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Pre Game
00:00
Jesse Hogan has kicked a goal in every game he's played in 2024, and at least four in his last five games. He's also taken 81 marks inside 50, 25 more than any other player in the AFL this year and he is on pace to be the first forward to take 90 marks inside 50 in a home and away season since Travis Cloke in 2013.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
02:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)
03:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Cam Rayner)
05:29
SCORE
BEHIND - GIANTS (Aaron Cadman)
06:00
Both teams have scored from each of their inside 50 entries to begin this match, however they have both been wayward in their goal kicking. The Lions average a score from 46 per cent of their inside 50's, ranking them seventh in 2024, with the Giants right behind them in eighth at 45 per cent conversion.
08:48
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
10:44
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Oscar McInerney)
12:07
Brisbane have taken 10 marks and are yet to allow the Giants to take one. The Lions average an AFL-high 112 marks per game and concede just 82.1 marks per game to their opponents which is the third best defensive figure of any side.
14:25
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Logan Morris)
17:14
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Callum Ah Chee)
20:00
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Kai Lohmann)
20:32
Brisbane have had the Lions share of the territory in the match so far, with 82 per cent of the time elapsed spent in their forward half. They have recorded 12 inside 50's to just two for the Giants and scored from four of their five forward half intercept possessions.
21:33
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
22:43
Charlie Cameron kicks a goal in his 150th match for the Lions. Cameron ranks second in the AFL since 2021 for total scoreboard impact, just 11 points behind the AFL's best in Tom Hawkins of Geelong.
23:29
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Cam Rayner)
27:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Will Ashcroft)
28:07
The Brisbane midfield has been able to dominate at the stoppages with 17 pre-clearance contested possessions to just five for GWS. Brisbane average 55 pre-clearance contested possessions per game since Round 16, ranked third in the AFL.
29:43
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Dayne Zorko)
30:12
GWS recorded just one effective kick in it's forward half in the first term. The Giants average a forward half kicking efficiency of 61 per cent in 2024, the highest rate of any side in the AFL this year.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:01
A much more promising start to the second term for the Giants. They get the first inside 50 from the first centre clearance of the quarter, and Jesse Hogan takes the Giants first mark inside 50 of the game after they surrendered six to the Lions in the first term.
03:04
SCORE
GOAL - GIANTS (Toby Greene)
05:05
SCORE
GOAL - GIANTS (Callan Ward)
05:16
Whatever GWS coach Adam Kingsley said at the first interval has worked. In five minutes, the Giants have recorded more clearances in the second term (five) than they did in the entire first term (four). Brisbane is yet to record a disposal for the term.
11:24
GWS have lifted the intensity in their pressure game, recording a pressure factor of 224 in the second term so far. No team in the AFL has applied a higher team pressure factor than GWS over the last six weeks (192, league average is 181).
13:43
SCORE
GOAL - GIANTS (Finn Callaghan)
15:35
SCORE
BEHIND - GIANTS (Josh Kelly)
17:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
17:42
Brisbane get on the scoreboard for the second term albeit through a rushed behind after a set shot. After GWS recorded just one effective kick in their forward half in the first term, the Lions have repeated this figure in the same half of the Gabba in the second quarter.
19:27
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Callum Ah Chee)
20:30
Brisbane get the first goal of the match to be launched from a defensive 50 possession. To do this against GWS, who have outscored their last four opponents by a league-high average of 18 points per game from defensive 50 score launches, is no easy task.
21:34
SCORE
GOAL - GIANTS (Brent Daniels)
22:21
In the first term, the free kick count was 6-0 in Brisbane's favour. This quarter, it has flipped to 7-3 to GWS. The Lions have won the free kick count on 14 occasions in 2024, equal with Essendon for the most of any side.
23:16
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Callum Ah Chee)
28:30
Just one of Brisbane's 17 kicks that were directed into their forward 50 in the first term resulted in a turnover. However the GWS defence has tightened up and turned over four of the Lions nine kicks into their forward 50 in the second quarter.
29:38
SCORE
BEHIND - GIANTS (Aaron Cadman)
30:55
Brisbane have recorded 10 intercept marks in the first half of today's match, and conceded just four to the Giants. Only Gold Coast (373) have taken more intercept marks as a team than Brisbane (351) in 2024.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
05:18
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Lachie Neale)
05:48
Lachie Neale opens the scoring for the second half and he already has four disposals in the third quarter. Once again the Lions are controlling the ball movement in the air, recording nine of the first 10 marks of the quarter.
