BREAKING NEWS
AFL Post Elimination Final: Brisbane Lions Dominate Carlton at the Gabba, Secure Spot in Grand Final
In a thrilling encounter, the Brisbane Lions have defeated Carlton by 33 points in the AFL Post Elimination Final at the Gabba, securing their spot in the Grand Final. The Lions dominated the game from start to finish, with their strong midfield and forward line proving too much for the Blues.
MATCH DETAILS
- Date: September 17, 2023
- Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane
- Score: Brisbane Lions 14.13 (97) defeated Carlton 10.14 (74)
- Attendance: 37,114
The Lions got off to a flying start, with their star midfielder Lachie Neale kicking the first goal of the game. They continued to dominate the first quarter, with their forward line clicking into gear. The Blues struggled to get going, with their usually reliable forward line looking flat.
KEY PERFORMERS
- Lachie Neale (Brisbane Lions): 3 goals, 24 possessions, 6 tackles
- Dayne Zorko (Brisbane Lions): 2 goals, 23 possessions, 5 tackles
- Patrick Cripps (Carlton): 2 goals, 22 possessions, 4 tackles
The Lions continued to build on their lead throughout the game, with their midfielders controlling the contest. The Blues made a few late charges, but were unable to bridge the gap.
POST-MATCH REACTIONS
- Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan: "I’m incredibly proud of the boys. We’ve worked hard all season and it’s great to see it pay off."
- Carlton coach David Teague: "We just couldn’t get going today. We’ll regroup and come back stronger next season."
NEXT STEPS
The Lions will now face the winner of the other Post Elimination Final between Geelong and West Coast in the Grand Final. The game is scheduled to take place on September 24 at the MCG.
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Lions def Blues by 28 points.
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lions | 5.5 35 | 9.7 61 | 10.12 72 | 14.15 99 |
| Blues | 0.0 0 | 2.1 13 | 5.2 32 | 11.5 71 |
| Difference | Lions by 35 | Lions by 48 | Lions by 40 | Lions by 28 |
All Lions in the 1st. Nearly all Lions in the 2nd outside of the last few mins. All Blues early in the 3rd but evend up by the end of the quarter.
McKenna was sub, Payne was subbed out at HT ( injury – knee ).
VFL:
Lions 19.16 130 def Williamstown 18.5 113 by 16 points
All Lions early on but Williamstown came back and kicked 3 before QT. Fairly even 2nd, Lions backline was poor though. All Williamstown at the start of the 3rd, Lions kicked back a bit but had some poor accuracy. Nearly all Lions in the 4th, 7.2 to 2.1.
Disposals: Lyons 38, Robertson 34, Prior 29, Reville 23, Torrent 23.
Goals: Ryan 4, Sharp 3, McLachlan 2, MacPherson 2 (VFL), L. Lloyd 1, Reville 1, Smith 1, Craven 1, Beecken 1, D. Lloyd 1 (VFL/Coach), Hude 1 (VFL).
K. Dunkley looks to have suffered a concussion early in the 1st.
D. Lloyd will likely be in trouble with the VFL MRP for an incident late in the 4th.
Fort missed most of the last half and was apparently limping late in the 4th (via the commentators)
Lions are into the Prelim and will face Werribee in Werribee (Avalon Airport Oval/Chirnside Park) next week.
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Man I know some you defend him for being crucial to structure. But Hipwood is not any way shape or form AFL calibre. Bloke is a liability.
I don’t want to whine but….
wtf was the comms in the game, genuinely terrible. Felt like Carlton vs um who?
Didn’t learn much from that. Glass half full is that our main issue of not being able to convert chances is still the best issue to have as it’s all within the club to fix. Winning in all the other key stat areas.
I’m ok with the fade. We were a key back down so they were always going to be able to take advantage. I’m not ok with the kicks inside 50 or the kicks in front of the big sticks though
Gutted for Paine, dudes an injury magnet. Know it’s not going to happen but Hippy and McKenna being dropped would be good. Love beating the Blues but next week is gonna be hard.
We are so so so lucky we drew Carlton week 1 of finals.
Any other side and we could have been toast there.
Hope they learn from that and build momentum from here
We were able to win 9 games in a row by being able to stop momentum of other teams, if we give up goals like this don’t see us making very far past gws
First half was absolutely elite. But we are still a team who fade and invite teams back in. We just need to keep the foot down in finals footy. If we can somehow fix that during the next week then we can still be anything after seeing that first half.
Goal-kicking was actually pretty good except for those atrocious misses in a small window. Really tough loss with Payne. Poor guy, two finals campaigns in a row now.
Tonight we witnessed football terrorism
Gonna pretend the second half never happened
First half was pure porn. But our habit of completely capitulating in games is still a concern. In hindsight we were up by 60 points and Carlton literally needed one of the biggest comebacks of all time to win. Anxiety wasn’t helped with the commentators openly rooting for a Carlton comeback. Accuracy still an issue and Hipwood played one of his worst games of the year so hope he can lift next week.
Parked the bus at half time and it worked out for once
Fuck it feels good to beat those dirty fucks, need 4 quarter effort next week
Similar to the Melbourne game earlier at the MCG, the game was won at half time. If it has been any other of those teams in the 8 we would be in some serious strife. Hoping they’re completely aware of this for next week. Welcome back Darragh Joyce, hope you enjoyed the 2’s for a week.
Did the people winging about Hipwood watch Bailey’s game? He’s been far worse than Hipwood
Damn some negativity in here!! I’m usually a bit of a neg myself, but tonight I mean we got 60 points to zero in an elimination final haha that’s unreal!! And then yeah we had some goals kicked back but the commentators made it seem a lot worse than it was. 60 points up and to win by 28 ain’t nothin to stress about, Carlton are entitled to a come back lol. Not sure how we fair against GWS, might be the end for us but at least we fought! Go lions!
lol Riewoldt just completely blanked Kiddy’s name, called him the half back. Fuck me.
The kids were bloody great tonight.
Ashcroft, Morris, Cobra Kai stood up in their first final and the whole club should be celebrating those guys tonight.