2026 AFL Season Qualifying Final 2: Sydney v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 2026 between Sydney and the Brisbane Lions in the second qualifying final of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted the Brisbane Lions at the SCG. Callum Mills captained the hosts. With the presence of multiple Brisbane Lions co-captains, namely Harris Andrews, Josh Dunkley and Hugh McCluggage, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Sydney (21.15.141) defeated the Brisbane Lions (13.10.88).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Second Qualifying Final
Teams: Sydney v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 5 September 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 37,261

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 21.15.141 - 13.10.88

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	6	.	6	10	.	8	16	.	13	21	.	15	21	.	15	(141)
Brisbane Lions	2	.	4	5	.	8	9	.	9	13	.	10	13	.	10	(88)
Margin	SYDN by 26			SYDN by 30			SYDN by 46			SYDN by 53			SYDN by 53
Duration	31:38			33:32			35:19			32:13			2:12:42

Score Worm

This chart is oriented such that the margin is positive when the hosts (Sydney) are in the lead and is negative when the visitors (Brisbane Lions) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Sydney

Captain: Callum Mills
Coach: Dean Cox

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Errol Gulden	SYDN	21	8	?	?	?	0	0
Logan McDonald	SYDN	6	8	?	?	?	0	0
Tom Papley	SYDN	11	8	?	?	?	0	0
Charlie Curnow	SYDN	35	4	0	?	?	?	?
James Rowbottom	SYDN	8	2	0	0	0	?	?

Player Statistics

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
16	Campbell, Braeden	RO	79%	0	1	15	7	8	4	0	3	0	3	1	1	0	4
33	Cleary, Caiden	INT	80%	0	0	14	3	11	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	2	1
25	Cootee, Billy	FPR	90%	0	1	12	11	1	4	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	4
7	Cunningham, Harry	BPR	89%	0	0	20	9	11	10	0	2	0	3	0	2	2	2
35	Curnow, Charlie	FF	92%	5	1	13	12	1	6	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	4
9	Dattoli, Jesse	INT	49%	0	2	11	8	3	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
4	Grundy, Brodie	RU	72%	0	0	14	6	8	2	34	3	4	3	2	3	0	5
21	Gulden, Errol	C	75%	1	0	34	27	7	2	0	4	8	4	2	1	5	10
29	Hamling, Joel	HBFR	83%	0	0	7	2	5	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	1
40	Hanily, Tom	INT	67%	0	1	11	3	8	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
32	Kyle, Harry	CHB	86%	0	0	11	6	5	1	0	2	1	3	2	1	2	2
44	Lloyd, Jake	HFFL	82%	0	0	26	15	11	5	0	3	3	1	0	0	4	2
30	McCartin, Tom	FB	100%	0	0	12	7	5	3	0	4	0	4	1	2	3	2
6	McDonald, Logan	CHF	95%	6	2	15	12	3	7	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	1
2	McLean, Hayden	HFFR	80%	3	1	14	10	4	5	6	4	3	4	3	1	0	3
14	Mills, Callum (c)	BPL	14%	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
11	Papley, Tom	FPL	82%	5	1	16	13	3	1	0	3	2	3	4	1	0	4
24	Rampe, Dane	INT	83%	0	0	19	11	8	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	3
34	Roberts, Matt	WL	89%	1	0	16	12	4	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	6	3
8	Rowbottom, James	RR	87%	0	1	13	6	7	1	0	7	7	0	3	0	0	5
13	Serong, Jai	WR	77%	0	2	15	8	7	2	0	2	7	4	0	2	1	4
12	Sheldrick, Angus	INT	61%	0	0	17	8	9	1	0	3	5	5	0	2	2	2
15	Wicks, Sam	HBFL	87%	0	0	9	9	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				21	15	339	209	130	71	40	57	44	51	25	21	38	69

