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) 1987–2024

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, 2023 (5 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

CEO
Malcolm Holmes

President
Angus Johnson

Head of Football Operations
Dean Warren

Recruiting Manager
Graeme Hadley

List Manager
Rob Kerr

Coach
Michael Voss

Assistant Coaches
Mark Harvey, Adrian Fletcher, Shane Woewodin, Gary O'Donnell, Darren Trevena, Jamie Charman (ruck)

Fitness Staff
Brett Burton

Club Doctors
Paul McConnell, Andrew Smith

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

2012 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Brisbane's 2012 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
2012-03-31 1	A	Brisbane	1.4	7.8	13.13	17.17	119	WON	Melbourne	3.3	7.4	8.8	11.12	78	41	MCG	2012-03-31 Mar 31 (Sat, 1:45)	Scores
2012-04-05 2	H	Brisbane	6.1	7.6	7.7	9.9	63	LOST	Carlton	5.5	10.9	16.10	23.16	154	-91	GAB	2012-04-05 Apr 5 (Thu, 7:40)	Scores
2012-04-14 3	A	Brisbane	2.1	3.2	5.3	5.5	35	LOST	Fremantle	1.4	4.7	6.13	8.16	64	-29	SUB	2012-04-14 Apr 14 (Sat, 2:40)	Scores
2012-04-21 4	H	Brisbane	3.3	7.4	12.5	17.9	111	WON	Gold Coast	2.4	5.8	5.9	6.10	46	65	GAB	2012-04-21 Apr 21 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
2012-04-28 5	H	Brisbane	0.5	0.7	1.9	4.17	41	LOST	Geelong	4.1	7.5	10.6	12.7	79	-38	GAB	2012-04-28 Apr 28 (Sat, 7:45)	Scores
2012-05-05 6	A	Brisbane	4.1	7.4	8.4	9.8	62	LOST	Essendon	8.3	12.9	16.12	19.15	129	-67	DOC	2012-05-05 May 5 (Sat, 1:40)	Scores
2012-05-12 7	H	Brisbane	2.1	3.7	7.9	8.10	58	LOST	Collingwood	6.4	9.7	12.12	17.14	116	-58	GAB	2012-05-12 May 12 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
2012-05-20 8	H	Brisbane	7.3	10.9	13.14	19.18	132	WON	Greater Western Sydney	1.2	3.5	4.5	5.10	40	92	GAB	2012-05-20 May 20 (Sun, 1:10)	Scores
2012-05-27 9	A	Brisbane	3.2	5.4	11.6	15.6	96	LOST	North Melbourne	6.4	13.8	15.8	17.10	112	-16	DOC	2012-05-27 May 27 (Sun, 1:10)	Scores
