2026 AFL Season Round 2: Sydney v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 14 March 2026 between Sydney and the Brisbane Lions during round two of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted the Brisbane Lions at the SCG. Callum Mills captained the hosts with Isaac Heeney as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Dean Cox and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Sydney (15.14.104) defeated the Brisbane Lions (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Sydney v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 14 March 2026
Time: 7:10 PM
Venue: SCG
Attendance: 38,128

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 15.14.104 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Sydney	7	.	1	10	.	6	11	.	9	15	.	14	15	.	14	(104)
Brisbane Lions	1	.	3	2	.	6	4	.	10	8	.	12	8	.	12	(60)
Margin	SYDN by 34			SYDN by 48			SYDN by 41			SYDN by 44			SYDN by 44
Duration	30:19			29:53			28:59			32:06			2:01:17

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
Vice-Captain: Isaac Heeney
Coach: Dean Cox

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Tom McCartin	SYDN	30	3
Riley Bice	SYDN	26	2
Joel Amartey	SYDN	36	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Sydney

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
36	Amartey, Joel	FPL	68%	5	0	13	9	4	8	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	1
26	Bice, Riley	WL	84%	0	0	28	16	12	6	0	4	0	3	0	1	6	4
22	Blakey, Nick	CHB	87%	1	0	25	16	9	6	0	1	2	4	2	2	8	4
35	Curnow, Charlie	FF	78%	0	2	13	9	4	6	0	2	0	4	2	2	0	3
4	Grundy, Brodie	RU	80%	1	0	9	2	7	1	29	1	3	5	1	4	0	1
21	Gulden, Errol	RR	65%	1	0	20	11	9	6	0	8	1	2	0	2	4	4
5	Heeney, Isaac (vc)	FPR	60%	2	2	16	11	5	3	0	1	3	4	1	2	1	1
17	Jordon, James	INT	87%	0	0	9	4	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
44	Lloyd, Jake	HFFR	77%	0	0	8	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
30	McCartin, Tom	FB	95%	0	0	27	11	16	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	4
6	McDonald, Logan	INT	74%	2	1	12	6	6	5	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
27	McInerney, Justin	C	84%	2	0	23	10	13	5	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	2
43	Melican, Lewis	HBFL	86%	0	1	11	7	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1
14	Mills, Callum (c)	BPL	76%	0	0	22	9	13	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	1
11	Papley, Tom	INT	71%	0	0	18	13	5	4	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	6
24	Rampe, Dane	INT	77%	0	0	15	9	6	1	0	3	0	1	2	1	1	3
34	Roberts, Matt	WR	84%	0	1	20	11	9	5	0	4	1	3	4	1	1	8
10	Rosas, Malcolm	HFFL	69%	1	1	8	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
8	Rowbottom, James	CHF	76%	0	1	21	10	11	2	0	7	3	3	0	0	1	4
13	Serong, Jai	HBFR	84%	0	0	18	9	9	3	0	1	0	4	1	0	3	3
12	Sheldrick, Angus	INT	68%	0	0	25	10	15	5	0	3	4	1	0	0	0	3
1	Warner, Chad	RO	79%	0	0	15	6	9	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	4
15	Wicks, Sam	BPR	90%	0	1	10	5	5	0	0	5	0	3	2	3	3	2
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				15	14	386	203	183	92	34	52	23	49	18	19	38	65

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Allen, Oscar	CHF	65%	1	0	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
14	Annable, Daniel	INT	60%	0	0	13	10	3	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	2
43	Answerth, Noah	BPL	83%	0	0	10	8	2	4	0	4	0	2	0	2	3	1
10	Ashcroft, Levi	INT	74%	0	1	18	14	4	6	0	1	3	1	1	0	2	2
8	Ashcroft, Will	C	81%	0	0	21	9	12	2	0	2	5	3	2	0	1	5
7	Berry, Jarrod	WR	74%	0	1	12	8	4	2	0	3	1	1	1	1	2	2
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	80%	2	0	12	10	2	5	0	3	2	4	2	1	1	2
18	Coleman, Keidean	INT	76%	0	0	16	8	8	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0
2	Draper, Sam	INT	68%	0	3	8	5	3	3	8	1	0	3	2	2	1	1
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	77%	0	0	22	12	10	5	0	9	2	3	1	0	2	2
3	Fletcher, Jaspa	CHB	81%	0	0	18	13	5	5	0	4	0	2	0	1	2	6
32	Fort, Darcy	RU	73%	0	0	18	13	5	4	13	2	7	5	3	1	4	2
22	Gallop, Ty	FPR	63%	0	1	3	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	1
35	Lester, Ryan	BPR	94%	0	0	11	9	2	4	0	1	0	4	1	2	2	0
1	Lohmann, Kai	FPL	84%	1	0	8	4	4	2	0	2	3	5	0	2	0	0
11	McCarthy, Lincoln	HFFR	79%	0	0	11	8	3	2	0	2	1	8	1	3	2	2
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	84%	0	0	28	10	18	3	0	2	9	3	0	0	4	2
16	Rayner, Cam	FF	85%	1	2	16	10	6	6	0	1	3	3	2	0	0	6
38	Reville, Bruce	WL	77%	2	0	13	10	3	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	4
29	Tunstill, James	INT	76%	1	0	16	7	9	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0
44	Wilmot, Darcy	HBFL	88%	0	1	24	21	3	8	0	2	4	2	1	0	4	2
21	Zakostelsky, Zane	FB	90%	0	0	12	10	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	0
15	Zorko, Dayne	HBFR	88%	0	0	30	24	6	11	0	1	1	4	0	0	8	3
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				8	12	345	228	117	99	22	45	45	63	19	18	46	46

