2018_Brisbane_Lions_season

Brisbane Lions
2018 season
President	Bob Sharpless
Coach	Chris Fagan (AFL); Craig Starcevich (AFLW)
Captain(s)	Dayne Beams (AFL, until May 23) ; Dayne Zorko (AFL, from May 23) ; Emma Zielke (AFLW)
Home ground	The Gabba (AFL); (Capacity: 42,000); South Pine Sports Complex (AFLW); (Capacity: 3,000)
AFL season	15th
Finals series	Did not qualify
Leading goalkicker	Eric Hipwood (37 goals)
Highest home attendance	21,850 vs. Collingwood (May 7, 2018)
Lowest home attendance	11,267 vs. Greater Western Sydney (June 23, 2018)
Average home attendance	18,406
Club membership	23,275
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The 2018 Brisbane Lions season is the Brisbane Lions' 22nd season in the AFL. It is also their 2nd season in the AFL Women's and they will field a reserves team in the NEAFL.

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Player	Date	Reason	Career games	Career goals	Ref.
Ryan Harwood	12 September 2017	Delisted	81	6	^[1]
Jarrad Jansen	12 September 2017	Delisted	8	4	^[1]
Josh Clayton	12 September 2017	Delisted	2	0	^[1]
Jonathan Freeman	12 September 2017	Delisted	14	16	^[1]
Blake Grewar	12 September 2017	Delisted	0	0	^[1]

Date	Gained	From	Lost	Ref.
19 October 2017	Luke Hodge Pick 44	Hawthorn	Pick 43 Pick 75	^[3]
19 October 2017	Charlie Cameron	Adelaide	Pick 12	^[4]
19 October 2017	Pick 25 Pick 40	Western Bulldogs	Josh Schache	^[5]

Player	Date	Type	New club	Compensation	Ref.
Tom Rockliff	11 October 2017	Restricted	Port Adelaide	End of first round	^[2]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Richmond	22	18	4	0	2143	1574	136.1	72	2018 finals
2	West Coast (P)	22	16	6	0	2012	1657	121.4	64
3	Collingwood	22	15	7	0	2046	1699	120.4	60
4	Hawthorn	22	15	7	0	1972	1642	120.1	60
5	Melbourne	22	14	8	0	2299	1749	131.4	56
6	Sydney	22	14	8	0	1822	1664	109.5	56
7	Greater Western Sydney	22	13	8	1	1898	1664	114.1	54
8	Geelong	22	13	9	0	2045	1554	131.6	52
9	North Melbourne	22	12	10	0	1950	1790	108.9	48
10	Port Adelaide	22	12	10	0	1780	1654	107.6	48
11	Essendon	22	12	10	0	1932	1838	105.1	48
12	Adelaide	22	12	10	0	1941	1865	104.1	48
13	Western Bulldogs	22	8	14	0	1575	2037	77.3	32
14	Fremantle	22	8	14	0	1556	2041	76.2	32
15	Brisbane Lions	22	5	17	0	1825	2049	89.1	20
16	St Kilda	22	4	17	1	1606	2182	73.6	18
17	Gold Coast	22	4	18	0	1308	2182	59.9	16
18	Carlton	22	2	20	0	1353	2282	59.3	8

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brisbane Lions	2	2	0	130	119	11	8
Richmond	2	1	1	110	100	10	4
Greater Western Sydney	2	0	2	92	113	-21	0


	Pool A
17 February (5:06 pm)	Richmond 4.3.3 (61)	def. by	Brisbane Lions 4.4.7 (66)	Allianz Stadium, Sydney	Report
17 February (6:02 pm)	Brisbane Lions 3.5.4 (64)	def.	Greater Western Sydney 2.6.2 (58)	Allianz Stadium, Sydney	Report


	Grand Final
17 February (7:03 pm)	Brisbane Lions 5.2.5 (67)	def.	Sydney 2.3.3 (41)	Allianz Stadium, Sydney (crowd: 9,892^[6])	Report

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Brisbane's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
1	Saturday, 3 March (3:35 pm)	Sydney	5.10 (40)	14.11 (95)	Lost by 55 points	Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex (H)	1,901
2	Sunday, 11 March (3:35 pm)	Gold Coast	7.7 (49)	4.18 (42)	Lost by 7 points	Fankhauser Reserve (A)	1,649


