2026 AFL Season Round 19: Brisbane Lions v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 12 July 2026 between the Brisbane Lions and Essendon during round nineteen of the 2026 season of the Australian Football League. The Brisbane Lions hosted Essendon 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. Andrew McGrath captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Chris Fagan and the visitors were coached by Dean Solomon.

The Brisbane Lions (22.17.149) defeated Essendon (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Round 19
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Essendon
Date: Sunday 12 July 2026
Time: 4:40 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 30,505

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Essendon
Score: 22.17.149 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 5 . 6 9 . 10 16 . 14 22 . 17 22 . 17 (149)
Essendon 0 . 3 1 . 6 1 . 9 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin BRIL by 33 BRIL by 52 BRIL by 95 BRIL by 90 BRIL by 90
Duration 31:36 29:45 30:15 34:48 2:06:24

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 (Essendon) are in the lead.

Honour Roll

Brisbane Lions

Captain: unknown
Coach: Chris Fagan

Essendon

Captain: Andrew McGrath
Coach: Dean Solomon (caretaker)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Will Ashcroft BRIL 8 3
Lachie Neale BRIL 9 2
Zac Bailey BRIL 33 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
31 Andrews, Harris FB 92% 0 0 18 12 6 8 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 0
43 Answerth, Noah BPL 84% 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3
10 Ashcroft, Levi HFFR 73% 2 0 19 8 11 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4
8 Ashcroft, Will C 80% 3 2 33 20 13 7 0 3 8 0 3 0 1 6
33 Bailey, Zac WR 91% 2 0 23 14 9 4 0 0 6 2 1 1 1 5
7 Berry, Jarrod WL 79% 0 0 16 9 7 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 2
23 Cameron, Charlie HFFL 80% 2 1 11 9 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 3
2 Draper, Sam RU 59% 2 0 15 11 4 5 23 0 5 1 1 0 1 5
5 Dunkley, Josh RR 83% 1 0 16 7 9 4 0 6 3 2 0 2 0 3
3 Fletcher, Jaspa INT 88% 0 0 23 15 8 8 0 2 1 2 1 0 5 1
32 Fort, Darcy INT 51% 0 0 11 6 5 3 17 0 4 2 3 0 0 4
22 Gallop, Ty CHB 93% 0 0 9 9 0 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
30 Hipwood, Eric FPR 73% 2 1 13 11 2 6 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 3
35 Lester, Ryan BPR 79% 0 0 13 10 3 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
1 Lohmann, Kai INT 77% 3 1 13 9 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
6 McCluggage, Hugh INT 64% 1 0 16 4 12 3 0 6 2 4 1 2 0 1
26 McKenna, Conor FPL 78% 2 2 10 7 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
13 Morris, Logan CHF 80% 2 4 12 11 1 4 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0
9 Neale, Lachie RO 82% 0 1 40 18 22 13 0 3 5 0 3 0 3 1
16 Rayner, Cam FF 80% 0 0 23 11 12 5 0 6 4 6 1 2 1 3
38 Reville, Bruce INT 78% 0 1 23 12 11 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 6
44 Wilmot, Darcy HBFL 83% 0 0 23 16 7 6 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 2
15 Zorko, Dayne HBFR 73% 0 0 32 20 12 4 0 1 2 7 1 2 4 4
Rushed 4
Total (23 players) 22 17 424 258 166 132 40 37 44 48 22 19 30 69

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
46 Blakiston, Lachlan INT 65% 0 0 3 2 1 1 7 1 1 4 0 4 1 1
24 Bryan, Nick RU 76% 0 0 5 2 3 0 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
30 Caddy, Nate CHF 87% 2 1 11 9 2 6 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 4
6 Caldwell, Jye HFFR 74% 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 8 3 2 2 2 1 0
36 Clarke, Angus WL 74% 0 0 10 5 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1
44 Day-Wicks, Archer WR 71% 0 1 8 2 6 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
22 Durham, Sam C 81% 1 0 22 15 7 4 0 1 5 6 2 2 1 7
28 Duursma, Xavier HBFL 79% 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 1 1 5 1 2 2 0
2 Farrow, Jacob INT 72% 0 0 12 5 7 2 0 4 0 2 1 0 2 0
23 Jones, Harry FPR 84% 0 0 10 9 1 4 0 4 0 6 2 3 7 0
10 Kako, Isaac HFFL 74% 1 0 11 6 5 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1
29 Kondogiannis, Max INT 62% 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 4 1 1 1 0 2 1
1 McGrath, Andrew (c) BPL 81% 1 0 15 8 7 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 5 1
7 Merrett, Zach RR 78% 0 0 11 4 7 1 0 2 3 2 1 1 0 0
3 Parish, Darcy RO 73% 0 0 17 10 7 4 0 0 3 6 2 1 1 3
16 Perkins, Archie INT 79% 0 1 13 8 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
25 Prior, Jaxon BPR 87% 0 0 16 10 6 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 7 1
27 Redman, Mason CHB 81% 0 0 15 11 4 3 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 4
31 Reid, Zach FB 86% 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 3 0
21 Roberts, Archie HBFR 87% 0 0 23 18 5 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 11 0
9 Robey, Sullivan FPL 80% 0 0 20 7 13 2 0 5 5 2 2 2 0 4
15 Sharp, Dyson INT 79% 0 0 16 12 4 5 0 3 4 4 0 1 0 5
20 Wright, Peter FF 88% 3 4 10 8 2 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (23 players) 8 11 293 170 123 65 36 53 30 56 19 22 47 39

