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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) 1987–2024

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

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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2007 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Brisbane's 2007 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Brisbane 2.55.106.139.15 69 WON Hawthorn 1.02.32.66.8 44 25 GAB Mar 31 (Sat, 7:15) Scores
2 H Brisbane 2.47.711.1115.12 102 WON St. Kilda 2.33.46.67.8 50 52 GAB Apr 5 (Thu, 7:40) Scores
3 A Brisbane 4.37.410.810.9 69 LOST Sydney 5.37.68.1013.18 96 -27 SCG Apr 15 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
4 A Brisbane 1.65.96.138.15 63 LOST North Melbourne 5.46.67.1312.15 87 -24 CRR Apr 21 (Sat, 7:15) Scores
5 A Brisbane 6.113.118.421.10 136 WON Carlton 5.614.817.1118.16 124 12 DOC Apr 28 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
6 H Brisbane 5.59.1012.1517.18 120 WON Fremantle 4.57.89.1410.15 75 45 GAB May 6 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
7 H Brisbane 3.65.86.129.15 69 LOST Adelaide 4.26.810.1314.16 100 -31 GAB May 12 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
8 A Brisbane 2.45.85.108.15 63 LOST Essendon 3.67.1013.1518.19 127 -64 DOC May 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Brisbane 4.47.611.713.9 87 LOST Collingwood 5.28.712.1018.12 120 -33 GAB May 26 (Sat, 7:15) Scores
10 A Brisbane 1.55.810.1010.13 73 DRAW Richmond 2.44.78.910.13 73 0 DOC Jun 2 (Sat, 7:15) Scores
11 H Brisbane 2.32.67.810.12 72 LOST Western Bulldogs 6.87.1213.1513.17 95 -23 GAB Jun 9 (Sat, 7:15) Scores
12 A Brisbane 0.20.44.55.5 35 LOST Geelong 1.44.86.1212.13 85 -50 KAR Jun 17 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
13 H Brisbane 3.45.108.1515.15 105 LOST Port Adelaide 2.39.514.717.10 112 -7 GAB Jun 30 (Sat, 7:15) Scores
14 A Brisbane 2.15.710.913.13 91 WON West Coast 3.56.88.109.10 64 27 SUB Jul 7 (Sat, 5:40) Scores
15 A Brisbane 6.57.1214.1418.18 126 WON Melbourne 1.03.45.812.10 82 44 GAB Jul 14 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
16 H Brisbane 6.29.517.825.13 163 WON Carlton 2.44.66.76.10 46 117 GAB Jul 22 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
17 A Brisbane 7.611.1316.1522.17 149 WON Collingwood 1.33.75.127.14 56 93 MCG Jul 28 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
18 H Brisbane 3.55.107.1410.17 77 WON North Melbourne 0.12.64.75.10 40 37 GAB Aug 4 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
19 A Brisbane 3.47.99.1013.13 91 LOST Hawthorn 4.37.414.817.13 115 -24 MCG Aug 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Brisbane 1.04.14.79.9 63 DRAW Sydney 2.43.76.128.15 63 0 GAB Aug 18 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
21 A Brisbane 3.03.15.88.12 60 LOST Adelaide 3.26.710.1312.14 86 -26 FBP Aug 25 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
22 H Brisbane 2.16.69.1015.13 103 LOST Geelong 5.29.415.1022.13 145 -42 GAB Sep 1 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