	Match 8
Saturday, 3 March (3:35 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Sydney	Moreton Bay Sports Complex, Burpengary (crowd: 1,901)	Report
	2.5 (17) 2.5 (17) 2.8 (20) 5.10 (40)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.1 (19) 6.6 (42) 9.7 (61) 14.11 (95)	Umpires: Hosking, Ryan, Schmitt, Glouftsis Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Keays, Hipwood 2 Christensen 1		Goals	4 Franklin 3 Papley, Rose 2 Reid 1 Hewett, Parker
Martin, Bell, Taylor, Mathieson		Best	Franklin, Rampe, Fox, Mills, Kennedy, Papley, Rose
Nil		Injuries	Naismith replaced in selected side by Cameron; Aliir (ankle), Sinclair (ankle)
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Match 17
Sunday, 11 March (3:35 pm)	Gold Coast	def.	Brisbane Lions	Fankhauser Reserve, Southport (crowd: 1,649)	Report
	2.1 (13) 4.6 (30) 5.7 (37) 7.7 (49)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.5 (5) 2.7 (19) 3.14 (32) 4.18 (42)	Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Lynch, Macpherson, Miller, Young, Sexton, Hall, Ainsworth 1		Goals	1 Taylor, Berry, Robertson, Zorko
Lyons, Witts, Weller, Hall, Swallow, Fiorini		Best	Zorko, Berry, Bell, Taylor, Rich, Hodge
Hanley (shoulder)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 1
Saturday, 24 March (3:35 pm)	St Kilda	def.	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne (crowd: 23,731)	Report
	6.4 (40) 7.5 (47) 11.8 (74) 16.11 (107)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.3 (21) 5.8 (38) 9.10 (64) 12.10 (82)	Umpires: Donlon, Haussen, Stephens Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Gresham, Bruce 3 Billings, Membrey, Steven 2 Acres, Clark, Long, McCartin 1		Goals	3 Cameron, Berry 1 Bell, Rayner, Christensen, Hipwood, Robinson, Walker
Steven, Billings, Acres, Newnes, Ross, Stevens		Best	D. Beams, Cameron, Berry, Martin, Hodge, Robertson
Nil		Injuries	Rich (left ankle)
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 2
Saturday, 31 March (6:25 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Melbourne	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 17,141)	Report
	0.3 (3) 2.6 (18) 5.11 (41) 10.14 (74)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.4 (34) 8.7 (55) 9.11 (65) 14.16 (100)	Umpires: Fisher, Rosebury, Hosking Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Cameron, Christensen 3 Bewick, Zorko, Hipwood, Cox 1		Goals	5 Hogan 4 Garlett 2 Jones, Fritsch 1 Neal-Bullen
Cameron, Christensen, Cox, Taylor, Zorko		Best	Hogan, Garlett, Oliver, Jones, Petracca
Nil		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 3
Saturday, 7 April (1:15 pm)	Port Adelaide	def.	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (crowd: 36,363)	Report
	4.6 (30) 7.7 (49) 14.8 (92) 14.13 (97)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.0 (24) 9.6 (60) 11.8 (74) 14.8 (92)	Umpires: Meredith, Harris, Mitchell Television broadcast: Fox Footy


S. Gray 3 Motlop 2 Dixon, R. Gray, Marshall, Wingard, Westhoff, Watts, Rockliff, Ebert, Boak 1		Goals	3 Cameron, Hipwood 2 McCluggage 1 Robertson, Christensen, Rayner, Zorko, Cutler, Cox
S. Gray, Polec, Wines, Hartlett, Ebert, Wingard		Best	Martin, Cutler, Zorko, Robinson, Hodge, Hipwood, Christensen
Wines (ankle)		Injuries	D Beams (illness) replaced in the selected side by Cutler
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 4
Saturday, 11 April (2:10 pm)	Richmond	def.	Brisbane Lions	MCG, Melbourne (crowd: 32,870)	Report
	5.5 (35) 8.10 (58) 11.12 (78) 16.14 (110)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.2 (2) 0.4 (4) 1.4 (10) 2.5 (17)	Umpires: Meredith, Harris, Wallace Television broadcast: Fox Footy


D. Martin 6 Castagna, Townsend 3 Lambert 2 Riewoldt, Caddy 1		Goals	1 Zorko, Rayner
Cotchin, Lambert, Rance, D. Martin, Conca, Grigg, Riewoldt		Best	Zorko, Rayner, Robinson, S. Martin, Witherden
Nil		Injuries	Nil
Jack Graham (Richmond) for rough conduct against Dayne Zorko in the third quarter		Reports	Nil

