2003 Brisbane Lions season

The Brisbane Lions' 2003 season was its seventh season in the Australian Football League (AFL). In it, the club won its third consecutive premiership, and third overall.

Brisbane Lions
2003 season
CoachLeigh Matthews
Captain(s)Michael Voss
Home groundThe Gabba (Capacity: 37,600)
AFL season3rd
Finals seriesPremiers
Best and fairestMichael Voss
Leading goalkickerAlastair Lynch (62 goals)
Highest home attendance36,803 vs. Collingwood (17 April 2003)[1]
Lowest home attendance24,321 vs. Western Bulldogs (27 April 2003)[1]
Average home attendance31,717
Club membership25,578
← 2002 2004 →

Season summary

Home and away season
See also: 2003 AFL season
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores Venue Attendance
Brisbane Opponent
1 29 March (7:10 pm) Essendon 104 61 The Gabba (H) 36,197
2 5 April (7:10 pm) Port Adelaide 86 76 Football Park (A) 27,876
3 12 April (7:10 pm) Kangaroos 109 109 Docklands Stadium (A) 24,359
4 17 April (7:40 pm) Collingwood 95 81 The Gabba (H) 36,803
5 27 April (1:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 106 79 The Gabba (H) 24,341
6 4 May (2:40 pm) Geelong 92 78 Kardinia Park (A) 21,246
7 11 May (1:10 pm) Sydney 79 98 SCG (A) 23,276
8 17 May (7:10 pm) Adelaide 107 89 The Gabba (H) 34,469
9 24 May (2:10 pm) Carlton 153 76 Princes Park (A) 24,906
10 31 May (7:10 pm) Melbourne 123 63 The Gabba (A) 29,634
11 7 June (7:10 pm) St Kilda 85 90 Docklands Stadium (A) 30,313
12 15 June (1:10 pm) West Coast 91 160 The Gabba (H) 31,185
13 28 June (7:10 pm) Richmond 104 61 The Gabba (H) 32,623
14 5 July (1:40 pm) Fremantle 72 75 Subiaco Oval (A) 28,450
15 13 July (1:10 pm) Hawthorn 93 81 The Gabba (H) 29,684
16 19 July (7:10 pm) Essendon 86 94 Docklands Stadium (A) 47,744
17 26 July (7:10 pm) Port Adelaide 103 104 The Gabba (H) 32,043
18 2 August (7:10 pm) Kangaroos 137 83 The Gabba (H) 28,044
19 9 August (2:10 pm) Collingwood 101 62 MCG (A) 61,868
20 17 August (1:10 pm) Sydney 76 90 The Gabba (H) 32,988
21 23 August (7:10 pm) Geelong 123 86 The Gabba (H) 30,515
22 30 August (7:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 170 86 Docklands Stadium (A) 22,361

