Were the Lions Victims of the Officials Again

Australian rules football club

For the soccer team formerly known as Brisbane Lions, meet Queensland Lions FC.

Brisbane Lions
Names
Full name	Brisbane Bears-Fitzroy Football Club Limited, trading equally Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club[1]
Nickname(s)	Lions, Brissie, The Roys
2021 season
After finals	fifth
Dwelling-and-abroad season	quaternary
Leading goalkicker	Charlie Cameron (47)
Club details
Founded	1996
Colours	Maroon Bluish Gold
Competition	AFL: Senior men AFLW: Senior women VFL: Reserves men
Chairman	Andrew Wellington[2]
CEO	Greg Swann
Motorbus	AFL: Chris Fagan AFLW: Craig Starcevich VFL: TBC
Captain(due south)	AFL: Dayne Zorko AFLW: Emma Zielke VFL: TBC
Premierships	AFL (three)[3] 2001 2002 2003 AFLW (1) 2021 Reserves (5) 2001 2012 2013 2017 2019
Ground(s)	AFL: The Gabba (42,000) AFLW: Hickey Park (5,000) VFL: SP Sports Circuitous (3,000)
Training ground(s)	The Gabba (1997–present)
Uniforms
Dwelling house Away Clash
Other information
Official website	lions.com.au
Electric current flavor

The Brisbane Lions is a professional Australian rules football game club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that plays in the Australian Football game League (AFL).

The guild was formed in tardily 1996 via a merger of the Fitzroy Lions Football Club and the Brisbane Bears.^[4] The society'due south colours of maroon, gilt and bluish are drawn from both entities. The Lions were the most successful AFL order of the 2000s, appearing in four sequent Thousand Finals from 2001 to 2004 and winning three premierships (2001, 2002, 2003). They play home matches at the Gabba and have their offices and indoor training facilities located within the stadium.

The Lions also field teams in two other competitions. They were a foundation squad in the AFL Women'southward contest in 2017 and have featured in three grand finals in that fourth dimension, winning the premiership in 2021 and finishing runners-up on the other occasions. They have likewise fielded a reserve men's squad in several leagues over the years, and as of 2021 the reserves team competes in the Victorian Football League.

History [edit]

Pre-Merger [edit]

Haydn Bunton Sr. won iii Brownlow medals and 2 order all-time and fairest medals in his time at Fitzroy.

The Fitzroy Football game Club started in 1883 and won a total of viii VFL premierships, of which seven (1898, 1899, 1904, 1905, 1913, 1916 and 1922) were won whilst they were nicknamed the Maroons and one (1944) every bit the Gorillas. The gild also boasted half-dozen brownlow medal winners who were Haydn Bunton Sr., Wilfred Smallhorn, Dinny Ryan, Allan Ruthven, Kevin Murray, and Bernie Quinlan. The decision of the club to change its nickname to the Lions in 1957 coincided with what history now records as the kickoff of decades of poor on-field performance and financial losses.

The famous Fitzroy passant Lion which was chosen to be the keepsake of the Brisbane Lions.

The VFL's plans to motion or merge struggling Fitzroy to Brisbane pre-appointment the Brisbane Bears, and negotiations betwixt the league and the club began as early equally 1986^[5] however Fitzroy resisted the motion despite significant incentives and in response, the VFL made the decision to cutting any farther financial assistance to the club, which contributed to its ultimate demise. By the starting time of the 1996 season, they were almost at the cease of their fiscal tether. With no home ground, dorsum to back wooden spoons, and their future under a cloud, Fitzroy began to consider options for survival.

The Brisbane Bears were born in 1987 and initially played home matches at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast. The Bears experimented with playing matches at the Gabba in Brisbane in 1991, before moving all dwelling matches to the venue ahead of the 1993 season. On the field the club enjoyed limited success, only qualifying for the finals series in 1995 and 1996, following years of lower-ranked placings and two wooden spoons in 1990 and 1991. The closest the guild came to a K Last was in 1996, its last year in the competition, when information technology lost to North Melbourne past 38 points in the preliminary terminal. On extremely shaky financial ground, the Bears struggled to generate many acquirement opportunities in their x-yr existence.

Fitzroy's directors had agreed in principle to merge with the 1996 premiers, N Melbourne, as the "North-Fitzroy Kangaroos". However, that proposal was rejected 15–one by the AFL Commission, reportedly out of concern that an all-Victorian merge would be too powerful. Instead, Fitzroy was placed into administration, and its administrator accepted an offer to merge its football operations with Brisbane.

The merged team would be based in Brisbane, and Bears coach John Northey would become motorcoach of the merged club. However, information technology adopted a logo, song, and guernsey based on those of Fitzroy, would take eight Fitzroy players in the draft, iii Fitzroy representatives would serve on the board, and the Lions would keep an office in Melbourne.

The Brisbane Lions were officially launched on 1 November 1996, joining the national competition in 1997.

Beginnings: 1997–2000 [edit]

In their debut year as a combined club the Lions narrowly made the finals, finishing in eighth position. They ended up with the same win–loss tape as fellow 1997 newcomers the Port Adelaide Power, who missed out due to having an junior percentage.^[6] Their first two games were against the eventual yard finalists of that year, Adelaide and St Kilda. They went downwardly away to Adelaide by 36 points, before recording an emphatic 97 betoken thrashing of St Kilda in round 2. The Lions met St Kilda again in a cut-throat away qualifying concluding, going down by 46 points subsequently leading the Saints at half-fourth dimension. The Brisbane Lions in 1997 remain the but new team in VFL/AFL history to have made the finals in their first season.

Despite a talented playing list, the disruption of the merger and injuries to key players Michael Voss and Brad Boyd took their cost. The Lions would become onto cease in last position at the terminate of the 1998 flavor. Accordingly, Northey was sacked as omnibus with eight rounds remaining in the season. During the off-flavour the club hired Leigh Matthews, who in 1990 had delivered Collingwood its beginning premiership since 1958.

Matthews, who was voted "Role player of the Century" in 2000, played his unabridged career with Hawthorn and brought many of the Hawthorn disciplines to the Lions. Importantly he forced the Lions to cover and acknowledge their Fitzroy heritage with murals and records being erected at the Gabba, and by players names being placed on lockers.^[7] Within a twelvemonth the Lions rose from the lesser of the ladder to quaternary. The 1999 season included a round 20 Gabba match where the Lions led Fremantle by 113 points at half-time, after having kicked 21 goals. Their half-time score of 21.v (131) nevertheless remains the highest in VFL/AFL history.^[8] Brisbane would win their first finals as a merged entity confronting Carlton and the Western Bulldogs before losing to the eventual premiers, the Kangaroos, in the 1999 preliminary final. The Lions played finals once again in 2000, just bowed out in the second calendar week later on losing away to Carlton past 82 points.

Triple premiership success: 2001–2004 [edit]

Michael Voss captained Brisbane to 3 successive premierships

The Lions began 2001 by making the terminal of the Ansett Australia Cup, their first pre-season grand final. They went down by 85 points away to Port Adelaide,^[9] who they had also been scheduled to play in round ane at the same venue. Later on an inconsistent start to the 2001 season, the Lions took on the reigning premiers Essendon in circular 10. Brisbane finished as 28-point victors and head bus Leigh Matthews famously used the Predator quote, "if it bleeds, we tin kill information technology", to inspire his team for the game.^[10] The Lions would then win 16 games straight, finishing the year undefeated, and booking their identify in the 2001 AFL Grand Final to play Essendon.

