2026 AFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 19 April 2026 between Melbourne and the Brisbane Lions during round seven of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted the Brisbane Lions at the MCG. Max Gawn 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 Steven King and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Melbourne (16.8.104) defeated the Brisbane Lions (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Date: Sunday 19 April 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,629

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Brisbane Lions
Score: 16.8.104 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 1 5 . 6 11 . 8 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Brisbane Lions 4 . 1 8 . 4 10 . 8 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin level BRIL by 16 MELB by 6 MELB by 2 MELB by 2
Duration 30:41 28:34 34:17 32:54 2:06:26

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Max Gawn
Coach: Steven King

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Harvey Langford MELB 4 3
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 2
Kade Chandler MELB 37 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
37 Chandler, Kade HFFL 88% 3 1 17 11 6 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 3
13 Culley, Jai INT 68% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 3
31 Fritsch, Bayley FPL 85% 2 0 15 8 7 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4
11 Gawn, Max (c) RU 79% 0 0 21 8 13 0 23 4 7 2 4 0 0 2
27 Heath, Max INT 27% 0 1 4 2 2 0 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
22 Howes, Blake BPR 85% 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
21 Jefferson, Matthew HFFR 88% 0 0 7 3 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1
15 Langdon, Ed RO 88% 0 0 28 16 12 9 0 1 2 2 0 0 10 3
4 Langford, Harvey RR 80% 3 0 27 14 13 4 0 0 3 6 1 0 0 5
16 Laurie, Bailey HBFL 70% 0 1 10 6 4 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 2
8 Lever, Jake FB 88% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 2 0 5 3 2 0 0
28 Mihocek, Brody CHF 80% 2 0 8 7 1 6 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
35 Petty, Harry CHB 73% 0 0 11 6 5 4 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 0
36 Pickett, Kysaiah FPR 84% 0 0 22 15 7 1 0 5 3 4 1 1 1 7
33 Pickett, Latrelle INT 72% 0 0 14 8 6 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 1
30 Sharp, Harry WR 85% 2 0 8 6 2 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 3
32 Sparrow, Tom INT 74% 0 0 16 10 6 4 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 5
9 Steele, Jack C 82% 1 0 20 10 10 2 0 6 5 1 1 0 1 4
19 Taylor, Xavier INT 63% 0 0 5 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1
12 Tholstrup, Koltyn WL 86% 0 0 26 17 9 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 10 1
10 Turner, Daniel BPL 95% 0 0 15 11 4 9 0 3 0 1 1 0 3 2
2 van Rooyen, Jacob FF 87% 3 1 14 6 8 5 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
6 Windsor, Caleb HBFR 74% 0 0 12 6 6 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 2
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 16 8 345 200 145 80 34 50 30 48 19 12 36 54

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Allen, Oscar CHF 89% 1 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 0 4 2 1 0 4
31 Andrews, Harris FB 96% 0 0 22 14 8 12 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 0
43 Answerth, Noah HBFR 71% 0 0 15 11 4 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 0
10 Ashcroft, Levi HFFR 77% 0 1 20 16 4 11 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 2
8 Ashcroft, Will C 86% 1 0 26 15 11 8 0 3 3 5 0 3 5 2
33 Bailey, Zac WL 86% 0 2 14 9 5 2 0 0 4 3 0 2 2 1
7 Berry, Jarrod WR 27% 0 0 11 6 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFL 85% 3 0 14 12 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 6
18 Coleman, Keidean INT 78% 0 0 20 14 6 7 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 3
2 Draper, Sam RU 76% 1 0 6 5 1 1 23 2 3 7 0 3 2 1
5 Dunkley, Josh RR 83% 0 1 21 12 9 6 0 4 3 2 0 2 1 3
3 Fletcher, Jaspa CHB 93% 1 0 18 13 5 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 4 2
22 Gallop, Ty BPL 95% 0 0 8 7 1 4 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 1
35 Lester, Ryan BPR 85% 0 0 12 9 3 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
1 Lohmann, Kai FPR 82% 1 0 11 6 5 2 0 3 2 3 0 1 0 1
11 McCarthy, Lincoln INT 80% 1 0 12 10 2 9 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5
6 McCluggage, Hugh INT 67% 1 1 15 13 2 6 0 1 1 7 0 2 0 3
13 Morris, Logan FPL 88% 3 1 12 9 3 7 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2
9 Neale, Lachie RO 84% 0 0 31 13 18 6 0 1 10 2 0 0 0 4
16 Rayner, Cam FF 88% 2 3 11 8 3 6 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2
38 Reville, Bruce INT 70% 0 1 20 16 4 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
44 Wilmot, Darcy HBFL 83% 0 0 27 20 7 9 0 1 4 2 0 0 3 3
21 Zakostelsky, Zane INT 31% 0 0 4 3 1 3 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 15 12 358 247 111 137 29 31 35 56 12 19 38 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