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Allen, Oscar	HFFR	72%	4	0	6	6	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1
31	Andrews, Harris	FB	95%	0	0	11	6	5	5	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0
43	Answerth, Noah	BPL	61%	0	0	8	6	2	3	0	1	1	3	0	2	2	4
10	Ashcroft, Levi	INT	77%	1	0	16	10	6	4	0	4	2	3	0	0	1	4
8	Ashcroft, Will	INT	73%	0	1	21	13	8	0	0	7	6	3	2	0	2	4
33	Bailey, Zac	C	82%	0	1	21	15	6	6	0	2	1	5	2	1	3	6
7	Berry, Jarrod	WL	77%	1	1	21	10	11	7	0	2	3	3	0	0	1	2
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	78%	0	1	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
2	Draper, Sam	RU	60%	1	0	8	6	2	3	24	2	7	3	2	2	2	0
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	78%	1	1	24	12	12	6	0	8	2	2	0	0	0	5
3	Fletcher, Jaspa	INT	85%	0	0	16	12	4	4	0	0	1	3	0	2	6	1
32	Fort, Darcy	INT	53%	0	0	9	6	3	1	12	2	3	4	1	2	1	3
27	Gardiner, Darcy	CHB	89%	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	2	0	3	1	3	2	0
30	Hipwood, Eric	FPL	71%	2	0	11	10	1	4	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	3
35	Lester, Ryan	BPR	81%	0	0	21	12	9	7	0	1	1	4	1	1	1	1
1	Lohmann, Kai	INT	82%	0	0	9	6	3	2	0	1	3	5	1	3	3	1
6	McCluggage, Hugh	WR	81%	0	0	16	13	3	7	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	0
26	McKenna, Conor	FPR	81%	1	0	15	12	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
13	Morris, Logan	CHF	83%	2	2	14	8	6	3	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	5
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	84%	0	0	18	6	12	5	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	2
16	Rayner, Cam	FF	79%	0	1	11	6	5	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	3
44	Wilmot, Darcy	HBFL	93%	0	0	19	15	4	5	0	0	0	4	1	3	3	1
15	Zorko, Dayne	HBFR	86%	0	0	26	19	7	4	0	2	1	4	2	1	11	2
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				13	10	329	214	115	86	36	42	35	64	21	25	47	52

