Match

Brisbane Lions vs Melbourne

Commentary / 28 Jun 2024

Pre Game

00:00
The Demons are averaging just 68 points in their last five matches – ranked 17th in the league.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
00:10
Melbourne wins the first centre clearance of the match. They are averaging 1.6 fewer centre clearances than their opponent this season - the second-worst differential in the league.
01:24
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
02:46
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
03:18
The Lions strike first through Cam Rayner after finding him with a mark inside 50. Since Round 12, Brisbane has taken 17.3 marks inside 50 per game – ranked No.1.
05:57
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
07:10
The Lions have started this game on fire in the contest, leading the contested possession count by five. They are averaging the second-best contested possession differential this season - averaging 8.5 more than their opponents.
07:24
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Will Ashcroft)
09:06
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
09:28
Charlie Cameron slots a goal from distance to make it two goals for the Lions inside the first 10 minutes of the game. Only Carlton has scored more goals in the first 10 minutes of a match (The Blues have scored 24 goals within this time, whilst the Lions have now scored 23).
11:36
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
11:58
Kysaiah Pickett converts Melbourne's first goal of the match, with his goal being launched from the forward 50. Melbourne only generates 3.6 scores from this zone this season - ranked equal second-last.
13:11
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Caleb Windsor)
13:38
Clayton Oliver has started well tonight, collecting equal game-highs of five disposals and three contested possessions, as well as disposing of the ball at 80% efficiency. He had just seven effective disposals and one tackle last round – while giving away five free kicks.
13:39
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
16:33
The Demons have been unable to hit a target early as they are disposing of the ball at 37% by foot. They have had the second-worst kicking efficiency over the last two weeks - averaging a kicking efficiency of 60%.
16:45
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
17:53
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Koltyn Tholstrup)
19:17
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
20:03
Brisbane began the game by winning four of the first five clearances, before giving up seven of the next eight to the Demons. The Lions won the clearance count by 15 in Round 15, whilst the Demons have not won the clearance count in the last three weeks.
21:25
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
22:12
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
23:04
Since Round 12, the Demons have posted a shot at goal accuracy of 42.1% – ranked last. They have conceded a shot at goal accuracy of 63.0% – ranked last. Tonight they have a shot at goal accuracy of 17%.
24:08
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
25:04
Will Ashcroft has been influential in his return to footy. He has collected six disposals, three contested possessions and two tackles. He averaged 22.1 disposals, 13.7 uncontested possessions, and 3.6 clearances in his debut season in 2023.
26:34
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Kai Lohmann)
28:17
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Oscar McInerney)
30:07
A fairly even quarter of football has the Lions in front by 14. Both teams have had plenty of opportunity in front of goal, with the Lions scoring from 77% of their entries and the Demons scoring from 55%, although are scoring a goal per inside 50 from 9% and 23% respectively.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:36
There has been a huge discrepancy in the pressure, with the Lions registering a pressure factor of 190 (they rank ninth for the season) to Melbourne's 148 (they rank fifteenth for the season).
02:11
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
04:08
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
04:30
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Eric Hipwood)
07:22
There has been a clear motive from the Lions to move the ball through marks. They have had 29 more marks and have been able to gain 655 more metres from marks compared to Melbourne. Ryan Lester has played a big part in this, collecting nine disposals (100% efficiency), three intercept marks and 146 metres gained.
10:00
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
10:07
Jacob Van Rooyen has been targeted four times inside 50 thus far, has taken three inside 50 marks and scored two goals. The goal came from Jack Viney's inside 50 kick. Two of his three inside 50 kicks have resulted in goals tonight for Melbourne.
12:46
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
13:07
Kysaiah Pickett has been lively, kicking 2.2 (14) from six disposals. This becomes the first goal from a stoppage tonight - the Demons average the fifth-best stoppage score differential this season.
14:04
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
14:20
Melbourne gains the lead through a goal launched from a centre bounce. The Demons have only scored one goal from centre bounces over their last three games.
19:25
Four goals in a row for Melbourne. Three of those four goals have come from clearances. The Demons have outscored their opponents by 20.5 points per game from clearances in wins – ranked third.
21:16
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
21:37
It has been utter domination by the Demons in this second term. They are battering the Lions in the contested with 10 more contested possessions, five more inside 50s and seven more tackles.
24:56
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Clayton Oliver)
25:16
A goal from range from Clayton Oliver extends the lead out to 21 points. The Lions have conceded 13 goals to midfielders this season – the fewest in the competition.
26:22
There were 0 behinds scored in the second half of Melbourne vs North Melbourne last week – just the second time this has ever happened in a half (the other was in 1980). In this second term they have scored 7.0 (42) after scoring 1.5 (11) in the first quarter.
27:40
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
28:07
Joe Daniher's goal breaks a run of six from the Demons. This becomes Brisbane's first stoppage goal of the match. They outscored the Power by 55 points from clearances last round – its second-best differential over the last four years.
29:40
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
30:24
Only one of Kysaiah Pickett's eight disposals has not been involved in a scoring chain for Melbourne. He has scored 4.2 (26) tonight, with only one of those scores coming within 30 metres of goal.
33:02
