Brisbane
"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
2003 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Brisbane's 2003 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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2003-03-29 1 | H | Brisbane | 4.7 | 9.10 | 11.17 | 14.20 | 104 | WON | Essendon | 1.5 | 4.9 | 6.9 | 8.13 | 61 | 43 | GAB | 2003-03-29 Mar 29 (Sat, 7:10) | Scores |
2003-04-05 2 | A | Brisbane | 1.4 | 8.5 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 86 | WON | Port Adelaide | 3.4 | 6.5 | 7.11 | 10.16 | 76 | 10 | FBP | 2003-04-05 Apr 5 (Sat, 7:10) | Scores |
2003-04-12 3 | A | Brisbane | 4.4 | 8.7 | 12.9 | 16.13 | 109 | DRAW | North Melbourne | 4.1 | 9.4 | 13.9 | 16.13 | 109 | 0 | DOC | 2003-04-12 Apr 12 (Sat, 7:10) | Scores |
2003-04-17 4 | H | Brisbane | 1.4 | 5.7 | 12.8 | 14.11 | 95 | WON | Collingwood | 3.3 | 6.8 | 8.12 | 11.15 | 81 | 14 | GAB | 2003-04-17 Apr 17 (Thu, 7:40) | Scores |
2003-04-27 5 | H | Brisbane | 6.4 | 9.8 | 12.13 | 15.16 | 106 | WON | Western Bulldogs | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 12.7 | 79 | 27 | GAB | 2003-04-27 Apr 27 (Sun, 1:10) | Scores |
2003-05-04 6 | A | Brisbane | 2.3 | 8.6 | 10.10 | 13.14 | 92 | WON | Geelong | 4.1 | 4.2 | 8.4 | 12.6 | 78 | 14 | KAR | 2003-05-04 May 4 (Sun, 2:40) | Scores |
2003-05-11 7 | A | Brisbane | 2.2 | 4.6 | 8.9 | 11.13 | 79 | LOST | Sydney | 5.1 | 9.5 | 10.8 | 15.8 | 98 | -19 | SCG | 2003-05-11 May 11 (Sun, 1:10) | Scores |
2003-05-17 8 | H | Brisbane | 3.1 | 7.3 | 12.8 | 16.11 | 107 | WON | Adelaide | 5.4 | 8.9 | 10.14 | 12.17 | 89 | 18 | GAB | 2003-05-17 May 17 (Sat, 7:10) | Scores |
2003-05-24 9 | A | Brisbane | 2.2 | 6.5 | 14.11 | 23.15 | 153 | WON | Carlton | 3.2 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 11.10 | 76 | 77 | PRI | 2003-05-24 May 24 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
2003-05-31 10 | A | Brisbane | 6.4 | 13.6 | 15.13 | 18.15 | 123 | WON | Melbourne | 0.1 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 9.9 | 63 | 60 | GAB | 2003-05-31 May 31 (Sat, 7:10) | Scores |
2003-06-07 11 | A | Brisbane | 5.3 | 5.4 | 9.6 | 13.7 | 85 | LOST | St. Kilda | 5.1 | 9.5 | 13.6 | 13.12 | 90 | -5 | DOC | 2003-06-07 Jun 7 (Sat, 7:10) | Scores |
2003-06-15 12 | H | Brisbane | 2.2 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 13.13 | 91 | LOST | West Coast | 6.3 | 12.7 | 19.12 | 24.16 | 160 | -69 | GAB | 2003-06-15 Jun 15 (Sun, 1:10) | Scores |
2003-06-28 13 | H | Brisbane | 3.2 | 8.8 | 11.12 | 15.14 | 104 | WON | Richmond | 3.3 | 6.3 | 8.3 | 9.7 | 61 | 43 | GAB | 2003-06-28 Jun 28 (Sat, 7:10) | Scores |
2003-07-05 14 | A | Brisbane | 2.3 | 5.6 | 9.8 | 10.12 | 72 | LOST | Fremantle | 2.2 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 10.15 | 75 | -3 | SUB | 2003-07-05 Jul 5 (Sat, 1:40) | Scores |
2003-07-13 15 | H | Brisbane | 4.4 | 6.7 | 10.9 | 14.9 | 93 | WON | Hawthorn | 2.5 | 7.9 | 10.12 | 11.15 | 81 | 12 | GAB | 2003-07-13 Jul 13 (Sun, 1:10) | Scores |
2003-07-19 16 | A | Brisbane | 3.2 | 7.6 | 10.10 | 12.14 | 86 | LOST | Essendon | 4.4 | 6.4 | 11.8 | 14.10 | 94 | -8 | DOC | 2003-07-19 Jul 19 (Sat, 7:10) | Scores |
2003-07-26 17 | H | Brisbane | 3.5 | 7.8 | 9.11 | 15.13 | 103 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 3.4 | 7.7 | 10.10 | 15.14 | 104 | -1 | GAB | 2003-07-26 Jul 26 (Sat, 7:10) | Scores |
2003-08-02 18 | H | Brisbane | 5.3 | 10.3 | 13.10 | 20.17 | 137 | WON | North Melbourne | 1.2 | 5.10 | 8.13 | 11.17 | 83 | 54 | GAB | 2003-08-02 Aug 2 (Sat, 7:10) | Scores |