Melbourne Coach: Steven King
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
22 T. Gallop 31 H. Andrews 35 R. Lester 11 M. Gawn (c) 13 J. Culley
36 K. Pickett 2 J. van Rooyen 31 B. Fritsch 4 H. Langford 27 M. Heath
FORWARD 15 E. Langdon 33 L. Pickett
HALF-BACK

32 T. Sparrow
44 D. Wilmot 3 J. Fletcher 43 N. Answerth

19 X. Taylor
21 M. Jefferson 28 B. Mihocek 37 K. Chandler



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



33 Z. Bailey 8 W. Ashcroft 7 J. Berry



30 H. Sharp 9 J. Steele 12 K. Tholstrup FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 S. Draper 18 K. Coleman
HALF-FORWARD 5 J. Dunkley 11 L. McCarthy
23 C. Cameron 4 O. Allen 10 L. Ashcroft 9 L. Neale 6 H. McCluggage
6 C. Windsor 35 H. Petty 16 B. Laurie

38 B. Reville
HALF-BACK

21 Z. Zakostelsky
FORWARD



13 L. Morris 16 C. Rayner 1 K. Lohmann



22 B. Howes 8 J. Lever 10 D. Turner



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 MELB Bailey Laurie behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 02:17
BRIL Logan Morris goal 0.1.1 - 1.0.6 05:08
MELB Harvey Langford goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 06:54
MELB Harry Sharp goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 09:23
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 2.1.13 - 2.0.12 12:00
BRIL Jaspa Fletcher goal 2.1.13 - 3.0.18 16:29
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 3.1.19 - 3.0.18 18:13
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 4.1.25 - 3.0.18 20:48
BRIL Cam Rayner goal 4.1.25 - 4.0.24 24:13
BRIL Rushed behind 4.1.25 - 4.1.25 25:58
Q2 BRIL Oscar Allen goal 4.1.25 - 5.1.31 03:18
BRIL Logan Morris behind 4.1.25 - 5.2.32 06:40
MELB Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 5.2.32 08:12
MELB Rushed behind 4.3.27 - 5.2.32 09:04
BRIL Cam Rayner behind 4.3.27 - 5.3.33 10:33
MELB Kade Chandler goal 5.3.33 - 5.3.33 15:20
MELB Rushed behind 5.4.34 - 5.3.33 17:21
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 5.4.34 - 6.3.39 19:07
BRIL Zac Bailey behind 5.4.34 - 6.4.40 20:30
MELB Max Heath behind 5.5.35 - 6.4.40 21:13
BRIL Logan Morris goal 5.5.35 - 7.4.46 23:56
BRIL Sam Draper goal 5.5.35 - 8.4.52 25:18
MELB Jacob van Rooyen behind 5.6.36 - 8.4.52 26:38
Q3 BRIL Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 8.5.53 01:58
MELB Kade Chandler behind 5.7.37 - 8.5.53 03:25
MELB Harvey Langford goal 6.7.43 - 8.5.53 05:01
BRIL Cam Rayner behind 6.7.43 - 8.6.54 06:51
MELB Harry Sharp goal 7.7.49 - 8.6.54 07:47
MELB Jack Steele goal 8.7.55 - 8.6.54 09:52
MELB Brody Mihocek goal 9.7.61 - 8.6.54 13:31
BRIL Josh Dunkley behind 9.7.61 - 8.7.55 15:58
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 10.7.67 - 8.7.55 18:49
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 10.7.67 - 9.7.61 20:49
BRIL Hugh McCluggage behind 10.7.67 - 9.8.62 23:02
MELB Bayley Fritsch goal 11.7.73 - 9.8.62 25:59
MELB Rushed behind 11.8.74 - 9.8.62 28:13
BRIL Will Ashcroft goal 11.8.74 - 10.8.68 31:23
Q4 BRIL Zac Bailey behind 11.8.74 - 10.9.69 00:42
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 11.8.74 - 11.9.75 01:44
BRIL Bruce Reville behind 11.8.74 - 11.10.76 06:15
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 12.8.80 - 11.10.76 08:41
MELB Kade Chandler goal 13.8.86 - 11.10.76 10:59
MELB Kade Chandler goal 14.8.92 - 11.10.76 12:51
BRIL Cam Rayner goal 14.8.92 - 12.10.82 14:33
MELB Jacob van Rooyen goal 15.8.98 - 12.10.82 17:08
BRIL Levi Ashcroft behind 15.8.98 - 12.11.83 20:01
BRIL Lincoln McCarthy goal 15.8.98 - 13.11.89 21:53
MELB Harvey Langford goal 16.8.104 - 13.11.89 24:06
BRIL Logan Morris goal 16.8.104 - 14.11.95 26:23
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 16.8.104 - 15.11.101 27:27
BRIL Cam Rayner behind 16.8.104 - 15.12.102 29:13