Going in equally underdogs, Brisbane started the game well, scoring the first goal of the match from a costless kick awarded to Alastair Lynch for holding against Dustin Fletcher. Essendon fought back late in the first quarter then took control of the game in the second term. The Lions poor kick for goal nigh put them out of the game in the second quarter equally Essendon blew their lead out to 20 points late in the term.

2001 AFL Grand Final	1000	B	Full
Brisbane Lions	xv	18	108
Essendon	12	10	82
Venue: MCG	Oversupply: 91,482

However, The Lions managed to overrun Essendon in the tertiary term kicking 6 goals to one and turning a xiv-indicate deficit into a 16-point atomic number 82. Brisbane'due south pace in the midfield and the tiring legs of most of the Essendon players played a pivotal role in them taking full control of the game in the second half. The Lions won their first premiership as a merged club comfortably, with a terminal score of 15.eighteen (108) to 12.10 (82).

The win was topped off with Lions utility thespian Shaun Hart winning the Norm Smith Medal as best on footing in the 1000 Final.^{[xi] : 521}

2002 AFL One thousand Final	One thousand	B	Total
Brisbane Lions	10	fifteen	75
Collingwood	ix	12	66
Venue: MCG	Oversupply: 91,817

In 2002, the Lions won a club tape 17 games, spending almost of the flavor firmly entrenched in the tiptop 2 with Port Adelaide. They narrowly missed out on the pocket-size premiership following a terminal round defeat to the Power in Adelaide.^[12] In the finals, the Lions claimed easy habitation victories over the two Adelaide-based teams on their style to a 2nd consecutive Grand Final. They faced Collingwood, who had surprised many that year after having missing the finals the previous seven seasons. Brisbane ended upwardly defeating the Magpies nine.12 (66) to 10.xv (75) in common cold and wet conditions at the Melbourne Cricket Footing. Early on in the contest, the Lions lost both ruckman Beau McDonald and utility player Martin Motorway to injury and had to complete the match with a limited bench.

In 2003, the Lions became the starting time team in the national era to win three consecutive premierships. With a number of players under an injury cloud – and having lost to Collingwood in a qualifying final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground iii weeks previously – the Lions went into the game as underdogs. Nevertheless, they sealed their place in history as an AFL dynasty by thrashing the Magpies in cool but sunny atmospheric condition. At one phase in the final quarter, the Lions led by almost eighty points before relaxing when the match was well and truly won, allowing Collingwood to score the last four goals. The final score of twenty.14 (134) to 12.12 (84)^{[11] : 860} saw the club go only the fourth in VFL/AFL history to win 3 consecutive premierships and the start since the creation of the AFL. Simon Black claimed the Norm Smith Medal with a dominant 39 possession match, the most possessions ever gathered by a player in a grand final.^[13]

Fitzroy and the Brisbane Lions spiritual domicile of Brunswick Street Oval

2003 AFL Grand Terminal	K	B	Total
Brisbane Lions	xx	14	134
Collingwood	12	12	84
Venue: MCG	Crowd: 79,451

During their premiership years, the society took the premiership cups to the Brunswick Street Oval in Fitzroy, the original dwelling house of the Fitzroy Football Society. It was an of import fashion of connecting with Melbourne-based Lions fans, many of whom had previously supported Fitzroy, and of winning over disaffected Fitzroy fans who had not started supporting the Brisbane Lions mail service-merger by honouring the history of the club.^{[14] [15]}

2004 AFL Grand Terminal	Grand	B	Full
Port Adelaide	17	11	113
Brisbane Lions	10	13	73
Venue: MCG	Crowd: 77,671

The 2004 flavour saw Brisbane remain in the superlative portion of the ladder for most of the flavour. Reaching the finals in second position, Brisbane controversially had to travel to Melbourne to play against Geelong in the preliminary last, due to a contract between the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and the Australian Football League (AFL) that required one preliminary final to be played each year at the MCG.^[16] Port Adelaide had finished on top of the ladder and hosted the other preliminary last in Adelaide. Erstwhile thespian Jason Akermanis has since claimed that coach Leigh Matthews was furious over the preliminary final location conclusion.^[17] Despite this setback, Brisbane beat Geelong and reached the AFL Thou Final for the fourth consecutive yr. Their opponents, Port Adelaide, playing in their get-go grand final, were likewise good on the mean solar day and recorded a xl-point win in what was the get-go e'er all non-Victorian m final.^[eighteen] The chiliad final is partly remembered for a wild punch-upwards between Port Adelaide'southward Darryl Wakelin and Alastair Lynch, who was playing in his last ever game, and therefore immune from existence suspended.^[19]

Rebuild & Michael Voss: 2005–2013 [edit]

The Lions endured a slow get-go to the 2005 season season, before having a form reversal towards the end of the year, which included ten goal thrashings of summit 4 contenders Geelong and Melbourne. Going into circular 20, they were half-a-game clear inside the top eight, and had one of the strongest percentages in the league. Withal, they would lose their concluding 3 games and miss the finals, with their season culminating in a record breaking 139 indicate loss to St Kilda at the Telstra Dome. It remains the social club'southward heaviest defeat, in addition to being the largest victory in the over 100-yr history of St Kilda.^[20] Some believed that the St Kilda game, rather than the 2004 Grand Final, had signaled the end of Brisbane's triple premiership dynasty.^[21]

The Lions began the 2006 season optimistically, simply injuries plagued the gild as they again missed the finals, with Brisbane'due south players recording an AFL record full of 200 matches lost to injury for the flavor.

The Brisbane Lions 2007 flavor started with them finishing runner up to Carlton in the 2007 NAB Loving cup Grand Final. The Lions would fail to make the finals for a third successive year, once again showing promising glimpses at stages, with a stupor away win against reigning premiers the West Coast Eagles, and a 93-point hiding of finalists Collingwood at the MCG.^[22] They fabricated history in 2007 past condign the first club in the history of the AFL to have five co-captains.

The team struggled during the 2008 flavor and missed out on the finals with a 10–12 record, losing 3 games despite having at least five more scoring shots in each of those games. Post-obit the season, Coach Leigh Matthews resigned afterwards x seasons and 3 premierships with the society. The Lions appointed former thespian and Captain Michael Voss as the coach ahead of 2009.

After only winning ii games from the first five played in 2009, the club won nine of the next 12 to sit down in 6th on the Ladder, where they would terminate the season. They would likewise tape a strong victory over eventual premiers Geelong during this timeframe by 43 points. The club beat out Carlton in their Elimination Final, coming from thirty points backside in the final quarter to win by vii points, before losing to the Western Bulldogs in a Semi Final.

The 2009/2010 off-season was dominated by the arrival of Brendan Fevola from Carlton, with a belief in the society that Fevola could assistance them capitalise and ameliorate upon their strong 2009 flavour. Indeed, the Lions won their showtime 4 matches of the 2010 season to be top of the ladder after four rounds, but they would only win 3 more games after that to finish 13th past the stop of the season.

