshall
FORWARD
	16	C. Rayner	13	L. Morris	4	C. Ah Chee
	25	S. Collins	1	M. Andrew	32	B. Uwland
BACK
Brisbane Lions							Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRIL	Logan Morris behind	0.0.0	-	0.1.1	00:57
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee goal	0.0.0	-	1.1.7	04:42
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	0.0.0	-	1.2.8	07:06
	GCST	Brayden Fiorini goal	1.0.6	-	1.2.8	11:06
	GCST	Connor Budarick behind	1.1.7	-	1.2.8	14:13
	BRIL	Lachie Neale goal	1.1.7	-	2.2.14	19:12
	GCST	Connor Budarick goal	2.1.13	-	2.2.14	21:29
	GCST	Nick Holman goal	3.1.19	-	2.2.14	22:41
	BRIL	Cam Rayner behind	3.1.19	-	2.3.15	24:10
	GCST	Jy Farrar goal	4.1.25	-	2.3.15	26:35
	GCST	Ben King goal	5.1.31	-	2.3.15	31:24
Q2	GCST	Ben Long goal	6.1.37	-	2.3.15	01:09
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage goal	6.1.37	-	3.3.21	05:33
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	7.1.43	-	3.3.21	10:33
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	7.1.43	-	4.3.27	12:39
	GCST	Wil Powell behind	7.2.44	-	4.3.27	16:55
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	7.2.44	-	4.4.28	22:02
	GCST	Jy Farrar goal	8.2.50	-	4.4.28	24:11
	GCST	Noah Anderson goal	9.2.56	-	4.4.28	25:26
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey behind	9.3.57	-	4.4.28	26:52
	GCST	Ben Long goal	10.3.63	-	4.4.28	29:10
	BRIL	Rushed behind	10.3.63	-	4.5.29	31:03
	BRIL	Rushed behind	10.3.63	-	4.6.30	32:07
Q3	GCST	Jy Farrar goal	11.3.69	-	4.6.30	01:02
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth behind	11.4.70	-	4.6.30	02:10
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	12.4.76	-	4.6.30	03:22
	GCST	Ben Long goal	13.4.82	-	4.6.30	05:18
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	13.4.82	-	4.7.31	10:17
	GCST	Ben Long goal	14.4.88	-	4.7.31	12:27
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	14.4.88	-	5.7.37	14:24
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	15.4.94	-	5.7.37	15:37
	GCST	Ethan Read behind	15.5.95	-	5.7.37	18:50
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee behind	15.5.95	-	5.8.38	27:22
	GCST	Ben Long behind	15.6.96	-	5.8.38	30:50
Q4	BRIL	Lachie Neale behind	15.6.96	-	5.9.39	03:38
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	16.6.102	-	5.9.39	07:49
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey goal	17.6.108	-	5.9.39	10:53
	BRIL	Cam Rayner goal	17.6.108	-	6.9.45	12:52
	GCST	Rushed behind	17.7.109	-	6.9.45	14:59
	GCST	Ethan Read behind	17.8.110	-	6.9.45	16:06
	BRIL	Sam Marshall goal	17.8.110	-	7.9.51	16:50
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	17.8.110	-	7.10.52	19:40
	BRIL	Cam Rayner goal	17.8.110	-	8.10.58	22:10
	GCST	Ethan Read goal	18.8.116	-	8.10.58	24:04
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	19.8.122	-	8.10.58	25:20
	GCST	Ben King goal	20.8.128	-	8.10.58	27:10
	GCST	Joel Jeffrey behind	20.9.129	-	8.10.58	29:30
	BRIL	Cam Rayner goal	20.9.129	-	9.10.64	31:04
	GCST	Rushed behind	20.10.130	-	9.10.64	33:23

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