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AFL · Match ReportPublished · 2026-07-18
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Brisbane Lions manufactured 28 scoring shots to 19 against West Coast Eagles — the chances, not the finish, settled it

How Brisbane Lions earned it: 28 scoring shots to 19. The 93–69 was the fair end of it.
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West Coast Eagles 69, Brisbane Lions 93 — the first scoreboard, the one you already have. Below is the second: the 50 funnel, how each side turned the ball going forward into a scoreboard — inside 50s, then marks inside 50, then scoring shots, then the goals that count. It is where this game was actually decided.

The second scoreboard — the 50 funnel, West Coast Eagles v Brisbane Lions: inside 50s, marks inside 50, scoring shots and goals
The second scoreboard: Brisbane Lions made 28 scoring shots to 19.

This one was won up the ground, not at the goalface. turned it into 28 scoring shots to 19 — chances at a rate West Coast Eagles could not match. The second scoreboard and the first agree here; what the second one adds is *where* the game was won, which is a long way before the last kick.

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