2026 AFL Season Semi Final 2: Brisbane Lions v Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 12 September 2026 between the Brisbane Lions and Adelaide in the second semi final 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 (21.18.144) defeated Adelaide (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 2026 AFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Adelaide
Date: Saturday 12 September 2026
Time: 7:35 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 36,026

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Adelaide
Score: 21.18.144 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Brisbane Lions	6	.	6	10	.	12	16	.	15	21	.	18	21	.	18	(144)
Adelaide	2	.	3	5	.	4	7	.	9	13	.	13	13	.	13	(91)
Margin	BRIL by 27			BRIL by 38			BRIL by 60			BRIL by 53			BRIL by 53
Duration	33:55			31:41			30:35			33:44			2:09:55

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

AFLCA Gary Ayres Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes	5	4	3	2	1
Zac Bailey	BRIL	33	10	2	0	0	0	0
Will Ashcroft	BRIL	8	8	0	2	0	0	0
Charlie Cameron	BRIL	23	5	0	0	1	1	0
Josh Dunkley	BRIL	5	3	0	0	1	0	0
Ryan Lester	BRIL	35	2	0	0	0	?	?
Cam Rayner	BRIL	16	2	0	0	0	?	?

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Allen, Oscar	INT	79%	0	2	7	5	2	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
31	Andrews, Harris	FB	86%	0	1	12	7	5	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	4	1
10	Ashcroft, Levi	INT	76%	1	0	21	17	4	9	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	4
8	Ashcroft, Will	RO	84%	0	1	30	17	13	7	0	3	6	2	0	0	0	7
33	Bailey, Zac	WR	89%	3	3	23	15	8	3	0	5	3	2	3	1	1	8
7	Berry, Jarrod	WL	74%	0	1	19	10	9	5	0	3	5	3	0	2	2	0
23	Cameron, Charlie	HFFL	78%	5	3	14	9	5	6	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	2
2	Draper, Sam	RU	55%	0	0	9	5	4	3	14	1	1	5	0	2	1	4
5	Dunkley, Josh	RR	76%	0	0	22	10	12	3	0	6	4	3	1	0	1	2
3	Fletcher, Jaspa	HBFL	84%	0	0	18	15	3	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2
32	Fort, Darcy	INT	59%	0	1	11	9	2	1	20	0	6	1	2	0	2	4
22	Gallop, Ty	BPL	96%	0	0	10	7	3	6	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1
27	Gardiner, Darcy	CHB	86%	0	0	10	7	3	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	0
30	Hipwood, Eric	FPL	80%	2	1	12	10	2	7	0	4	0	3	0	1	1	4
35	Lester, Ryan	BPR	80%	0	1	18	13	5	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	2
1	Lohmann, Kai	HFFR	74%	2	1	18	14	4	2	0	2	1	6	1	2	1	4
6	McCluggage, Hugh	C	75%	2	0	16	9	7	5	0	3	3	4	0	1	0	3
26	McKenna, Conor	FPR	86%	1	2	13	12	1	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4
13	Morris, Logan	CHF	57%	2	0	8	5	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9	Neale, Lachie	INT	79%	0	0	21	10	11	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	2
16	Rayner, Cam	FF	79%	2	1	22	16	6	8	0	4	1	2	1	0	0	8
44	Wilmot, Darcy	INT	84%	0	0	15	9	6	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0
15	Zorko, Dayne	HBFR	83%	1	0	27	24	3	8	0	1	1	2	1	0	10	3
Rushed					0
Total (23 players)				21	18	376	255	121	121	34	46	37	49	10	14	37	69