The Brisbane Lions' score of 2.5 (17) is its lowest score in club history and the lowest score by a team in the AFL since Fremantle scored 1.7 (13) in round 15, 2009.^[7]


	Round 5
Sunday, 22 April (4:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Gold Coast	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 16,087)	Report
	2.3 (15) 4.7 (31) 7.9 (51) 10.11 (71)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.2 (26) 7.3 (45) 10.6 (66) 11.10 (76)	Umpires: Fisher, Schmitt, Fleer Marcus Ashcroft Medal: Touk Miller (Gold Coast) Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Hipwood 3 Cameron 2 Taylor, Bailey, Rayner, Zorko, McStay 1		Goals	2 Macpherson, Lynch, Fiorini 1 Lyons, Young, Day, Holman, May
Berry, Witherden, Martin, McCluggage, Cameron, Andrews		Best	Miller, Fiorini, May, Swallow, Weller, Harbrow
Nil		Injuries	Macpherson (lower leg), May (dislocated finger)
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 11 (Sir Doug Nicholls Round)
Sunday, 3 June (1:10 pm)	North Melbourne	def.	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne (crowd: 22,133)	Report
	5.7 (37) 12.9 (81) 16.14 (110) 21.15 (141)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.4 (4) 3.8 (26) 7.11 (53) 12.15 (87)	Umpires: Margetts, Brown, Donlon Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Ziebell 3 Brown, Atley, McDonald, Wright, Jacobs 2 Higgins, Wood, Simpkin, Goldstein, Williams, Hartung, Tarrant, Cunnington 1		Goals	5 D. Beams 2 McStay 1 McInerney, Bailey, Keays, Taylor, Zorko
Cunnington, Higgins, McDonald, Ahern, Tarrant, Atley, Goldstein		Best	D. Beams, Andrews, Hodge, Bailey
Waite (calf soreness) replaced in selected side by Murphy, Anderson (hamstring)		Injuries	Berry (hamstring soreness) replaced in selected side by Keays, Christensen (concussion), Cameron (foot), McCluggage (calf), Robinson (foot)
Nil		Reports	Robinson (Brisbane) for rough contact on Higgins in the third quarter


	Round 12
Sunday, 10 June (1:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Essendon	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 20,476)	Report
	2.4 (16) 3.7 (25) 5.9 (39) 8.14 (62)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.0 (24) 7.4 (46) 8.11 (59) 12.12 (84)	Umpires: O'Gorman, McInerney, Wallace Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Hipwood, Zorko 2 Berry, McInerney, McStay, Martin 1		Goals	3 Stringer 2 Brown, Heppell, McDonald-Tipungwuti 1 Green, Guelfi, McKernan
Andrews, Rich, Gardiner, Witherden, Martin, Zorko		Best	Z. Merrett, Stringer, McGrath, Myers, Smith, Saad
Nil		Injuries	Heppell (concussion), Smith (calf)
Nil		Reports	Nil

Round	Opponent	Award	Player	Notes
5	Gold Coast	Goal of the Year	Charlie Cameron^[9]	Gathered the ball under pressure and fended off a tackle before snapping truly on his non-preferred side.
9	Hawthorn	AFL Rising Star	Alex Witherden^[10]	24 disposals
9	Hawthorn	Mark of the Year	Charlie Cameron^[11]	Took an acrobatic leap over teammate Darcy Gardiner.
15	Fremantle	AFL Rising Star	Cameron Rayner^[12]	19 disposals (11 contested), 2 goals

Overall Rank	Player	Votes
=8	Dayne Beams	18
=64	Eric Hipwood	6
=64	Dayne Zorko	6
=82	Stefan Martin	5
=105	Cameron Rayner	3
=141	Harris Andrews	2
=169	Jarrod Berry	1
	Tom Cutler (ineligible)
	Hugh McCluggage
	Mitch Robinson (ineligible)
	Alex Witherden


	Round 6
Saturday, 28 April (4:35 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	def.	Brisbane Lions	Spotless Stadium, Sydney (crowd: 10,046)	Report
	3.4 (22) 6.9 (45) 8.11 (59) 10.17 (77)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.5 (5) 1.6 (12) 4.9 (33) 5.13 (43)	Umpires: O'Gorman, Hay, Mollison Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Langdon, J. Cameron, Deledio, Lloyd, Tomlinson, de Boer, Himmelberg, Hopper, Whitfield, Griffen 1		Goals	1 D. Beams, McStay, Taylor, Hipwood, Zorko
de Boer, Whitfield, Taranto, Deledio, Shiel, Shaw		Best	D. Beams, Robinson, Rich, Gardiner, Martin
Corr (shoulder), Langdon (knee)		Injuries	Berry (ankle)
Nil		Reports	Robertson (Brisbane) for striking Himmelberg in the third quarter