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2007 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Adcock, Jed 22 277 12.6 178 8.1 455 20.7 98 4.5 3 0.1 109 5.0 44 25 10 0.5 1 61
Allan, Marcus 4 30 7.5 19 4.8 49 12.3 16 4.0 0 0.0 4 1.0 0 2 1 0.3 0 6
Begley, Colm 19 125 6.6 120 6.3 245 12.9 67 3.5 0 0.0 31 1.6 8 11 6 0.3 4 40
Black, Simon 21 244 11.6 222 10.6 466 22.2 45 2.1 3 0.1 91 4.3 33 22 9 0.4 11 65
Brennan, Jared 21 215 10.2 83 4.0 298 14.2 123 5.9 9 0.4 51 2.4 23 18 24 1.1 15 159
Brown, Jonathan 22 239 10.9 114 5.2 353 16.0 195 8.9 4 0.2 22 1.0 26 30 77 3.5 38 500
Charman, Jamie 17 113 6.6 101 5.9 214 12.6 63 3.7 314 18.5 51 3.0 29 31 10 0.6 4 64
Clark, Mitch 4 25 6.3 11 2.8 36 9.0 19 4.8 8 2.0 5 1.3 0 5 7 1.8 6 48
Copeland, Robert 21 140 6.7 94 4.5 234 11.1 70 3.3 0 0.0 49 2.3 17 15 15 0.7 10 100
Corrie, Anthony 2 25 12.5 8 4.0 33 16.5 10 5.0 0 0.0 5 2.5 5 2 0 0.0 1 1
Drummond, Josh 11 165 15.0 69 6.3 234 21.3 65 5.9 0 0.0 23 2.1 14 4 4 0.4 2 26
Dzufer, Daniel 1 3 3.0 7 7.0 10 10.0 3 3.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1
Fixter, Ben 8 49 6.1 40 5.0 89 11.1 21 2.6 0 0.0 37 4.6 8 9 1 0.1 1 7
Hadley, Richard 14 116 8.3 118 8.4 234 16.7 54 3.9 2 0.1 36 2.6 10 13 3 0.2 3 21
Hamill, Will 3 11 3.7 17 5.7 28 9.3 7 2.3 0 0.0 3 1.0 0 1 1 0.3 0 6
Harding, Scott 11 73 6.6 58 5.3 131 11.9 26 2.4 1 0.1 16 1.5 11 4 4 0.4 5 29
Hooper, Rhan 8 70 8.8 38 4.8 108 13.5 30 3.8 0 0.0 27 3.4 3 2 8 1.0 10 58
Johnson, Chris 12 91 7.6 47 3.9 138 11.5 62 5.2 2 0.2 26 2.2 10 11 11 0.9 6 72
Lappin, Nigel 18 257 14.3 225 12.5 482 26.8 85 4.7 0 0.0 75 4.2 18 9 4 0.2 6 30
Leuenberger, Matthew 9 24 2.7 40 4.4 64 7.1 16 1.8 73 8.1 13 1.4 5 9 1 0.1 1 7
MacDonald, Joel 9 73 8.1 82 9.1 155 17.2 24 2.7 0 0.0 25 2.8 4 1 2 0.2 2 14
McDonald, Beau 8 19 2.4 23 2.9 42 5.3 12 1.5 109 13.6 10 1.3 3 5 0 0.0 1 1
McGrath, Ashley 15 83 5.5 41 2.7 124 8.3 36 2.4 0 0.0 23 1.5 3 7 22 1.5 17 149
Merrett, Daniel 22 110 5.0 90 4.1 200 9.1 89 4.0 4 0.2 27 1.2 8 21 0 0.0 0 0
Mills, Wayde 11 34 3.1 63 5.7 97 8.8 41 3.7 0 0.0 12 1.1 6 4 2 0.2 6 18
Moody, Matthew 7 36 5.1 36 5.1 72 10.3 24 3.4 0 0.0 7 1.0 5 5 0 0.0 6 6
Notting, Tim 22 275 12.5 188 8.5 463 21.0 133 6.0 2 0.1 53 2.4 17 16 16 0.7 11 107
Patfull, Joel 21 110 5.2 83 4.0 193 9.2 73 3.5 0 0.0 46 2.2 11 12 13 0.6 8 86
Power, Luke 19 246 12.9 206 10.8 452 23.8 65 3.4 0 0.0 96 5.1 21 22 9 0.5 8 62
Proud, Albert 2 5 2.5 4 2.0 9 4.5 3 1.5 0 0.0 6 3.0 0 2 0 0.0 2 2
Rischitelli, Michael 22 158 7.2 209 9.5 367 16.7 86 3.9 4 0.2 100 4.5 20 16 6 0.3 10 46
Roe, Jason 16 122 7.6 67 4.2 189 11.8 74 4.6 0 0.0 44 2.8 24 10 2 0.1 5 17
Schmidt, Chris 2 2 1.0 7 3.5 9 4.5 4 2.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Scott, Chris 2 8 4.0 8 4.0 16 8.0 6 3.0 0 0.0 5 2.5 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
Selwood, Troy 14 165 11.8 107 7.6 272 19.4 88 6.3 1 0.1 36 2.6 18 10 2 0.1 1 13
Sherman, Justin 14 97 6.9 87 6.2 184 13.1 40 2.9 0 0.0 41 2.9 9 11 6 0.4 8 44
Stiller, Cheynee 22 253 11.5 191 8.7 444 20.2 143 6.5 1 0.0 54 2.5 14 13 7 0.3 4 46
Wood, Cameron 8 23 2.9 23 2.9 46 5.8 21 2.6 97 12.1 14 1.8 4 4 0 0.0 0 0
 

Footnotes

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