2012-06-03 10	H	Brisbane	3.3	7.4	8.5	16.6	102	WON	West Coast	2.1	5.5	10.7	15.10	100	2	GAB	2012-06-03 Jun 3 (Sun, 1:10)	Scores
2012-06-12 11		Brisbane							Bye								2012-06-12 Jun 12 (Tue, 12:00)
2012-06-17 12	A	Brisbane	6.1	7.2	8.2	11.4	70	LOST	Hawthorn	4.6	8.12	12.19	19.21	135	-65	MCG	2012-06-17 Jun 17 (Sun, 1:10)	Scores
2012-06-23 13	A	Brisbane	6.1	8.5	12.5	18.6	114	WON	Western Bulldogs	2.3	5.6	5.10	7.14	56	58	DOC	2012-06-23 Jun 23 (Sat, 1:40)	Scores
2012-07-01 14	H	Brisbane	6.1	9.6	13.11	18.14	122	WON	Melbourne	3.6	3.8	4.11	8.13	61	61	GAB	2012-07-01 Jul 1 (Sun, 3:15)	Scores
2012-07-07 15	A	Brisbane	3.4	7.4	8.7	9.9	63	LOST	Sydney	4.2	10.7	15.12	16.14	110	-47	SCG	2012-07-07 Jul 7 (Sat, 4:40)	Scores
2012-07-14 16	H	Brisbane	3.3	7.5	10.6	14.8	92	LOST	St. Kilda	4.0	6.1	10.7	16.9	105	-13	GAB	2012-07-14 Jul 14 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
2012-07-21 17	A	Brisbane	3.2	5.6	6.10	8.11	59	WON	Gold Coast	0.5	3.7	4.10	5.18	48	11	CRR	2012-07-21 Jul 21 (Sat, 4:40)	Scores
2012-07-29 18	A	Brisbane	2.0	5.2	7.3	12.5	77	LOST	West Coast	7.4	11.5	17.6	28.7	175	-98	SUB	2012-07-29 Jul 29 (Sun, 2:40)	Scores
2012-08-04 19	H	Brisbane	3.2	4.9	7.12	12.12	84	LOST	Richmond	3.3	8.5	14.8	20.12	132	-48	GAB	2012-08-04 Aug 4 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
2012-08-11 20	A	Brisbane	2.6	4.11	5.13	10.17	77	LOST	Carlton	2.2	6.6	13.11	17.11	113	-36	DOC	2012-08-11 Aug 11 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
2012-08-18 21	H	Brisbane	0.3	5.9	10.15	13.17	95	WON	Adelaide	6.5	7.8	10.9	12.13	85	10	GAB	2012-08-18 Aug 18 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
2012-08-25 22	A	Brisbane	5.3	10.6	12.7	16.8	104	WON	Port Adelaide	5.2	8.3	14.8	14.9	93	11	FBP	2012-08-25 Aug 25 (Sat, 1:40)	Scores
2012-09-02 23	H	Brisbane	1.4	9.7	14.12	19.14	128	WON	Western Bulldogs	0.3	2.5	4.6	9.7	61	67	GAB	2012-09-02 Sep 2 (Sun, 4:40)	Scores