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	21	Z. Zakostelsky	35	R. Lester	4	B. Grundy	17	J. Jordon
	5	I. Heeney (vc)	35	C. Curnow	36	J. Amartey	21	E. Gulden	6	L. McDonald
FORWARD							1	C. Warner	11	T. Papley
HALF-BACK									24	D. Rampe
	44	D. Wilmot	3	J. Fletcher	15	D. Zorko			12	A. Sheldrick
	44	J. Lloyd	8	J. Rowbottom	10	M. Rosas
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	38	B. Reville	8	W. Ashcroft	7	J. Berry
	34	M. Roberts	27	J. McInerney	26	R. Bice	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							32	D. Fort	14	D. Annable
HALF-FORWARD							5	J. Dunkley	10	L. Ashcroft
	23	C. Cameron	4	O. Allen	11	L. McCarthy	9	L. Neale	18	K. Coleman
	13	J. Serong	22	N. Blakey	43	L. Melican			2	S. Draper
HALF-BACK									29	J. Tunstill
FORWARD
	1	K. Lohmann	16	C. Rayner	22	T. Gallop
	15	S. Wicks	30	T. McCartin	14	C. Mills (c)
BACK
Brisbane Lions							Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	SYDN	Nick Blakey goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:51
	SYDN	Malcolm Rosas goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	02:58
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	2.1.13	-	0.0.0	04:58
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	3.1.19	-	0.0.0	07:26
	SYDN	Errol Gulden goal	4.1.25	-	0.0.0	14:13
	SYDN	Joel Amartey goal	5.1.31	-	0.0.0	16:05
	BRIL	Cam Rayner behind	5.1.31	-	0.1.1	17:57
	BRIL	Darcy Wilmot behind	5.1.31	-	0.2.2	19:05
	SYDN	Logan McDonald goal	6.1.37	-	0.2.2	23:01
	BRIL	Ty Gallop behind	6.1.37	-	0.3.3	25:50
	SYDN	Joel Amartey goal	7.1.43	-	0.3.3	26:53
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	7.1.43	-	1.3.9	30:15
Q2	BRIL	Rushed behind	7.1.43	-	1.4.10	02:58
	SYDN	Justin McInerney goal	8.1.49	-	1.4.10	04:22
	BRIL	Bruce Reville goal	8.1.49	-	2.4.16	10:16
	SYDN	Joel Amartey goal	9.1.55	-	2.4.16	13:28
	BRIL	Sam Draper behind	9.1.55	-	2.5.17	15:27
	SYDN	Lewis Melican behind	9.2.56	-	2.5.17	20:04
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney goal	10.2.62	-	2.5.17	21:21
	BRIL	Cam Rayner behind	10.2.62	-	2.6.18	22:32
	SYDN	Isaac Heeney behind	10.3.63	-	2.6.18	23:45
	SYDN	Logan McDonald behind	10.4.64	-	2.6.18	24:38
	SYDN	Rushed behind	10.5.65	-	2.6.18	25:19
	SYDN	Malcolm Rosas behind	10.6.66	-	2.6.18	29:49
Q3	BRIL	Levi Ashcroft behind	10.6.66	-	2.7.19	02:12
	BRIL	Rushed behind	10.6.66	-	2.8.20	04:03
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow behind	10.7.67	-	2.8.20	07:03
	SYDN	Logan McDonald goal	11.7.73	-	2.8.20	10:03
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	11.7.73	-	3.8.26	11:43
	BRIL	Oscar Allen goal	11.7.73	-	4.8.32	14:53
	BRIL	Sam Draper behind	11.7.73	-	4.9.33	19:04
	BRIL	Rushed behind	11.7.73	-	4.10.34	20:05
	SYDN	Rushed behind	11.8.74	-	4.10.34	22:14
	SYDN	Rushed behind	11.9.75	-	4.10.34	24:37
Q4	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	11.9.75	-	5.10.40	00:18
	BRIL	Cam Rayner goal	11.9.75	-	6.10.46	04:26
	SYDN	Justin McInerney goal	12.9.81	-	6.10.46	06:16
	SYDN	Brodie Grundy goal	13.9.87	-	6.10.46	07:25
	SYDN	Joel Amartey goal	14.9.93	-	6.10.46	09:05
	BRIL	Bruce Reville goal	14.9.93	-	7.10.52	12:06
	SYDN	James Rowbottom behind	14.10.94	-	7.10.52	13:44
	SYDN	Charlie Curnow behind	14.11.95	-	7.10.52	15:13
	SYDN	Matt Roberts behind	14.12.96	-	7.10.52	15:59
	SYDN	Joel Amartey goal	15.12.102	-	7.10.52	17:49
	BRIL	Jarrod Berry behind	15.12.102	-	7.11.53	18:57
	BRIL	James Tunstill goal	15.12.102	-	8.11.59	20:39
	BRIL	Sam Draper behind	15.12.102	-	8.12.60	22:33
	SYDN	Rushed behind	15.13.103	-	8.12.60	25:56
	SYDN	Sam Wicks behind	15.14.104	-	8.12.60	27:06

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