08:39
SCORE
BEHIND - GIANTS (Callan Ward)
10:00
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
12:53
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
15:02
After GWS won the pressure battle in each of the first two quarters, the Lions are ahead 199-181 in the third term. Only Richmond (171) has applied a lower average pressure factor than Brisbane (174) over the last six rounds.
17:29
GIANTS Interchange - Lachie Whitfield off due to an injury.
18:09
The Lions have recorded 10 intercepts in the third term, but have only generated one inside 50 entry from these 10 chains. In the first half, they generated an inside 50 from half of their 32 intercept possessions.
20:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
22:36
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Josh Dunkley)
23:55
Both teams have been inaccurate from set shots in the third term, with Brisbane scoring two behinds and GWS just one behind. The Giants average a goal from 70 per cent of their set shots since Round 16 which is the league's best set shot accuracy. The Lions sit 13th from set shots at just under 50 per cent.
24:38
SCORE
GOAL - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
26:20
SCORE
GOAL - GIANTS (Max Gruzewski)
26:33
Back-to-back goals in stoppage time has dropped the margin into single figures. The Giants have taken as many marks inside 50 in the third term (three) as they did in the first half.
27:51
GWS have kicked four scores from stoppages contested by Lachlan Keeffe and Brisbane's Oscar McInerney. The Lions have kicked nine scores from these ruck contests, however their scores have resulted in the same amount of points, 3.6 (24) to 4.0 (24).
Quarter 4
00:00
Harvey Thomas has been replaced by the tactical substitute Conor Stone.
01:20
SCORE
GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
01:42
Brisbane get the crucial first score of the final term through Joe Daniher, just their second goal of the game from general play. No team has scored more goals from general play over the last six weeks than Brisbane (40).
03:06
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Logan Morris)
05:44
SCORE
GOAL - GIANTS (Aaron Cadman)
06:11
Lions Interchange - Charlie Cameron off due to an injury.
07:33
SCORE
GOAL - GIANTS (Jesse Hogan)
08:32
That goal to Jesse Hogan makes it three goals from eight centre clearance chains in today's match for GWS, and six total goals from clearances for the Giants. GWS have outscored their last four opponents by 13 points per game from clearances, the second-best margin of any side from this source.
10:32
After taking 90 marks in the first three terms combined, the Lions have just recorded their first mark of the final quarter. The Giants concede 82 marks per game to their opponents in 2024, the second-best defensive record of any side.
13:01
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Jaspa Fletcher)
13:13
Henry Smith has been replaced by the tactical substitute Jaxon Prior.
14:16
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Kai Lohmann)
14:32
That behind to Kai Lohmann makes it 4.8 (32) from set shots in today's match. The Lions average 46 points per game from set shots in 2024, ranked 11th in the AFL.
17:16
The Lions averaged no lower than 66 per cent kicking efficiency in any of the first three quarters in today's match. In the final term however their efficiency by foot is sitting at 48 per cent.
19:51
SCORE
BEHIND - Lions (Darcy Wilmot)
21:00
SCORE
GOAL - GIANTS (Aaron Cadman)
21:43
GWS bring the scores level through Aaron Cadman. The Lions have generated six inside 50's from 10 intercepts in the final term, but scored just one goal from this source. That goal to Cadman was the giants first intercept possession chain to enter their forward 50 from seven attempts in the quarter.
22:12
SCORE
GOAL - GIANTS (Darcy Jones)
24:12
SCORE
GOAL - GIANTS (Darcy Jones)
24:43
Last week it was Brent Daniels who sparked the Giants fourth quarter comeback. This week it's Darcy Jones. A game-high seven disposals and 181 metres gained and a team-high six pressure acts in the final quarter rewarded with two crucial goals.
30:08
The last time the Giants won at the Gabba, they played in their first grand final two weeks later. The Giants kick their ninth set shot goal, and Aaron Cadman equals his career-best with three goals to put the Giants in the box seat for Finals.
31:54
Will Ashcroft has provided a spark for the Lions in today's match, with a game-high 29 disposals and 10 score involvements that, if the Lions forwards had kicked straighter, could've been a best on ground performance.
33:02
After surrendering 40 contested possessions, 35 marks and 20 inside 50's in the first quarter, the Giants have made the Lions pay with the last six goals of the match to end the Lions 10-match winning streak.