Match

Brisbane Lions vs Carlton

Commentary / 07 Sep 2024

Pre Game

00:00
Tonight’s match promises to be a strongly contested encounter, with the Lions and the Blues ranking first and second respectively this season for the contested possession differential.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
04:10
Brisbane has clearly been the most dominant team in first quarters this season, winning an incredible 20 of their 23 opening terms. They have scored 46 more goals than their opposition in this period throughout 2024.
05:12
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Lachie Neale)
05:47
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Darcy Wilmot)
08:46
Brisbane's transition from defensive 50 has been noteworthy in the early stages of this match, with their first two defensive 50 chains both resulting in inside 50s. The Lions rank first for converting defensive 50 chains into inside 50s this season.
10:06
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
11:29
The Lions have taken the last 14 uncontested marks, attempting to control possession as they have done all season. Brisbane has played this high-control style of play throughout 2024, averaging 25.7 more uncontested marks than its opposition – the highest differential in the AFL.
12:13
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
14:14
Brisbane's pressure has been relentless to start this match, leading the pressure factor 203 to 153. They also lead tackles 12 to four. Brisbane has not been a high-pressure team this season, recording the third-lowest pressure factor in the competition.
17:47
Brisbane has controlled the air, grabbing six intercept marks to Carlton's one. The Lions won nine intercept marks in the opening quarter against Carlton in the Opening Round, their most in any quarter this season.
19:42
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
21:47
The Blues have generated seven inside 50s but have been unable to convert any of these entries into a score. The Blues have not been held goalless in any first quarter this season.
22:55
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Joe Daniher)
23:44
Brisbane averages 13.3 tackles per quarter this season (ranked second-last) but has lifted in their first quarter of finals football this season with 21 tackles already for the term. Hugh McCluggage leads the way with four effective tackles.
26:02
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Hugh McCluggage)
27:27
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
28:47
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Logan Morris)
29:14
Logan Morris has taken a strong contested mark and scored Brisbane's fifth unanswered goal of the quarter. Carlton scored the first five goals in the opening 22 minutes in the Preliminary Final played between these two teams last season.
32:52
Brisbane dominated from the opening bounce, scoring five goals while holding Carlton scoreless in the opening quarter. The last time a team was held scoreless in an opening term in a final was in 1974.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
03:22
Brisbane laid 25 tackles in the opening term – their most tackles applied in a quarter since Round 9.
05:37
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
05:59
Charlie Cameron has won a forward 50 intercept and has made the most of this opportunity, scoring his first goal of the match. Cameron has recorded a shot at goal accuracy of 68.4% in finals since 2020 – the best percentage of the top-20 in the AFL for shots taken.
09:59
Hugh McCluggage applied six effective tackles in the first quarter – a feat he has only achieved once in his 179-match career. The only other time McCluggage has laid six tackles in a single quarter was back in Round 13, 2023.
10:34
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Callum Ah Chee)
11:02
Lions Interchange - Jack Payne off due to an injury.
11:14
The Lions have scored 4.4 (28) from forward half launches so far tonight, a considerable improvement from the last time these two teams met. The Lions scored one goal for the match from forward half launches in the Opening Round.
13:26
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
14:09
Cam Rayner has taken a strong contested mark and converted the set shot to give Brisbane their eighth goal before Carlton has even scored. Carlton conceded eight contested marks to the Lions in the first quarter, the most they have conceded in any quarter of football this season. Only one team this season managed to win more contested marks in a quarter (West Coast in Round 15 v Essendon).
15:26
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Zac Bailey)
18:24
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Logan Morris)
19:21
Carlton has now failed to score in the first 53 minutes of the match. The Blues are averaging 91.1 points against top-eight teams – ranked No.1 in the AFL.
24:07
Carlton's lowest-ever half time score in a final is 1.3 (9), coming back in 1903.
27:00
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Orazio Fantasia)
27:49
Orazio Fantasia has scored Carlton's second goal in four minutes to avoid their lowest-ever half-time score in a final. Fantasia is the only Carlton player who was involved in both of Carlton's scoring chains tonight.
28:59
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
30:20
Blues Interchange - Marc Pittonet off due to an injury.
31:30
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Harry McKay)
32:18
Brisbane enters half-time with a 48-point advantage, their biggest half-time lead against the Blues since 2017. They have only generated six more inside 50s but they lead scores per inside 50 53% to 13%.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