The Lions' 2010/2011 off-season was disrupted by the sacking of Fevola later simply one season at the Lions, following repeated off-field indiscretions which included getting drunk in the Brisbane streets during New Year's Eve celebrations. On the field, the Lions won just four games for the year and finished 15th overall. The 2011 season saw the debut of another Queensland-based squad, the Gold Coast Suns. The Suns, who were coming off a 139-point loss to Essendon the previous week, upset the Lions by 8 points in their first encounter.^[23] Despite their worst flavor since 1998, coach Michael Voss was granted a contract extension after the board recommended that Voss was the best man to take the order forward into the future. Leading into season 2012, simply two players from the triple-premiership winning squad of 2001–2003 remained: Simon Black and Jonathan Chocolate-brown.

The 2013 season started well for Brisbane, defeating Carlton in the concluding of the NAB Loving cup, with Daniel Rich winning the Michael Tuck Medal for all-time on ground. Even so, the club began its 2013 flavour with dorsum-to-back losses to the Western Bulldogs and Adelaide. Injuries took a toll on the team, with young players Claye Beams and Jared Polec suffering severe injuries.^{[24] [25]} In Round 13, Brisbane defeated second-placed Geelong, coming from 52 points down late in the third quarter to win by five points due to an Ash McGrath goal after the siren in his 200th match, in what would get known as the Miracle on Grass.^[26]

On 13 August 2013, motorbus Michael Voss was told that his contract would non be renewed.^{[27] [28] [29] [30]}

On xviii Oct 2013, Brisbane Lions legend Simon Black announced his retirement.

Playing under Justin Leppitsch: 2014–2016 [edit]

On 25 August 2013, one-time premiership player for the Lions, Justin Leppitsch, was confirmed to be the senior coach of the Lions for the next 3 seasons.

During Round thirteen, 2014 Lions captain Jonathan Brown was the victim of a facial injury in a disharmonism between the Lions and the Greater Western Sydney Giants. He collided with Tomas Bugg'southward knee and was taken off the ground. He suffered a concussion, and after retired from football. His retirement, alongside the retirement of Ash McGrath, meant there were no players from the triple-premiership era remaining at the society.^[31]

On 29 August 2016, Leppitsch was sacked as coach of the Lions after multiple disappointing seasons.^[32]

Chris Fagan era: 2017–nowadays [edit]

On four Oct 2016, Hawthorn football managing director Chris Fagan was announced as Brisbane's senior charabanc from the 2017 season onwards.^[33]

The Lions claimed the 2017 wooden spoon, despite winning 5 games for the season, two more than the previous flavor. Their percent of 74.3 was the worst in the league, behind Fremantle with a percentage of 74.four. The 2018 flavour was very similar, recording 5 wins to finish in 15th place.

The Lions had a magnificent 2019 flavour, making the finals for the first time since 2009 and finishing 2nd on the AFL ladder with 16 wins, backside modest premiers Geelong on pct. Even so, Brisbane were bundled out of the finals in directly sets at the Gabba, losing to eventual premiers Richmond by 47 points in their qualifying concluding then to eventual runners-up Greater Western Sydney by iii points in their semi-terminal due to a tardily Brent Daniels goal. The Lions would become the offset squad since Geelong in 1997 to finish second on the ladder and not progress to a preliminary final.

Brisbane Lions flag flying over Fitzroy town hall before the 2021 finals series

Brisbane repeated their form displayed in 2019 the following year, once again finishing in second position on per centum at the conclusion of the Home and Away season. They won fourteen games in a shortened 17-game season. During their qualifying last, they defeated Richmond for the first time since 2009 and qualified for a preliminary final booth, but would go onto be beaten by a more experienced Geelong side in that match.

Later an inconsistent offset to the 2021 season the Lions hit form, winning seven directly to sit in the height four for near of the twelvemonth. However losses to Melbourne, Richmond, Hawthorn and St Kilda, meant the Lions sat in fifth every bit of the terminal round.

With the double chance on the line, the Lions regained fourth spot in the dying seconds of their final home and away game against West Declension. A behind kicked by Lincoln McCarthy put them ahead of the fourth placed Bulldogs by a unmarried point of goal percentage, and a goal after the siren from Charlie Cameron and then sealed the result for the Lions, who finished in the top four for the third twelvemonth running nether Chris Fagan. Notwithstanding, the Lions would bow out in direct sets for the 2nd time in three years later suffering losses to Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs in the finals.

[edit]

Landscape of Lions greats Kevin Murray and Jonathan Brown at the Majestic Derby Hotel in Fitzroy, Melbourne.

Crowds and memberships for the Brisbane Lions grew dramatically during the 4 seasons in which they made the AFL Yard Final.

The club still maintains healthy Victorian support due to their Fitzroy origins, and The Royal Derby Hotel in Fitzroy is the official social venue for Victorian Lions fans, showing all televised games, and displaying a mural of society greats Kevin Murray and Jonathan Brown on its Alexandra Parade side.^[34]

To add together to this presence in Melbourne, the Lions Historical Guild is based at Etihad stadium, containing exhibits of gild history stretching from Fitzroy, to the Bears, and the Brisbane Lions.^[35]

A 2000 Roy Morgan AFL survey of household incomes suggested that Brisbane Lions supporters were among the everyman earning in the league.^[36]

Year	Members [37]	Alter from previous season	Finishing position	Finals result/Wooden spoon	Average home crowd [38]	Profit (loss)
1997	16,769	N/A	eighth	Qualifying finalists	19,550	Un­known
1998	16,108	661	16th	Wooden spoon	16,675
1999	xvi,931	823	3rd	Preliminary finalists	21,890
2000	20,295	three,364	6th	Semi-finalists	27,406
2001	eighteen,330	1,965	2nd	Premiers	27,638	($845,000)[39]
2002	22,288	3,958	second	Premiers	26,895	Un­known
2003	24,365	two,077	3rd	Premiers	31,717	$two,200,000[forty]
2004	thirty,941	6,576	2nd	1000 finalists	33,619	Un­known
2005	28,913	1,308	11th	N/A	33,267
2006	26,459	two,454	13th		28,630
2007	21,976	four,483	10th		28,848	$1,058,000[41]
2008	22,737	761	10th		28,128	($2,200,030)[42]
2009	24,873	2,136	6th	Semi-finalists	29,172	($603,207)[43]
2010	26,779	1,906	13th	Due north/A	29,933	($2,713,848)[44]
2011	22,338	4,441	15th		20,462	($ane,855,926)[45]
2012	20,762	1,576	13th		20,344	($2,513,262)[46]
2013	24,130	3,368	twelfth		21,083	($1,574,762)[47]
2014	24,012	118	15th		nineteen,743	($3,543,138) [48]
2015	25,408	1,396	17th		18,810	($681,053)[49]
2016	23,286	2,122	17th		17,074	($1,783,506)[l]	N/A
2017	21,362	one,924	18th	Wooden spoon	16,455	($two,261,990)[51]
2018	24,867	iii,505	15th	N/A	18,405	($230,641)[52]
2019	28,821	3,954	2nd	Semi-finalists	24,741	$648,618,[53] [a]
2020	29,277	456	2nd	Preliminary finalists	10,648 [b]	$three,073,413 [54]
2021	40,289	xi,012	4th	Semi-finalists	Northward/A	N/A

Statistics highlighted in bold denote the best known season for Brisbane in that category
Statistics highlighted in italic announce the worst known season for Brisbane in that category

1. ^ For a curt period in the 2018/19 off-season, from November '18 to March 'nineteen, the Lions' co–major sponsors were Oaks Hotels & Resorts and SOOW; even so, the contract with SOOW was cancelled earlier the offset game of the habitation-and-away flavor was played.
2. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were capped crowd capacities during the 2020 season

Fitzroy/Brisbane Lions historical guild at Docklands stadium, Melbourne.

