2026 AFL Season Round 18: Geelong v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 2 July 2026 between Geelong and the Brisbane Lions during round eighteen of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. Geelong hosted the Brisbane Lions at GMHBA Stadium. Patrick Dangerfield captained the hosts with Tom Stewart as vice-captain. 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 visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Scott and the visitors were coached by Chris Fagan.

Geelong (14.17.101) were defeated by the Brisbane Lions (19.9.123).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Brisbane Lions
Date: Thursday 2 July 2026
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: GMHBA Stadium
Attendance: 26,757

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 14.17.101 - 19.9.123

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	1	.	5	7	.	11	11	.	14	14	.	17	14	.	17	(101)
Brisbane Lions	8	.	0	9	.	6	17	.	8	19	.	9	19	.	9	(123)
Margin	BRIL by 37			BRIL by 7			BRIL by 30			BRIL by 22			BRIL by 22
Duration	31:38			35:01			34:26			30:51			2:11:56

Score Worm

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

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Patrick Dangerfield
Vice-Captain: Tom Stewart
Coach: Chris Scott

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Will Ashcroft	BRIL	8	3
Patrick Dangerfield	GEEL	35	2
Kai Lohmann	BRIL	1	1

AFLCA Champion Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
30	Atkins, Tom	INT	70%	0	0	17	7	10	1	0	3	4	3	0	0	2	1
46	Blicavs, Mark	INT	84%	0	1	19	5	14	4	5	1	1	2	1	0	1	3
4	Bruhn, Tanner	WR	74%	0	0	22	14	8	4	0	4	0	2	2	1	2	7
5	Cameron, Jeremy	CHF	90%	0	0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
35	Dangerfield, Patrick (c)	HFFL	81%	5	2	17	13	4	7	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	6
16	De Koning, Sam	INT	67%	0	0	11	7	4	1	10	0	3	1	1	0	0	4
28	Dempsey, Oliver	WL	90%	2	0	22	10	12	3	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	3
11	Edwards, Mitch	RU	65%	0	0	16	4	12	2	23	1	3	4	1	0	1	3
39	Guthrie, Zach	BPR	78%	0	0	12	5	7	4	0	8	1	2	0	2	1	2
38	Henry, Jack	FB	65%	0	0	5	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	Henry, Ollie	INT	72%	0	0	10	6	4	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
9	Holmes, Max	RR	73%	0	0	30	21	9	3	0	3	8	1	3	0	1	11
17	Humphries, Lawson	INT	75%	0	0	16	11	5	2	0	1	3	1	0	1	5	1
8	Kolodjashnij, Jake	HBFL	79%	0	0	14	7	7	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
7	Mannagh, Shaun	FPL	82%	0	2	16	8	8	3	0	6	1	3	1	0	1	3
19	Martin, Jack	FPR	75%	2	1	10	5	5	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
34	Mullin, Oisin	RO	80%	1	0	11	4	7	1	0	4	5	1	0	0	0	3
33	Neale, Shannon	FF	90%	3	2	11	8	3	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
42	O'Connor, Mark	HBFR	82%	0	0	16	7	9	4	0	0	1	3	1	2	2	0
14	O'Sullivan, Connor	BPL	87%	0	1	14	6	8	5	0	1	0	3	2	0	1	2
3	Smith, Bailey	C	85%	0	1	31	17	14	3	0	9	7	5	1	0	4	9
44	Stewart, Tom (vc)	CHB	83%	0	0	25	18	7	2	0	1	1	3	1	1	6	3
21	Wiltshire, Oli	HFFR	73%	1	3	16	13	3	3	0	3	0	4	1	0	2	4
Rushed					4
Total (23 players)				14	17	365	200	165	66	40	57	42	48	16	9	33	69

