2026 AFL Season Round 17: Brisbane Lions v Sydney
This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 2026 between the Brisbane Lions and Sydney during round seventeen of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League.
The Brisbane Lions hosted Sydney at the Gabba.
With the presence of multiple Brisbane Lions co-captains, namely Harris Andrews and Josh Dunkley, playing for the side, it is not yet known who specifically captained the hosts.
Callum Mills captained the visitors with Isaac Heeney as vice-captain.
The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Dean Cox.
The Brisbane Lions (19.12.126) defeated Sydney (12.11.83).
Match Details
Season:
2026 AFL Season
Round:
Round 17
Teams:
Brisbane Lions
v
Sydney
Date:
Thursday 25 June 2026
Time:
7:30 PM
Venue:
Gabba
Attendance:
29,700
Match Results
Outcome:
Brisbane Lions
def.
Sydney
Score:
19.12.126 - 12.11.83
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Brisbane Lions | 4 | . | 1 | 8 | . | 7 | 14 | . | 9 | 19 | . | 12 | 19 | . | 12 | (126) |
| Sydney | 2 | . | 3 | 4 | . | 4 | 7 | . | 9 | 12 | . | 11 | 12 | . | 11 | (83) |
| Margin | BRIL by 10 | BRIL by 27 | BRIL by 42 | BRIL by 43 | BRIL by 43 | |||||||||||
| Duration | 32:05 | 30:20 | 35:08 | 34:07 | 2:11:40 | |||||||||||
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 (Sydney) are in the lead.
Honour Roll
Brisbane Lions
Captain: unknownCoach: Chris Fagan
Sydney
Captain: Callum MillsVice-Captain: Isaac Heeney
Coach: Dean Cox
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Warner | SYDN | 1 | 3 |
| Will Ashcroft | BRIL | 8 | 2 |
| Isaac Heeney | SYDN | 5 | 1 |
AFLCA Champion Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Player Statistics
Brisbane Lions
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
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| 31 | Andrews, Harris | FB | 95% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | Answerth, Noah | BPL | 83% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Ashcroft, Levi | INT | 79% | 1 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Ashcroft, Will | C | 83% | 0 | 2 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 33 | Bailey, Zac | WR | 82% | 2 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Berry, Jarrod | WL | 69% | 1 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | Cameron, Charlie | HFFL | 80% | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Draper, Sam | RU | 61% | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Dunkley, Josh | RR | 76% | 0 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Fletcher, Jaspa | HFFR | 86% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 32 | Fort, Darcy | INT | 56% | 1 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Gallop, Ty | CHB | 95% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | Gardiner, Darcy | BPR | 88% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Hipwood, Eric | FPR | 74% | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Lester, Ryan | HBFL | 72% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Lohmann, Kai | INT | 75% | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 26 | McKenna, Conor | FPL | 80% | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Morris, Logan | CHF | 75% | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Neale, Lachie | RO | 81% | 0 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Rayner, Cam | FF | 82% | 3 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 | Reville, Bruce | HBFR | 76% | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 29 | Tunstill, James | INT | 74% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 44 | Wilmot, Darcy | INT | 80% | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Rushed | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 19 | 12 | 351 | 251 | 100 | 109 | 40 | 62 | 46 | 48 | 21 | 13 | 42 | 62 | |||