2003-08-09 19 | A | Brisbane | 8.0 | 10.2 | 13.7 | 15.11 | 101 | WON | Collingwood | 1.0 | 5.3 | 8.8 | 8.14 | 62 | 39 | MCG | 2003-08-09 Aug 9 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
2003-08-17 20 | H | Brisbane | 4.3 | 6.8 | 8.12 | 10.16 | 76 | LOST | Sydney | 2.1 | 5.5 | 11.5 | 14.6 | 90 | -14 | GAB | 2003-08-17 Aug 17 (Sun, 1:10) | Scores |
2003-08-23 21 | H | Brisbane | 3.4 | 11.5 | 14.8 | 19.9 | 123 | WON | Geelong | 1.2 | 3.5 | 9.6 | 13.8 | 86 | 37 | GAB | 2003-08-23 Aug 23 (Sat, 7:10) | Scores |
2003-08-30 22 | A | Brisbane | 7.2 | 13.4 | 19.8 | 26.14 | 170 | WON | Western Bulldogs | 4.1 | 7.3 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 86 | 84 | DOC | 2003-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 7:10) | Scores |
2003-09-06 2QF | A | Brisbane | 3.2 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 51 | LOST | Collingwood | 2.2 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 9.12 | 66 | -15 | MCG | 2003-09-06 Sep 6 (Sat, 7:30) | Scores |
2003-09-12 2SF | H | Brisbane | 3.3 | 6.9 | 11.12 | 18.16 | 124 | WON | Adelaide | 3.2 | 4.4 | 10.7 | 12.10 | 82 | 42 | GAB | 2003-09-12 Sep 12 (Fri, 7:30) | Scores |
2003-09-20 1PF | A | Brisbane | 2.7 | 6.7 | 8.10 | 14.16 | 100 | WON | Sydney | 2.2 | 4.4 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 56 | 44 | STA | 2003-09-20 Sep 20 (Sat, 7:30) | Scores |
2003-09-27 GF | A | Brisbane | 5.5 | 11.7 | 14.12 | 20.14 | 134 | WON | Collingwood | 3.3 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 12.12 | 84 | 50 | MCG | 2003-09-27 Sep 27 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
2003 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | Akermanis, Jason | 25 | 350 | 14.0 | 102 | 4.1 | 452 | 18.1 | 99 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 84 | 3.4 | 13 | 23 | 28 | 1.1 | 32 | 200 |
10 | Ashcroft, Marcus | 25 | 155 | 6.2 | 115 | 4.6 | 270 | 10.8 | 68 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 1.3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
20 | Black, Simon | 26 | 326 | 12.5 | 308 | 11.8 | 634 | 24.4 | 73 | 2.8 | 5 | 0.2 | 113 | 4.3 | 24 | 25 | 16 | 0.6 | 14 | 110 |
36 | Bradshaw, Daniel | 24 | 172 | 7.2 | 68 | 2.8 | 240 | 10.0 | 127 | 5.3 | 9 | 0.4 | 20 | 0.8 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 1.2 | 14 | 182 |
17 | Brennan, Jared | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 11 | 1.6 | 51 | 7.3 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 1.6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.7 | 5 | 35 |
16 | Brown, Jonathan | 19 | 173 | 9.1 | 113 | 5.9 | 286 | 15.1 | 126 | 6.6 | 9 | 0.5 | 30 | 1.6 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 1.4 | 15 | 177 |
1 | Caracella, Blake | 18 | 177 | 9.8 | 95 | 5.3 | 272 | 15.1 | 86 | 4.8 | 2 | 0.1 | 33 | 1.8 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 0.9 | 16 | 118 |
19 | Charman, Jamie | 26 | 109 | 4.2 | 113 | 4.3 | 222 | 8.5 | 81 | 3.1 | 397 | 15.3 | 40 | 1.5 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 0.3 | 10 | 64 |
30 | Copeland, Robert | 18 | 143 | 7.9 | 61 | 3.4 | 204 | 11.3 | 63 | 3.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 49 | 2.7 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0.2 | 2 | 20 |
7 | Gram, Jason | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 6 | 3.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Hadley, Richard | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 10 | 3.3 | 24 | 8.0 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 7 |
32 | Hart, Shaun | 25 | 290 | 11.6 | 126 | 5.0 | 416 | 16.6 | 104 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 60 | 2.4 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 0.7 | 13 | 121 |