Non-playing/coaching staff [edit]

[edit]

Year	Kit Manufacturer	Major Sponsor	Shorts Sponsor	Back Sponsor
1997-98	Puma	Carlton & United Breweries	Spam	Coca-Cola
1999			Devine Homes
2000		AAPT	Spam	Cellular 1
2001	Russell Athletic		Bio Organics Vitamins	AAPT Cellular 1
2002			AAMI
2003-06				AAPT
2007	Puma	Vodafone		Vodafone
2008			HBA
2009			MBF
2010		Banking company of Queensland (Home) Conergy (Abroad)		Conergy (Domicile) Bank of Queensland (Away)
2011-12	Kooga		Bupa
2013		Vero Insurance (Dwelling) National Storage (Away)		National Storage (Domicile) Vero Insurance (Away)
2014	BLK		Engineering One
2015			Garuda Indonesia
2016		Vero Insurance (Home) Camperdown Dairy International (Abroad)	-	Camperdown Dairy International (Home) Vero Insurance (Away)
2017	Majestic Athletic		XXXX
2018		Vero Insurance (Home) Oaks Hotels & Resorts (Away)		Oaks Hotels & Resorts (Home) Vero Insurance (Away)
2019		Neds (Home) Oaks Hotels & Resorts (Away)	The Coffee Club	Oaks Hotels & Resorts (Home) Neds (Away)
2020	Classic Sportswear	Xl Express (Home) Neds (Away)		Neds (Home) XL Express (Away)
2021			Taubmans

Human relationship with Fitzroy FC [edit]

The Lions playing confronting Collingwood in a 1960s Fitzroy jumper for the 2003 heritage round

Fitzroy FC Ltd improved its human relationship with the Brisbane Lions in the ten years from 1999 to 2009. In that time Brisbane acknowledged the 2 parent clubs for the merger with the messages BBFFC printed beneath the back of the neck of the society's guernseys from 2002. The Fitzroy Reds played the curtain-raiser at the MCG when the Brisbane Lions met the Collingwood Magpies in the AFL Heritage Circular of 2003. Brisbane also at present wears a version of Fitzroy'southward AFL guernsey with red instead of maroon in most matches played in Victoria, consistent with Fitzroy's nearly contempo colours.

Relationships betwixt Fitzroy and Brisbane however were strained in late 2009, when Brisbane announced that it was adopting a new logo for season 2010 and beyond, which Fitzroy Football Club believed contravened Section seven.2 c) of the merger agreement. The new logo, a panthera leo's caput facing forrard, replaced the one-time Fitzroy logo of a passant lion with a football. On 22 December 2009, Fitzroy lodged a Statement of Claim with the Supreme Court of Victoria, seeking an order that the Brisbane Lions be restrained from using every bit its logo, the new logo or any other logo other than 'the Fitzroy panthera leo logo'. On fifteen July 2010, the 2 clubs reached a settlement, agreeing that the Fitzroy logo symbolically represents the historic merger between the Bears and Fitzroy and the starting time 13 years of the Brisbane Lions competing in the AFL, and that Brisbane would utilise both the one-time and new logos aslope each other in an official capacity (due east.thousand. on letterheads, marketing, etc.), with the old logo to be phased out altogether later on 2014. Brisbane returned to using the old logo on its playing guernseys from 2015, but the new logo will remain for corporate purposes.

Since 2015, The Lions take kept potent ties with the Fitzroy Football Club in the VAFA and the Fitzroy junior football club. A ane club approach has been taken from all parties and the Lions sponsor a male and female person Fitzroy thespian each year, behave coaching workshops for Fitzroy, and frequently invite the Fitzroy juniors to form a guard of accolade for Victorian games. With many Fitzroy people having served on the Brisbane Lions board, the long history of Fitzroy continues in each of these iterations of the order.

Club identity [edit]

Emblem [edit]

In 1997, the club unveiled its new merger emblem, consisting of the golden Fitzroy King of beasts on a badge of Maroon and Bluish. The gild used this keepsake from 1997 until the end of 2001. In 2002, the club would unveil a new emblem in the shape of a football, emblazoned with the words "Brisbane Lions" and with the Fitzroy Lion located within the o of Lions. This emblem was used until 2010, when the emblem was again changed, this time in favour of a forrard-facing Lion head.

Guernseys [edit]

Home Guernsey (worn 1997-2009 and since 2015): Predominantly maroon guernsey with a blueish yoke featuring a golden Fitzroy Lion, with a gold neckband and cuffs. Forty Express is the current sponsor on the front whilst Ned'due south is the current sponsor on the back. For shorts, maroon home shorts are worn in home games and white away shorts are worn in abroad games not played in Victoria.

Abroad Guernsey (worn 2008-2009 and since 2015): Predominantly red guernsey with a blueish yoke featuring a gilt Fitzroy panthera leo, with a blue neckband and cuffs, and based on Fitzroy's terminal colours in the AFL. Ned's is the electric current sponsor on the front end and XL Express is the electric current sponsor on the back. White away shorts are worn when this guernsey is used.

Disharmonism Guernsey (worn since 2020): This predominantly white guernsey features a gilt Fitzroy lion on a maroon v (the v reminiscent of the Bears' concluding guernsey), with a maroon collar and cuffs. Ned'south is the sponsor on the front and XL Express is the sponsor on the back. The aforementioned shorts as the Away Guernsey are worn.

Mascot [edit]

The King of beasts'southward Mascot Manor representative and club mascot was Bernie "Gabba" Vegas until 2016 when Roy the Lion (named Roy after the nickname for Fitzroy fans) replaced him as mascot. In 2021 the guild unveiled their Lioness mascot Auroara.^[55]

Song [edit]

The gild'south team song, "The Pride of Brisbane Boondocks", is based on the Fitzroy guild song, and is sung to the music of "La Marseillaise", the French national anthem.^[56]

Lyrics

We are the pride of Brisbane boondocks,

We wear maroon, blue and golden.

We will always fight for victory,

Like Fitzroy, and Bears of old.

All for one, and ane for all,

We will answer to the call.