Sydney
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH | DI | KI | HB | MK | HO | TA | CL | CR | FF | FA | RF | IF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Amartey, Joel | FPR | 68% | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Bice, Riley | WL | 85% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Blakey, Nick | CHB | 86% | 0 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 33 | Cleary, Caiden | FPL | 69% | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Cunningham, Harry | HBFL | 80% | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Curnow, Charlie | FF | 92% | 3 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 28 | Edwards, Will | FB | 82% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | Grundy, Brodie | RU | 71% | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Gulden, Errol | C | 77% | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 29 | Hamling, Joel | INT | 83% | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Heeney, Isaac (vc) | RR | 80% | 1 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Jordon, James | HFFL | 84% | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | Ladhams, Peter | INT | 63% | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | Lloyd, Jake | CHF | 88% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | McCartin, Tom | BPR | 83% | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | McDonald, Logan | INT | 73% | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Mills, Callum (c) | BPL | 88% | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | Rosas, Malcolm | INT | 64% | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Rowbottom, James | HFFR | 79% | 2 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 13 | Serong, Jai | WR | 88% | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | Sheldrick, Angus | INT | 59% | 1 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Warner, Chad | RO | 77% | 4 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 15 | Wicks, Sam | HBFR | 81% | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Rushed | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total (23 players) | 12 | 11 | 366 | 185 | 181 | 69 | 45 | 60 | 33 | 66 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 56 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Brisbane Lions | Coach: Chris Fagan | ||||||||||||||
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| 14 | C. Mills (c) | 28 | W. Edwards | 30 | T. McCartin | 2 | S. Draper | 10 | L. Ashcroft | ||||||
| 30 | E. Hipwood | 16 | C. Rayner | 26 | C. McKenna | 5 | J. Dunkley | 32 | D. Fort | ||||||
| FORWARD | 9 | L. Neale | 1 | K. Lohmann | |||||||||||
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| 7 | H. Cunningham | 22 | N. Blakey | 15 | S. Wicks |
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| 3 | J. Fletcher | 13 | L. Morris | 23 | C. Cameron |
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| 26 | R. Bice | 21 | E. Gulden | 13 | J. Serong |
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| 33 | Z. Bailey | 8 | W. Ashcroft | 7 | J. Berry | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
| CENTRE | 4 | B. Grundy | 29 | J. Hamling | |||||||||||
| HALF-FORWARD | 5 | I. Heeney (vc) | 19 | P. Ladhams | |||||||||||
| 17 | J. Jordon | 44 | J. Lloyd | 8 | J. Rowbottom | 1 | C. Warner | 6 | L. McDonald | ||||||
| 38 | B. Reville | 22 | T. Gallop | 35 | R. Lester |
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| 33 | C. Cleary | 35 | C. Curnow | 36 | J. Amartey |