2 | Johnson, Chris | 21 | 185 | 8.8 | 126 | 6.0 | 311 | 14.8 | 91 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 2.1 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 0.4 | 2 | 56 |
27 | Keating, Clark | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 31 | 2.6 | 78 | 6.5 | 20 | 1.7 | 224 | 18.7 | 15 | 1.3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0.4 | 6 | 36 |
44 | Lappin, Nigel | 22 | 371 | 16.9 | 191 | 8.7 | 562 | 25.5 | 124 | 5.6 | 4 | 0.2 | 70 | 3.2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0.4 | 15 | 63 |
23 | Leppitsch, Justin | 22 | 193 | 8.8 | 105 | 4.8 | 298 | 13.5 | 126 | 5.7 | 14 | 0.6 | 32 | 1.5 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 0.5 | 3 | 63 |
11 | Lynch, Alastair | 22 | 161 | 7.3 | 44 | 2.0 | 205 | 9.3 | 101 | 4.6 | 6 | 0.3 | 15 | 0.7 | 18 | 28 | 78 | 3.5 | 36 | 504 |
43 | McDonald, Beau | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 21 | 2.3 | 48 | 5.3 | 17 | 1.9 | 152 | 16.9 | 8 | 0.9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 |
9 | McGrath, Ashley | 22 | 150 | 6.8 | 51 | 2.3 | 201 | 9.1 | 62 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 1.8 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 0.6 | 9 | 87 |
25 | McLaren, Dylan | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 11 | 2.2 | 15 | 3.0 | 5 | 1.0 | 51 | 10.2 | 7 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | McRae, Craig | 20 | 132 | 6.6 | 79 | 4.0 | 211 | 10.6 | 34 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 3.1 | 19 | 6 | 26 | 1.3 | 17 | 173 |
15 | Michael, Mal | 23 | 119 | 5.2 | 79 | 3.4 | 198 | 8.6 | 91 | 4.0 | 32 | 1.4 | 21 | 0.9 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
35 | Morrison, Shane | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 2.0 | 11 | 5.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Notting, Tim | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 43 | 3.1 | 118 | 8.4 | 35 | 2.5 | 2 | 0.1 | 19 | 1.4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0.6 | 7 | 55 |
13 | Pike, Martin | 25 | 234 | 9.4 | 117 | 4.7 | 351 | 14.0 | 118 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 57 | 2.3 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 0.7 | 11 | 113 |
6 | Power, Luke | 26 | 349 | 13.4 | 190 | 7.3 | 539 | 20.7 | 120 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 72 | 2.8 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 1.0 | 12 | 174 |
22 | Scott, Chris | 19 | 179 | 9.4 | 88 | 4.6 | 267 | 14.1 | 108 | 5.7 | 2 | 0.1 | 38 | 2.0 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 14 |
5 | Scott, Brad | 22 | 245 | 11.1 | 166 | 7.5 | 411 | 18.7 | 112 | 5.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 48 | 2.2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0.2 | 8 | 38 |
34 | Shattock, Aaron | 18 | 103 | 5.7 | 66 | 3.7 | 169 | 9.4 | 55 | 3.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 29 | 1.6 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0.4 | 1 | 43 |
3 | Voss, Michael | 25 | 283 | 11.3 | 252 | 10.1 | 535 | 21.4 | 105 | 4.2 | 5 | 0.2 | 66 | 2.6 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 0.8 | 17 | 137 |
31 | Weller, Luke | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 6 | 1.5 | 27 | 6.8 | 7 | 1.8 | 2 | 0.5 | 8 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 6 |
33 | White, Darryl | 21 | 150 | 7.1 | 88 | 4.2 | 238 | 11.3 | 96 | 4.6 | 36 | 1.7 | 25 | 1.2 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0.2 | 2 | 32 |
Totals | 572 | 4987 | 8.7 | 2886 | 5.0 | 7873 | 13.8 | 2296 | 4.0 | 956 | 1.7 | 1156 | 2.0 | 356 | 362 | 394 | 0.7 | 274 | 2638 |