2026 AFL Season Round 8: Brisbane Lions v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 2026 between the Brisbane Lions and Adelaide during round eight of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Lions hosted Adelaide at the Gabba. 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 hosts. Jordan Dawson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Matthew Nicks.

The Brisbane Lions (19.13.127) defeated Adelaide (11.9.75).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Adelaide
Date: Sunday 26 April 2026
Time: 3:15 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 32,629

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Adelaide
Score: 19.13.127 - 11.9.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 4 . 5 9 . 8 16 . 8 19 . 13 19 . 13 (127)
Adelaide 4 . 1 6 . 3 7 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Margin BRIL by 4 BRIL by 23 BRIL by 56 BRIL by 52 BRIL by 52
Duration 33:23 31:21 30:49 29:10 2:04:43

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 (Adelaide) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

Adelaide

Captain: Jordan Dawson
Coach: Matthew Nicks

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Zac Bailey BRIL 33 3
Will Ashcroft BRIL 8 2
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player Team # Votes 5 4 3 2 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
4 Allen, Oscar CHF 63% 1 0 8 5 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 0
31 Andrews, Harris FB 92% 0 0 16 9 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Ashcroft, Levi HFFR 78% 0 2 22 11 11 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
8 Ashcroft, Will C 83% 1 1 36 23 13 8 0 2 3 6 0 1 1 8
33 Bailey, Zac WR 90% 3 1 29 17 12 9 0 2 7 4 1 1 3 3
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFL 80% 4 1 15 12 3 4 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 3
18 Coleman, Keidean BPL 88% 0 0 14 11 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4
2 Draper, Sam FPL 69% 1 1 11 10 1 4 21 0 5 4 1 2 0 4
5 Dunkley, Josh RR 80% 0 0 22 7 15 6 0 9 2 4 1 1 2 2
3 Fletcher, Jaspa CHB 79% 0 0 21 13 8 8 0 2 2 1 1 1 2 3
32 Fort, Darcy RU 65% 1 0 14 9 5 5 9 1 4 4 1 3 2 2
22 Gallop, Ty HBFR 90% 0 0 12 12 0 9 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 2
35 Lester, Ryan BPR 87% 0 0 17 12 5 12 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 3
1 Lohmann, Kai INT 78% 1 1 5 3 2 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 0 1
11 McCarthy, Lincoln FPR 81% 0 0 23 20 3 12 0 5 1 4 2 2 4 4
6 McCluggage, Hugh WL 66% 2 1 14 7 7 4 0 5 4 2 0 0 1 0
26 McKenna, Conor INT 75% 2 1 11 8 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 4
13 Morris, Logan INT 69% 2 1 10 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
9 Neale, Lachie RO 81% 0 1 42 26 16 13 0 2 4 3 1 0 3 5
16 Rayner, Cam FF 81% 1 0 11 7 4 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 4
38 Reville, Bruce INT 65% 0 0 7 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 2 0 2
29 Tunstill, James INT 77% 0 0 16 11 5 7 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
44 Wilmot, Darcy HBFL 83% 0 0 21 15 6 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (23 players) 19 13 397 261 136 131 30 45 45 50 18 18 30 64

Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
3 Berry, Sam RR 80% 0 0 18 6 12 2 0 7 4 7 0 3 0 3
21 Bond, Hugh BPR 83% 0 0 17 12 5 7 0 3 0 1 0 1 5 0
41 Butts, Jordon FB 94% 0 0 7 4 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
15 Cook, Brayden WR 83% 1 1 20 11 9 4 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 0
44 Cumming, Isaac WL 79% 0 0 18 11 7 6 0 6 0 1 2 0 4 2
12 Dawson, Jordan (c) C 87% 2 0 28 20 8 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 9 4
11 Edwards, Charlie INT 74% 0 0 12 8 4 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2
2 Keays, Ben FPR 83% 1 1 16 5 11 2 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 0
29 Laird, Rory HBFL 84% 0 0 29 16 13 7 0 2 0 4 0 1 3 1
36 Maley, Finnbar FPL 69% 0 1 5 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 2
42 McAndrew, Lachlan RU 64% 0 0 11 6 5 0 30 6 6 4 5 1 1 4
16 Michalanney, Max INT 80% 0 0 21 11 10 9 0 4 0 3 0 2 2 1
30 Milera, Wayne HBFR 76% 0 0 22 16 6 5 0 0 2 3 0 2 5 2
9 Murray, Nick CHB 93% 0 0 13 8 5 5 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 4
39 Murray, Toby INT 58% 0 0 11 9 2 5 6 0 0 2 2 0 1 0
25 Peatling, James RO 80% 0 2 16 9 7 1 0 9 6 0 2 0 0 3
10 Pedlar, Luke INT 82% 3 0 13 10 3 5 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 3
8 Rachele, Josh HFFR 84% 0 1 15 7 8 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 3
23 Rankine, Izak HFFL 82% 2 1 19 11 8 5 0 4 5 4 2 2 1 4
19 Taylor, Zac INT 76% 0 0 15 9 6 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
7 Thilthorpe, Riley CHF 76% 1 1 8 7 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2
13 Walker, Taylor FF 51% 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
24 Worrell, Josh BPL 83% 0 0 17 8 9 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 0
Rushed 1
Total (23 players) 11 9 353 208 145 97 38 54 30 53 18 18 44 43

