2018 Brisbane Lions season

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.

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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AFL

Main article: 2018 AFL season

List changes

Main article: 2017 AFL draft

At the end of the 2017 season, the Lions announced that they were delisting five players from their squad: Ryan Harwood, Jarrad Jansen, Josh Clayton, Jonathan Freeman and Blake Grewar. They had all played in the Lions' 2017 NEAFL Grand Final win.^[1] After 154 games at the club, former captain Tom Rockliff accepted an offer to go to Port Adelaide as a restricted free agent and Brisbane decided not to match Port Adelaide's offer. They received a draft pick at the end of the first round (pick 18) as compensation.^[2]

On the last day of the 2017 trade period, Brisbane made three trades. Four-time premiership player and former captain of Hawthorn Luke Hodge decided to come out of retirement and was traded to the Lions.^[3] Queenslander Charlie Cameron also requested a trade to the club and the Lions gave up pick 12 to secure him.^[4] Young key forward Josh Schache, who Brisbane had drafted with pick 2 in the 2015 national draft, requested a trade back to Victoria. He was traded to the Western Bulldogs in exchange for two draft picks in the 2017 draft.^[5]

Retirements and delistings

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]

Trades

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]

Free agency

Out

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

Squad

Brisbane Lions

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Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Kai Lohmann  2 Deven Robertson  3 Joe Daniher  4 Callum Ah Chee  5 Josh Dunkley  6 Hugh McCluggage (vc)  7 Jarrod Berry  8 Will Ashcroft  9 Lachie Neale (c) 11 Lincoln McCarthy 14 James Madden 15 Dayne Zorko 16 Cameron Rayner 17 Jarryd Lyons 18 Keidean Coleman 20 Jaxon Prior 22 Harry Sharp 23 Charlie Cameron 25 Henry Smith		27 Darcy Gardiner 28 Jaspa Fletcher 29 James Tunstill 30 Eric Hipwood 31 Harris Andrews (c) 32 Darcy Fort 33 Zac Bailey 37 Brandon Starcevich 39 Carter Michael 40 Jack Payne 43 Noah Answerth 44 Darcy Wilmot 46 Oscar McInerney Tom Doedee Luke Lloyd Logan Morris Brandon Ryan Reece Torrent Zane Zakostelsky				26 Conor McKenna 34 Shadeau Brain (B) 35 Ryan Lester 41 Darragh Joyce 45 Kalin Lane Bruce Reville (B)		Head coach Chris Fagan Assistant coaches Dale Morris (backline) Cameron Bruce (midfield and stoppage) Murray Davis (forwards) Ben Hudson (VFL head coach and senior ruck coach) Scott Borlace (head of development) Mitch Hahn (male academy head coach) Damien Austin (high performance manager) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) (B) Category B rookie italics - Inactive player list   Long-term injury (ret.) Retired Updated: 4 May 2023 Source(s): Players, Coaches

Ladder

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

Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Season summary

AFLX Competition

Main article: 2018 AFLX competition

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

Pre-season

Main article: 2018 JLT Community Series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Brisbane's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
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)
	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)
	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

Home and Away season

Main article: 2018 AFL season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Brisbane's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 24 March (3:35 pm)	St Kilda	16.11 (107)	12.10 (82)	Lost by 25 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	23,731	13th
2	Saturday, 31 March (6:25 pm)	Melbourne	10.14 (74)	14.16 (100)	Lost by 26 points	The Gabba (H)	17,141	15th
3	Saturday, 7 April (1:15 pm)	Port Adelaide	14.13 (97)	14.8 (92)	Lost by 5 points	Adelaide Oval (A)	36,363	17th
4	Saturday, 11 April (2:10 pm)	Richmond	16.14 (110)	2.5 (17)	Lost by 93 points	MCG (A)	32,870	17th
5	Sunday, 22 April (4:40 pm)	Gold Coast	10.11 (71)	11.10 (76)	Lost by 5 points	The Gabba (H)	16,087	17th
6	Saturday, 28 April (4:35 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	10.17 (77)	5.13 (43)	Lost by 34 points	Spotless Stadium (A)	10,046	17th
7	Sunday, 6 May (4:40 pm)	Collingwood	18.6 (114)	19.7 (121)	Lost by 7 points	The Gabba (H)	21,580	17th
8	Saturday, 12 May (7:25 pm)	Western Bulldogs	16.11 (107)	14.9 (93)	Lost by 14 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	20,865	18th
9	Sunday, 20 May (3:20 pm)	Hawthorn	20.9 (129)	11.7 (73)	Won by 56 points	The Gabba (H)	20,628	17th
10	Sunday, 26 May (4:35 pm)	Sydney	6.13 (49)	10.7 (67)	Lost by 18 points	The Gabba (H)	18,702	17th
11	Saturday, 3 June (1:10 pm)	North Melbourne	21.15 (141)	12.15 (87)	Lost by 54 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	22,133	17th
12	Sunday, 10 June (1:10 pm)	Essendon	8.14 (62)	12.12 (84)	Lost by 22 points	The Gabba (H)	20,476	17th
13	Bye							17th
14	Saturday, 23 June (4:35 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	12.10 (82)	16.13 (109)	Lost by 27 points	The Gabba (H)	11,267	17th
15	Sunday, 1 July (2:40 pm)	Fremantle	9.10 (64)	18.11 (119)	Won by 55 points	Optus Stadium (A)	41,674	17th
16	Saturday, 7 July (1:45 pm)	Carlton	18.12 (120)	7.13 (55)	Won by 65 points	The Gabba (H)	21,074	16th
17	Saturday, 14 July (1:45 pm)	Hawthorn	9.11 (65)	15.8 (98)	Won by 35 points	University of Tasmania Stadium (A)	12,557	16th
18	Saturday, 21 July (7:25 pm)	Adelaide	13.10 (88)	13.15 (93)	Lost by 5 points	The Gabba (H)	20,475	16th
19	Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm)	Geelong	18.12 (120)	11.12 (78)	Lost by 42 points	GMHBA Stadium (A)	28,226	16th
20	Saturday, 4 August (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	16.8 (104)	16.11 (107)	Lost by 3 points	The Gabba (H)	18,395	16th
21	Saturday, 11 August (7:25 pm)	Collingwood	14.20 (104)	11.7 (73)	Lost by 31 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	33,390	16th
22	Saturday, 18 August (7:25 pm)	Gold Coast	11.8 (74)	10.18 (78)	Won by 4 points	Metricon Stadium (A)	11,907	15th
23	Sunday, 26 August (1:10 pm)	West Coast	11.6 (72)	14.14 (98)	Lost by 26 points	The Gabba (H)	16,367	15th

