Player news from R8 of 2025: Brisbane vs Gold Coast

Will Ashcroft (118/129): Playing central midfield
Ashcroft contributed with 34 disposals, 6 marks and 3 tackles.
Levi Ashcroft (115/99): Rotating in midfield
Ashcroft contributed with 29 disposals, 7 marks, 3 tackles and 0.1.
Josh Dunkley (106/108): Matched up on Rowell… 26 possessions and 5 marks plus 6 tackles. Playing inside midfield.

Jaspa Fletcher (103/98): Starting on a HBF
Fletcher contributed with 21 touches, 9 marks and 5 tackles.
Dayne Zorko (100/94): Cheap stats in Q4 when it was all over… 23 possessions including 20 kicks… also 8 marks and 2 tackles. At half back.

Hugh McCluggage (91/126): Playing in midfield
McCluggage contributed with 30 touches, 4 marks, 3 tackles and 4 frees against.
Jarrod Berry (91/110): Starting on a wing on Holman
Berry contributed with 18 touches, 6 grabs, 7 tackles and 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Lachie Neale (90/124): Playing inside midfield
Neale contributed with 25 possessions, 3 marks and 6 tackles.
Harris Andrews (87/109): In defence on Read
Andrews added 18 touches and 12 grabs.
Charlie Cameron (77/87): Most of his goals after the Suns had already been broken… 3.2 from 13 possessions and 5 marks. Starting forward on Powell.

Darcy Wilmot (69/67): Sprinting off half back
Wilmot added 16 touches and 8 marks.
Cam Rayner (67/71): Rotating from half forward to mids
Rayner contributed with 18 possessions, 3 marks, 3 tackles and 0.1.
Callum Ah Chee (66/79): Huge Q3 after a quiet first half… 10 possessions including 8 kicks… also 4 marks and 2 tackles… and kicked 3.2. Starting at half forward on Rioli.

Eric Hipwood (64/52): Up forward on Andrew
Hipwood contributed with 12 possessions, 4 marks, 4 tackles and 0.1 on the scoreboard.
Jack Payne (58/58): In defence on King
Payne contributed with 10 disposals, 6 marks and 3 tackles.
Noah Answerth (57/48): Playing small defender
Answerth contributed with 14 touches, 5 marks, 4 tackles and 4 frees against.
Zac Bailey (52/66): Starting on a wing on Holman
Bailey contributed with 16 touches, 3 grabs and booted 0.1.
Oscar McInerney (52/64): First ruck
McInerney added 5 disposals and 35 taps.
Conor McKenna (52/48): Playing a forward role
McKenna contributed with 9 touches, 5 tackles and kicked 1.0.
Darcy Gardiner (51/50): Playing tall forward on Collins
Gardiner contributed with 9 disposals, 2 marks, 3 tackles and managed 1.1.
Ryan Lester (47/49): Third tall defender on Walter
Lester added 11 touches and 4 grabs.
Will McLachlan (18/15): On in Q1 for Day… 3 possessions and 2 marks. Started as the sub.

Sam Day (18/21): Subbed off in Q1 for McLachlan with a hamstring injury… 3 possessions. Starting forward with ruck support.
Day also had 3 taps.
Touk Miller (106/116): Worked hardest in Q2… 29 possessions and 3 marks plus 5 tackles… helped out by 3FF. Mostly on ball with some rests forward.
Miller also had 1.0 on the scoreboard.
Joel Jeffrey (102/106): Playing a half back role
Jeffrey contributed with 20 disposals, 11 grabs, 5 tackles and 3 free kicks given away.
Mac Andrew (88/109): In defence on Hipwood
Andrew contributed with 19 touches, 10 marks and managed 1.1.
John Noble (83/102): Running off smalls
Noble added 26 touches and 5 grabs.
Noah Anderson (81/105): Starting in midfield
Anderson added 27 touches and 5 marks.
Sam Flanders (78/92): Starting at half forward and joining mids
Flanders contributed with 21 disposals, 4 marks and 4 tackles.
Jarrod Witts (75/53): First ruck
Witts contributed with 9 touches, 2 tackles, 43 hit outs and kicked 0.1.
Bodhi Uwland (74/85): Initially on Rayner
Uwland added 20 possessions and 6 marks.
Sam Collins (64/107): At FB on Gardiner
Collins contributed with 15 possessions, 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Matt Rowell (63/52): Matched up on Dunkley… 16 possessions and 2 marks plus 5 tackles. Starting in midfield but dragged forward in Q4 after getting well beaten.

Daniel Rioli (62/79): Starting at half back on Ah Chee
Rioli contributed with 18 disposals, 3 grabs and 3 tackles.
Bailey Humphrey (56/72): Starting in attack with centre rotations
Humphrey contributed with 20 disposals, 4 tackles, booted 0.1 and 3 frees against.
Nick Holman (54/49): Starting on a wing on Berry
Holman contributed with 12 disposals, 8 tackles and 4 frees against.
Wil Powell (50/65): Minding Cameron
Powell added 13 disposals and 4 marks.
Will Graham (41/53): Playing a half forward role… switched to mids in Q4
Graham contributed with 11 possessions, 2 grabs, 2 tackles and 0.1.
Connor Budarick (40/32): Playing small defender
Budarick contributed with 9 touches, 3 marks and 2 tackles.
Ben Ainsworth (38/47): Starting forward
Ainsworth added 12 touches and booted 1.0.
Ethan Read (37/29): Playing a forward/ruck role on Andrews
Read contributed with 5 touches, 2 tackles, 8 ruck taps and managed 1.0.
David Swallow (35/41): First goal… 8 possessions including 5 handballs… also 2 marks… and scored 1.0. Starting deep forward.

Jed Walter (32/50): Up forward on Lester
Walter added 8 touches and managed 1.0.
Jake Rogers (28/23): On in Q2 for Weller… 7 possessions and 2 tackles plus 0.1. Started as the sub.

Ben King (14/23): Donuts to HT… 1.0 from 2 possessions. In attack on Payne.

Lachie Weller (5/16): Subbed off at QT for Rogers… 2 possessions. Starting on a wing against Levi Ashcroft.