	Round 7
Sunday, 6 May (4:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Collingwood	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 21,850)	Report
	3.0 (18) 10.0 (60) 14.2 (86) 18.6 (114)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.2 (26) 10.3 (63) 15.4 (94) 19.7 (121)	Umpires: Rosebury, Whetton, Williamson Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Zorko, Taylor 4 McStay, D. Beams 2 Robinson, McInerney, McCluggage, Berry, Cameron, Bailey 1		Goals	5 De Goey 3 Thomas 2 Stephenson 1 Pendlebury, Mayne, Howe, Treloar, Moore, Phillips, Cox, Varcoe, Hoskin-Elliott
Zorko, Taylor, Rayner, D. Beams, Martin, Bailey		Best	De Goey, Thomas, Sidebottom, Phillips, Howe
Nil		Injuries	Pendlebury (ankle)
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 8
Saturday, 12 May (7:25 pm)	Western Bulldogs	def.	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne (crowd: 20,865)	Report
	4.3 (27) 9.5 (59) 12.8 (80) 16.11 (107)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.1 (25) 6.5 (41) 8.8 (56) 14.9 (93)	Umpires: Fisher, Margetts, Whetton Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Bontempelli 4 Gowers, Lipinski, McLean 2 Daniel, Boyd, Dale, Wallis, Dunkley, Suckling 1		Goals	4 Zorko 3 Cameron 2 McInerney, McStay 1 Rayner, McCluggage, Hipwood
Macrae, McLean, Hunter, Bontempelli, Suckling		Best	Zorko, Martin, Cameron, Cutler, Robinson
Naughton (ankle)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 9
Sunday, 20 May (3:20 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def.	Hawthorn	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 20,628)	Report
	4.1 (25) 9.1 (55) 13.6 (84) 20.9 (129)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.0 (30) 7.2 (44) 9.3 (57) 11.7 (73)	Umpires: Donlon, Deboy, Glouftsis Television broadcast: Seven Network


Hipwood 4 Cutler 3 D. Beams, Cameron, Rayner 2 Robinson, Zorko, McInerney, Rich, Christensen, Eagles, Taylor 1		Goals	4 Gunston 2 Roughead, Smith 1 Mitchell, Sicily, Worpel
McCluggage, Hipwood, D. Beams, Cameron, Andrews, Zorko, Cutler		Best	Gunston, Mitchell, Impey, Shiels, McEvoy
Nil		Injuries	Cousins (head)
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 10
Sunday, 26 May (4:35 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Sydney	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 18,702)	Report
	2.2 (14) 2.3 (15) 4.7 (31) 6.13 (49)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.0 (18) 5.3 (33) 8.6 (54) 10.7 (67)	Umpires: Ryan, Hosking, Gavine Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Berry, D. Beams, Rayner, Zorko, Cutler, Christensen 1		Goals	2 Heeney, Hayward, Ronke 1 Papley, Stoddart, Franklin, Jack
D. Beams, Gardiner, Robinson, Zorko, Martin, Cutler		Best	Kennedy, Jones, Lloyd, Heeney, McVeigh, Hewett
Eagles (abdominals)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

The win was Sydney's 11th straight win over the Lions, who have not beaten them since Round 22, 2009.


	Round 14
Saturday, 23 June (4:35 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Greater Western Sydney	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 11,267)	Report
	3.2 (20) 4.4 (28) 7.6 (48) 12.10 (82)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.2 (32) 8.4 (52) 10.9 (69) 16.13 (109)	Umpires: Donlon, Fisher, Harris, Pannell Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Hipwood 3 Christensen 2 Zorko, Cutler, McInerney, Berry, D. Beams, Bailey, Hodge 1		Goals	3 J. Cameron, Patton 2 Kelly, Griffen 1 Finlayson, Taranto, Hopper, Reid, Langdon, Himmelberg
Rich, Hodge, D. Beams, Taylor, McCluggage, Walker		Best	Kelly, Whitfield, Shiel, Coniglio, Haynes, de Boer
Andrews (concussion), Gardiner (ankle)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	J. Cameron reported for striking Andrews in the first quarter


