2025 AFL Season Semi Final 2: Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast

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

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

Match Details

Season: 2025 AFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
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

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 (Gold Coast) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

Gold Coast

Captain: Noah Anderson
Coach: Damien Hardwick

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1
Will Ashcroft BRIL 8 8 ? ? ? 0 0
Josh Dunkley BRIL 5 7 ? ? ? ? 0
Harris Andrews BRIL 31 6 ? ? ? ? ?
Jarrod Berry BRIL 7 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Hugh McCluggage BRIL 6 4 0 ? ? ? ?
Cam Rayner BRIL 16 1 0 0 0 0 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 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