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| 27 | D. Gardiner | 31 | H. Andrews | 43 | N. Answerth |
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| Sydney | Coach: Dean Cox | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | SYDN | Caiden Cleary behind | 0.0.0 | - | 0.1.1 | 07:13 |
| BRIL | Charlie Cameron goal | 1.0.6 | - | 0.1.1 | 14:13 | |
| BRIL | Cam Rayner goal | 2.0.12 | - | 0.1.1 | 16:07 | |
| SYDN | Caiden Cleary behind | 2.0.12 | - | 0.2.2 | 19:05 | |
| SYDN | Sam Wicks behind | 2.0.12 | - | 0.3.3 | 21:49 | |
| BRIL | Kai Lohmann behind | 2.1.13 | - | 0.3.3 | 22:25 | |
| BRIL | Logan Morris goal | 3.1.19 | - | 0.3.3 | 23:27 | |
| SYDN | Chad Warner goal | 3.1.19 | - | 1.3.9 | 25:44 | |
| BRIL | Jarrod Berry goal | 4.1.25 | - | 1.3.9 | 28:51 | |
| SYDN | James Rowbottom goal | 4.1.25 | - | 2.3.15 | 30:36 | |
| Q2 | SYDN | Charlie Curnow goal | 4.1.25 | - | 3.3.21 | 01:39 |
| BRIL | Eric Hipwood goal | 5.1.31 | - | 3.3.21 | 03:39 | |
| BRIL | Eric Hipwood behind | 5.2.32 | - | 3.3.21 | 06:15 | |
| BRIL | Conor McKenna behind | 5.3.33 | - | 3.3.21 | 06:47 | |
| BRIL | Rushed behind | 5.4.34 | - | 3.3.21 | 08:32 | |
| BRIL | Logan Morris goal | 6.4.40 | - | 3.3.21 | 09:40 | |
| BRIL | Kai Lohmann behind | 6.5.41 | - | 3.3.21 | 10:54 | |
| BRIL | Lachie Neale behind | 6.6.42 | - | 3.3.21 | 11:28 | |
| BRIL | Zac Bailey goal | 7.6.48 | - | 3.3.21 | 13:46 | |
| SYDN | Charlie Curnow goal | 7.6.48 | - | 4.3.27 | 23:07 | |
| BRIL | Zac Bailey behind | 7.7.49 | - | 4.3.27 | 25:39 | |
| BRIL | Levi Ashcroft goal | 8.7.55 | - | 4.3.27 | 26:32 | |
| SYDN | Errol Gulden behind | 8.7.55 | - | 4.4.28 | 28:12 | |
| Q3 | SYDN | Joel Amartey behind | 8.7.55 | - | 4.5.29 | 01:38 |
| SYDN | Chad Warner goal | 8.7.55 | - | 5.5.35 | 02:13 | |
| BRIL | Cam Rayner goal | 9.7.61 | - | 5.5.35 | 04:47 | |
| BRIL | Charlie Cameron behind | 9.8.62 | - | 5.5.35 | 05:57 | |
| SYDN | Chad Warner goal | 9.8.62 | - | 6.5.41 | 07:25 | |
| BRIL | Conor McKenna behind | 9.9.63 | - | 6.5.41 | 09:18 | |
| BRIL | Charlie Cameron goal | 10.9.69 | - | 6.5.41 | 10:25 | |
| BRIL | Conor McKenna goal | 11.9.75 | - | 6.5.41 | 15:11 | |
| BRIL | Darcy Fort goal | 12.9.81 | - | 6.5.41 | 17:10 | |
| SYDN | Rushed behind | 12.9.81 | - | 6.6.42 | 18:24 | |
| SYDN | Joel Hamling behind | 12.9.81 | - | 6.7.43 | 19:23 | |
| BRIL | Cam Rayner goal | 13.9.87 | - | 6.7.43 | 23:36 | |
| SYDN | James Rowbottom goal | 13.9.87 | - | 7.7.49 | 26:02 | |
| SYDN | Joel Amartey behind | 13.9.87 | - | 7.8.50 | 28:11 | |
| BRIL | Sam Draper goal | 14.9.93 | - | 7.8.50 | 31:16 | |
| SYDN | Chad Warner behind | 14.9.93 | - | 7.9.51 | 33:21 | |
| Q4 | SYDN | Rushed behind | 14.9.93 | - | 7.10.52 | 01:18 |
| SYDN | Charlie Curnow goal | 14.9.93 | - | 8.10.58 | 02:37 | |
| SYDN | Isaac Heeney behind | 14.9.93 | - | 8.11.59 | 04:18 | |
| SYDN | Logan McDonald goal | 14.9.93 | - | 9.11.65 | 05:45 | |
| BRIL | Kai Lohmann goal | 15.9.99 | - | 9.11.65 | 09:35 | |
| BRIL | Kai Lohmann goal | 16.9.105 | - | 9.11.65 | 12:47 | |
| BRIL | Will Ashcroft behind | 16.10.106 | - | 9.11.65 | 14:19 | |
| BRIL | Levi Ashcroft behind | 16.11.107 | - | 9.11.65 | 14:52 | |
| SYDN | Chad Warner goal | 16.11.107 | - | 10.11.71 | 17:06 | |
| BRIL | Logan Morris goal | 17.11.113 | - | 10.11.71 | 19:47 | |
| BRIL | Zac Bailey goal | 18.11.119 | - | 10.11.71 | 20:55 | |
| SYDN | Angus Sheldrick goal | 18.11.119 | - | 11.11.77 | 23:27 | |
| SYDN | Isaac Heeney goal | 18.11.119 | - | 12.11.83 | 25:57 | |
| BRIL | Will Ashcroft behind | 18.12.120 | - | 12.11.83 | 29:14 | |
| BRIL | Conor McKenna goal | 19.12.126 | - | 12.11.83 | 31:58 | |