{"id":7538,"date":"2026-05-08T12:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/7538\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T12:31:22","slug":"afl-results-2026-brisbane-lions-defeat-carlton-blues-despite-mighty-second-half-comeback-in-round-9-video-highlights-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/7538\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL results 2026, Brisbane Lions defeat Carlton Blues despite mighty second half comeback in Round 9: Video highlights, scores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Brisbane might\u2019ve walked away with the win, but a rejuvenated Carlton walked away with more admirers after a season-best Blues blitz gave the reigning premiers an almighty scare that narrowly fell short of victory.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues produced a cracking second-half performance, but it wasn\u2019t enough to prevent their eighth loss from nine games this season on Friday night at the Gabba.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of every round of the AFL Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Trailing premiers Brisbane by 49 points early in the third quarter, the Blues discovered some much-needed fight to at one stage reduce the Lions\u2019 lead to just 10 points before eventually losing 14.16 (100) to 13.11 (89).<\/p>\n<p>While the ultimately fruitless fightback will be little consolation after another defeat, it will at least give besieged Carlton coach Michael Voss hope that there are better times ahead.<\/p>\n<p>For the Lions, whose performance was underpinned by 33 disposals from Robert Walls Medallist Lachie Neale and four goals from Logan Morris, the second-half scare will be a reminder that they can\u2019t take their foot off the pedal.<\/p>\n<p>It was perhaps a sense of complacency brought about after Carlton conceded six or more straight goals for the seventh time this season, <\/p>\n<p>However, after copping six on the trot, the Blues responded with six consecutive majors of their own, including two from Mitch McGovern, to seemingly revive their hopes<\/p>\n<p>Having trailed by 49 points early in the second-half, the Blues reduced the deficit to 20 points by three-quarter time.<\/p>\n<p>It was only the fifth time this season that Carlton had won a second-half quarter.<\/p>\n<p>A Harry McKay goal early in the final quarter further eroded Brisbane\u2019s lead before LIons forward Kai Lohmann booted his second six-pointer of the night to stop Carlton\u2019s run.<\/p>\n<p>However, Carlton wasn\u2019t done, with McKay adding two more goals to ensure the Blues at least won another quarter, if not the game.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Lions-Blues in our live blog below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane might\u2019ve walked away with the win, but a rejuvenated Carlton walked away with more admirers after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[23,133,6637,99,408,5010,8876,6815,368,3945,2105,8878,120,212,1079,8877],"class_list":{"0":"post-7538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brisbane","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","10":"tag-ben-waterworth","11":"tag-brisbane","12":"tag-brisbane-lions","13":"tag-carlton-blues","14":"tag-charlie-cameron","15":"tag-george-hewett","16":"tag-getty-images-inc","17":"tag-live-updates","18":"tag-michael-willson","19":"tag-nic-newman","20":"tag-oceania","21":"tag-queensland","22":"tag-the-gabba","23":"tag-top-four-spot"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}