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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 (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

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"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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1996 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Brisbane's 1996 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Brisbane 4.49.715.1121.15 141 WON Footscray 1.33.84.117.12 54 87 GAB Mar 30 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
2 A Brisbane 4.29.311.516.7 103 WON West Coast 1.35.59.711.11 77 26 WAC Apr 6 (Sat, 8:40) Scores
3 H Brisbane 3.43.88.913.12 90 LOST Richmond 3.48.811.1515.18 108 -18 GAB Apr 13 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
4 H Brisbane 3.38.614.1218.17 125 WON North Melbourne 5.19.414.714.11 95 30 GAB Apr 19 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
5 H Brisbane 4.212.717.924.14 158 WON Fitzroy 2.54.96.126.13 49 109 GAB Apr 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 A Brisbane 4.18.114.317.8 110 WON Fremantle 3.39.510.812.13 85 25 SUB May 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
7 H Brisbane 3.210.613.915.14 104 WON Hawthorn 1.34.44.105.11 41 63 GAB May 11 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
8 H Brisbane 3.56.812.1515.18 108 WON Collingwood 5.45.810.1014.14 98 10 GAB May 17 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
9 A Brisbane 3.16.58.810.14 74 LOST Sydney 4.27.315.521.6 132 -58 SCG May 26 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
10 A Brisbane 5.17.312.515.8 98 DRAW Geelong 3.26.67.1114.14 98 0 KAR Jun 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Brisbane 2.14.24.55.8 38 LOST Carlton 2.16.38.69.8 62 -24 GAB Jun 15 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
12 H Brisbane 4.58.815.1018.15 123 WON Melbourne 3.04.25.66.10 46 77 GAB Jun 22 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
13 A Brisbane 2.14.27.77.8 50 LOST St. Kilda 3.47.612.714.12 96 -46 WAV Jun 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Brisbane 1.25.610.714.10 94 LOST Adelaide 3.29.312.915.12 102 -8 FBP Jul 6 (Sat, 8:40) Scores
15 H Brisbane 1.17.610.815.13 103 WON Essendon 2.42.57.810.8 68 35 GAB Jul 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 A Brisbane 1.22.34.84.12 36 WON Footscray 0.01.12.23.4 22 14 WHI Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Brisbane 4.211.417.1225.13 163 WON West Coast 5.312.515.717.14 116 47 GAB Jul 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Brisbane 4.64.96.159.16 70 WON Richmond 0.10.34.67.11 53 17 PRI Aug 4 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
19 A Brisbane 2.25.57.711.11 77 WON North Melbourne 2.43.56.88.11 59 18 PRI Aug 11 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
20 A Brisbane 5.413.823.1029.13 187 WON Fitzroy 4.38.510.1114.16 100 87 PRI Aug 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Brisbane 1.44.56.1110.11 71 WON Fremantle 2.54.78.810.10 70 1 GAB Aug 24 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
22 A Brisbane 1.54.75.146.15 51 LOST Collingwood 1.36.58.815.10 100 -49 VIC Aug 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2QF H Brisbane 4.66.811.915.11 101 WON Essendon 2.18.210.515.10 100 1 GAB Sep 6 (Fri, 7:45) Scores
2SF H Brisbane 6.214.517.1326.14 170 WON Carlton 3.18.49.710.13 73 97 GAB Sep 14 (Sat, 7:45) Scores
1PF A Brisbane 3.13.57.811.10 76 LOST North Melbourne 8.311.716.917.12 114 -38 MCG Sep 21 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1996 Player Stats

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