Adelaide

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	CL	CR	FF	FA	RF	IF
4	Ah Chee, Callum	FPR	74%	0	1	15	7	8	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	1
3	Berry, Sam	RO	73%	0	0	31	12	19	1	0	4	6	3	1	0	2	5
35	Borlase, James	FB	83%	0	0	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	Cook, Brayden	WL	82%	0	0	14	9	5	5	0	2	0	3	1	0	5	2
6	Curtin, Dan	INT	72%	1	0	22	7	15	2	0	2	7	2	1	0	1	3
12	Dawson, Jordan (c)	C	83%	0	0	30	18	12	5	0	8	3	10	0	3	6	2
32	Fogarty, Darcy	FPL	89%	2	0	8	7	1	5	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	3
40	Hall-Kahan, Hugo	INT	81%	0	0	25	17	8	4	0	1	1	1	0	1	6	4
48	Keane, Mark	CHB	98%	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0
2	Keays, Ben	HFFL	81%	2	1	11	6	5	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	2
29	Laird, Rory	HBFR	70%	0	0	21	9	12	5	0	4	0	1	1	0	2	2
42	McAndrew, Lachlan	RU	74%	0	0	11	4	7	3	33	2	2	2	1	1	0	0
16	Michalanney, Max	BPR	72%	0	1	13	10	3	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	2	1
30	Milera, Wayne	HBFL	82%	1	0	19	15	4	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	7	2
27	Nankervis, Luke	INT	72%	1	0	18	13	5	4	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	3
28	Neal-Bullen, Alex	WR	74%	1	1	16	9	7	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	5
8	Rachele, Josh	HFFR	75%	1	1	7	6	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1
23	Rankine, Izak	RR	83%	0	1	23	13	10	7	0	4	5	4	0	1	2	4
14	Soligo, Jake	INT	67%	0	0	9	6	3	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	1
19	Taylor, Zac	INT	70%	0	1	17	10	7	1	0	6	3	1	1	0	0	5
7	Thilthorpe, Riley	CHF	78%	2	1	16	6	10	6	6	0	2	2	0	1	0	3
13	Walker, Taylor	FF	85%	2	3	9	7	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
24	Worrell, Josh	BPL	82%	0	0	18	9	9	3	0	3	3	0	2	0	5	1
Rushed					2
Total (23 players)				13	13	362	206	156	80	39	51	33	45	14	10	47	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

Brisbane Lions							Coach: Chris Fagan
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	24	J. Worrell	35	J. Borlase	16	M. Michalanney	2	S. Draper	4	O. Allen
	26	C. McKenna	16	C. Rayner	30	E. Hipwood	5	J. Dunkley	10	L. Ashcroft
FORWARD							8	W. Ashcroft	32	D. Fort
HALF-BACK									9	L. Neale
	30	W. Milera	48	M. Keane	29	R. Laird			44	D. Wilmot
	1	K. Lohmann	13	L. Morris	23	C. Cameron
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	15	B. Cook	12	J. Dawson (c)	28	A. Neal-Bullen
	33	Z. Bailey	6	H. McCluggage	7	J. Berry	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							42	L. McAndrew	6	D. Curtin
HALF-FORWARD							23	I. Rankine	40	H. Hall-Kahan
	2	B. Keays	7	R. Thilthorpe	8	J. Rachele	3	S. Berry	27	L. Nankervis
	15	D. Zorko	27	D. Gardiner	3	J. Fletcher			14	J. Soligo
HALF-BACK									19	Z. Taylor
FORWARD
	32	D. Fogarty	13	T. Walker	4	C. Ah Chee
	35	R. Lester	31	H. Andrews	22	T. Gallop
BACK
Adelaide							Coach: Matthew Nicks