00:46
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Callum Ah Chee)
04:03
Dayne Zorko has accumulated a game-high 19 disposals including 15 kicks and a kicking efficiency of 87%. Zorko broke the record for kicks in a H
05:04
SCORE GOAL - Blues (George Hewett)
06:01
Carlton has now scored three consecutive goals with all three of these goals being sourced from intercepts. The Blues average 52.7 points per game from intercepts this season - ranked second.
07:25
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Elijah Hollands)
08:17
The Blues have generated eight of the first 10 inside 50s of the second half and have scored two goals from these entries. They have also won six forward half intercepts in the first eight minutes of this quarter after only winning seven in the entire first half.
09:18
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
11:59
There has been a big response from Carlton in their second half in regards to their pressure. The Blues recorded a pressure factor of 163 in the first half and have increased this to 206 in the third quarter.
13:55
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Logan Morris)
14:48
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Rushed)
15:56
Conversely, Bribsane's pressure has seemingly dropped away since half time. The Lions recorded a pressure factor of 194 in the first half but this has diminished to 151 in the third quarter.
16:14
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Callum Ah Chee)
17:51
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Brodie Kemp)
19:56
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)
21:16
Brisbane scored 5.1 (31) from their set shots in the first half, but have been less accurate since half-time scoring 0.2 (2) from these shot types in the third quarter. Since 2017, the Lions have recorded a shot at goal accuracy of 53.8% in finals wins at the Gabba compared to 45.6% in finals losses at the venue.
24:04
Carlton has taken away Brisbane's uncontested marking in this third quarter. The Lions led uncontested marks by 24 in the first half but they have only managed 10 in the third quarter to trail this stat for the term by 21.
26:12
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Joe Daniher)
30:32
A better quarter for the Blues who generated eight more inside 50s and won nine more forward half intercepts than the Lions, but they were only able to reduce the half-time margin by eight points. The Blues have never won a match when trailing by 40 points at three-quarter time.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
02:59
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Zac Bailey)
04:16
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
05:45
Jacob Weitering grabbed an equal team-high five intercept marks in the Preliminary Final last season. He has led the way again down back for the Blues grabbing four intercept marks to go with his four effective spoils.
06:04
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Jesse Motlop)
07:33
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Cam Rayner)
08:11
The Blues lead the inside 50 count for the match 47 to 45. Carlton conceded 62 inside 50s in the opening round to Brisbane – the third-most it has conceded this year.
09:24
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Blake Acres)
09:41
Blake Acres, who leads the Blues with 536 metres gained, has scored his first goal of the night. Acres is one of only three Carlton players this season to average more than 400 metres gained per match.
12:54
The Lions average 9.5 fewer tackles than their opponents this season – the worst differential in the league. They have outtackled the Blues tonight by 18.
14:18
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Kai Lohmann)
15:18
Kai Lohmann has kicked his second goal of the game to take the margin back out to 35 points. This is the eighth time this season that Lohmann has scored multiple goals in a game.
16:25
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Cam Rayner)
17:11
Cam Rayner has taken his third contested mark of the match and converted to score his third goal of the match. This equals Rayner's most contested marks ever recorded in a match.
17:33
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Sam Docherty)
20:22
Will Ashcroft has been outstanding tonight, collecting 20 disposals at an impressive 95% efficiency and recording a game-high nine score involvements.
21:53
SCORE BEHIND - Lions (Lachie Neale)
23:10
Hugh McCluggage has recorded two score assists tonight to go with his six inside 50s. McCluggage has kicked the ball inside 50 90 times for Brisbane throughout this season – the most of any Lion. His team has retained possession from 52% of these kicks – the third-best retention rate of any of the 15 AFL players to record 90 or more kicks inside 50 this season.
23:55
SCORE GOAL - Lions (Charlie Cameron)
25:25
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Marc Pittonet)
26:44
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Marc Pittonet)
28:11
Brisbane has taken 20 marks inside 50 tonight, their third-most in any match this season and the equal-most that Carlton has conceded defensively.
28:15
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Elijah Hollands)
29:12
SCORE BEHIND - Blues (Lewis Young)
30:11
SCORE GOAL - Blues (Harry McKay)
33:06
Six goals in the last quarter to the Blues after only scoring five goals in the first three quarters reduced the final margin to a respectable 28 points. It was a case of too little, too late though with the Lions scoring the first 10 goals of the match and never looking back as they progress to a meeting with the Giants next weekend.