AFL 2024 round 16 LIVE updates: Fighting Dees laying down the ...

Who saw this coming from the Demons? They kicked eight goals to that term and sees with ahead at the half time break.

Petty let fly with a torpedo punt after the siren and it went more than 55m but finished as a point.

Pickett has four goals and Gawn has been influential again.

Clayton Oliver has done well in this first half and he has bobbed up with a goal, the Demons’ sixth-straight goal.

He is fired up too. They are well on top of the Lions right now.

Dees 53, Lions 32 with five mins to go in Q2.

Pickett has kicked his third goal and the fifth straight major from the Demons.

He looked really keyed up when he made an early play in this match and Pickett has looked dangerous with every possession.

He is converting his chances too.

Dees 47, Lions 32 with seven mins to go in Q2.

Jake Lever of the Demons competes for the ball with several other players.Credit: Getty Images

The Demons have really ratcheted things up here.

Gawn is killing Oscar McInerney in the ruck, and Melbourne are owning the stoppages as a result.

Up forward, Kysaiah Pickett is really giving the Lions headaches, too. So, some questions to answer here for the Lions.

Kade Chandler has kicked the fourth straight goal for the Dees.

Dees 41, Lions 32 with eight mins to go in Q2.

Max Gawn of the Demons and Oscar McInerney of the Lions.Credit: AFL Photos via Getty Images

Pickett has booted another goal and moments after the centre bounce, Fritsch found some rare space and kicked his first goal.

The Demons are in front.

Dees 35, Lions 32 with 11 mins to go in Q2.

Kysaiah Pickett of the Demons takes a mark.Credit: Getty Images

That’s an important, and deserved goal to van Rooyen.

That aforementioned sprayed shot aside, he’s had a big start to this game with five marks from nine possessions. He’s worked really hard for them.

Harris Andrews is all over Bailey Fritsch, but might be time for Lions coach Chris Fagan to contemplate moving his best defender.

Lions 32, Dees 23 with 12 mins to go in Q2.

Caleb Windsor of the Demons attempts to break free from the defence of Josh Dunkley of the Lions.Credit: Getty Images

van Rooyen continues to impress as he converts a shot from the forward pocket for his second goal.

He’s standing up for the Dees in this quarter.

Lions 32, Dees 23 with 13 mins to go in Q2.