Australian Football

KEY FACTS

Official name
Brisbane Bears - Fitzroy Football Club (Trading as Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club)

Known as
Brisbane

Nickname
Lions

Nickname
Bears

Former name
Brisbane Bears

Formed
1986 (merged with Fitzroy in 1996)

Colours
Maroon, gold, blue and white

Associated clubs
Brisbane Reserves; Brisbane WFC

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1987–2023

Home Ground
Gabba

AFL Premierships
2001, 2002, 2003 (3 total)

Senior Premierships
VFL/AFL Night/Pre-season Series - 2013 (1 total); Reserves - VFL 1991 (1 total); AFL Queensland - 2001 (1 total); North East Australian Football League - 2012-13, 2019 (3 total)

Most Games
322 - Simon Black (1998-2013)

Most Goals
594 - Jonathan Brown (2000-2014)

League Top Goalkickers
Jonathan Brown (77) 2007 (1 total)

Brownlow Medalists
Michael Voss 1996; Jason Akermanis 2001; Simon Black 2002; Lachie Neale 2020 (4 total)

Headquarters
Hyundai Centre, Level 5, The Gabba, 812 Stanley St, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102

Phone: (07) 3335 1777

Email
community@lions.com.au

Website
lions.com.au

Brisbane

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"The Lions under Leigh Matthews were unrecognisable from the ramshackle outfit which had spluttered to the previous season's wooden spoon. The team opened the 1999 season with a 23.14 (152) to 10.3 (63) annihilation of St Kilda at the Gabba, and thereafter seldom broke step in a rousing, sustained march to the finals ... they had every reason to feel confident over their finals prospects. In the end, however, the Kangaroos at the MCG in a preliminary final proved just one hurdle too many; clearly Matthews still needed an ingredient or two to complete the recipe ... "

John Devaney explores the development of the Brisbane Lions from troubled merger outfit to worldbeater