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
24 J. Worrell 41 J. Butts 21 H. Bond 32 D. Fort 1 K. Lohmann
11 L. McCarthy 16 C. Rayner 2 S. Draper 5 J. Dunkley 26 C. McKenna
FORWARD 9 L. Neale 13 L. Morris
HALF-BACK

38 B. Reville
29 R. Laird 9 N. Murray 30 W. Milera

29 J. Tunstill
10 L. Ashcroft 4 O. Allen 23 C. Cameron



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



44 I. Cumming 12 J. Dawson (c) 15 B. Cook



33 Z. Bailey 8 W. Ashcroft 6 H. McCluggage FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 42 L. McAndrew 11 C. Edwards
HALF-FORWARD 3 S. Berry 16 M. Michalanney
23 I. Rankine 7 R. Thilthorpe 8 J. Rachele 25 J. Peatling 39 T. Murray
22 T. Gallop 3 J. Fletcher 44 D. Wilmot

10 L. Pedlar
HALF-BACK

19 Z. Taylor
FORWARD



36 F. Maley 13 T. Walker 2 B. Keays



35 R. Lester 31 H. Andrews 18 K. Coleman



BACK



Adelaide Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Sam Draper behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 01:40
BRIL Conor McKenna goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 02:06
ADEL Luke Pedlar goal 1.1.7 - 1.0.6 05:38
BRIL Oscar Allen goal 2.1.13 - 1.0.6 07:24
BRIL Logan Morris behind 2.2.14 - 1.0.6 09:56
ADEL Izak Rankine behind 2.2.14 - 1.1.7 10:27
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 3.2.20 - 1.1.7 13:40
BRIL Rushed behind 3.3.21 - 1.1.7 15:34
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 3.3.21 - 2.1.13 16:24
BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 3.4.22 - 2.1.13 19:10
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 4.4.28 - 2.1.13 20:43
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe goal 4.4.28 - 3.1.19 23:03
ADEL Izak Rankine goal 4.4.28 - 4.1.25 30:19
BRIL Lachie Neale behind 4.5.29 - 4.1.25 32:31
Q2 BRIL Hugh McCluggage behind 4.6.30 - 4.1.25 01:20
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 5.6.36 - 4.1.25 02:58
ADEL Taylor Walker goal 5.6.36 - 5.1.31 06:55
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 5.6.36 - 6.1.37 09:42
BRIL Logan Morris goal 6.6.42 - 6.1.37 12:13
BRIL Levi Ashcroft behind 6.7.43 - 6.1.37 13:36
BRIL Conor McKenna goal 7.7.49 - 6.1.37 17:42
BRIL Kai Lohmann behind 7.8.50 - 6.1.37 20:20
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 8.8.56 - 6.1.37 21:15
BRIL Cam Rayner goal 9.8.62 - 6.1.37 23:04
ADEL Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 6.2.38 24:57
ADEL Ben Keays behind 9.8.62 - 6.3.39 25:45
Q3 ADEL Brayden Cook goal 9.8.62 - 7.3.45 03:59
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 10.8.68 - 7.3.45 08:15
BRIL Logan Morris goal 11.8.74 - 7.3.45 10:04
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 12.8.80 - 7.3.45 12:51
BRIL Will Ashcroft goal 13.8.86 - 7.3.45 14:09
ADEL Finnbar Maley behind 13.8.86 - 7.4.46 15:53
ADEL Riley Thilthorpe behind 13.8.86 - 7.5.47 20:06
BRIL Sam Draper goal 14.8.92 - 7.5.47 21:36
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 15.8.98 - 7.5.47 23:49
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 16.8.104 - 7.5.47 25:51
ADEL Brayden Cook behind 16.8.104 - 7.6.48 30:26
Q4 BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 17.8.110 - 7.6.48 00:42
BRIL Conor McKenna behind 17.9.111 - 7.6.48 02:23
ADEL Luke Pedlar goal 17.9.111 - 8.6.54 04:44
BRIL Will Ashcroft behind 17.10.112 - 8.6.54 06:20
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 18.10.118 - 8.6.54 07:06
ADEL Josh Rachele behind 18.10.118 - 8.7.55 10:20
ADEL Ben Keays goal 18.10.118 - 9.7.61 11:29
ADEL Luke Pedlar goal 18.10.118 - 10.7.67 14:43
BRIL Levi Ashcroft behind 18.11.119 - 10.7.67 17:15
ADEL Jordan Dawson goal 18.11.119 - 11.7.73 18:08
ADEL James Peatling behind 18.11.119 - 11.8.74 20:29
BRIL Zac Bailey behind 18.12.120 - 11.8.74 21:48
BRIL Rushed behind 18.13.121 - 11.8.74 24:02
BRIL Darcy Fort goal 19.13.127 - 11.8.74 27:47
ADEL James Peatling behind 19.13.127 - 11.9.75 28:55