Finals series
See also: 2003 AFL season § Finals series
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores Venue Attendance
Brisbane Opponent
Second qualifying final 6 September (7:30 pm) Collingwood 7.9 (51) 9.12 (66) MCG 66,092
First semi-final 12 September (7:30 pm) Adelaide 18.16 (124) 12.10 (82) The Gabba 32,432
Second preliminary final 20 September (7:30 pm) Sydney 14.16 (100) 8.8 (56) Stadium Australia 71,019
Grand Final 27 September (2:30 pm) Collingwood 20.14 (134) 12.12 (84) MCG 79,451
Second qualifying final
Second qualifying final
Saturday, 6 September 7:30pm Collingwood def. Brisbane Lions MCG (crowd: 66,092) Report
2.2 (14)
5.5 (35)
6.8 (44)
 9.12 (66)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 3.2 (20)
6.5 (41)
7.5 (47)
 7.9 (51)		 Umpires: Allen, Goldspink, McBurney
Television broadcast: Network Ten
Tarrant 3
Didak, Buckley 2
Rocca, Johnson 1		 Goals 3 Lynch
1 McGrath, Akermanis, Brown, Lappin
Buckley, Clement, Tarrant, Fraser, Johnson, Cloke, Scotland Best Brown, Akermanis, Lappin, Michael, White, Hart
Nil Injuries
Nil Reports Notting reported for charging Scotland
Second semi final
Second semi final
Friday, 12 September 7:30pm Brisbane Lions def. Adelaide The Gabba (crowd: 32,432) Report
3.3 (21)
6.9 (45)
11.12 (78)
 18.16 (124)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 3.2 (20)
4.4 (28)
10.7 (67)
 12.10 (82)		 Umpires: McBurney, Rosebury, Allen
Television broadcast: Network Ten
Lynch 6
Brown 3
Akermanis 2
McGrath, Lappin, Black, Power, Johnson, McRae, Copeland 1		 Goals 4 Burton, Stevens
2 McLeod
1 Shirley, Bode
Lynch, Black, Akermanis, Leppitsch, Voss, Power Best Burton, Ricciuto, Goodwin, McLeod, Smart, Stevens
Ashcroft (knee) Injuries Nil
Nil Reports Nil
First preliminary final
First preliminary final
Saturday, 20 September 7:30pm Sydney def. by Brisbane Lions Telstra Stadium (crowd: 71,019) Report
2.2 (14)
4.4 (28)
8.7 (55)
 8.8 (56)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 2.7 (19)
6.7 (43)
8.10 (58)
 14.16 (100)		 Umpires: James, McLaren, Goldspink
Television broadcast: Network Ten
Hall 2
Davis, Cresswell, Williams, Kennelly, Ablett, Roberts-Thomson 1		 Goals 3 Lynch, Pike
2 Caracella, McGrath, Brown
1 McRae, Black
Matthews, Hall, Williams, C. Bolton, Goodes Best Lappin, Charman, Caracella, Pike, Brown, Black
Nil Injuries Lappin (ribs)
Nil Reports Nil
Grand Final
Scorecard
Saturday, 27 September 2:40pm Brisbane Lions def. Collingwood MCG (crowd: 79,451) Report
5.5 (35)
11.7 (73)
14.12 (96)
 20.14 (134)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		 3.3 (21)
4.7 (31)
9.7 (61)
 12.12 (84)		 Umpires: McBurney, Kennedy, Allen
Norm Smith Medal: Simon Black (Brisbane Lions)
Television broadcast: Network Ten
National anthem: Christine Anu
Akermanis 5
Lynch 4
Caracella, Brown 2
McRae, Pike, Hadley, Black, Leppitsch, Hart, Bradshaw 1		 Goals 3 Didak
2 Burns
1 Davis, Woewodin, Buckley, Licuria, Tarrant, Fraser, Scotland
Black, Akermanis, Voss, Lappin, Hart, Michael, Pike, Power Best Fraser, Burns, Buckley, Johnson, Licuria
Nil Injuries Nil
Nil Reports Nil

Ladder
2003 AFL ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Port Adelaide 22 18 4 0 2229 1752 127.2 72 Finals series
2 Collingwood 22 15 7 0 2259 1858 121.6 60
3 Brisbane Lions (P) 22 14 7 1 2295 1882 121.9 58
4 Sydney 22 14 8 0 2142 1862 115.0 56
5 Fremantle 22 14 8 0 2143 2078 103.1 56
6 Adelaide 22 13 9 0 2114 1754 120.5 52
7 West Coast 22 12 8 2 2326 1982 117.4 52
8 Essendon 22 13 9 0 2190 1960 111.7 52
9 Hawthorn 22 12 10 0 2011 1999 100.6 48
10 Kangaroos 22 11 10 1 2185 2223 98.3 46
11 St Kilda 22 11 11 0 2095 2187 95.8 44
12 Geelong 22 7 14 1 1819 2025 89.8 30
13 Richmond 22 7 15 0 1846 2078 88.8 28
14 Melbourne 22 5 17 0 1899 2344 81.0 20
15 Carlton 22 4 18 0 1784 2674 66.7 16
16 Western Bulldogs 22 3 18 1 2014 2693 74.8 14
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.

References
  1. "Brisbane Lions - All Games - By Season". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 February 2015.


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