2025 AFL Round 23: Brisbane Lions v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 9 August 2025 between Brisbane Lions and Sydney during round 23 of the 2025 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Sydney at Gabba. Callum Mills captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.

Brisbane Lions
Back: D. Zorko, D. Gardiner, T. Doedee
Half-back: D. Wilmot, H. Andrews, J. Fletcher
Centre: Z. Bailey, H. McCluggage, J. Berry
Half-forward: C. Cameron, E. Hipwood, C. Ah Chee
Forward: C. Rayner, L. Morris, H. Smith
Follower: D. Fort, J. Dunkley, W. Ashcroft
Int.: L. Ashcroft, S. Marshall, W. McLachlan, B. Reville
Sub.: D. Robertson

Sydney
Back: L. Melican, H. Cunningham, T. McCartin
Half-back: C. Mills (capt.), N. Blakey, S. Wicks
Centre: O. Florent, C. Warner, J. Lloyd
Half-forward: T. Papley, J. Buller, J. Jordon
Forward: J. McInerney, H. McLean, B. Campbell
Follower: B. Grundy, I. Heeney, E. Gulden
Int.: J. Dattoli, D. Rampe, J. Rowbottom, A. Sheldrick
Sub.: C. Cleary

Brisbane Lions (13.12.90) were defeated by Sydney (13.14.92).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: L. Morris (3), Z. Bailey (2), D. Wilmot (2), C. Ah Chee, L. Ashcroft, J. Dunkley, E. Hipwood, W. McLachlan, H. Smith
Sydney: I. Heeney (5), C. Warner (2), J. Buller, B. Campbell, O. Florent, B. Grundy, J. Rowbottom, A. Sheldrick

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions were then 5th on the ladder (down from 4th) and Sydney remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Round 23
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Sydney
Date: Saturday 9 August 2025
Time: 4:15 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 31,424

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. by Sydney
Score: 13.12.90 - 13.14.92

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions	3	.	3	7	.	4	9	.	7	13	.	12	13	.	12	(90)
Sydney	5	.	3	8	.	7	12	.	9	13	.	14	13	.	14	(92)
Margin	SYDN by 12			SYDN by 9			SYDN by 20			SYDN by 2			SYDN by 2
Duration	33:05			30:50			30:13			30:39			2:04:47

Honour Roll

Coaches: Chris Fagan (Brisbane Lions), Dean Cox (Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Brisbane Lions), Callum Mills (Sydney)

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Isaac Heeney	SYDN	5	3
Chad Warner	SYDN	1	2
Josh Dunkley	BRIL	5	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	82%	1	2	15	10	5	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1
31	Andrews, Harris	CHB	95%	0	0	20	13	7	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	Ashcroft, Levi	INT	83%	1	1	27	19	8	6	0	0	7	2	2	0	1	6
8	Ashcroft, Will	RO	85%	0	1	31	17	14	6	0	5	4	1	0	0	3	7
33	Bailey, Zac	WL	80%	2	2	22	15	7	7	0	3	2	4	1	1	3	2
7	Berry, Jarrod	WR	82%	0	0	19	11	8	6	0	3	1	4	3	2	2	4
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	75%	0	1	6	6	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0
12	Doedee, Tom	BPR	78%	0	0	10	8	2	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	82%	1	1	31	18	13	5	0	7	6	2	2	0	3	6
3	Fletcher, Jaspa	HBFR	88%	0	0	21	10	11	5	0	2	3	4	0	1	6	1
32	Fort, Darcy	RU	83%	0	0	9	2	7	1	21	3	5	2	0	2	0	1
27	Gardiner, Darcy	FB	92%	0	1	12	9	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1
30	Hipwood, Eric	CHF	77%	1	0	16	11	5	8	0	2	0	5	1	0	2	5
20	Marshall, Sam	INT	66%	0	0	11	7	4	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1
6	McCluggage, Hugh	C	82%	0	0	30	21	9	7	0	3	7	2	1	1	0	8
28	McLachlan, Will	INT↓	61%	1	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
13	Morris, Logan	FF	86%	3	1	6	6	0	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1
16	Rayner, Cam	FPL	89%	0	1	18	11	7	9	0	5	4	4	1	1	1	9
38	Reville, Bruce	INT	68%	0	0	7	4	3	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	2
2	Robertson, Deven	SUB↑	25%	0	0	6	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
25	Smith, Henry	FPR	60%	1	0	2	2	0	1	8	0	0	6	1	2	0	1
44	Wilmot, Darcy	HBFL	91%	2	0	27	18	9	7	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	4
15	Zorko, Dayne	BPL	88%	0	1	28	19	9	9	0	1	0	7	2	2	7	2
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				13	12	377	244	133	121	29	42	40	57	16	17	39	65

