Gather Round 5 is here and we're taking on the Roo's at Summit Sports Park in South Australia! 

Who: North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions
Where: Summit Sports Park (Mt Barker), SA
When: Saturday 15th April, 12:40pm (Local)
Gates Open: 10.30am
General Public Tickets: SOLD OUT
Curtain closer: 3:45pm AFL Boys National Academy v Port Adelaide SANFL

PRE-MATCH ACTIVITIES

Captain's Run:
Time: Friday 14th April 10am
Duration: 1 hour
Location: Summit Sports Park, 304 Springs Road, Mount Barker SA 5251
Cost: Free 

Elder Park meet & greet: 
Time: Friday 14th April 12:30pm
Duration: 1.5 hours
Location: Elder Park, King William Rd, Adelaide SA 5000
Cost: Free 
On The Day: On Stage Q&A, Macca's Kick 2 Kick, Auskick, Club Containers, Lions Shop Popup

Address: 304 Springs Road, Mount Barker SA 5251 

Car
The field is about 35mins from Adelaide CBD. Fans are encouraged to plan ahead and consider all the available travel options.Traffic will be heavier than usual approaching the precinct, so allow extra travel time. Roads around Summit Sport & Recreation Park, Mt Barker will be closed to allow crowds to enter and exit the oval safely, so be patient when leaving car parks and follow directions of police and traffic controllers. If you're travelling home by taxi or ride share services, choose a pick up location away from the stadium to avoid delays. You can find real-time updates on traffic conditions at traffic.sa.gov.au.

Public Transport
Gather Round patrons can travel by bus, train or tram to the Adelaide CBD, and transfer to the dedicated, bus shuttle service to Mt Barker. View the City-Mt Barker bus shuttle map here.

Bus: Dedicated City-Mt Barker and Mt Barker Park n Ride Loop bus shuttle services will operate before and after the match at Summit Sport & Recreation Park, Mt Barker at a high frequency. Between 9.30am – 11.30am prior to the game, bus shuttles will depart from a dedicated bus stop opposite the AFL Hub at Elder Park, King William Road.

Patrons are encouraged to carpool, as limited parking will be available at eight park n ride locations within Mt Barker. A dedicated Mt Barker Park n Ride Loop bus shuttle will operate servicing bus stops in close vicinity of these park n rides and will drop patrons at the oval. These services will operate at a high frequency between 9.30am – 12.30pm and up to one hour after the match.

View the Mt Barker Park n Ride Loop shuttle bus map here.

For more information head to: Adelaide Metro

Watch: Live on Seven mate from 1:00pm, Fox Footy 1:00pm, and stream on Kayo.

We last met in Round 3, 2022 at the Gabba. We had a record-breaking 108-point slaughtering of a North Melbourne. The Lions finished with 11 goalkickers and at times were raffling their chances as players queued up to add their name to the list. Dayne Zorko (31 disposals) flourished at half-back, Hugh McCluggage (29) was busy and Jarryd Lyons (28, two goals and four assists) was damaging in the forward half.

JOE DANIHER might wish he could play at Mount Barker more often after putting on a forward line clinic in Brisbane's 75-point demolition of North Melbourne on Saturday.

Following a terrific showing against Collingwood on Easter Thursday, Daniher took it up a few gears against the Kangaroos with five goals from 13 marks in a best afield performance.

After the Kangaroos hopped out to an early 18-point lead, the Lions controlled the second term with five successive goals and never looked back, running out 22.20 (152) to 12.5 (77) winners.

The victory was Chris Fagan's fifth from eight matches against Alastair Clarkson, the man he worked alongside for nine seasons at Hawthorn before taking Brisbane's top job in 2016.

Fagan would be thrilled with his team, which after a slow first 15 minutes swarmed with defensive pressure and played an unselfish brand of attacking footy to pouch a staggering 33 marks inside forward 50.

Lachie Neale (37 disposals and 13 clearances) was magnificent in a return to his home state, while Dayne Zorko (22, one goal and three assists), Eric Hipwood (four goals and two assists) and Charlie Cameron (four goals and two assists) also made strong contributions.