We're the Lions, the Brisbane Lions,

We'll kick the winning score

You lot'll hear our mighty roar

Training base [edit]

The club trains out of the Gabba during the football season. The society's administrative facilities are likewise located in the stadium. Due to the cricket flavor in the summertime which is during the off-flavor for the Lions, the club has been required to railroad train at culling locations, such as Giffin Park in Coorparoo, Burpengary and elsewhere. The gild has announced that it volition move its training and administrative facilities into The Reserve, Springfield, a 10,000-chapters high-class facility in Ipswich that will ensure the gild can base itself in the unmarried location and play reserve-grade and AFLW matches at the one location.^[57] Information technology was later announced that shortly afterwards the showtime of construction began at The Reserve, Springfield in March 2020, the engagement of the move to newly built training and administrative facility for the Brisbane Lions Football game Club was delayed and pushed dorsum to late 2022.^{[58] [59]}

Rivalries [edit]

Collingwood [edit]

Malaise betwixt supporters of Collingwood and Brisbane had been caused by plenty of history between the ii clubs, despite the Brisbane Lions having a relatively brusque existence every bit a merged club. Pre-merger Fitzroy was a neighbouring suburb to Collingwood, with the purlieus being based on Smith Street. This forth with the fact that Fitzroy and Collingwood topped the VFL/AFL premiership tally during the early existence of what was so the VFL competition, meant that supporters of both clubs maintained a good for you local rivalry even post-merger. .^[60] There was also animosity between the Brisbane Bears and the Magpies after the Bears' number ane typhoon pick Nathan Buckley famously defected to Collingwood later one season on the Bears list. Still, the rivalry between the Lions and the Magpies was properly ignited mail-merger, first in late 1999 when Collingwood played their last ever VFL/AFL game at their spiritual dwelling house ground, Victoria Park. The Lions emerged 42 point victors that day and consigned the Magpies to their second wooden spoon in their VFL/AFL history. The rivalry betwixt the ii clubs peaked in the early 2000s, equally the clubs played off in two sequent Grand Finals in 2002 and 2003, with the Lions emerging victors on both occasions.^[61]

Gilt Declension [edit]

The Brisbane Lions have a rivalry with fellow Queensland AFL team the Gold Declension Suns. The two teams contest the QClash twice each season. The offset QClash was held in 2011, with the game establishing the highest pay Boob tube audience e'er for an AFL game, with a total of 354,745 viewers watching the game.^[62]

The medal for the player adjudged best on basis is known as the Marcus Ashcroft Medal. It is named after former footballer Marcus Ashcroft, who played junior football on the Gold Coast for Southport and 318 VFL/AFL games for the Brisbane Bears/Lions between 1989 and 2003. He later joined Gold Declension's coaching staff and was the first Queenslander to play 300 VFL/AFL games.^[63] Panthera leo Dayne Beams has won the medal three times, the about by whatsoever thespian.

The trophy awarded to the winner of the game is currently known every bit the "QClash Trophy". The bays is a "traditional way" looking silver cup with a wooden base and a plaque. The plaque'south inscription reads from left to right, "Brisbane Lions AFC", "QCLASH", "Gilt Coast Suns FC".^[64]

Port Adelaide [edit]

This rivalry dates back to 1997, the countdown flavor of Port Adelaide and the newly merged Brisbane Lions. In their early on days, the 2 clubs could not exist separated and had multiple shut encounters, with a draw in two of their offset 3 meetings.^[6] In the early 2000s, the rivalry reached its peak equally the two clubs would be the most dominant of the era, consistently finishing at the top of the ladder.^[65] Between 2001 and 2004, the clubs met each other in the 2001 Ansett Commonwealth of australia Cup Chiliad Final, a 2001 qualifying last, a 2002 preliminary final and the 2004 Grand Concluding. Other notable encounters from this period include a circular 22 match in 2002 to determine the minor premiership that yr,^[12] which Port Adelaide won past a single goal, and a circular 17 match in 2003 with 7 lead changes in the terminal quarter, which Port Adelaide won by a point.

Honours [edit]

Order honours [edit]

Premierships
Contest	Team	Wins	Years Won
Australian Football League	Seniors	3	2001, 2002, 2003
AFL Women'due south	Seniors	1	2021
Queensland Australian Football League (1998–2010)	Reserves	1	2001
North E Australian Football League (2011–2019)		4	2012, 2013, 2017, 2019
Victorian Football game League (2021–)		0	Nil
Other titles and honours
AFL pre-season contest	Seniors	1	2013
AFLX Tournament	Seniors	1	2018
Finishing positions
Australian Football League	Modest premiership (McClelland Bays)	0	Nil
	Grand Finalist	ane	2004
	Wooden spoons	2	1998, 2017
AFL Women's	Minor premiership	1	2017
	Thou Finalist	2	2017, 2018

Private [edit]

Society facts [edit]

Coaches (men'south) [edit]

No.	Motorbus	P	W	L	D	W%	Years
1	John Northey	34	12	21	1	35.29	1997–1998
ii	Roger Merrett	11	iii	7	1	27.27	1998
iii	Leigh Matthews	237	142	92	3	59.92	1999–2008
four	John Blakey	1	0	1	0	0.00	2005
5	Michael Voss	109	43	65	1	39.45	2009–2013
6	Marker Harvey	3	2	1	0	66.67	2013
7	Justin Leppitsch	66	14	52	0	21.21	2014–2016
8	Chris Fagan	87	41	46	0	47.13	2017–present

Coaches (women'southward) [edit]

No.	Coach	P	W	L	D	Westward%	Years
1	Craig Starcevich	25	14	x	1	56.00	2017—
two	Daniel Merrett	one	0	0	1	0.00	2020

Captains (men's) [edit]

Captains (women's) [edit]

Match records (men's) [edit]

• Biggest winning margin: 141 points – 29.15 (189) vs. Adelaide 6.12 (48), The Gabba, 24 July 2004
• Biggest losing margin: 139 points – seven.5 (47) vs. St Kilda 28.18 (186), Telstra Dome, 27 August 2005
• Highest score: 29.15 (189) vs. Adelaide, The Gabba, 24 July 2004
• Everyman score: ii.5 (17) vs. Richmond, MCG, 14 Apr 2018
• Highest score conceded: 28.xviii (186) vs. St Kilda, Telstra Dome, 27 Baronial 2005
• Everyman score conceded: 3.10 (28) vs. Essendon, Metricon Stadium, 31 July 2020
• Highest amass score: 293 points – Brisbane Lions 25.21 (171) vs. Fremantle 19.viii (122), The Gabba, 29 April 2001
• Everyman aggregate score: 76 points – Brisbane Lions 6.half dozen (42) vs. Collingwood v.4 (34), The Gabba, 4 September 2020
• Near goals in a lucifer: Jonathan Brown, ten goals vs. Carlton, The Gabba, 22 July 2007

Biggest home crowds [edit]

