Brisbane vs Essendon - Round 18, 2026 - Live Scores & Stats

Brisbane vs Essendon – Round 18, 2026

The Brisbane Lions face the Essendon Bombers in Round 18 of the 2026 AFL season. Follow the live scores, team lists, match statistics and key moments from the game at Gabba.

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Brisbane

DATE	OPP	RESULT
2/7/26	Geelong	W 101 - 123
25/6/26	Sydney	W 126 - 83
14/6/26	Richmond	W 80 - 115
6/6/26	Gold Coast	W 75 - 106
30/5/26	Fremantle	L 78 - 103

Essendon

DATE	OPP	RESULT
5/7/26	St Kilda	L 50 - 117
28/6/26	North Melbourne	L 79 - 65
13/6/26	Melbourne	L 95 - 50
7/6/26	Carlton	L 67 - 72
31/5/26	West Coast	L 85 - 55

Score Breakdown

	1	2	3	4
	5.6 36	9.10 64	16.14 110	22.17 149
	0.3 3	1.6 12	1.9 15	8.11 59

Best On Ground

Lachie Neale L Neale40 disposals

Will Ashcroft W Ashcroft33 disposals
3 goals

Kai Lohmann K Lohmann3 goals

Archie Roberts A Roberts23 disposals

Sam Durham S Durham22 disposals
1 goal

Peter Wright P Wright3 goals

Brisbane

Essendon

Brisbane

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Bruce Reville	12	11	23	7	0	0	1	0	0	1
Cameron Rayner	11	12	23	5	0	1	2	6	0	0
Charlie Cameron	9	2	11	7	0	0	3	0	2	1
Conor McKenna	7	3	10	2	0	0	0	2	2	2
Darcy Fort	6	5	11	3	17	3	0	0	0	0
Darcy Wilmot	16	7	23	6	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dayne Zorko	20	12	32	4	0	1	2	1	0	0
Eric Hipwood	11	2	13	6	0	3	1	0	2	1
Harris Andrews	12	6	18	8	0	1	2	0	0	0
Hugh McCluggage	4	12	16	3	0	1	2	6	1	0
Jarrod Berry	9	7	16	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jaspa Fletcher	15	8	23	8	0	1	0	2	0	0
Josh Dunkley	7	9	16	4	0	0	2	6	1	0
Kai Lohmann	9	4	13	5	0	1	0	0	3	1
Lachie Neale	18	22	40	13	0	3	0	3	0	1
Levi Ashcroft	8	11	19	5	0	1	1	0	2	0
Logan Morris	11	1	12	4	0	1	1	1	2	4
Noah Answerth	9	3	12	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ryan Lester	10	3	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam Draper	11	4	15	5	23	1	0	0	2	0
Ty Gallop	9	0	9	8	0	0	0	2	0	0
Will Ashcroft	20	13	33	7	0	3	0	3	3	2
Zac Bailey	14	9	23	4	0	1	1	0	2	0

Essendon

Player	K	H	D	M	HO	FF	FA	T	G	B
Andrew McGrath	8	7	15	3	0	0	0	2	1	0
Angus Clarke	5	5	10	4	0	0	0	2	0	0
Archer Day-Wicks	2	6	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Archie Perkins	8	5	13	7	0	0	0	1	0	1
Archie Roberts	18	5	23	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
Darcy Parish	10	7	17	4	0	2	1	0	0	0
Dyson Sharp	12	4	16	5	0	0	1	3	0	0
Harrison Jones	9	1	10	4	0	2	3	4	0	0
Isaac Kako	6	5	11	2	0	1	1	2	1	0
Jacob Farrow	5	7	12	2	0	1	0	4	0	0
Jaxon Prior	10	6	16	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jye Caldwell	4	9	13	3	0	2	2	8	0	0
Lachie Blakiston	2	1	3	1	7	0	4	1	0	0
Mason Redman	11	4	15	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Max Kondogiannis	6	3	9	2	0	1	0	4	0	1
Nate Caddy	9	2	11	6	0	0	1	2	2	1
Nick Bryan	2	3	5	0	29	0	0	2	0	0
Peter Wright	8	2	10	5	0	3	0	1	3	4
Sam Durham	15	7	22	4	0	2	2	1	1	0
Sullivan Robey	7	13	20	2	0	2	2	5	0	0
Xavier Duursma	6	9	15	2	0	1	2	1	0	0
Zach Merrett	4	7	11	1	0	1	1	2	0	0
Zach Reid	3	5	8	1	0	0	1	2	0	0

Brisbane

Essendon

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

BRISBANE

V

ESSENDON

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Brisbane vs Essendon – Round 18, 2026

Ladder Position

Previous 5 Games

Brisbane

Essendon

Match Summary

Score Breakdown

Best On Ground

Team Stats

Brisbane

Essendon

Player Stats

Brisbane

Essendon

Team Lists

Brisbane

Essendon

Brisbane

Essendon

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