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
31	Andrews, Harris	FB	91%	0	0	13	8	5	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	0
43	Answerth, Noah	BPL	89%	0	0	16	13	3	8	0	3	0	3	0	1	3	3
10	Ashcroft, Levi	INT	83%	1	0	21	15	6	8	0	1	5	2	1	0	1	3
8	Ashcroft, Will	C	84%	0	3	32	23	9	7	0	2	6	2	1	0	5	5
33	Bailey, Zac	WR	75%	3	0	20	13	7	5	0	4	1	3	0	1	3	3
7	Berry, Jarrod	WL	75%	0	1	16	12	4	7	0	2	1	4	0	1	1	0
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	81%	2	1	8	6	2	1	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	1
2	Draper, Sam	RU	65%	0	0	12	12	0	0	29	0	8	3	0	0	2	1
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	80%	1	0	17	9	8	3	0	14	3	3	1	0	1	1
3	Fletcher, Jaspa	INT	84%	0	0	22	17	5	4	0	2	2	1	0	1	6	3
32	Fort, Darcy	INT	57%	1	0	7	5	2	1	19	2	1	2	0	1	0	1
22	Gallop, Ty	CHB	93%	0	0	15	10	5	6	0	1	0	4	0	1	5	2
27	Gardiner, Darcy	BPR	77%	0	0	10	5	5	5	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	2
30	Hipwood, Eric	FPL	73%	0	0	11	6	5	2	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	2
35	Lester, Ryan	HBFR	87%	0	0	17	12	5	5	0	2	0	4	0	1	6	1
1	Lohmann, Kai	INT	71%	5	0	13	8	5	4	0	4	0	4	1	2	1	1
26	McKenna, Conor	FPR	86%	2	1	18	14	4	3	0	2	0	5	2	1	0	6
13	Morris, Logan	CHF	76%	3	0	12	8	4	4	0	3	0	5	0	2	0	5
9	Neale, Lachie	RO	78%	0	0	28	16	12	4	0	1	6	0	0	0	3	2
16	Rayner, Cam	FF	78%	1	0	24	16	8	8	0	4	3	3	0	1	0	5
38	Reville, Bruce	INT	82%	0	0	17	11	6	4	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
29	Tunstill, James	HFFR	61%	0	0	9	7	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1
44	Wilmot, Darcy	HBFL	74%	0	0	26	20	6	4	0	0	1	2	1	1	9	2
Rushed					3
Total (23 players)				19	9	384	266	118	102	48	55	40	62	9	16	53	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

Geelong							Coach: Chris Scott
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	43	N. Answerth	31	H. Andrews	27	D. Gardiner	11	M. Edwards	30	T. Atkins
	19	J. Martin	33	S. Neale	7	S. Mannagh	9	M. Holmes	46	M. Blicavs
FORWARD							34	O. Mullin	16	S. De Koning
HALF-BACK									36	O. Henry
	44	D. Wilmot	22	T. Gallop	35	R. Lester			17	L. Humphries
	21	O. Wiltshire	5	J. Cameron	35	P. Dangerfield (c)
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	7	J. Berry	8	W. Ashcroft	33	Z. Bailey
	4	T. Bruhn	3	B. Smith	28	O. Dempsey	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							2	S. Draper	10	L. Ashcroft
HALF-FORWARD							5	J. Dunkley	3	J. Fletcher
	23	C. Cameron	13	L. Morris	29	J. Tunstill	9	L. Neale	32	D. Fort
	42	M. O'Connor	44	T. Stewart (vc)	8	J. Kolodjashnij			1	K. Lohmann
HALF-BACK									38	B. Reville
FORWARD
	30	E. Hipwood	16	C. Rayner	26	C. McKenna
	39	Z. Guthrie	38	J. Henry	14	C. O'Sullivan
BACK
Brisbane Lions							Coach: Chris Fagan