Rank	Crowd	Round, Season	Result	Opponent	Brisbane Lions	Opposition	Margin	Venue	Twenty-four hours/Night/Twilight
1	37,478	QF2, 2019	Loss	Richmond	8.17 (65)	18.4 (112)	−47	The Gabba	Night
ii	37,224	15, 2005	Win	Collingwood	19.19 (133)	vii.13 (55)	+78	The Gabba	Night
3	37,032	PF2, 2001	Win	Richmond	20.16 (136)	10.8 (68)	+68	The Gabba	Nighttime
four	36,803	four, 2003	Win	Collingwood	14.eleven (95)	eleven.15 (81)	+xiv	The Gabba	Night
5	36,780	two, 2010	Win	Carlton	sixteen.11 (107)	12.16 (88)	+19	The Gabba	Dark
vi	36,467	3, 2004	Win	Collingwood	21.11 (137)	12.v (77)	+60	The Gabba	Night
7	36,197	1, 2003	Win	Essendon	14.xx (104)	8.13 (61)	+43	The Gabba	Night
8	36,149	10, 2001	Win	Essendon	15.12 (102)	10.14 (74)	+28	The Gabba	Nighttime
9	36,077	17, 2005	Win	Essendon	17.12 (114)	14.17 (101)	+xiii	The Gabba	Night
ten	35,898	3, 2002	Win	Essendon	17.15 (117)	ix.13 (67)	+50	The Gabba	Dark

AFL finishing positions (1997–present) [edit]

Legend: Premiers , Wooden spoon

Finishing Position	Year (Finals in Bold)	Tally
Premiers	2001 , 2002 , 2003	iii
Runner-up	2004	one
third	nil	0
4th	1999, 2020	2
fifth	2000, 2019, 2021	3
6th	2009	1
7th	null	0
eighth	1997	one
9th	nil	0
10th	2007, 2008	2
11th	2005	ane
12th	2013	1
13th	2006, 2010, 2012	three
14th	nil	0
15th	2011, 2014, 2018	three
16th	1998	1
17th	2015, 2016	2
18th	2017	1

Players [edit]

Current team [edit]

Brisbane Lions

• view
• talk
• edit

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Kai Lohmann  2 Deven Robertson  iii Joe Daniher  4 Callum Ah Chee  5 Mitch Robinson  6 Hugh McCluggage  7 Jarrod Drupe  8 Ely Smith  9 Lachie Neale ten Daniel Rich 11 Lincoln McCarthy 12 Nakia Cockatoo 13 Tom Berry 14 James Madden xv Dayne Zorko (c) 16 Cameron Rayner 17 Jarryd Lyons 18 Keidean Coleman xix Henry Smith xx Jaxon Prior		21 Tom Fullarton 22 Harry Precipitous 23 Charlie Cameron 24 Marcus Adams 25 Daniel McStay 26 Connor McFadyen 27 Darcy Gardiner 29 James Tunstill 30 Eric Hipwood 31 Harris Andrews (vc) 32 Darcy Fort 33 Zac Bailey 34 Blake Coleman 35 Ryan Lester 37 Brandon Starcevich 40 Jack Payne 43 Noah Answerth 44 Darcy Wilmot 46 Oscar McInerney				28 Cam Ellis-Yolmen 36 Rhys Mathieson 39 Carter Michael 41 Deividas Uosis (B) 45 Kalin Lane		Head coach Chris Fagan Assistant coaches Mark Stone (strategy) Murray Davis (backline) Cameron Bruce (midfield) Ben Hudson (ruck/midfield) Jed Adcock (forwards) Scott Borlace (head of development) Mitch Hahn (VFL head coach) Paul Henriksen (evolution) Zane Littlejohn (development) Fable: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) (B) Category B rookie italics - Inactive actor list Long-term injury (ret.) Retired Updated: 5 April 2022 Source(s): Players, Coaches

Covid top-upwards listing [edit]

For the 2022 season, in the event an AFL club has less than 28 players availble due to Covid, each club can select from a list of xx country league players who can exist called up to AFL level. ^[66]

Brisbane accept selected VFL players from Coburg, Port Melbourne and Brisbane Lions' VFL team

2022 Brisbane Lions Covid Top-upward list
Player	Land League guild
Tahj Abberley	Brisbane VFL
Harry Arnold	Brisbane VFL
Charlie Bowes	Brisbane VFL
Wylie Buzza	Brisbane VFL
Nathan Colenso	Brisbane VFL
Will Fletcher	Brisbane VFL
Riley Greene	Brisbane VFL
Jackson Hille	Brisbane VFL
Charlie Offermans	Brisbane VFL
Luke O'Sullivan	Brisbane VFL
Bruce Reville	Brisbane VFL
Toby Triffett	Brisbane VFL
Charlie Thompson	Coburg
Sam Lowson	Coburg
Jack Maibaum	Coburg
Peter McEvoy	Coburg
Corey Wagner	Port Melbourne
Paul Hunter	Port Melbourne
Fletcher Roberts	Port Melbourne
Harvey Hooper	Port Melbourne

Reserves squad [edit]

The Brisbane Lions have fielded reserves teams in diverse competitions since 1998. In its inaugural year (1997) the club affiliated with the Queensland Australian Football game League (QAFL), assuasive players non selected for the AFL team to be drafted to private clubs.^[67] Between 1998 and 2010 the club'due south reserves team participated in the QAFL, where information technology was initially known as the "Lion Cubs",^[68] until 2004 when it became the Suncoast Lions. In 2011 the team, whose name was now formally the "Brisbane Lions reserves", moved to the multi-state North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). The Lions won their commencement reserve-grade premiership in 2001 when they defeated the Southport Sharks in the QAFL G Final, and went on to claim four NEAFL premierships in 2012/xiii and 2017/nineteen. Following the NEAFL'due south dissolvement later on the 2019 season, the Lions reserves moved to the Victorian Football game League (VFL), and commenced playing in the competition in 2021.^[69] The Lions currently play reserves matches at South Pine Sports Complex in Brendale, a facility opened in 2016.

Premierships [edit]

Premierships (five)
Year	Competition	Opponent	Score	Venue
2001	QAFL	Southport Sharks	13.twenty (98) – 13.8 (86)	Giffin Park
2012	NEAFL	Queanbeyan Tigers	22.12 (144) – eleven.ix (75)	Manuka Oval
2013	NEAFL	Sydney Swans	12.nine (81) – x.thirteen (73)	Graham Road Oval
2017	NEAFL	Sydney Swans	12.13 (85) – 10.22 (82)	Sydney Cricket Ground
2019	NEAFL	Southport Sharks	xx.15 (135) – 8.11 (59)	Fankhauser Reserve

Season summaries [edit]

Flavour	Competition	W–L–D	Ladder position	Finals result/Wooden spoon?	Coach
1998	QAFL	Unknown	Unknown	Un­known[a]	Roger Merrett
1999					United nations­known
2000
2001				Premiers	Craig Brittain
2002				Un­known[a]
2003
2004
2005
2006					John Blakey/Daryn Cresswell
2007					Craig Brittain
					Justin Leppitsch (caretaker)
2008					Paul Hudson
					Justin Leppitsch (flagman)
2009					Craig Brittain
2010		6–12–0	8th	N/A	Craig McRae
2011	NEAFL (Northern Conference)	iv–13–ane	10th	Wooden spoon	Nathan Clarke
2012		14–4–0	2d	Northern Conference Premiers League Premiers
2013		16–2–0	1st (pocket-sized premiers)	Northern Briefing Premiers League Premiers	Leigh Harding
2014	NEAFL	half-dozen–12–0	9th	N/A
2015		2–16–0	10th		Shane Woewodin[70]
2016		3–15–0	10th	Wooden spoon
2017		15–3–0	2nd	Premiers	Mitch Hahn
2018		x–7–1	5th	Elimination finalists
2019		18–0–0	1st (minor premiers)	Premiers
2020	Season cancelled due to COVID-19
2021	VFL	TBC

Statistics highlighted in assuming announce the best known flavour for Brisbane in that category
Statistics highlighted in italic denote the worst known season for Brisbane in that category

1. ^ ^{a b} Whilst the finals result is unknown, it is known the team was neither premiers nor runners-up.

