Melbourne v Brisbane Lions – Round 6 2026 Stats, Scores & Goal Kickers

2026 AFLRound 6Sun, 19 Apr, 3:15 pm AEST

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104102

16.815.12

Melbourne by 2

Away

Scores at each change
Club	QT	HT	3QT	FT
MEL	4.1 25	5.6 36	11.8 74	16.8 104
BRI	4.1 25	8.4 52	10.8 68	15.12 102

MCG, MelbourneMostly sunny, 20°Lead changes 10

Recap

Melbourne 16.8 (104) beat Brisbane 15.12 (102) at MCG in Round 6, a 2-point win. The lead changed 10 times.

Kade Chandler kicked three goals for Melbourne and Jacob van Rooyen three; Logan Morris kicked three for Brisbane.

Harvey Langford led the way with 27 disposals and three goals.

A run of five straight goals in the third quarter turned a 16-point deficit into a 12-point lead.

Melbourne laid 50 tackles to 31, and Brisbane took 137 marks to 80.

AFL debut for Xavier Taylor.
First game for Melbourne: Max Heath.
Milestones: Logan Morris’s 50th game, Josh Dunkley’s 200th game, Lachie Neale’s 300th game.
A career-high 11 marks for Levi Ashcroft (previous best 8).

Best on ground

More from Round 6

Melbourne16.8104

Brisbane Lions15.12102

Bold marks each side's best in a column; tap a heading to sort. RTG is the FanCrew rating, AF is AFL Fantasy points.

2:17BehindB. LaurieMEL0.1 (1) – 0.0 (0)
5:08GoalL. MorrisBRILead change0.1 (1) – 1.0 (6)
6:54GoalH. LangfordMELLead change1.1 (7) – 1.0 (6)
9:23GoalH. SharpMEL2.1 (13) – 1.0 (6)
12:00GoalC. CameronBRI2.1 (13) – 2.0 (12)
16:29GoalJ. FletcherBRILead change2.1 (13) – 3.0 (18)
18:13GoalB. MihocekMELLead change3.1 (19) – 3.0 (18)
20:48GoalJ. van RooyenMEL4.1 (25) – 3.0 (18)
24:13GoalC. RaynerBRI4.1 (25) – 4.0 (24)
25:58RushedBrisbaneBRILevel4.1 (25) – 4.1 (25)

3:18GoalO. AllenBRILead change4.1 (25) – 5.1 (31)
6:40BehindL. MorrisBRI4.1 (25) – 5.2 (32)
8:12RushedMelbourneMEL4.2 (26) – 5.2 (32)
9:04RushedMelbourneMEL4.3 (27) – 5.2 (32)
10:33BehindC. RaynerBRI4.3 (27) – 5.3 (33)
15:20GoalK. ChandlerMELLevel5.3 (33) – 5.3 (33)
17:21RushedMelbourneMELLead change5.4 (34) – 5.3 (33)
19:07GoalC. CameronBRILead change5.4 (34) – 6.3 (39)
20:30BehindZ. BaileyBRI5.4 (34) – 6.4 (40)
21:13BehindM. HeathMEL5.5 (35) – 6.4 (40)
23:56GoalL. MorrisBRI5.5 (35) – 7.4 (46)
25:18GoalS. DraperBRI5.5 (35) – 8.4 (52)
26:38BehindJ. van RooyenMEL5.6 (36) – 8.4 (52)

1:58RushedBrisbaneBRI5.6 (36) – 8.5 (53)
3:25BehindK. ChandlerMEL5.7 (37) – 8.5 (53)
5:01GoalH. LangfordMEL6.7 (43) – 8.5 (53)
6:51BehindC. RaynerBRI6.7 (43) – 8.6 (54)
7:47GoalH. SharpMEL7.7 (49) – 8.6 (54)
9:52GoalJ. SteeleMELLead change8.7 (55) – 8.6 (54)
13:31GoalB. MihocekMEL9.7 (61) – 8.6 (54)
15:58BehindJ. DunkleyBRI9.7 (61) – 8.7 (55)
18:49GoalB. FritschMEL10.7 (67) – 8.7 (55)
20:49GoalK. LohmannBRI10.7 (67) – 9.7 (61)
23:02BehindH. McCluggageBRI10.7 (67) – 9.8 (62)
25:59GoalB. FritschMEL11.7 (73) – 9.8 (62)
28:13RushedMelbourneMEL11.8 (74) – 9.8 (62)
31:23GoalW. AshcroftBRI11.8 (74) – 10.8 (68)