FINAL TEAMS: Brisbane vs Essendon – Round 18, 2026

Brisbane and Essendon have finalised their lineups for the match at Gabba.

 2026-07-12T06:40:00Z 

Brisbane WON BY 90 POINTS

Gabba

BL   

149

FT

59

   ESS

    #AFLLionsDons

MATCH CENTRE ▶︎   

IN Dayne Zorko, Hugh McCluggage OUT Darcy Gardiner (Injured), James Tunstill (Omitted)

IN Archie Roberts, Angus Clarke, Harrison Jones, Max Kondogiannis, Lachie Blakiston OUT Will Setterfield (Omitted), Jordan Ridley (Managed), Ben McKay (Omitted), Nikolas Cox (Omitted), Saad El-Hawli (Omitted)

FB 43 Noah Answerth 31 Harris Andrews 35 Ryan Lester FF 9 Sullivan Robey 20 Peter Wright 23 Harrison Jones HB 44 Darcy Wilmot 22 Ty Gallop 15 Dayne Zorko HF 10 Isaac Kako 30 Nate Caddy 6 Jye Caldwell C 7 Jarrod Berry 8 Will Ashcroft 33 Zac Bailey C 36 Angus Clarke 22 Sam Durham 44 Archer Day-Wicks HF 23 Charlie Cameron 13 Logan Morris 10 Levi Ashcroft HB 28 Xavier Duursma 27 Mason Redman 21 Archie Roberts FF 26 Conor McKenna 16 Cameron Rayner 30 Eric Hipwood FB 1 Andrew McGrath 31 Zach Reid 25 Jaxon Prior

FOLLOWERS
2	Sam Draper
5	Josh Dunkley
9	Lachie Neale

INTERCHANGE
1	Kai Lohmann
3	Jaspa Fletcher
6	Hugh McCluggage
32	Darcy Fort
38	Bruce Reville

EMERGENCIES
18	Keidean Coleman
29	James Tunstill
41	Darragh Joyce

FOLLOWERS
24	Nick Bryan
7	Zach Merrett
3	Darcy Parish

INTERCHANGE
2	Jacob Farrow
15	Dyson Sharp
16	Archie Perkins
29	Max Kondogiannis
46	Lachie Blakiston

EMERGENCIES
13	Nikolas Cox
32	Ben McKay
41	Saad El-Hawli

Brisbane
IN	D. Zorko, H. McCluggage
OUT	D. Gardiner, J. Tunstill
B N. Answerth, H. Andrews, R. Lester HB D. Wilmot, T. Gallop, D. Zorko C J. Berry, W. Ashcroft, Z. Bailey HF C. Cameron, L. Morris, L. Ashcroft F C. McKenna, C. Rayner, E. Hipwood FOL S. Draper, J. Dunkley, L. Neale I/C K. Lohmann, J. Fletcher, H. McCluggage, D. Fort, B. Reville EMG K. Coleman, J. Tunstill, D. Joyce
Essendon
IN	A. Roberts, A. Clarke, H. Jones, M. Kondogiannis, L. Blakiston
OUT	W. Setterfield, J. Ridley, B. McKay, N. Cox, S. El-Hawli
B A. McGrath, Z. Reid, J. Prior HB X. Duursma, M. Redman, A. Roberts C A. Clarke, S. Durham, A. Day-Wicks HF I. Kako, N. Caddy, J. Caldwell F S. Robey, P. Wright, H. Jones FOL N. Bryan, Z. Merrett, D. Parish I/C J. Farrow, D. Sharp, A. Perkins, M. Kondogiannis, L. Blakiston EMG N. Cox, B. McKay, S. El-Hawli