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	1.0.6	-	0.0.0	00:30
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	2.0.12	-	0.0.0	01:37
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	3.0.18	-	0.0.0	04:11
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	3.1.19	-	0.0.0	05:18
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage goal	4.1.25	-	0.0.0	06:10
	BRIL	Cam Rayner goal	5.1.31	-	0.0.0	07:13
	BRIL	Jarrod Berry behind	5.2.32	-	0.0.0	09:36
	ADEL	Ben Keays behind	5.2.32	-	0.1.1	14:23
	BRIL	Harris Andrews behind	5.3.33	-	0.1.1	16:34
	ADEL	Dan Curtin goal	5.3.33	-	1.1.7	18:44
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	5.3.33	-	1.2.8	21:16
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	6.3.39	-	1.2.8	23:11
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood behind	6.4.40	-	1.2.8	24:57
	BRIL	Ryan Lester behind	6.5.41	-	1.2.8	26:24
	BRIL	Will Ashcroft behind	6.6.42	-	1.2.8	28:59
	ADEL	Luke Nankervis goal	6.6.42	-	2.2.14	31:02
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe behind	6.6.42	-	2.3.15	33:52
Q2	BRIL	Cam Rayner behind	6.7.43	-	2.3.15	01:38
	ADEL	Josh Rachele goal	6.7.43	-	3.3.21	03:30
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	6.7.43	-	4.3.27	05:26
	ADEL	Darcy Fogarty goal	6.7.43	-	5.3.33	07:11
	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen behind	6.7.43	-	5.4.34	08:18
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	7.7.49	-	5.4.34	09:21
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	8.7.55	-	5.4.34	13:58
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	8.8.56	-	5.4.34	15:23
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	9.8.62	-	5.4.34	16:04
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	10.8.68	-	5.4.34	17:56
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann behind	10.9.69	-	5.4.34	21:08
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	10.10.70	-	5.4.34	22:12
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron behind	10.11.71	-	5.4.34	23:25
	BRIL	Oscar Allen behind	10.12.72	-	5.4.34	31:38
Q3	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	10.13.73	-	5.4.34	00:33
	BRIL	Kai Lohmann goal	11.13.79	-	5.4.34	00:49
	ADEL	Josh Rachele behind	11.13.79	-	5.5.35	05:35
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	12.13.85	-	5.5.35	07:37
	BRIL	Darcy Fort behind	12.14.86	-	5.5.35	09:34
	BRIL	Dayne Zorko goal	13.14.92	-	5.5.35	10:54
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	13.14.92	-	6.5.41	12:44
	BRIL	Oscar Allen behind	13.15.93	-	6.5.41	16:17
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	13.15.93	-	6.6.42	18:29
	ADEL	Rushed behind	13.15.93	-	6.7.43	21:55
	ADEL	Zac Taylor behind	13.15.93	-	6.8.44	22:33
	BRIL	Conor McKenna goal	14.15.99	-	6.8.44	23:42
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	14.15.99	-	7.8.50	25:23
	ADEL	Max Michalanney behind	14.15.99	-	7.9.51	26:34
	BRIL	Zac Bailey goal	15.15.105	-	7.9.51	28:41
	BRIL	Logan Morris goal	16.15.111	-	7.9.51	30:32
Q4	ADEL	Callum Ah Chee behind	16.15.111	-	7.10.52	01:19
	ADEL	Wayne Milera goal	16.15.111	-	8.10.58	03:13
	BRIL	Cam Rayner goal	17.15.117	-	8.10.58	04:23
	ADEL	Izak Rankine behind	17.15.117	-	8.11.59	07:10
	BRIL	Zac Bailey behind	17.16.118	-	8.11.59	08:48
	ADEL	Riley Thilthorpe goal	17.16.118	-	9.11.65	10:59
	BRIL	Eric Hipwood goal	18.16.124	-	9.11.65	12:34
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	18.16.124	-	10.11.71	14:04
	BRIL	Conor McKenna behind	18.17.125	-	10.11.71	16:56
	BRIL	Hugh McCluggage goal	19.17.131	-	10.11.71	18:40
	ADEL	Taylor Walker behind	19.17.131	-	10.12.72	19:49
	BRIL	Conor McKenna behind	19.18.132	-	10.12.72	20:26
	BRIL	Levi Ashcroft goal	20.18.138	-	10.12.72	21:02
	ADEL	Rushed behind	20.18.138	-	10.13.73	22:42
	ADEL	Taylor Walker goal	20.18.138	-	11.13.79	25:07
	BRIL	Charlie Cameron goal	21.18.144	-	11.13.79	26:53
	ADEL	Ben Keays goal	21.18.144	-	12.13.85	28:09
	ADEL	Alex Neal-Bullen goal	21.18.144	-	13.13.91	30:51

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