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

Sydney							Coach: Dean Cox
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	43	N. Answerth	31	H. Andrews	35	R. Lester	4	B. Grundy	33	C. Cleary
	25	B. Cootee	35	C. Curnow	11	T. Papley	8	J. Rowbottom	9	J. Dattoli
FORWARD							16	B. Campbell	40	T. Hanily
HALF-BACK									24	D. Rampe
	44	D. Wilmot	27	D. Gardiner	15	D. Zorko			12	A. Sheldrick
	2	H. McLean	6	L. McDonald	44	J. Lloyd
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	J. Berry	33	Z. Bailey	6	H. McCluggage
	13	J. Serong	21	E. Gulden	34	M. Roberts	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	S. Draper	10	L. Ashcroft
HALF-FORWARD							5	J. Dunkley	8	W. Ashcroft
	23	C. Cameron	13	L. Morris	4	O. Allen	9	L. Neale	3	J. Fletcher
	29	J. Hamling	32	H. Kyle	15	S. Wicks			32	D. Fort
HALF-BACK									1	K. Lohmann
FORWARD
	30	E. Hipwood	16	C. Rayner	26	C. McKenna
	7	H. Cunningham	30	T. McCartin	14	C. Mills (c)
BACK
Brisbane Lions							Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Jai Serong behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	00:50
	SYDN	Logan McDonald behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	02:00
	SYDN	Logan McDonald goal	1.2.8	-	0.0.0	04:31
	SYDN	Hayden McLean behind	1.3.9	-	0.0.0	06:18
	BRIL	Josh Dunkley behind	1.3.9	-	0.1.1	08:32
	BRIL	Rushed behind	1.3.9	-	0.2.2	09:49
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow goal	2.3.15	-	0.2.2	11:49
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	2.3.15	-	1.2.8	13:31
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	3.3.21	-	1.2.8	14:43
	SYDN	Matt Roberts goal	4.3.27	-	1.2.8	16:57
	SYDN	Logan McDonald goal	5.3.33	-	1.2.8	18:42
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	6.3.39	-	1.2.8	20:07
	SYDN	Jesse Dattoli behind	6.4.40	-	1.2.8	22:34
	SYDN	Jesse Dattoli behind	6.5.41	-	1.2.8	25:02
	BRIL	Logan Morris behind	6.5.41	-	1.3.9	25:44
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow behind	6.6.42	-	1.3.9	26:27
	BRIL	Rushed behind	6.6.42	-	1.4.10	31:06
	BRIL	Levi Ashcroft goal	6.6.42	-	2.4.16	31:34
Q2	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	6.6.42	-	2.5.17	02:24
	BRIL	Logan Morris behind	6.6.42	-	2.6.18	02:52
	BRIL	Oscar Allen goal	6.6.42	-	3.6.24	04:07
	SYDN	Jai Serong behind	6.7.43	-	3.6.24	06:53
	BRIL	Oscar Allen goal	6.7.43	-	4.6.30	10:06
	SYDN	Hayden McLean goal	7.7.49	-	4.6.30	12:50
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow goal	8.7.55	-	4.6.30	14:36
	SYDN	Rushed behind	8.8.56	-	4.6.30	17:23
	SYDN	Logan McDonald goal	9.8.62	-	4.6.30	19:36
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	9.8.62	-	5.6.36	21:36
	BRIL	Jarrod Berry behind	9.8.62	-	5.7.37	26:43
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	9.8.62	-	5.8.38	28:32
	SYDN	Hayden McLean goal	10.8.68	-	5.8.38	31:11
Q3	BRIL	Josh Dunkley goal	10.8.68	-	6.8.44	01:51
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	11.8.74	-	6.8.44	02:53
	SYDN	Billy Cootee behind	11.9.75	-	6.8.44	04:54
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft behind	11.9.75	-	6.9.45	06:34
	BRIL	Jarrod Berry goal	11.9.75	-	7.9.51	10:10
	SYDN	Tom Hanily behind	11.10.76	-	7.9.51	11:33
	BRIL	Oscar Allen goal	11.10.76	-	8.9.57	13:48
	SYDN	Logan McDonald goal	12.10.82	-	8.9.57	16:02
	SYDN	Logan McDonald behind	12.11.83	-	8.9.57	20:33
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	13.11.89	-	8.9.57	21:33
	SYDN	Tom Papley goal	14.11.95	-	8.9.57	23:44
	BRIL	Sam Draper goal	14.11.95	-	9.9.63	29:59
	SYDN	Errol Gulden goal	15.11.101	-	9.9.63	31:05
	SYDN	Tom Papley behind	15.12.102	-	9.9.63	32:11
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow goal	16.12.108	-	9.9.63	32:49
	SYDN	Braeden Campbell behind	16.13.109	-	9.9.63	34:30
Q4	SYDN	Hayden McLean goal	17.13.115	-	9.9.63	02:12
	BRIL	Oscar Allen goal	17.13.115	-	10.9.69	04:10
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow goal	18.13.121	-	10.9.69	05:20
	BRIL	Conor McKenna goal	18.13.121	-	11.9.75	07:31
	SYDN	James Rowbottom behind	18.14.122	-	11.9.75	11:10
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow goal	19.14.128	-	11.9.75	14:27
	SYDN	Rushed behind	19.15.129	-	11.9.75	17:07
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	19.15.129	-	12.9.81	19:33
	BRIL	Cam Rayner behind	19.15.129	-	12.10.82	24:16
	SYDN	Logan McDonald goal	20.15.135	-	12.10.82	26:06
	SYDN	Logan McDonald goal	21.15.141	-	12.10.82	29:27
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	21.15.141	-	13.10.88	32:08

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