	Round 15
Sunday, 1 July (2:40 pm)	Fremantle	def. by	Brisbane Lions	Optus Stadium, Perth (crowd: 41,674)	Report
	1.4 (10) 3.6 (24) 6.9 (45) 9.10 (64)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.3 (27) 7.6 (48) 13.8 (86) 18.11 (119)	Umpires: Foot, Dalgleish, Brown Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Cox, Ballantyne 2 Langdon, Apeness, Kersten, Giro, Mundy 1		Goals	3 Taylor, McStay 2 Cutler, Rayner, McInerney, Hipwood 1 Berry, Witherden, Zorko, Christensen
Neale, Langdon, Walters, Mundy		Best	Martin, D. Beams, Berry, Taylor, McStay, Cutler, Rayner
Sandilands (calf) replaced in selected side by Nyhuis, Fyfe (hamstring)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 16
Saturday, 7 July (1:45 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def.	Carlton	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 21,074)	Report
	3.1 (19) 8.7 (55) 14.11 (95) 18.12 (120)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.5 (17) 2.6 (18) 4.8 (32) 7.13 (55)	Umpires: Haussen, Nicholls, Glouftsis Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Hipwood 6 Barrett, Cutler 2 D. Beams, Christensen, McCluggage, McStay, Rayner, Robinson, Taylor, Zorko 1		Goals	3 C. Curnow 2 Petrevski-Seton 1 Lamb, O'Brien
D. Beams, Hipwood, Cutler, Gardiner, Zorko, Hodge, Berry		Best	Kreuzer, C. Curnow, E. Curnow, Cripps
Nil		Injuries	Phillips (hamstring), Weitering (calf), Marchbank (heart)
McInerney for striking Kennedy in the fourth quarter		Reports	Nil


	Round 17
Saturday, 14 July (1:45 pm)	Hawthorn	def. by	Brisbane Lions	University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston (crowd: 12,557)	Report
	2.5 (17) 6.7 (43) 9.10 (64) 9.11 (65)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.1 (13) 5.2 (32) 11.6 (72) 15.8 (98)	Umpires: Fisher, Hay, Ryan Television broadcast: Fox Footy


O'Meara 4 Gunston 2 Whitecross, Mitchell, Duryea 1		Goals	3 Rayner, Hipwood 2 Robinson, McStay 1 Christensen, Zorko, McCluggage, Taylor, Berry
O'Meara, Mitchell, Sicily, Shiels		Best	D. Beams, Rayner, Rich, Robinson, Berry, Walker
Nil		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 18
Saturday, 21 July (7:25 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Adelaide	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 20,475)	Report
	4.1 (25) 8.2 (50) 9.7 (61) 13.10 (88)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.4 (22) 9.7 (61) 12.11 (83) 13.15 (93)	Umpires: Schmitt, Whetton, Mitchell Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Berry, McInerney, McStay, Rayner 2 Barrett, Christensen, Hipwood, Taylor, Zorko 1		Goals	4 Greenwood 2 Jenkins, Knight 1 Betts, Gallucci, Gibbs, Laird, Seedsman
Robertson, Lester, Witherden, Rayner, Zorko		Best	Laird, Greenwood, B. Crouch, Milera, Jenkins
Nil		Injuries	Murphy (nose), Doedee (concussion)
Nil		Reports	Nil

2018_Brisbane_Lions_season

AFL

List changes

Retirements and delistings

Trades

Free agency

Out

Squad

Ladder

Season summary

AFLX Competition

Pre-season

Home and Away season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Round 23

Milestones

Awards and nominations

AFL

Nominations

2018 Brownlow Medal

References

External links

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	Round 19
Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm)	Geelong	def.	Brisbane Lions	GMHBA Stadium, Geelong (crowd: 28,226)	Report
	2.4 (16) 7.6 (48) 11.11 (77) 18.12 (120)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.4 (16) 5.7 (37) 7.10 (52) 11.12 (78)	Umpires: Deboy, McInerney, Mollison Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Hawkins 7 Henry, Menzel 3 S. Selwood 2 Parfitt, C. Guthrie, Menegola 1		Goals	2 McStay 1 D. Beams, Zorko, Rayner, Robertson, Taylor, Christensen, Hipwood, Robinson, Barrett
Hawkins, Ablett, Dangerfield, Stanley, S. Selwood, Parfitt, Menegola		Best	D. Beams, Zorko, McStay, Robinson, Taylor, Gardiner
Stewart (left ankle)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 20
Saturday, 4 August (2:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	North Melbourne	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 18,395)	Report
	6.0 (36) 9.2 (56) 13.4 (82) 16.8 (104)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.1 (31) 12.6 (78) 14.9 (93) 16.11 (107)	Umpires: Brown, Chamberlain, Pannell Television broadcast: Fox Footy


