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

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

1996 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Brisbane's 1996 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1996-03-30 1	H	Brisbane	4.4	9.7	15.11	21.15	141	WON	Footscray	1.3	3.8	4.11	7.12	54	87	GAB	1996-03-30 Mar 30 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
1996-04-06 2	A	Brisbane	4.2	9.3	11.5	16.7	103	WON	West Coast	1.3	5.5	9.7	11.11	77	26	WAC	1996-04-06 Apr 6 (Sat, 8:40)	Scores
1996-04-13 3	H	Brisbane	3.4	3.8	8.9	13.12	90	LOST	Richmond	3.4	8.8	11.15	15.18	108	-18	GAB	1996-04-13 Apr 13 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
1996-04-19 4	H	Brisbane	3.3	8.6	14.12	18.17	125	WON	North Melbourne	5.1	9.4	14.7	14.11	95	30	GAB	1996-04-19 Apr 19 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1996-04-28 5	H	Brisbane	4.2	12.7	17.9	24.14	158	WON	Fitzroy	2.5	4.9	6.12	6.13	49	109	GAB	1996-04-28 Apr 28 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1996-05-05 6	A	Brisbane	4.1	8.1	14.3	17.8	110	WON	Fremantle	3.3	9.5	10.8	12.13	85	25	SUB	1996-05-05 May 5 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1996-05-11 7	H	Brisbane	3.2	10.6	13.9	15.14	104	WON	Hawthorn	1.3	4.4	4.10	5.11	41	63	GAB	1996-05-11 May 11 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
1996-05-17 8	H	Brisbane	3.5	6.8	12.15	15.18	108	WON	Collingwood	5.4	5.8	10.10	14.14	98	10	GAB	1996-05-17 May 17 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1996-05-26 9	A	Brisbane	3.1	6.5	8.8	10.14	74	LOST	Sydney	4.2	7.3	15.5	21.6	132	-58	SCG	1996-05-26 May 26 (Sun, 1:10)	Scores
1996-06-08 10	A	Brisbane	5.1	7.3	12.5	15.8	98	DRAW	Geelong	3.2	6.6	7.11	14.14	98	0	KAR	1996-06-08 Jun 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-06-15 11	H	Brisbane	2.1	4.2	4.5	5.8	38	LOST	Carlton	2.1	6.3	8.6	9.8	62	-24	GAB	1996-06-15 Jun 15 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
1996-06-22 12	H	Brisbane	4.5	8.8	15.10	18.15	123	WON	Melbourne	3.0	4.2	5.6	6.10	46	77	GAB	1996-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
1996-06-29 13	A	Brisbane	2.1	4.2	7.7	7.8	50	LOST	St. Kilda	3.4	7.6	12.7	14.12	96	-46	WAV	1996-06-29 Jun 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-07-06 14	A	Brisbane	1.2	5.6	10.7	14.10	94	LOST	Adelaide	3.2	9.3	12.9	15.12	102	-8	FBP	1996-07-06 Jul 6 (Sat, 8:40)	Scores
1996-07-14 15	H	Brisbane	1.1	7.6	10.8	15.13	103	WON	Essendon	2.4	2.5	7.8	10.8	68	35	GAB	1996-07-14 Jul 14 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1996-07-20 16	A	Brisbane	1.2	2.3	4.8	4.12	36	WON	Footscray	0.0	1.1	2.2	3.4	22	14	WHI	1996-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-07-27 17	H	Brisbane	4.2	11.4	17.12	25.13	163	WON	West Coast	5.3	12.5	15.7	17.14	116	47	GAB	1996-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-08-04 18	A	Brisbane	4.6	4.9	6.15	9.16	70	WON	Richmond	0.1	0.3	4.6	7.11	53	17	PRI	1996-08-04 Aug 4 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1996-08-11 19	A	Brisbane	2.2	5.5	7.7	11.11	77	WON	North Melbourne	2.4	3.5	6.8	8.11	59	18	PRI	1996-08-11 Aug 11 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1996-08-17 20	A	Brisbane	5.4	13.8	23.10	29.13	187	WON	Fitzroy	4.3	8.5	10.11	14.16	100	87	PRI	1996-08-17 Aug 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-08-24 21	H	Brisbane	1.4	4.5	6.11	10.11	71	WON	Fremantle	2.5	4.7	8.8	10.10	70	1	GAB	1996-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
1996-08-31 22	A	Brisbane	1.5	4.7	5.14	6.15	51	LOST	Collingwood	1.3	6.5	8.8	15.10	100	-49	VIC	1996-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-09-06 2QF	H	Brisbane	4.6	6.8	11.9	15.11	101	WON	Essendon	2.1	8.2	10.5	15.10	100	1	GAB	1996-09-06 Sep 6 (Fri, 7:45)	Scores
1996-09-14 2SF	H	Brisbane	6.2	14.5	17.13	26.14	170	WON	Carlton	3.1	8.4	9.7	10.13	73	97	GAB	1996-09-14 Sep 14 (Sat, 7:45)	Scores
1996-09-21 1PF	A	Brisbane	3.1	3.5	7.8	11.10	76	LOST	North Melbourne	8.3	11.7	16.9	17.12	114	-38	MCG	1996-09-21 Sep 21 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores

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1996 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Akermanis, Jason	21	240	11.4	88	4.2	328	15.6	76	3.6	0	0.0	26	1.2	17	23	32	1.5	14	206
Ashcroft, Marcus	25	305	12.2	170	6.8	475	19.0	78	3.1	3	0.1	43	1.7	20	20	10	0.4	11	71
Bartlett, Trent	14	70	5.0	43	3.1	113	8.1	42	3.0	2	0.1	11	0.8	11	16	0	0.0	1	1
Bews, Andrew	17	181	10.6	78	4.6	259	15.2	43	2.5	0	0.0	28	1.6	24	11	0	0.0	0	0
Bradshaw, Daniel	3	10	3.3	9	3.0	19	6.3	3	1.0	0	0.0	2	0.7	2	1	0	0.0	3	3
Champion, Richard	25	260	10.4	93	3.7	353	14.1	94	3.8	4	0.2	33	1.3	34	18	4	0.2	0	24
Chapman, Nathan	6	33	5.5	16	2.7	49	8.2	11	1.8	0	0.0	10	1.7	3	6	0	0.0	2	2
Clarke, Troy	2	7	3.5	8	4.0	15	7.5	1	0.5	0	0.0	4	2.0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1
Clarke, Matthew	25	170	6.8	129	5.2	299	12.0	83	3.3	454	18.2	23	0.9	54	47	3	0.1	7	25
Corcoran, Shannon	2	21	10.5	11	5.5	32	16.0	7	3.5	0	0.0	5	2.5	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Dickfos, Danny	22	102	4.6	76	3.5	178	8.1	48	2.2	1	0.0	31	1.4	12	7	0	0.0	0	0
Fletcher, Adrian	24	341	14.2	239	10.0	580	24.2	90	3.8	0	0.0	61	2.5	28	41	15	0.6	17	107
Gowers, Andrew	22	254	11.5	68	3.1	322	14.6	81	3.7	8	0.4	29	1.3	23	20	6	0.3	9	45
Green, Brent	2	4	2.0	6	3.0	10	5.0	3	1.5	0	0.0	2	1.0	3	1	0	0.0	0	0
Hart, Shaun	20	255	12.8	115	5.8	370	18.5	56	2.8	1	0.1	59	3.0	21	18	25	1.3	21	171
Johnson, Troy	2	3	1.5	1	0.5	4	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Keating, Clark	14	70	5.0	44	3.1	114	8.1	35	2.5	62	4.4	10	0.7	8	8	9	0.6	3	57
Kennedy, Matthew	24	257	10.7	51	2.1	308	12.8	78	3.3	4	0.2	31	1.3	20	22	4	0.2	3	27
Lambert, Craig	20	228	11.4	295	14.8	523	26.2	39	2.0	2	0.1	62	3.1	36	25	10	0.5	8	68
Lappin, Nigel	25	376	15.0	126	5.0	502	20.1	118	4.7	1	0.0	16	0.6	13	24	15	0.6	15	105
Leppitsch, Justin	19	152	8.0	49	2.6	201	10.6	57	3.0	1	0.1	18	0.9	13	21	45	2.4	23	293
Lynch, Tristan	21	146	7.0	73	3.5	219	10.4	44	2.1	0	0.0	45	2.1	13	5	1	0.0	0	6
Lynch, Alastair	18	153	8.5	32	1.8	185	10.3	87	4.8	2	0.1	7	0.4	25	25	52	2.9	34	346
McAdam, Gilbert	19	134	7.1	97	5.1	231	12.2	48	2.5	0	0.0	26	1.4	17	18	7	0.4	9	51
McIvor, Scott	9	60	6.7	29	3.2	89	9.9	28	3.1	0	0.0	9	1.0	4	4	3	0.3	3	21
McLean, Michael	5	13	2.6	19	3.8	32	6.4	3	0.6	0	0.0	6	1.2	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
McRae, Craig	16	181	11.3	49	3.1	230	14.4	38	2.4	0	0.0	18	1.1	25	8	28	1.8	19	187
Merrett, Roger	17	72	4.2	27	1.6	99	5.8	38	2.2	6	0.4	15	0.9	13	19	22	1.3	15	147
Robbins, Ben	5	26	5.2	24	4.8	50	10.0	11	2.2	0	0.0	4	0.8	1	0	1	0.2	2	8
Scott, Chris	22	199	9.0	110	5.0	309	14.0	62	2.8	1	0.0	33	1.5	25	22	6	0.3	8	44
Scott, Dion	13	69	5.3	34	2.6	103	7.9	38	2.9	23	1.8	15	1.2	10	14	11	0.8	4	70
Voss, Michael	24	336	14.0	236	9.8	572	23.8	87	3.6	1	0.0	55	2.3	24	18	23	1.0	12	150
White, Darryl	22	194	8.8	111	5.0	305	13.9	87	4.0	16	0.7	40	1.8	15	24	37	1.7	11	233