D. Robertson replaced W. McLachlan.

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
22	Blakey, Nick	CHB	84%	0	1	20	17	3	6	0	2	0	1	1	0	11	5
39	Buller, Jack	CHF	85%	1	0	10	3	7	2	0	2	0	4	1	1	0	2
16	Campbell, Braeden	FPR	85%	1	2	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	2
33	Cleary, Caiden	SUB↑	27%	0	1	8	4	4	4	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
7	Cunningham, Harry	FB	85%	0	0	16	7	9	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
18	Dattoli, Jesse	INT↓	46%	0	0	7	2	5	1	0	2	1	3	0	1	0	0
13	Florent, Oliver	WL	89%	1	1	19	10	9	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	0
4	Grundy, Brodie	RU	72%	1	1	14	6	8	4	28	0	2	3	2	0	4	2
21	Gulden, Errol	RO	88%	0	1	29	14	15	3	0	4	0	8	1	2	1	6
5	Heeney, Isaac	RR	82%	5	1	23	14	9	6	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	3
17	Jordon, James	HFFR	80%	0	0	20	8	12	4	0	2	3	2	2	2	1	3
44	Lloyd, Jake	WR	89%	0	0	20	13	7	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	3
30	McCartin, Tom	BPR	100%	0	0	18	8	10	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	5	2
27	McInerney, Justin	FPL	67%	0	0	19	7	12	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	2
2	McLean, Hayden	FF	81%	0	1	10	3	7	3	7	1	1	3	0	1	0	1
43	Melican, Lewis	BPL	80%	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	4	0	0	1	0	4	0
14	Mills, Callum (c)	HBFL	78%	0	0	22	11	11	4	0	2	1	3	1	1	3	0
11	Papley, Tom	HFFL	81%	0	1	10	6	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
24	Rampe, Dane	INT	79%	0	0	16	12	4	7	0	2	0	3	0	2	8	1
8	Rowbottom, James	INT	76%	1	0	17	10	7	6	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	1
12	Sheldrick, Angus	INT	71%	1	2	26	18	8	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	7
1	Warner, Chad	C	81%	2	0	26	13	13	6	0	1	4	6	1	2	0	5
15	Wicks, Sam	HBFR	94%	0	0	18	13	5	3	0	1	1	6	1	0	1	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				13	14	387	214	173	92	35	36	21	62	17	16	49	52

C. Cleary replaced J. Dattoli.

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
	43	L. Melican	7	H. Cunningham	30	T. McCartin	32	D. Fort	10	L. Ashcroft
	25	H. Smith	13	L. Morris	16	C. Rayner	5	J. Dunkley	20	S. Marshall
FORWARD							8	W. Ashcroft	28	W. McLachlan
HALF-BACK									38	B. Reville
	14	C. Mills (c)	22	N. Blakey	15	S. Wicks			2	D. Robertson
	4	C. Ah Chee	30	E. Hipwood	23	C. Cameron
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	13	O. Florent	1	C. Warner	44	J. Lloyd
	7	J. Berry	6	H. McCluggage	33	Z. Bailey	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							4	B. Grundy	18	J. Dattoli
HALF-FORWARD							5	I. Heeney	24	D. Rampe
	11	T. Papley	39	J. Buller	17	J. Jordon	21	E. Gulden	8	J. Rowbottom
	3	J. Fletcher	31	H. Andrews	44	D. Wilmot			12	A. Sheldrick
HALF-BACK									33	C. Cleary
FORWARD
	27	J. McInerney	2	H. McLean	16	B. Campbell
	12	T. Doedee	27	D. Gardiner	15	D. Zorko
BACK
Sydney							Coach: Dean Cox