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2012 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Adcock, Jed	21	244	11.6	160	7.6	404	19.2	104	5.0	0	0.0	85	4.0	25	15	3	0.1	2	20
Banfield, Todd	12	57	4.8	45	3.8	102	8.5	17	1.4	0	0.0	28	2.3	13	8	6	0.5	10	46
Beams, Claye	8	71	8.9	47	5.9	118	14.8	25	3.1	0	0.0	26	3.3	5	3	6	0.8	2	38
Bewick, Rohan	16	124	7.8	75	4.7	199	12.4	58	3.6	1	0.1	27	1.7	13	9	18	1.1	12	120
Black, Simon	18	180	10.0	247	13.7	427	23.7	48	2.7	0	0.0	67	3.7	20	10	5	0.3	6	36
Brown, Jonathan	20	189	9.5	108	5.4	297	14.9	143	7.2	15	0.8	20	1.0	26	15	47	2.4	20	302
Buchanan, Amon	1	7	7.0	12	12.0	19	19.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	2	2.0	2	2	0	0.0	1	1
Cornelius, Aaron	8	48	6.0	28	3.5	76	9.5	33	4.1	2	0.3	12	1.5	4	6	13	1.6	5	83
Crisp, Jack	10	57	5.7	57	5.7	114	11.4	21	2.1	0	0.0	34	3.4	1	4	3	0.3	5	23
Drummond, Josh	15	168	11.2	65	4.3	233	15.5	67	4.5	0	0.0	22	1.5	6	7	3	0.2	1	19
Golby, Mitchell	13	135	10.4	106	8.2	241	18.5	61	4.7	0	0.0	47	3.6	9	13	0	0.0	0	0
Green, Josh	12	83	6.9	53	4.4	136	11.3	20	1.7	0	0.0	25	2.1	7	5	15	1.3	8	98
Hanley, Pearce	22	314	14.3	147	6.7	461	21.0	119	5.4	6	0.3	53	2.4	11	17	7	0.3	3	45
Harwood, Ryan	16	131	8.2	112	7.0	243	15.2	60	3.8	0	0.0	36	2.3	12	13	0	0.0	2	2
Hawksley, James	4	35	8.8	30	7.5	65	16.3	20	5.0	4	1.0	4	1.0	3	0	2	0.5	1	13
Hudson, Ben	18	93	5.2	174	9.7	267	14.8	39	2.2	453	25.2	38	2.1	16	29	3	0.2	1	19
Karnezis, Patrick	7	39	5.6	18	2.6	57	8.1	29	4.1	0	0.0	14	2.0	2	8	7	1.0	8	50
Lester, Ryan	19	168	8.8	120	6.3	288	15.2	77	4.1	1	0.1	30	1.6	14	17	3	0.2	4	22
Leuenberger, Matthew	3	17	5.7	11	3.7	28	9.3	7	2.3	44	14.7	8	2.7	3	3	1	0.3	0	6
Lisle, Jordan	5	37	7.4	29	5.8	66	13.2	26	5.2	19	3.8	5	1.0	8	2	4	0.8	4	28
Longer, Billy	5	21	4.2	16	3.2	37	7.4	11	2.2	113	22.6	15	3.0	4	4	0	0.0	0	0
Maguire, Matt	16	147	9.2	59	3.7	206	12.9	81	5.1	5	0.3	34	2.1	12	14	0	0.0	0	0
McGrath, Ashley	12	113	9.4	69	5.8	182	15.2	49	4.1	0	0.0	32	2.7	10	11	11	0.9	8	74
McKeever, Niall	9	47	5.2	61	6.8	108	12.0	34	3.8	2	0.2	9	1.0	4	6	0	0.0	1	1
Merrett, Daniel	22	192	8.7	100	4.5	292	13.3	113	5.1	57	2.6	63	2.9	20	37	26	1.2	13	169
O'Brien, Jesse	2	6	3.0	4	2.0	10	5.0	3	1.5	0	0.0	5	2.5	1	0	1	0.5	0	6
Patfull, Joel	22	143	6.5	113	5.1	256	11.6	88	4.0	0	0.0	63	2.9	19	26	0	0.0	0	0
Polec, Jared	12	92	7.7	51	4.3	143	11.9	40	3.3	4	0.3	26	2.2	5	5	8	0.7	5	53
Polkinghorne, James	20	173	8.7	106	5.3	279	14.0	66	3.3	8	0.4	47	2.4	11	27	13	0.7	8	86
Raines, Andrew	19	167	8.8	138	7.3	305	16.1	31	1.6	0	0.0	74	3.9	15	27	8	0.4	6	54
Redden, Jack	22	263	12.0	286	13.0	549	25.0	108	4.9	11	0.5	143	6.5	34	33	11	0.5	3	69
Rich, Daniel	20	269	13.5	165	8.3	434	21.7	73	3.7	2	0.1	65	3.3	22	23	20	1.0	13	133
Rockliff, Tom	22	280	12.7	256	11.6	536	24.4	87	4.0	0	0.0	96	4.4	14	25	18	0.8	17	125
Sheldon, Sam	3	14	4.7	15	5.0	29	9.7	3	1.0	0	0.0	12	4.0	1	2	1	0.3	1	7
Stiller, Cheynee	3	28	9.3	17	5.7	45	15.0	18	6.0	0	0.0	8	2.7	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
Wrigley, Stephen	3	23	7.7	10	3.3	33	11.0	7	2.3	0	0.0	8	2.7	3	0	0	0.0	0	0
Yeo, Elliot	8	61	7.6	58	7.3	119	14.9	28	3.5	0	0.0	9	1.1	3	5	0	0.0	1	1
Zorko, Dayne	16	168	10.5	146	9.1	314	19.6	74	4.6	2	0.1	103	6.4	18	15	16	1.0	14	110