McCluggage 3 Rayner, Robinson, Mathieson, McInerney, Zorko 2 Hipwood, Taylor, Christensen 1		Goals	3 Ziebell 2 Walker, Atley, Waite, Turner 1 Cunnington, Hrovat, Wood, Simpkin, Brown
McCluggage, Zorko, Berry, Christensen, Robinson, Andrews		Best	Ziebell, Dumont, Daw, Simpkin, Goldstein

Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 21
Saturday, 11 August (7:25 pm)	Collingwood	def.	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne (crowd: 33,390)	Report
	1.3 (9) 5.7 (37) 11.14 (80) 14.20 (104)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.4 (22) 5.4 (34) 8.4 (52) 11.7 (73)	Umpires: Rosebury, Williamson, Glouftsis Television broadcast: Fox Footy


De Goey 4 Mihocek 3 Stephenson, Mayne 2 Varcoe, Sier, Thomas 1		Goals	3 Hipwood 2 McStay, Robinson, Taylor 1 Cutler, Beams
De Goey, Adams, Grundy, Sidebottom, Sier, Pendlebury, Greenwood		Best	Beams, Hodge, Berry, Witherden, Hipwood, Martin
Nil		Injuries	Gardiner (dislocated right shoulder)
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 22
Saturday, 18 August (7:25 pm)	Gold Coast	def. by	Brisbane Lions	Metricon Stadium, Carrara (crowd: 11,907)	Report
	1.2 (8) 6.4 (40) 8.6 (54) 11.8 (74)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.5 (23) 6.10 (46) 7.15 (57) 10.18 (78)	Umpires: Haussen, Whetton, Meredith Marcus Ashcroft Medal: Dayne Beams (Brisbane Lions) Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Sexton 4 Ainsworth, Bowes, Crossley, Fiorini, Holman, Lyons, Young 1		Goals	2 Taylor 1 Andrews, D. Beams, Christensen, Mathieson, McCluggage, Rayner, Starcevich, Walker
Sexton, Bowes, Miller, Swallow, Fiorini, Harbrow		Best	D. Beams, McCluggage, Hodge, Andrews, Berry, Martin
Nil		Injuries	Witherden (hamstring)
Sean Lemmens (Gold Coast) reported for striking Brandon Starcevich (Brisbane) in the second quarter		Reports	Nil


	Round 23
Sunday, 26 August (1:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	West Coast	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 16,367)	Report
	4.0 (24) 4.2 (26) 7.6 (48) 11.6 (72)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.4 (34) 9.7 (61) 12.12 (84) 14.14 (98)	Umpires: Haussen, Ryan, Fleer Television broadcast: Fox Footy


Bailey, D. Beams 2 Berry, Hipwood, Mathieson, McInerney, McStay, Robertson, Taylor 1		Goals	4 Darling 3 Cripps 2 Rioli, Ryan, Venables 1 Hutchings
Christensen, Cutler, Bailey, D. Beams, Berry		Best	Cripps, Darling, Redden, Shuey, Sheed, Ryan, Hutchings
Zorko (head)		Injuries	TBC
Nil		Reports	Nil

Round	Opponent	Player	Milestone
1	St Kilda	Cameron Rayner	AFL debut
		Luke Hodge	Club debut
		Charlie Cameron	Club debut
		Mitch Robinson	50 club games
2	Melbourne	Allen Christensen	100 AFL games
4	Richmond	Dayne Beams	150 AFL games
4	Richmond	Zac Bailey	AFL debut
6	Greater Western Sydney	Oscar McInerney	AFL debut
7	Collingwood	Tom Cutler	50 AFL games
7	Collingwood	Matt Eagles	AFL debut
12	Essendon	Sam Mayes	100 AFL games
15	Fremantle	Stefan Martin	150 AFL games
15	Fremantle	Dayne Beams	50 club games
16	Carlton	Lewis Taylor	100 AFL games
18	Adelaide	Allen Christensen	50 club games
20	North Melbourne	Brandon Starcevich	AFL debut^[8]
21	Collingwood	Eric Hipwood	50 AFL games