Bontempelli loses his feet on the wet turf after McCluggage wins the first centre clearance, free paid to Hipwood for taking his legs out, miss from 40m in front. (Q1 0:56)
Morris centres from the boundary to the corridor where Levi Ashcroft marks in front of Sanders 30m out in front and kicks the first goal of the damp night. (Q1 3:14)
O’Donnell scrags Morris to give away a free 40m out on the flank, Morris shanks the kick for no score. (Q1 5:02)
Naughton gets over the back of Gardiner in the pocket to draw a front-on contact free, West plays on to advantage for the first goal to the Bulldogs. (Q1 6:14)
English marks a Bramble pass 40m out in the corridor and sails through a nice drop punt for his first goal. (Q1 8:13)
Zorko intercepts on outer wing and tries a quick and long centring ball, Cameron is over the back of Bontempelli to turn and run to CHF to ram through a big goal! (Q1 10:14)
Dale just gets back on the line to intercept a Lohmann snap from 45m on the flank. (Q1 19:25)
McInerney juggles a mark in front of Liam Jones at the hotspot from Berry’s soccer from half forward, but he misses. (Q1 23:15)
English taps a loose ball from the pocket to the square where Naughton is there but he can’t get the ball to drop lower than his thigh, review shows it’s a point above the knee. (Q1 28:46)
Berry earns a pushing free on Bontempelli on the HFF chasing a crumb, he kicks to the pocket where McInerney clunks a pack mark and gives off to Rayner who curls in the goal. (Q2 2:12)
Bontempelli bombs to grass at half forward, Naughton bullocks his way through three Lions to set up West to rove and goal from 20m! (Q2 7:12)
Lester catches Davidson HTB on outer wing and tries a centring ball, clears a pack and lands with Berry who sprints away and bombs long… Lohmann roves Ah Chee and goals. (Q2 9:52)
Ah Chee perhaps lucky not to give away a free for hands in the back of Lobb in that build up but he played the rule correctly. (Q2 10:29)
Zorko starts a rebound from CHB via McCluggage then Lohmann on members wing for the pass to Morris 40m out on a slight angle. Morris misses near side left. (Q2 11:40)
McCluggage runs inside from a pack in the pocket but chooses an outside handball to Will Ashcroft who is flat-footed, the kid snaps off a step from 25m and sails it through. (Q2 13:27)
Darcy sends a high speculator from members wing to the hotspot where Gardiner is pinged for a hold on Naughton despite the Lions having numbers at the fall. Naughton converts. (Q2 18:03)
Dunkley strips Lobb in a tackle at the hotspot, Lohmann roves, spins and shoots but hits the right goalpost. (Q2 19:39)
Hipwood taps a loose ball in the centre to release Fletcher on a counter attack, Berry zooms to 50m on a slight angle and rams through the goal. (Q2 21:03)
Wilmot intercepts on centre wing and starts another counter that ends with Levi Ashcroft running into an open goal but the score is negated by a free earlier in the chain. (Q2 23:13)
Lester hurdles Kennedy in possession but gets caught HTB by Garcia in a pack 35m out on the flank, Garcia converts to a chorus of boos from the damp home fans. (Q2 25:43)
Ah Chee is caught in possession on outer wing and the Dogs play on to advantage, Dale has a running snap from 55m on a slight angle that hits the near left post. (Q2 28:58)
Dale passes short to Naughton to mark in front of Andrews 45m out near the boundary but his set shot is narrow to the right. (Q2 30:01)
Cameron taps a crumb to Wil Ashcroft in the pocket, there’s a goalkeeper in Williams in the square but Ashcroft finds a way to skid the snap past him for a big red time goal! (Q2 31:43)
Ah Chee tries a grubber from a stoppage deep in the pocket but skids it narrow to the left. (Q3 9:05)
Zorko roves a McCluggage handball to grass at half forward and blazes away to the left for another behind for the Lions. (Q3 11:07)
Lester gets back just in time to disrupt Vandermeer’s contest to a long Kennedy ball to the top of the square, ball squirts over the back for a point. (Q3 11:53)
Hipwood’s gut run to cover space on rebound pays off with Williams shanking OOTF, pass back to the pocket for Morris 30m out who curls in the goal. (Q3 14:49)
