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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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Game records

"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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2023 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Brisbane's 2023 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Brisbane 2.18.39.511.6 72 LOST Port Adelaide 3.55.913.1318.18 126 -54 ADO Mar 18 (Sat, 4:05) Scores
2 H Brisbane 6.28.413.514.9 93 WON Melbourne 2.15.27.313.4 82 11 GAB Mar 24 (Fri, 6:55) Scores
3 A Brisbane        vs Western Bulldogs          DOC Mar 30 (Thu, 7:20)  
4 H Brisbane        vs Collingwood          GAB Apr 6 (Thu, 7:35)  
5 H Brisbane        vs North Melbourne          SSP Apr 15 (Sat, 12:40)  
6 A Brisbane        vs Greater Western Sydney          MAN Apr 22 (Sat, 4:35)  
7 H Brisbane        vs Fremantle          GAB Apr 29 (Sat, 1:45)  
8 A Brisbane        vs Carlton          DOC May 5 (Fri, 7:50)  
9 H Brisbane        vs Essendon          GAB May 13 (Sat, 7:25)  
10 H Brisbane        vs Gold Coast          GAB May 20 (Sat, 7:30)  
11 A Brisbane        vs Adelaide          ADO May 28 (Sun, 4:10)  
12 Brisbane       Bye        
13 A Brisbane        vs Hawthorn          MCG Jun 10 (Sat, 1:45)  
14 H Brisbane        vs Sydney          GAB Jun 15 (Thu, 7:50)  
15 A Brisbane        vs St. Kilda          DOC Jun 23 (Fri, 7:50)  
16 H Brisbane        vs Richmond          GAB Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10)  
17 H Brisbane        vs West Coast          GAB Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10)  
18 A Brisbane        vs Melbourne          MCG Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10)  
19 H Brisbane        vs Geelong          GAB Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10)  
20 A Brisbane        vs Gold Coast          CRR Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10)  
21 A Brisbane        vs Fremantle          PER Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10)  
22 H Brisbane        vs Adelaide          GAB Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10)  
23 A Brisbane        vs Collingwood          DOC Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10)  
24 H Brisbane        vs St. Kilda          GAB Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10)  
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2023 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
31 Andrews, Harris 2 23 11.5 10 5.0 33 16.5 16 8.0 0 0.0 2 1.0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0
8 Ashcroft, Will 2 24 12.0 20 10.0 44 22.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 2.5 4 0 2 1.0 1 13
33 Bailey, Zac 2 15 7.5 11 5.5 26 13.0 4 2.0 0 0.0 3 1.5 4 1 4 2.0 0 24
7 Berry, Jarrod 2 19 9.5 13 6.5 32 16.0 8 4.0 0 0.0 6 3.0 2 1 1 0.5 0 6
23 Cameron, Charlie 2 14 7.0 4 2.0 18 9.0 3 1.5 0 0.0 8 4.0 1 3 2 1.0 2 14
18 Coleman, Keidean 1 11 11.0 4 4.0 15 15.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 2 0 0 0.0 0 0
3 Daniher, Joe 2 19 9.5 3 1.5 22 11.0 7 3.5 6 3.0 1 0.5 4 1 5 2.5 2 32
5 Dunkley, Josh 2 17 8.5 28 14.0 45 22.5 3 1.5 0 0.0 14 7.0 4 1 0 0.0 1 1
32 Fort, Darcy 1 7 7.0 5 5.0 12 12.0 2 2.0 17 17.0 1 1.0 0 3 0 0.0 0 0
19 Gunston, Jack 2 19 9.5 3 1.5 22 11.0 11 5.5 0 0.0 1 0.5 1 0 2 1.0 1 13
30 Hipwood, Eric 2 10 5.0 1 0.5 11 5.5 8 4.0 3 1.5 1 0.5 1 3 1 0.5 0 6
41 Joyce, Darragh 1 7 7.0 2 2.0 9 9.0 6 6.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
11 McCarthy, Lincoln 2 9 4.5 9 4.5 18 9.0 5 2.5 0 0.0 8 4.0 2 1 2 1.0 0 12
6 McCluggage, Hugh 2 21 10.5 13 6.5 34 17.0 6 3.0 0 0.0 5 2.5 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
46 McInerney, Oscar 2 11 5.5 9 4.5 20 10.0 4 2.0 58 29.0 4 2.0 0 0 2 1.0 0 12
26 McKenna, Conor 2 23 11.5 12 6.0 35 17.5 3 1.5 0 0.0 4 2.0 2 0 1 0.5 1 7
9 Neale, Lachie 2 25 12.5 22 11.0 47 23.5 8 4.0 0 0.0 6 3.0 4 2 0 0.0 1 1
40 Payne, Jack 2 15 7.5 0 0.0 15 7.5 10 5.0 0 0.0 1 0.5 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
20 Prior, Jaxon 1 2 2.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
16 Rayner, Cam 2 22 11.0 8 4.0 30 15.0 8 4.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0
10 Rich, Daniel 2 33 16.5 7 3.5 40 20.0 7 3.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 2 1 0.5 0 6
2 Robertson, Deven 2 4 2.0 3 1.5 7 3.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
37 Starcevich, Brandon 2 10 5.0 2 1.0 12 6.0 6 3.0 0 0.0 5 2.5 0 3 0 0.0 0 0
29 Tunstill, James 1 2 2.0 5 5.0 7 7.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
44 Wilmot, Darcy 2 22 11.0 2 1.0 24 12.0 6 3.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 2 0 0 0.0 1 1
15 Zorko, Dayne 1 16 16.0 6 6.0 22 22.0 9 9.0 0 0.0 4 4.0 1 0 2 2.0 0 12
Totals 46 400 8.7 202 4.4 602 13.1 144 3.1 84 1.8 95 2.1 43 29 25 0.5 10 160
 

Footnotes

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