2025 AFL Semi Final 2: Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast

This is the match report for the match played on 13 September 2025 between Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast in the second semi final of the 2025 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Gold Coast at Gabba. Noah Anderson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Damien Hardwick.

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

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

Brisbane Lions (14.16.100) defeated Gold Coast (6.11.47).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: Z. Bailey (3), K. Lohmann (3), W. Ashcroft (2), L. Morris (2), C. Ah Chee, J. Berry, T. Gallop, C. Rayner
Gold Coast: B. King (2), B. Ainsworth, N. Anderson, S. Flanders, M. Rowell

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions faced Collingwood in the first preliminary final and Gold Coast were eliminated (finishing 6th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Semi Final 2
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast
Date: Saturday 13 September 2025
Time: 7:35 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 36,628

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Gold Coast
Score: 14.16.100 - 6.11.47

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions	3	.	5	9	.	6	12	.	10	14	.	16	14	.	16	(100)
Gold Coast	3	.	4	5	.	5	5	.	9	6	.	11	6	.	11	(47)
Margin	BRIL by 1			BRIL by 25			BRIL by 43			BRIL by 53			BRIL by 53
Duration	31:21			34:00			28:48			30:31			2:04:40

Honour Roll

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

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	FPR	81%	1	0	13	10	3	6	0	1	0	6	0	2	1	3
31	Andrews, Harris	CHB	93%	0	0	20	16	4	14	0	1	0	3	0	1	5	2
10	Ashcroft, Levi	INT	80%	0	0	15	9	6	3	0	1	5	1	0	0	2	3
8	Ashcroft, Will	INT	79%	2	1	28	15	13	3	0	4	8	4	2	0	2	7
33	Bailey, Zac	HFFR	85%	3	1	16	10	6	7	0	1	1	4	1	3	2	2
7	Berry, Jarrod	WR	82%	1	1	27	16	11	8	0	3	1	3	1	0	2	7
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	77%	0	3	14	10	4	5	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	1
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	83%	0	0	20	7	13	5	0	18	4	3	3	2	0	2
3	Fletcher, Jaspa	INT	88%	0	0	21	15	6	7	0	3	0	2	0	0	5	0
32	Fort, Darcy	RU	82%	0	0	11	8	3	2	25	3	2	3	0	1	1	2
22	Gallop, Ty	INT	77%	1	1	12	7	5	7	0	3	0	1	1	1	0	3
27	Gardiner, Darcy	FB	85%	0	0	12	10	2	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
35	Lester, Ryan	BPR	87%	0	0	10	8	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0
1	Lohmann, Kai	RO	77%	3	1	13	7	6	6	0	4	0	2	0	1	1	2
20	Marshall, Sam	WL↓	67%	0	0	11	6	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
6	McCluggage, Hugh	C	85%	0	0	33	11	22	2	0	3	10	5	2	2	2	6
46	McInerney, Oscar	FPL	69%	0	2	9	5	4	1	14	3	2	0	1	0	0	3
13	Morris, Logan	CHF	79%	2	0	9	9	0	4	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	2
16	Rayner, Cam	FF	80%	1	3	16	10	6	2	0	5	3	4	1	1	1	6
38	Reville, Bruce	SUB↑	17%	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
37	Starcevich, Brandon	HBFR	85%	0	0	10	6	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2
44	Wilmot, Darcy	HBFL	85%	0	0	26	18	8	7	0	2	3	1	0	0	3	2
15	Zorko, Dayne	BPL	77%	0	0	26	21	5	6	0	3	1	3	0	1	6	5
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				14	16	374	235	139	115	39	63	43	55	13	19	42	60

B. Reville replaced S. Marshall.

Gold Coast

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
9	Ainsworth, Ben	CHF	73%	1	2	10	7	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1
15	Anderson, Noah (c)	RO	87%	1	0	26	12	14	6	0	3	5	4	0	2	6	3
1	Andrew, Mac	CHB	93%	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1
35	Budarick, Connor	INT	79%	0	0	11	6	5	5	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1
25	Collins, Sam	BPR	100%	0	0	12	9	3	4	0	3	0	1	2	0	3	0
5	Davies, Alex	RR	68%	0	0	12	3	9	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	1	2
50	Farrar, Jy	FPR	81%	0	1	8	5	3	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1
8	Fiorini, Brayden	WR	78%	0	0	17	9	8	3	0	3	0	2	0	1	1	3
3	Flanders, Sam	INT	79%	1	0	20	13	7	4	0	1	3	1	1	0	2	1
19	Humphrey, Bailey	HFFR	75%	0	2	14	8	6	4	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	3
40	Jeffrey, Joel	INT	77%	0	0	18	13	5	6	0	2	0	2	0	1	7	1
34	King, Ben	FF	81%	2	1	6	5	1	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2
22	Long, Ben	FPL	75%	0	1	4	4	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
11	Miller, Touk	HFFL	86%	0	1	28	9	19	2	0	5	2	2	2	0	1	4
2	Noble, John	HBFL	84%	0	1	22	17	5	6	0	0	0	6	0	1	4	6
27	Powell, Wil	BPL	81%	0	0	12	6	6	3	0	6	0	5	0	2	3	1
20	Read, Ethan	INT↓	43%	0	0	4	3	1	1	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	3
17	Rioli, Daniel	HBFR	80%	0	0	16	13	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	2
18	Rowell, Matt	C	86%	1	0	23	11	12	2	0	8	6	2	5	2	2	4
24	Swallow, David	SUB↑	33%	0	0	6	4	2	3	0	4	1	1	1	0	0	3
32	Uwland, Bodhi	FB	87%	0	0	19	12	7	10	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	1
14	Weller, Lachie	WL	83%	0	1	13	6	7	4	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	4
28	Witts, Jarrod	RU	91%	0	0	8	4	4	2	45	2	1	2	1	1	1	0
Rushed					1
Total (23 players)				6	11	318	185	133	86	48	56	25	47	19	13	44	49