AFL Women'south squad [edit]

In May 2016, the club launched a bid to enter a team in the inaugural AFL Women's season in 2017.^[71] The Brisbane Lions were granted a licence on xv June 2016, becoming one of viii teams to compete in the league's starting time season.^[72] Former AFL Queensland employee Breeanna Brock was appointed to the position of Women's CEO the post-obit day.^[72]

Tayla Harris and Sabrina Frederick-Traub were the club's first signings, unveiled forth with the league'due south other 14 marquee players on 27 July 2016.^[73] A further 23 senior players and two rookie players were added to the club'due south inaugural list in the league's drafting and signing period. Emma Zielke captained the team for their countdown season.^[74]

Onetime Collingwood and Brisbane Bears role player and AFL Queensland omnibus Craig Starcevich was appointed the squad's countdown head motorbus in June 2016.^[75] The residuum of the coaching team was announced on 8 November 2016 as David Lake as the midfield double-decker, Daniel Merrett as the backline motorcoach and Brent Staker as the forward jitney.^[76] Car visitor Hyundai, forth with Epic Pharmacy, sponsored the team in 2017.^[77]

The Lions have been a successful squad in the AFLW reaching the finals in 4 of the starting time v seasons. They narrowly lost grand finals in 2017 and 2018, before missing out on finals in 2019. In a shortened 2020 flavour, the Lions played a Qualifying Final confronting Carlton earlier the flavour was prematurely ended due to COVID border restrictions. No premiership was awarded in 2020. In 2021 the team won their first premiership by defeating Adelaide in the thou final.

The team plays its home games at Hickey Park in Brisbane.

Current squad [edit]

Brisbane Lions (AFL Women's)

• view
• talk
• edit

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Emily Bates  ii Tahlia Hickie  3 Breanna Koenen (vc)  4 Sharni Webb (i)  five Jade Ellenger  6 Lily Postlethwaite  7 Gabby Collingwood (i)  viii Maggie Harmer ten Nat Grider xi Phoebe Monahan 12 Sophie Conway xiii Kate Lutkins 14 Dakota Davidson 16 Bella Smith		17 Belle Dawes xviii Ally Anderson xix Luka Yoshida-Martin 20 Shannon Campbell 22 Zimmorlei Farquharson 23 Jess Wuetschner 24 Lucinda Puller 25 Cathy Svarc 26 Indy Tahau 27 Mikayla Pauga 28 Maria Moloney 29 Ruddy Svarc 30 Jesse Wardlaw 31 Taylor Smith				ix Orla O'Dwyer xv Greta Bodey 21 Courtney Hodder		Head coach Craig Starcevich Assistant coaches Brent Staker (defence) Daniel Merrett (forwards) Clark Keating (midfield) Simon Black (stoppages) Matt Green (high performance director) Phil Lovett (development) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) (i) Inactive player(s) Updated: 5 April 2022 Source(due south): Players, Coaches

Not-playing/coaching staff [edit]

Flavor summaries [edit]

Brisbane AFLW honour curlicue
Season	Ladder	Due west–50–D	Finals	Motorbus	Captain(s)	Best and fairest	Leading goal kicker
2017	1st	half-dozen–0–ane	Runners-up	Craig Starcevich	Emma Zielke	Emily Bates	Kate McCarthy (nine)
2018	2nd	four–iii–0	Runners-up	Craig Starcevich	Emma Zielke	Kate Lutkins	Jess Wuetschner (thirteen)
2019	ninth ^	two–5–0	DNQ	Craig Starcevich	Leah Kaslar	Ally Anderson	Jess Wuetschner (eight)
2020	7th ^	3–ii–ane	Qualifying terminal	Craig Starcevich[a]	Emma Zielke	Emily Bates	Jesse Wardlaw (nine)
2021	2nd	7–2–0	Premiers	Craig Starcevich	Emma Zielke	Ally Anderson	Dakota Davidson (16)
2022	3rd	eight–two–0	Preliminary final	Craig Starcevich	Breanna Koenen	TBC	Greta Bodey (xiii)

^ Denotes the ladder was dissever into two conferences. Figure refers to the club's overall finishing position in the home-and-away season.
^a Daniel Merrett was passenger vehicle for circular 3, and Starcevich was charabanc for all other matches.

Meet too [edit]

• Wikipedia listing of Brisbane Lions players
• Merrett–Murray Medal
• Australian rules football in Queensland
• Sport in Queensland
• Sport in Australia
• Brisbane Broncos

References [edit]