After a level first quarter, it was time for The Joe Show as Daniher took over with his high leaping, long kicking and searching leads up to the wing.

While North Melbourne's defence broke down repeatedly to allow Lions players to get out the back into open space, Daniher worked hard for his 18 disposals.

He kicked three goals in the match-shaping second term and could have finished with a bigger bag if he didn't spray a few after half-time.

North Melbourne looked like being blown totally off the Adelaide Hills venue, but to its credit worked hard in the final quarter.

The loss of influential midfielder Jy Simpkin to a hand injury in the second term – he had 12 touches at quarter-time – was unfortunate.

You could have been mistaken for thinking the first quarter was played under the Marvel Stadium roof rather than the exposed elements of the AFL's newest venue, such was the frantic nature of the 10-goal term.

North Melbourne jumped out with four of the first five goals, working harder to contests and linking up by hand.

Harry Sheezel kicked his first career goal – a gem from 50m – while Jaidyn Stephenson made the most of his two disposals with two goals.

But the Lions began getting their hands on the ball around the contest and transitioning swiftly from one end of the ground to the other.

Hipwood was twice the beneficiary of end-to-end action that saw him get out of the back of the Kangaroos' defence, while Darcy Wilmot's brilliant snap ensured the scores were level at the first change.

Brisbane took complete control in the second, squeezing its opponent defensively and playing much of the quarter in its forward half to take a 23-point advantage to the main break.

Neale's sweet homecoming
While his forward line teammates filled their boots by kicking bags of goals, it was Lachie Neale that turned the tide when Brisbane was floundering early. Back in his home state for Gather Round, the South Australian was at the centre of everything, firstly arresting North's momentum with his sure hands at stoppages, and then being an integral part of Brisbane's free-wheeling attack. Neale finished with 37 disposals and 13 clearances (10 centre clearances) after gathering 11 in the first, second and third quarters respectively.

Ashcroft v Sheezel
Although they didn't run around alongside each other, it was always going to be fascinating watching former Sandringham and Vic Metro teammates Will Ashcroft and Harry Sheezel duke it out on the same field. The two leading contenders for this year's AFL Rising Star Award – taken at No.2 and No.3 respectively in last year's draft – did not disappoint. Sheezel had a big influence early, but it wasn't just his ball use that impressed, twice dropping back into the space of Brisbane's leading forwards in the second term. Ashcroft's clean hands at ground level were instrumental in the Lions taking control. Sheezel finished with 31 disposals and Ashcroft 23.

Wilmot's magical goal
Brisbane's most energetic player – second-year wingman Darcy Wilmot – was responsible for a little piece of first quarter magic that lifted his team back into the contest after a slow start. With Eric Hipwood firing an under-pressure handball into the left forward pocket, Wilmot tracked it to the boundary line, gathered, took a step and snapped over his left shoulder to split the sticks to level the scores. It was his third career goal in eight games and the teenager celebrated just as hard as his first in an elimination final against Richmond last year.

BRISBANE                        5.1     10.6     17.13     22.20 (152)
NORTH MELBOURNE        5.1      7.1        9.2        12.5 (77)

GOALS 
Brisbane: Daniher 5, Hipwood 4, Cameron 4, Rayner 2, Berry 2, Zorko, Wilmot, McKenna, McCluggage, Fort
North Melbourne: Stephenson 4, Comben 2, Taylor, Shiels, Sheezel, Powell, Phillips, Larkey

BEST 
Brisbane: Daniher, Neale, Zorko, Dunkley, Hipwood, Andrews, Starcevich
North Melbourne: Sheezel, Howe, Comben, Stephenson, Powell

INJURIES 
Brisbane: Nil
North Melbourne: Simpkin (hand)

SUBSTITUTES 
Brisbane: Jarryd Lyons (replaced Jarrod Berry at three quarter-time)
North Melbourne: Hugh Greenwood (replaced Jy Simpkin at half-time)

Crowd: 7,329 at Mount Barker