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
1 A. McGrath (c) 31 Z. Reid 25 J. Prior 2 S. Draper 3 J. Fletcher
30 E. Hipwood 16 C. Rayner 26 C. McKenna 5 J. Dunkley 32 D. Fort
FORWARD 9 L. Neale 1 K. Lohmann
HALF-BACK

6 H. McCluggage
28 X. Duursma 27 M. Redman 21 A. Roberts

38 B. Reville
10 L. Ashcroft 13 L. Morris 23 C. Cameron



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



36 A. Clarke 22 S. Durham 44 A. Day-Wicks



33 Z. Bailey 8 W. Ashcroft 7 J. Berry FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 24 N. Bryan 46 L. Blakiston
HALF-FORWARD 7 Z. Merrett 2 J. Farrow
10 I. Kako 30 N. Caddy 6 J. Caldwell 3 D. Parish 29 M. Kondogiannis
15 D. Zorko 22 T. Gallop 44 D. Wilmot

16 A. Perkins
HALF-BACK

15 D. Sharp
FORWARD



9 S. Robey 20 P. Wright 23 H. Jones



35 R. Lester 31 H. Andrews 43 N. Answerth



BACK



Essendon Coach: Dean Solomon

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Conor McKenna behind 0.1.1 - 0.0.0 00:18
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 1.1.7 - 0.0.0 01:48
BRIL Rushed behind 1.2.8 - 0.0.0 07:38
BRIL Eric Hipwood behind 1.3.9 - 0.0.0 10:56
BRIL Logan Morris behind 1.4.10 - 0.0.0 12:13
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 2.4.16 - 0.0.0 15:28
BRIL Rushed behind 2.5.17 - 0.0.0 17:49
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 3.5.23 - 0.0.0 19:19
BRIL Will Ashcroft goal 4.5.29 - 0.0.0 20:41
ESSE Rushed behind 4.5.29 - 0.1.1 21:50
BRIL Hugh McCluggage goal 5.5.35 - 0.1.1 22:16
BRIL Rushed behind 5.6.36 - 0.1.1 24:15
ESSE Max Kondogiannis behind 5.6.36 - 0.2.2 26:50
ESSE Archie Perkins behind 5.6.36 - 0.3.3 29:17
Q2 BRIL Logan Morris behind 5.7.37 - 0.3.3 01:09
BRIL Levi Ashcroft goal 6.7.43 - 0.3.3 03:35
BRIL Conor McKenna goal 7.7.49 - 0.3.3 06:53
ESSE Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 0.4.4 09:19
BRIL Charlie Cameron behind 7.8.50 - 0.4.4 10:47
BRIL Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 0.4.4 16:20
ESSE Peter Wright behind 7.9.51 - 0.5.5 18:54
BRIL Kai Lohmann goal 8.9.57 - 0.5.5 20:37
BRIL Will Ashcroft behind 8.10.58 - 0.5.5 22:49
ESSE Peter Wright goal 8.10.58 - 1.5.11 24:36
ESSE Peter Wright behind 8.10.58 - 1.6.12 26:38
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 9.10.64 - 1.6.12 29:42
Q3 BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 10.10.70 - 1.6.12 01:15
BRIL Logan Morris goal 11.10.76 - 1.6.12 02:51
ESSE Nate Caddy behind 11.10.76 - 1.7.13 03:58
BRIL Sam Draper goal 12.10.82 - 1.7.13 05:53
BRIL Eric Hipwood goal 13.10.88 - 1.7.13 07:40
BRIL Josh Dunkley goal 14.10.94 - 1.7.13 11:43
BRIL Kai Lohmann behind 14.11.95 - 1.7.13 14:17
BRIL Logan Morris behind 14.12.96 - 1.7.13 17:07
ESSE Rushed behind 14.12.96 - 1.8.14 19:14
BRIL Conor McKenna behind 14.13.97 - 1.8.14 19:58
BRIL Logan Morris goal 15.13.103 - 1.8.14 22:15
ESSE Archer Day-Wicks behind 15.13.103 - 1.9.15 25:06
BRIL Will Ashcroft behind 15.14.104 - 1.9.15 26:44
BRIL Levi Ashcroft goal 16.14.110 - 1.9.15 28:17
Q4 ESSE Peter Wright goal 16.14.110 - 2.9.21 01:20
ESSE Peter Wright behind 16.14.110 - 2.10.22 03:28
ESSE Andrew McGrath goal 16.14.110 - 3.10.28 04:44
BRIL Charlie Cameron goal 17.14.116 - 3.10.28 06:10
ESSE Isaac Kako goal 17.14.116 - 4.10.34 08:30
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 17.14.116 - 5.10.40 10:13
BRIL Zac Bailey goal 18.14.122 - 5.10.40 12:12
ESSE Peter Wright behind 18.14.122 - 5.11.41 14:22
BRIL Bruce Reville behind 18.15.123 - 5.11.41 15:30
ESSE Peter Wright goal 18.15.123 - 6.11.47 16:33
ESSE Sam Durham goal 18.15.123 - 7.11.53 18:35
BRIL Conor McKenna goal 19.15.129 - 7.11.53 20:35
BRIL Logan Morris behind 19.16.130 - 7.11.53 24:27
BRIL Sam Draper goal 20.16.136 - 7.11.53 26:37
ESSE Nate Caddy goal 20.16.136 - 8.11.59 28:21
BRIL Will Ashcroft goal 21.16.142 - 8.11.59 30:14
BRIL Will Ashcroft goal 22.16.148 - 8.11.59 31:39
BRIL Lachie Neale behind 22.17.149 - 8.11.59 34:00