D. Swallow replaced E. Read.

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
	27	W. Powell	32	B. Uwland	25	S. Collins	32	D. Fort	10	L. Ashcroft
	4	C. Ah Chee	16	C. Rayner	46	O. McInerney	5	J. Dunkley	8	W. Ashcroft
FORWARD							1	K. Lohmann	3	J. Fletcher
HALF-BACK									22	T. Gallop
	2	J. Noble	1	M. Andrew	17	D. Rioli			38	B. Reville
	33	Z. Bailey	13	L. Morris	23	C. Cameron
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	14	L. Weller	18	M. Rowell	8	B. Fiorini
	7	J. Berry	6	H. McCluggage	20	S. Marshall	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							28	J. Witts	35	C. Budarick
HALF-FORWARD							5	A. Davies	3	S. Flanders
	11	T. Miller	9	B. Ainsworth	19	B. Humphrey	15	N. Anderson (c)	40	J. Jeffrey
	37	B. Starcevich	31	H. Andrews	44	D. Wilmot			20	E. Read
HALF-BACK									24	D. Swallow
FORWARD
	22	B. Long	34	B. King	50	J. Farrar
	35	R. Lester	27	D. Gardiner	15	D. Zorko
BACK
Gold Coast							Coach: Damien Hardwick

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRIL	Rushed behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:23
	GCST	Ben King goal	0.1.1	-	1.0.6	02:49
	GCST	Noah Anderson goal	0.1.1	-	2.0.12	04:07
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	1.1.7	-	2.0.12	06:59
	GCST	Ben King behind	1.1.7	-	2.1.13	10:26
	BRIL	Callum Ah Chee goal	2.1.13	-	2.1.13	11:43
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth behind	2.1.13	-	2.2.14	13:29
	BRIL	Rushed behind	2.2.14	-	2.2.14	14:12
	GCST	Ben King goal	2.2.14	-	3.2.20	15:21
	BRIL	Jarrod Berry goal	3.2.20	-	3.2.20	17:35
	BRIL	Ty Gallop behind	3.3.21	-	3.2.20	21:49
	BRIL	Rushed behind	3.4.22	-	3.2.20	22:50
	GCST	Ben Long behind	3.4.22	-	3.3.21	25:06
	BRIL	Cam Rayner behind	3.5.23	-	3.3.21	26:57
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth behind	3.5.23	-	3.4.22	28:59
Q2	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	4.5.29	-	3.4.22	02:25
	GCST	Matt Rowell goal	4.5.29	-	4.4.28	04:42
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft goal	5.5.35	-	4.4.28	08:38
	BRIL	Cam Rayner goal	6.5.41	-	4.4.28	11:04
	GCST	Sam Flanders goal	6.5.41	-	5.4.34	14:14
	BRIL	Oscar McInerney behind	6.6.42	-	5.4.34	20:41
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft goal	7.6.48	-	5.4.34	21:28
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	8.6.54	-	5.4.34	24:22
	GCST	John Noble behind	8.6.54	-	5.5.35	29:59
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	9.6.60	-	5.5.35	31:26
Q3	GCST	Jy Farrar behind	9.6.60	-	5.6.36	00:54
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	10.6.66	-	5.6.36	01:59
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft behind	10.7.67	-	5.6.36	06:33
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey behind	10.7.67	-	5.7.37	10:00
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	11.7.73	-	5.7.37	10:57
	GCST	Rushed behind	11.7.73	-	5.8.38	14:11
	BRIL	Cam Rayner behind	11.8.74	-	5.8.38	16:31
	GCST	Touk Miller behind	11.8.74	-	5.9.39	20:07
	BRIL	Jarrod Berry behind	11.9.75	-	5.9.39	21:10
	BRIL	Ty Gallop goal	12.9.81	-	5.9.39	22:14
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	12.10.82	-	5.9.39	24:15
Q4	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	12.11.83	-	5.9.39	01:24
	BRIL	Cam Rayner behind	12.12.84	-	5.9.39	02:20
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	12.13.85	-	5.9.39	05:24
	BRIL	Oscar McInerney behind	12.14.86	-	5.9.39	08:15
	GCST	Ben Ainsworth goal	12.14.86	-	6.9.45	14:18
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	12.15.87	-	6.9.45	16:08
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	13.15.93	-	6.9.45	17:15
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann behind	13.16.94	-	6.9.45	22:45
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	14.16.100	-	6.9.45	24:35
	GCST	Lachie Weller behind	14.16.100	-	6.10.46	27:25
	GCST	Bailey Humphrey behind	14.16.100	-	6.11.47	29:32

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