1. ^ "Electric current details for ABN 43 054 263 473". ABN Lookup. Australian Business concern Register. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
2. ^ "Andrew Wellington appointed Chairman". Brisbane Lions. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
3. ^ "A history of Premierships". Brisbane Lions. 30 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
4. ^ "The Deed of Arrangement betwixt Fitzroy's administrator and the Brisbane Bears". Big Footy. 27 October 2011.
5. ^ "VFL could go to Qld". The Canberra Times. Vol. sixty, no. xviii, 536. Australian Uppercase Territory, Australia. two July 1986. p. 44. Retrieved 17 December 2021 – via National Library of Commonwealth of australia.
6. ^ ^{a b} "Lions and Port: A history". Retrieved 19 October 2020. Remarkably, the first iii encounters between the two sides had resulted in two draws and a two-point thriller
7. ^ Ralph, Jon (11 Oct 2020). "The curious case of Lyons: How did Suns allow midfield bull go?". Herald Sun.
8. ^ "AFL Tables - Quarters & Halves".
9. ^ "Memories of Football Park". portadelaidefc.com.au.
10. ^ "Essendon Flashback: If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It…". lions.com.au.
11. ^ ^{a b} Lovett, Michael (Chief editor) (2010). AFL Tape Flavor Guide. Geoff Slattery Media Group. ISBN978-0-9806274-v-9.
12. ^ ^{a b} "Footy Park Flashbacks #6: Port Adelaide v Brisbane Lions, 2002 Round 22". portadelaidefc.com.au.
13. ^ Blake, Martin (28 September 2003). "Black right on the ball". The Historic period. Commonwealth of australia. Retrieved eight May 2011.
14. ^ "Fans of the Brisbane Lions celebrate after their 2001 AFL Grand Final..." Getty Images.
15. ^ "What becomes of the cleaved hearted: the footy stalwarts who kept Fitzroy alive | Russell Jackson". The Guardian. 24 Baronial 2016.
16. ^ Wilson, Caroline (15 August 2014). "Fairer finals clause comes back to bite AFL".
17. ^ Akermanis, Jason. Sacked Podcast, 2020.
18. ^ "Port Adelaide stun Brisbane". 25 September 2004.
19. ^ "Lynch biggest villain since Daniher". The Sydney Morning time Herald. 30 September 2004.
20. ^ "Saints inflict record loss on Lions". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 27 August 2005.
21. ^ "St Kilda flogs Lions".
22. ^ "Lions secure upset of the flavor".
23. ^ "Suns rise in Queensland shoot-out". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 May 2011.
24. ^ "Lions AFL role player Claye Beams ruptures ACL". The Sydney Morning time Herald. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
25. ^ "Power'due south Jared Polec reveals his final flavor's pes injury about 'ended his career'". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 February 2016. Retrieved thirty March 2021.
26. ^ Beaton, Robert (seven July 2017). "Remember When... 'Phenomenon on Grass'". AFL Players . Retrieved twenty July 2020.
27. ^ "My fate was 'inevitable': Voss". Herald Sun. 13 August 2013.
28. ^ Wilson, Jake Niall and Caroline (13 August 2013). "Voss not boss". Brisbane Times.
29. ^ "Voss not boss". The Sydney Morning Herald.
30. ^ "Michael Voss sacked past Brisbane Lions". The Age. Melbourne.
31. ^ Brisbane Lions' Ash McGrath Retiring From AFL Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Triple M Melbourne, 21 August 2014
32. ^ "Brisbane Lions sack coach Justin Leppitsch after 'bitterly disappointing' AFL season". ABC. Australian Dissemination Corporation. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
33. ^ "Brisbane Lions unveil Chris Fagan equally new motorcoach". Herald Sun. 4 October 2016. Retrieved xi October 2016.
34. ^ "Greats immortalised in Fitzroy". lions.com.au.
35. ^ "Jubilant the faces of Fitzroy". lions.com.au.
36. ^ "Essendon Bombers blitz off-field in Victoria Simply Sydney Swans Australia's Favourite Team". Roy Morgan.
37. ^ "AFL Membership 1984 – 2016". Footy Industry. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
38. ^ "AFL Tables – Brisbane Lions – Crowds". afltables.com. Archived from the original on 18 Oct 2018. Retrieved eight January 2019.
39. ^ Matthews, Leigh (2013). Accept the Claiming (2nd ed.). Random House Commonwealth of australia. p. 415. ISBN978-0-85798-210-0.
40. ^ Brown, Jonathan (2015). Life and Football (1st ed.). Penguin Group (Commonwealth of australia). p. 192. ISBN978-0-14379-977-1.
41. ^ Denham, Greg (16 May 2012). "Brisbane Lions heading down financially stricken path of Port Adelaide as on-field operation fades". Fox Sports. Retrieved eleven January 2015.
42. ^ [1] Archived 5 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 2009 Brisbane Lions Almanac Report (2008 comparison values)
43. ^ [2] Archived 5 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 2009 Brisbane Lions Annual Study
44. ^ [3] Archived 5 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine 2010 Brisbane Lions Annual Study
45. ^ [4] Archived v June 2012 at the Wayback Automobile 2011 Brisbane Lions Annual Report
46. ^ "Lions announce financial loss". ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
47. ^ [5] Archived ten Baronial 2014 at the Wayback Machine 2013 Brisbane Lions Financial Report
48. ^ "2014 Fiscal Report" (PDF). Brisbane Bears – Fitzroy Football Social club Limited. 31 October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
49. ^ "Brisbane Lions 2015 Almanac Written report" (PDF). Brisbane Lions. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
50. ^ "2016 Financial REPORT" (PDF). Brisbane Lions. 31 October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 Dec 2017. Retrieved xxx November 2017.
51. ^ "2017 Financial Written report" (PDF). Brisbane Lions. 31 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 Dec 2017. Retrieved 30 Nov 2017.
52. ^ "2018 FINANCIAL Study" (PDF). Brisbane Lions. 31 Oct 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
53. ^ "Lions tape first profit in 12 years". Brisbane Lions. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 6 Dec 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
54. ^ "2020 FINANCIAL REPORT" (PDF). Brisbane Lions.
55. ^ "Brisbane Lions ask fans to proper noun new 'fierce and determined' mascot". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 May 2015.
56. ^ Tony Eastley (29 October 2009). "Brisbane Lions face up court activeness over new logo". Australian Dissemination Corporation. Retrieved 10 Apr 2010.
57. ^ "Lions secure final funding for $70m Springfield base". Austadiums. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
58. ^ "Last renders of The Reserve Community Loonshit at Springfield revealed earlier construction commences". lions.com.au. xix February 2020.
59. ^ "Brighton Homes Arena Meeting Quickly". Brisbane Lions. ix September 2021.
60. ^ "Lions Rewind: Collingwood". 9 April 2020.
61. ^ Naghten, Tom. "AFL rivalries: Live or dead? We run the rule over these clashes". Sporting News . Retrieved 19 October 2020. ...the Magpies poached Nathan Buckley, the contempt continued. The Lions got their own back with a couple of yard final wins over Collingwood in '02 and '03.
62. ^ QClash sets Tv record - afl.com.au. Published nine May 2011. Retrieved eleven May 2011.
63. ^ QClash 1: Marcus Ashcroft Medal announced (one May 2011)
64. ^ Davis, Greg; Hamilton, Andrew (21 April 2012). "Lions star Jonathan Brown problems rallying cry ahead of QClash". The Courier-Post.
65. ^ "Lions Rewind: Port Adelaide". Retrieved xix October 2020. Brisbane v Port Adelaide. During the early on 2000s it was i of the biggest rivalries in football.
66. ^ "REVEALED: Every meridian-up player on your club's list". AFL.com.au. 17 March 2021. Retrieved nineteen March 2022.
67. ^ "Scoreboard", Courier Mail service, p. eighteen, 2 June 1997
68. ^ "Scoreboard", Courier Mail, p. 15, 11 May 1998
69. ^ "VICTORIAN Football game LEAGUE 2021 SEASON Ready TO BEGIN Apr 17". vfl.com.au. i February 2021.
70. ^ Allen, Steve (29 September 2015). "Brownlow Medal 2015: call up when Shane Woewodin shocked the footy earth?". The Age . Retrieved 4 May 2016.
71. ^ Burton, Cassie (6 May 2016). "Brisbane Lions submit National AFL Women's League bid". Brisbane Lions. Bigpond. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
72. ^ ^{a b} Tallon, Steele (16 June 2016). "Brisbane Lions announce Women's CEO". Brisbane Lions. Bigpond. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
73. ^ Matthews, Bruce (27 July 2016). "Sixteen of the best: women's marquees named". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 25 Oct 2016.
74. ^ "Emma Zielke named as Brisbane Lions' countdown AFLW Captain". lions.com.au. Archived from the original on eight January 2017. Retrieved 7 Jan 2017.
75. ^ Whitling, Michael (22 June 2016). "Coup for Lions as inaugural women'due south coach named". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Archived from the original on two November 2016. Retrieved 25 Oct 2016.
76. ^ "Brisbane Lions Women's Coaching Structure Finalised". Brisbane Lions. eight November 2016. Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
77. ^ "Hyundai driving force backside women's squad". Brisbane Lion. Bigpond. 26 September 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 25 Oct 2016.

External links [edit]

• Official website
• The Brisbane Lions – an Overview – Official AFL website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club

daviscathad1981.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Lions

Share this post