1989 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Brisbane's 1989 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1989-04-01 1	A	Brisbane	3.1	11.4	11.6	15.7	97	LOST	St. Kilda	2.6	7.9	14.12	20.16	136	-39	MOO	1989-04-01 Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-04-09 2	H	Brisbane	4.5	7.11	12.12	18.15	123	WON	Sydney	2.4	4.8	5.11	8.17	65	58	CRR	1989-04-09 Apr 9 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1989-04-15 3	A	Brisbane	3.0	5.3	7.5	11.9	75	LOST	Collingwood	5.8	9.11	15.15	19.21	135	-60	VIC	1989-04-15 Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-04-21 4	A	Brisbane	3.5	4.7	5.10	7.11	53	LOST	Melbourne	2.3	4.8	8.8	11.13	79	-26	MCG	1989-04-21 Apr 21 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1989-04-30 5	H	Brisbane	5.4	7.7	8.8	10.13	73	LOST	West Coast	3.5	6.7	11.9	19.11	125	-52	CRR	1989-04-30 Apr 30 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1989-05-07 6	H	Brisbane	0.3	5.5	7.8	8.11	59	WON	Footscray	2.5	3.7	5.13	6.15	51	8	CRR	1989-05-07 May 7 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1989-05-14 7	H	Brisbane	5.1	6.3	11.8	12.9	81	LOST	Essendon	4.6	12.8	14.8	17.10	112	-31	CRR	1989-05-14 May 14 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1989-05-20 8	A	Brisbane	1.6	2.8	2.12	6.14	50	LOST	Geelong	6.3	10.12	17.18	26.23	179	-129	KAR	1989-05-20 May 20 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-05-26 9	A	Brisbane	2.2	4.7	6.10	10.11	71	LOST	North Melbourne	6.3	11.4	16.9	25.15	165	-94	MCG	1989-05-26 May 26 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1989-06-03 10	A	Brisbane	3.4	10.4	13.8	18.10	118	WON	Carlton	5.4	9.6	14.11	17.13	115	3	PRI	1989-06-03 Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-06-10 11	A	Brisbane	3.2	3.4	3.7	3.8	26	LOST	Richmond	0.4	1.7	5.11	5.15	45	-19	MCG	1989-06-10 Jun 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-06-18 12	H	Brisbane	6.2	12.5	16.6	18.6	114	LOST	Fitzroy	3.1	9.4	16.9	19.14	128	-14	CRR	1989-06-18 Jun 18 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1989-06-23 13	A	Brisbane	0.5	1.8	3.10	4.11	35	LOST	Hawthorn	3.3	9.6	12.10	15.16	106	-71	VFL	1989-06-23 Jun 23 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1989-07-09 14	H	Brisbane	2.3	4.6	8.12	14.15	99	LOST	Melbourne	5.4	11.7	14.7	17.11	113	-14	CRR	1989-07-09 Jul 9 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1989-07-15 15	H	Brisbane	0.4	5.7	7.10	11.11	77	LOST	Geelong	4.4	9.8	10.13	22.19	151	-74	CRR	1989-07-15 Jul 15 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
1989-07-22 16	H	Brisbane	3.1	7.4	13.8	14.10	94	WON	St. Kilda	2.7	7.8	8.14	12.18	90	4	CRR	1989-07-22 Jul 22 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
1989-07-30 17	A	Brisbane	1.1	3.6	5.10	9.16	70	LOST	Sydney	3.6	7.12	9.21	12.23	95	-25	SCG	1989-07-30 Jul 30 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1989-08-05 18	H	Brisbane	7.4	12.10	19.14	25.17	167	WON	North Melbourne	2.3	5.5	7.8	12.12	84	83	CRR	1989-08-05 Aug 5 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
1989-08-12 19	A	Brisbane	2.3	4.3	5.5	7.5	47	LOST	Essendon	5.3	10.6	12.8	15.11	101	-54	WIN	1989-08-12 Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-08-20 20	H	Brisbane	2.0	6.1	9.3	12.5	77	WON	Hawthorn	2.2	3.3	5.4	9.7	61	16	CRR	1989-08-20 Aug 20 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1989-08-26 21	A	Brisbane	2.3	6.5	12.8	12.9	81	WON	Fitzroy	3.1	4.3	4.5	10.8	68	13	VFL	1989-08-26 Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1989-09-03 22	H	Brisbane	1.2	5.9	10.11	15.15	105	WON	Carlton	2.2	3.4	6.8	10.10	70	35	CRR	1989-09-03 Sep 3 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores

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1989 Player Stats

#	Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
43	Ashcroft, Marcus	10	67	6.7	34	3.4	101	10.1	22	2.2	0	0.0	10	1.0	11	10	5	0.5	2	32
22	Bain, David	20	281	14.1	105	5.3	386	19.3	84	4.2	0	0.0	22	1.1	25	22	14	0.7	10	94
12	Banfield, Peter	6	54	9.0	26	4.3	80	13.3	7	1.2	0	0.0	9	1.5	6	7	0	0.0	2	2
25	Campbell, Matthew	8	106	13.3	47	5.9	153	19.1	33	4.1	0	0.0	5	0.6	7	16	1	0.1	5	11
39	Capper, Warwick	11	67	6.1	22	2.0	89	8.1	34	3.1	1	0.1	13	1.2	8	24	16	1.5	15	111
44	Carlson, Darren	1	5	5.0	2	2.0	7	7.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Dickson, Dale	10	118	11.8	27	2.7	145	14.5	25	2.5	0	0.0	14	1.4	14	15	0	0.0	1	1
26	Eade, Rodney	12	129	10.8	37	3.1	166	13.8	39	3.3	0	0.0	21	1.8	12	5	1	0.1	3	9
10	Fidge, John	3	28	9.3	9	3.0	37	12.3	13	4.3	0	0.0	1	0.3	2	3	5	1.7	3	33
45	Gastev, John	19	214	11.3	98	5.2	312	16.4	66	3.5	1	0.1	32	1.7	32	31	11	0.6	12	78
38	Gibson, Michael	13	92	7.1	64	4.9	156	12.0	41	3.2	2	0.2	8	0.6	8	14	0	0.0	2	2
5	Hardie, Brad	20	218	10.9	72	3.6	290	14.5	86	4.3	2	0.1	21	1.1	27	13	54	2.7	47	371
13	Harris, Bernie	18	221	12.3	56	3.1	277	15.4	39	2.2	0	0.0	12	0.7	24	21	22	1.2	14	146
49	Harris, Ben	1	3	3.0	0	0.0	3	3.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
47	Hose, Simon	5	37	7.4	38	7.6	75	15.0	10	2.0	0	0.0	12	2.4	6	12	2	0.4	0	12
9	Ishchenko, Alex	13	66	5.1	34	2.6	100	7.7	44	3.4	109	8.4	3	0.2	13	29	1	0.1	2	8
36	Kennedy, Michael	9	107	11.9	52	5.8	159	17.7	27	3.0	0	0.0	10	1.1	11	9	2	0.2	1	13
14	Leslie, Martin	11	94	8.5	81	7.4	175	15.9	45	4.1	2	0.2	12	1.1	26	19	0	0.0	0	0
16	Lester-Smith, Rod	16	173	10.8	55	3.4	228	14.3	82	5.1	0	0.0	13	0.8	22	8	4	0.3	5	29
19	McIvor, Scott	22	329	15.0	232	10.5	561	25.5	111	5.0	11	0.5	58	2.6	35	36	9	0.4	11	65
24	Merrett, Roger	22	204	9.3	107	4.9	311	14.1	131	6.0	58	2.6	23	1.0	45	54	24	1.1	9	153
1	Mickan, Mark	16	106	6.6	45	2.8	151	9.4	55	3.4	173	10.8	7	0.4	17	9	12	0.8	4	76
28	O'Brien, Cameron	8	58	7.3	20	2.5	78	9.8	37	4.6	4	0.5	2	0.3	3	11	19	2.4	12	126
31	O'Keeffe, David	20	186	9.3	58	2.9	244	12.2	64	3.2	1	0.1	21	1.1	29	38	3	0.2	5	23
15	O'Sullivan, Chris	6	26	4.3	27	4.5	53	8.8	10	1.7	0	0.0	7	1.2	0	3	2	0.3	0	12
11	Phillips, Brenton	21	260	12.4	107	5.1	367	17.5	77	3.7	1	0.0	29	1.4	39	25	3	0.1	0	18
4	Raines, Geoff	20	287	14.4	123	6.2	410	20.5	95	4.8	0	0.0	25	1.3	30	26	4	0.2	5	29
3	Reynoldson, Steve	11	97	8.8	55	5.0	152	13.8	57	5.2	19	1.7	7	0.6	17	18	2	0.2	0	12
8	Richardson, Mike	15	201	13.4	101	6.7	302	20.1	65	4.3	1	0.1	16	1.1	18	16	9	0.6	2	56
27	Roberts, Mark	19	166	8.7	83	4.4	249	13.1	61	3.2	3	0.2	17	0.9	17	32	5	0.3	3	33
20	Sim, Lachlan	6	36	6.0	16	2.7	52	8.7	1	0.2	0	0.0	3	0.5	6	2	2	0.3	0	12
29	Taylor, Andrew	8	82	10.3	51	6.4	133	16.6	43	5.4	1	0.1	7	0.9	9	13	6	0.8	3	39
18	Walsh, Phil	8	92	11.5	41	5.1	133	16.6	32	4.0	0	0.0	8	1.0	15	8	2	0.3	3	15
2	Williams, Mark	22	310	14.1	151	6.9	461	21.0	84	3.8	0	0.0	56	2.5	38	34	19	0.9	18	132
21	Zanotti, Mark	10	88	8.8	18	1.8	106	10.6	32	3.2	0	0.0	5	0.5	14	7	0	0.0	0	0
Totals		440	4608	10.5	2094	4.8	6702	15.2	1653	3.8	389	0.9	510	1.2	587	591	259	0.6	199	1753