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Harrison Petty)
37:15
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Harrison Petty)
37:26
A second-quarter blitz from the Demons saw them kick 8.2 (50) - their highest-scoring quarter this season. They have been lethal in the contest, winning the contested possessions by 22 for the half - the fifth-best differential in a first half this season. They have had a clear motive to move the ball through handball chains, having a kick-to-handball ratio of 1.28 and have also gained 294 more metres from handball receives compared to the Lions.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:58
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
03:53
Max Gawn has been dominant in the ruck contest against Oscar McInerney, winning the hitouts by 10 and the hitouts-to-advantage count 7-1, as well as the Demons winning the clearances by three and scoring four more goals from clearance when these two having been rucking opponents.
04:57
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
07:07
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
07:40
A third goal launched from Brisbane's defensive midfield edges the margin to 17 points. The Lions have launched a score from 34.4% of their defensive midfield chains this season – ranked No.1.
09:22
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Daniel Turner)
09:30
The Demons are averaging just 68 points in their last five matches – ranked 17th in the league. They have already kicked 68 points tonight.
11:01
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Callum Ah Chee)
11:54
Brisbane has been unable to land their tackles, as they lead the tackle attempts count 64-54 yet are losing the tackle count 34-42. Josh Dunkley and Jack Viney both have a game-high six tackles and lead the pressure acts for their respective teams.
12:47
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Ed Langdon)
14:08
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Zac Bailey)
16:31
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Callum Ah Chee)
17:04
Melbourne has been able to launch 14 inside 50s from within 70 metres of goal, resulting in 6.3 (39) on the scoreboard. On the flipside, the Lions have only been able to launch eight entries from within 70 metres and have scored 2.3 (15).
18:27
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Harrison Petty)
19:56
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
21:28
The Lions have only had four individual goal-scorers tonight. Their lowest amount of goal-scorers in a match this season is three, which came in Round 6 against the Cats.
22:44
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Alex Neal-Bullen)
24:30
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Oscar McInerney)
26:18
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Callum Ah Chee)
26:26
Two of Brisbane's three goals launched from defensive 50 have come in this term. They have been able to find an uncontested possession from 45% of their rebounds this quarter - an improvement from 17% in the first half.
28:10
Demons Interchange - Harrison Petty off due to an injury.
28:41
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Kysaiah Pickett)
28:56
All six of Melbourne's scores for the term have come from possession gains this quarter. They are gaining 56 metres on average from intercept chains compared to Brisbane's 39 metres on average for the quarter.
30:38
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Jaspa Fletcher)
31:53
A 24 to 16-point quarter establishes a 15-point margin in favour of the Demons. Despite the Demons losing the groundball count by five for the term, they still brought energy to the contest, laying eight more tackles than Brisbane, as well as being able to win the hardball gets count by three.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:53
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Harrison Petty)
02:15
Melbourne has won all six games this season where they have had the lead at three-quarter-time, while Brisbane hasn't won any of their seven games this season where they have been trailing at the final change.
04:34
Jack Viney has had six kicks inside 50 tonight, of which five of those have led to goals for Melbourne. Only he and Eric Hipwood (seven kicks inside 50 for 4.1 (25)) have had more than one kick inside 50 result in a goal.
05:43
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Callum Ah Chee)
07:01
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Josh Dunkley)
08:25
Brisbane's 630 points scored over its last five games is the most by any team over a five-game stretch since 2018. They have only scored 65 points thus far tonight and have only scored fewer than 70 points on two occasions this season.
08:37
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Jaspa Fletcher)
10:18
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
13:32
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Ed Langdon)
14:11
Jarrod Berry brings the margin down to single figures with a goal from a kick-in. The Lions have a strike rate of 57.9 from kick-ins this season - ranked second.
15:49
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Clayton Oliver)
16:56
The Lion's hunt on the ball carrier has been elite tonight. They have had 13 smothers and have registered a pressure factor of 188, in comparison to just one smother and pressure factor of 173 for the Demons. Despite the pressure being good, the Lions haven't been able to stick their tackles as they trail the tackle count by 17.
19:02
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)
19:32
Set shots have not been fruitful for the Lions tonight as they have kicked 3.5 (23) from this source. They rank twelfth for set shot accuracy this season with an accuracy of 55.1%.
19:53
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Kai Lohmann)
20:06
Kai Lohmann gets the margin to two points with limited time left in the match. The Lions have owned the footy this term, having 35 more uncontested possessions despite having seven fewer contested possessions.
23:01
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Will Ashcroft)
25:18
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Hugh McCluggage)
25:26
Hugh McCluggage kicks a major from a tough angle to gift Brisbane the lead with just over a minute left on the clock. Melbourne's biggest lead was out to 24 points early in the third term.
26:32
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
28:03
The second week in a row where the Demons have been goalless in the last term, with this time proving to be costly to the result of the match. Melbourne was ruthless in the contest, winning the contested ball count by 25 and the tackle count by 17, although lacked outside polish, having a kicking efficiency of 56% (7% worse than Brisbane). They won the clearance count by six and were able to generate 22 more points from this source, but it was not enough to grab the win tonight.