Round 1

	Round 1
Saturday, 24 March (3:35 pm)	St Kilda	def.	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne (crowd: 23,731)
	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

	Round 2
Saturday, 31 March (6:25 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Melbourne	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 17,141)
	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

	Round 3
Saturday, 7 April (1:15 pm)	Port Adelaide	def.	Brisbane Lions	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (crowd: 36,363)
	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

	Round 4
Saturday, 11 April (2:10 pm)	Richmond	def.	Brisbane Lions	MCG, Melbourne (crowd: 32,870)
	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

	Round 5
Sunday, 22 April (4:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Gold Coast	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 16,087)
	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 6

	Round 6
Saturday, 28 April (4:35 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	def.	Brisbane Lions	Spotless Stadium, Sydney (crowd: 10,046)
	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

	Round 7
Sunday, 6 May (4:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Collingwood	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 21,850)
	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

	Round 8
Saturday, 12 May (7:25 pm)	Western Bulldogs	def.	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne (crowd: 20,865)
	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

	Round 9
Sunday, 20 May (3:20 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def.	Hawthorn	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 20,628)
	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

	Round 10
Sunday, 26 May (4:35 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Sydney	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 18,702)
	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 11

	Round 11 (Sir Doug Nicholls Round)
Sunday, 3 June (1:10 pm)	North Melbourne	def.	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne (crowd: 22,133)
	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

	Round 12
Sunday, 10 June (1:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Essendon	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 20,476)
	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 13

	Round 13
	Bye Brisbane Lions

Round 14

	Round 14
Saturday, 23 June (4:35 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Greater Western Sydney	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 11,267)
	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

	Round 15
Sunday, 1 July (2:40 pm)	Fremantle	def. by	Brisbane Lions	Optus Stadium, Perth (crowd: 41,674)
	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

	Round 16
Saturday, 7 July (1:45 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def.	Carlton	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 21,074)
	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

	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

	Round 18
Saturday, 21 July (7:25 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Adelaide	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 20,475)
	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

Round 19

	Round 19
Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm)	Geelong	def.	Brisbane Lions	GMHBA Stadium, Geelong (crowd: 28,226)
	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

	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

	Round 21
Saturday, 11 August (7:25 pm)	Collingwood	def.	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne (crowd: 33,390)
	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

	Round 22
Saturday, 18 August (7:25 pm)	Gold Coast	def. by	Brisbane Lions	Metricon Stadium, Carrara (crowd: 11,907)
	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

	Round 23
Sunday, 26 August (1:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	West Coast	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 16,367)
	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

Milestones

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
		Zac Bailey	AFL debut
6	Greater Western Sydney	Oscar McInerney	AFL debut
7	Collingwood	Tom Cutler	50 AFL games
		Matt Eagles	AFL debut
12	Essendon	Sam Mayes	100 AFL games
15	Fremantle	Stefan Martin	150 AFL games
		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

Awards and nominations

AFL

Nominations

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
		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

2018 Brownlow Medal

Overall Rank	Player	Votes
=8	Dayne Beams	18
=64	Eric Hipwood	6
	Dayne Zorko
=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

References

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2. Fielding, Josie (11 October 2017). "Tom Rockliff departs the Lions". lions.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
3. McGowan, Marc (19 October 2017). "Hodge joins Hawk-led revival at Lions". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
4. Gaskin, Lee (19 October 2017). "Lions give up first-round pick for star Crow". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
5. McGowan, Marc (19 October 2017). "Dogs land Schache in last-minute trade". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
6. "Attendance: AFLX Sydney". Austadiums. 17 February 2018.
7. Browne, Ashley (14 April 2018). "Match report: Dusty destroys two-goal Lions". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
8. Reilly, Eliza (2 August 2018). "Team: Starcevich to debut!". lions.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
9. "Charlie Cameron nominated for Goal of the Year". lions.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
10. McGowan, Marc (21 May 2018). "Witherden a Rising Star, again!". lions.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
11. "Charlie Cameron nominated for Mark of the Year". lions.com.au. Telstra Media. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
12. Unknown (2 July 2018). "Rayner a Rising Star!". lions.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

External links

• Official website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club
• – Official AFL website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club