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Brisbane Lions; 2002 season; Coach: Leigh Matthews: Captain(s) Michael Voss: Home ground: The Gabba (Capacity: 37,600) AFL season: 2nd: Finals series: Premiers: Best and fairest: Simon Black: Leading goalkicker: Alastair Lynch (74 goals) Highest home attendance: 35,898 vs. Essendon (13 April 2002) [1] Lowest home attendance: 21,709 vs ...
It was the third time a player had won the Norm Smith Medal without being on the winning premiership team. Out of respect for his teammates, Buckley took the medal off as he returned from the dais. Buckley polled 12 votes for the medal, and teammate Anthony Rocca finished second with 8 votes; Nigel Lappin was the highest-placing Lion with 5 ...
The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 28 March until 28 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs. The premiership was won by the Brisbane Lions for the second time and second time consecutively, after it defeated Collingwood by nine points in the AFL Grand Final .
Brisbane Lions AFLW team during the S7 Grand Final at Springfield Stadium Captain Breanna Koenen and coach Craig Starcevich hold up the 2023 premiership trophy at Ikon Park. In May 2016, the club launched a bid to enter a team in the inaugural AFL Women's season in 2017 . [ 123 ]
In 2002, Brisbane Lions midfielder Simon Black won the Brownlow Medal for best and fairest player of the 2002 season. [ 7 ] : 508 Accordingly, the Brisbane Lions became the first grand finalist in VFL/AFL history to have three Brownlow Medallists in its line-up, the three being 1996 winner Michael Voss, [ 7 ] : 508 2001 winner Jason Akermanis ...
Statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches only and are correct to the end of the 2024 season. Games played for either of the two clubs that merged in 1996 to form the Brisbane Lions, the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Football Club are not included in this list. However, Brisbane Bears players who played for the Brisbane ...
In May 2016, the club launched a bid to enter a team in the inaugural AFL Women's season in 2017. [17] The Brisbane Lions were granted a license on 15 June 2016, becoming one of eight teams to compete in the league's first season. [ 18 ]
In 1997 he was a member of the inaugural Brisbane Lions team following the Bears merger with Fitzroy. His breakout season was in 1999 under new coach Leigh Matthews , when he won the Brisbane Best and Fairest award, was selected as All-Australian for the first time [ 2 ] and represented Australia in International Rules.