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRIL	Josh Dunkley goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	02:05
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell behind	1.0.6	-	0.1.1	04:00
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	1.0.6	-	1.1.7	05:26
	BRIL	Josh Dunkley behind	1.1.7	-	1.1.7	07:53
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	2.1.13	-	1.1.7	09:33
	SYDN	Rushed behind	2.1.13	-	1.2.8	13:22
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell goal	2.1.13	-	2.2.14	15:12
	SYDN	Angus Sheldrick goal	2.1.13	-	3.2.20	17:10
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee behind	2.2.14	-	3.2.20	20:25
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell behind	2.2.14	-	3.3.21	23:01
	SYDN	Jack Buller goal	2.2.14	-	4.3.27	24:49
	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	2.2.14	-	5.3.33	27:28
	BRIL	Darcy Wilmot goal	3.2.20	-	5.3.33	30:17
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft behind	3.3.21	-	5.3.33	33:02
Q2	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	4.3.27	-	5.3.33	01:27
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	5.3.33	-	5.3.33	03:59
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	5.3.33	-	5.4.34	05:23
	BRIL	Will McLachlan goal	6.3.39	-	5.4.34	06:26
	BRIL	Darcy Wilmot goal	7.3.45	-	5.4.34	11:02
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	7.3.45	-	5.5.35	14:44
	BRIL	Dayne Zorko behind	7.4.46	-	5.5.35	16:59
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	7.4.46	-	6.5.41	18:29
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	7.4.46	-	7.5.47	22:35
	SYDN	Brodie Grundy behind	7.4.46	-	7.6.48	25:02
	SYDN	Errol Gulden behind	7.4.46	-	7.7.49	28:46
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	7.4.46	-	8.7.55	29:33
Q3	BRIL	Cam Rayner behind	7.5.47	-	8.7.55	00:53
	SYDN	Chad Warner goal	7.5.47	-	9.7.61	01:24
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	7.5.47	-	10.7.67	03:48
	SYDN	Oliver Florent goal	7.5.47	-	11.7.73	12:01
	SYDN	James Rowbottom goal	7.5.47	-	12.7.79	14:22
	BRIL	Levi Ashcroft behind	7.6.48	-	12.7.79	15:32
	SYDN	Oliver Florent behind	7.6.48	-	12.8.80	17:27
	BRIL	Levi Ashcroft goal	8.6.54	-	12.8.80	19:43
	BRIL	Henry Smith goal	9.6.60	-	12.8.80	21:04
	SYDN	Hayden McLean behind	9.6.60	-	12.9.81	22:56
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	9.7.61	-	12.9.81	30:11
Q4	SYDN	Nick Blakey behind	9.7.61	-	12.10.82	01:55
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	9.8.62	-	12.10.82	02:50
	SYDN	Rushed behind	9.8.62	-	12.11.83	04:38
	SYDN	Brodie Grundy goal	9.8.62	-	13.11.89	05:27
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	9.9.63	-	13.11.89	06:40
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee behind	9.10.64	-	13.11.89	10:38
	SYDN	Angus Sheldrick behind	9.10.64	-	13.12.90	11:25
	SYDN	Angus Sheldrick behind	9.10.64	-	13.13.91	13:14
	SYDN	Caiden Cleary behind	9.10.64	-	13.14.92	13:27
	BRIL	Logan Morris behind	9.11.65	-	13.14.92	17:18
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	10.11.71	-	13.14.92	19:10
	BRIL	Darcy Gardiner behind	10.12.72	-	13.14.92	21:10
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	11.12.78	-	13.14.92	26:56
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	12.12.84	-	13.14.92	28:29
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee goal	13.12.90	-	13.14.92	29:41

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