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	0.0.0	-	1.0.6	00:55
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	0.0.0	-	2.0.12	02:12
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh behind	0.1.1	-	2.0.12	04:11
	GEEL	Shannon Neale behind	0.2.2	-	2.0.12	05:11
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	0.2.2	-	3.0.18	07:14
	BRIL	Levi Ashcroft goal	0.2.2	-	4.0.24	10:11
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	0.2.2	-	5.0.30	12:22
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	0.2.2	-	6.0.36	13:47
	GEEL	Shannon Neale behind	0.3.3	-	6.0.36	16:51
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	0.3.3	-	7.0.42	19:26
	GEEL	Rushed behind	0.4.4	-	7.0.42	26:26
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield behind	0.5.5	-	7.0.42	27:20
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	0.5.5	-	8.0.48	28:29
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	1.5.11	-	8.0.48	30:40
Q2	GEEL	Rushed behind	1.6.12	-	8.0.48	00:13
	GEEL	Bailey Smith behind	1.7.13	-	8.0.48	02:12
	GEEL	Jack Martin behind	1.8.14	-	8.0.48	02:42
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	2.8.20	-	8.0.48	03:50
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	3.8.26	-	8.0.48	04:59
	BRIL	Rushed behind	3.8.26	-	8.1.49	07:59
	BRIL	Rushed behind	3.8.26	-	8.2.50	11:46
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	4.8.32	-	8.2.50	13:14
	GEEL	Jack Martin goal	5.8.38	-	8.2.50	15:33
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft behind	5.8.38	-	8.3.51	19:29
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft behind	5.8.38	-	8.4.52	19:57
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	5.8.38	-	9.4.58	22:48
	GEEL	Jack Martin goal	6.8.44	-	9.4.58	24:57
	BRIL	Conor McKenna behind	6.8.44	-	9.5.59	28:16
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft behind	6.8.44	-	9.6.60	29:47
	GEEL	Shannon Neale goal	7.8.50	-	9.6.60	30:28
	GEEL	Oli Wiltshire behind	7.9.51	-	9.6.60	32:10
	GEEL	Oli Wiltshire behind	7.10.52	-	9.6.60	33:47
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield behind	7.11.53	-	9.6.60	34:56
Q3	BRIL	Rushed behind	7.11.53	-	9.7.61	02:38
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey goal	8.11.59	-	9.7.61	03:01
	GEEL	Rushed behind	8.12.60	-	9.7.61	04:50
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	8.12.60	-	10.7.67	05:25
	BRIL	Josh Dunkley goal	8.12.60	-	11.7.73	07:31
	BRIL	Cam Rayner goal	8.12.60	-	12.7.79	09:32
	GEEL	Mark Blicavs behind	8.13.61	-	12.7.79	11:42
	GEEL	Rushed behind	8.14.62	-	12.7.79	13:20
	GEEL	Oli Wiltshire goal	9.14.68	-	12.7.79	14:19
	BRIL	Conor McKenna goal	9.14.68	-	13.7.85	17:38
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	9.14.68	-	14.7.91	18:46
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	10.14.74	-	14.7.91	21:03
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	10.14.74	-	15.7.97	23:45
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	11.14.80	-	15.7.97	25:17
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	11.14.80	-	15.8.98	27:51
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	11.14.80	-	16.8.104	29:29
	BRIL	Conor McKenna goal	11.14.80	-	17.8.110	32:52
Q4	GEEL	Oisin Mullin goal	12.14.86	-	17.8.110	01:16
	GEEL	Oli Wiltshire behind	12.15.87	-	17.8.110	07:03
	GEEL	Shaun Mannagh behind	12.16.88	-	17.8.110	09:58
	BRIL	Jarrod Berry behind	12.16.88	-	17.9.111	11:33
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	12.16.88	-	18.9.117	16:05
	GEEL	Connor O'Sullivan behind	12.17.89	-	18.9.117	20:15
	GEEL	Patrick Dangerfield goal	13.17.95	-	18.9.117	21:38
	GEEL	Oliver Dempsey goal	14.17.101	-	18.9.117	25:00
	BRIL	Darcy Fort goal	14.17.101	-	19.9.123	30:49

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