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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, 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

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

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1990 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Brisbane's 1990 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Brisbane 4.37.513.1419.19 133 WON Richmond 2.46.97.1210.14 74 59 CRR Mar 31 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
2 A Brisbane 1.53.54.88.11 59 LOST Fitzroy 2.25.911.1313.20 98 -39 PRI Apr 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Brisbane 4.19.512.814.11 95 LOST North Melbourne 5.411.615.1017.11 113 -18 CRR Apr 15 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 A Brisbane 2.43.53.75.8 38 LOST Hawthorn 3.27.413.818.12 120 -82 PRI Apr 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Brisbane 3.25.78.98.13 61 LOST Melbourne 5.16.314.519.11 125 -64 CRR Apr 28 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
6 A Brisbane 3.16.39.312.8 80 LOST Geelong 7.211.415.1123.13 151 -71 KAR May 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Brisbane 3.29.412.1014.12 96 WON Sydney 3.36.59.513.10 88 8 CRR May 13 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
8 A Brisbane 2.15.46.79.9 63 LOST West Coast 4.98.1314.1916.26 122 -59 SUB May 20 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 H Brisbane 3.23.44.78.8 56 LOST Footscray 0.17.513.1019.11 125 -69 CRR May 26 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
10 A Brisbane 2.33.46.810.11 71 LOST St. Kilda 6.614.1119.1921.22 148 -77 MOO Jun 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Brisbane 2.34.38.810.13 73 LOST Collingwood 4.59.1011.1215.17 107 -34 CRR Jun 10 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 A Brisbane 1.76.119.1711.23 89 LOST Carlton 6.210.617.724.14 158 -69 PRI Jun 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Brisbane 2.22.85.107.13 55 LOST Essendon 4.39.710.1015.19 109 -54 CRR Jun 23 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
14 A Brisbane 2.04.19.410.11 71 LOST Richmond 8.611.1115.1622.21 153 -82 MCG Jul 6 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
15 H Brisbane 5.17.412.517.9 111 WON Fitzroy 2.27.38.79.8 62 49 CRR Jul 15 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 A Brisbane 5.35.66.97.12 54 LOST North Melbourne 1.39.510.1013.12 90 -36 MCG Jul 22 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
17 H Brisbane 5.210.313.614.11 95 LOST Hawthorn 1.77.1013.1216.14 110 -15 CRR Jul 29 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 A Brisbane 3.14.18.39.6 60 LOST Melbourne 2.49.89.1210.13 73 -13 WAV Aug 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Brisbane 5.313.620.925.13 163 WON Geelong 4.45.79.914.13 97 66 CRR Aug 11 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
20 A Brisbane 3.44.77.117.13 55 LOST Sydney 1.63.114.1511.20 86 -31 SCG Aug 17 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
21 H Brisbane 1.25.57.88.11 59 LOST West Coast 4.49.711.1014.16 100 -41 CRR Aug 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
22 A Brisbane 1.04.29.215.6 96 LOST Footscray 5.810.1313.1616.21 117 -21 WES Sep 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
Player stats will return soon.
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.