West stays down behind a Naughton contest to a long kick from the centre by Bramble, crumb falls for him and he escapes the diving lunge of Starcevich for his third goal. (Q3 16:36)
Lobb is well-positioned to spoil Fort near CHB but Berry is even better-positioned at the foot of the contest to rove and snap the goal from 45m. (Q3 20:06)
Bailey Williams it was who went the wrong side of the contest to leave Berry free. (Q3 20:54)
Bontempelli roves on the HFF and spots up Darcy 40m out on a slight angle, who had lost touch with Andrews. The Unicorn converts. (Q3 23:38)
Bontempelli is goalkeeper on the line to touch a Fort snap over the bar. (Q3 26:13)
Hipwood leaves both Lobb and O’Donnell sprawled on the turf after he clunks a mark floating across the pack 30m out on the flank. His drop punt slices to the left, however. (Q3 27:38)
Ah Chee marks a long Morris kick from outer wing to the hotspot over Cleary, but he leaves his set shot to the right. (Q3 30:06)
Bulldogs can’t rebound but the Lions can’t convert, all the territory to them in Q3 but the result is still up for grabs. (3 Qtr Time)
Neale’s dump kick from a stoppage in the back pocket is straight to Bramble 50m out on a slight angle. Bramble kicks low and short for no direct score. (Q4 5:11)
Reville delivers a lovely long pass on a switch to Cameron on the HFF who spots up Rayner 30m out on the flank. This for the sealer… just narrow to the right. (Q4 7:20)
The Bulldogs switch on their own rebound via English and Kennedy, long ball to the square is clunked by Naughton rather too easily for the goal! (Q4 8:23)
Naughton marks on the boundary 35m out but shanks it across the face for no score. (Q4 10:41)
Lohmann spins and shoots from true CHF to an empty square but it skids to the left. (Q4 12:37)
Ah Chee volleys a crumb from a stoppage on nmembers wing inside 50 where Hipwood is in front on Lobb to mark on the dive 45m out on a slight angle… but shanks OOTF to the right. (Q4 14:26)
Lohmann has threatened all night to take a flashy mark and finally holds onto a big one at the hotspot in front of Johannisen. He kicks straight, belatedly. (Q4 16:18)
8:29 to go so still time for the Dogs to perform a miracle, but that goal would seal this game nine times out of ten. (Q4 16:57)
Lester flies to spoil Bontempelli in the pocket going for an errant West snap to prevent a likely score. (Q4 17:54)
West gets a kick off from the resultant throw-in to the top of the square, Naughton brings it to the front where Freijah roves and goals. Still a pulse! (Q4 18:42)
Richards to Bontempelli for the next centre clearance, roves by Freijah who gives back to Richards, smother by Wilmot, group HTB decision to the Lions defence who whoop and holler! (Q4 19:37)
Marshall roves in the back pocket and gives back to Gardiner who kicks straight to Bontempelli 25m out on a slight angle who makes no mistake with the charity set shot! (Q4 21:38)
Margin back to single figures, this game not only has a pulse, it has a roaring heartbeat! (Q4 21:57)
Ah Chee marks Zorko’s dump kick and gets a 50m penalty on Dale, kick inside 50 but Kennedy catches Rayner HTB to prevent a score. (Q4 23:58)
Berry intercepts in the centre and gives to Dunkley who tumbles a snap from 45m in front… flies wide right and juggled over the behind line by Liam Jones. (Q4 26:07)
A minute wasted on a pointless review. (Q4 27:58)
Bontempelli catches Dunkley HTB behind the wing to start a counter but it breaks down in the centre, two minutes to go, still two kicks in it. (Q4 29:17)
Kennedy scrubs a clearance kick from the centre to a crowded half forward line where West marks on his chest in front of Lester 40m out in front, he converts! (Q4 30:17)
1:10 to go and now only a kick in it! (Q4 30:24)
Clearances have favoured the Dogs all night, they need one more. (Q4 31:17)
But it’s the Lions who win it through McCluggage and Ah Chee, out for a throw in on the HFF for Brisbane, 51 seconds. (Q4 31:42)
Freijah toepokes towards the centre but straight to Marshall who gives off, pass wide from Cameron to Will Ashcroft 45m out on the flank, he bangs through the sealer! (Q4 32:43)
