2003 Brisbane Lions season

Brisbane Lions

2003 season
Coach	Leigh Matthews
Captain(s)	Michael Voss
Home ground	The Gabba (Capacity: 37,600)
AFL season	3rd
Finals series	Premiers
Best and fairest	Michael Voss
Leading goalkicker	Alastair Lynch (62 goals)
Highest home attendance	36,803 vs. Collingwood (17 April 2003)
Lowest home attendance	24,321 vs. Western Bulldogs (27 April 2003)
Average home attendance	31,717
Club membership	25,578

The Brisbane Lions' 2003 season was its seventh season in the Australian Football League (AFL). In it, the club won its third consecutive premiership, and third overall.

Season summary

Premiership Season

Home and away season

See also: 2003 AFL season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores		Venue	Attendance
			Brisbane	Opponent
1	29 March (7:10 pm)	Essendon	104	61	The Gabba (H)	36,197
2	5 April (7:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	86	76	Football Park (A)	27,876
3	12 April (7:10 pm)	Kangaroos	109	109	Docklands Stadium (A)	24,359
4	17 April (7:40 pm)	Collingwood	95	81	The Gabba (H)	36,803
5	27 April (1:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	106	79	The Gabba (H)	24,341
6	4 May (2:40 pm)	Geelong	92	78	Kardinia Park (A)	21,246
7	11 May (1:10 pm)	Sydney	79	98	SCG (A)	23,276
8	17 May (7:10 pm)	Adelaide	107	89	The Gabba (H)	34,469
9	24 May (2:10 pm)	Carlton	153	76	Princes Park (A)	24,906
10	31 May (7:10 pm)	Melbourne	123	63	The Gabba (A)	29,634
11	7 June (7:10 pm)	St Kilda	85	90	Docklands Stadium (A)	30,313
12	15 June (1:10 pm)	West Coast	91	160	The Gabba (H)	31,185
13	28 June (7:10 pm)	Richmond	104	61	The Gabba (H)	32,623
14	5 July (1:40 pm)	Fremantle	72	75	Subiaco Oval (A)	28,450
15	13 July (1:10 pm)	Hawthorn	93	81	The Gabba (H)	29,684
16	19 July (7:10 pm)	Essendon	86	94	Docklands Stadium (A)	47,744
17	26 July (7:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	103	104	The Gabba (H)	32,043
18	2 August (7:10 pm)	Kangaroos	137	83	The Gabba (H)	28,044
19	9 August (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	101	62	MCG (A)	61,868
20	17 August (1:10 pm)	Sydney	76	90	The Gabba (H)	32,988
21	23 August (7:10 pm)	Geelong	123	86	The Gabba (H)	30,515
22	30 August (7:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	170	86	Docklands Stadium (A)	22,361

Finals series

See also: 2003 AFL season § Finals series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores		Venue	Attendance
			Brisbane	Opponent
Second qualifying final	6 September (7:30 pm)	Collingwood	7.9 (51)	9.12 (66)	MCG	66,092
First semi-final	12 September (7:30 pm)	Adelaide	18.16 (124)	12.10 (82)	The Gabba	32,432
Second preliminary final	20 September (7:30 pm)	Sydney	14.16 (100)	8.8 (56)	Stadium Australia	71,019
Grand Final	27 September (2:30 pm)	Collingwood	20.14 (134)	12.12 (84)	MCG	79,451

Second qualifying final

	Second qualifying final
Saturday, 6 September 7:30pm	Collingwood	def.	Brisbane Lions	MCG (crowd: 66,092)	Report
	2.2 (14) 5.5 (35) 6.8 (44) 9.12 (66)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.2 (20) 6.5 (41) 7.5 (47) 7.9 (51)	Umpires: Allen, Goldspink, McBurney Television broadcast: Network Ten
Tarrant 3 Didak, Buckley 2 Rocca, Johnson 1		Goals	3 Lynch 1 McGrath, Akermanis, Brown, Lappin
Buckley, Clement, Tarrant, Fraser, Johnson, Cloke, Scotland		Best	Brown, Akermanis, Lappin, Michael, White, Hart
Nil		Injuries
Nil		Reports	Notting reported for charging Scotland

Second semi final

	Second semi final
Friday, 12 September 7:30pm	Brisbane Lions	def.	Adelaide	The Gabba (crowd: 32,432)	Report
	3.3 (21) 6.9 (45) 11.12 (78) 18.16 (124)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.2 (20) 4.4 (28) 10.7 (67) 12.10 (82)	Umpires: McBurney, Rosebury, Allen Television broadcast: Network Ten
Lynch 6 Brown 3 Akermanis 2 McGrath, Lappin, Black, Power, Johnson, McRae, Copeland 1		Goals	4 Burton, Stevens 2 McLeod 1 Shirley, Bode
Lynch, Black, Akermanis, Leppitsch, Voss, Power		Best	Burton, Ricciuto, Goodwin, McLeod, Smart, Stevens
Ashcroft (knee)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

First preliminary final

	First preliminary final
Saturday, 20 September 7:30pm	Sydney	def. by	Brisbane Lions	Telstra Stadium (crowd: 71,019)	Report
	2.2 (14) 4.4 (28) 8.7 (55) 8.8 (56)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.7 (19) 6.7 (43) 8.10 (58) 14.16 (100)	Umpires: James, McLaren, Goldspink Television broadcast: Network Ten
Hall 2 Davis, Cresswell, Williams, Kennelly, Ablett, Roberts-Thomson 1		Goals	3 Lynch, Pike 2 Caracella, McGrath, Brown 1 McRae, Black
Matthews, Hall, Williams, C. Bolton, Goodes		Best	Lappin, Charman, Caracella, Pike, Brown, Black
Nil		Injuries	Lappin (ribs)
Nil		Reports	Nil

Grand Final

	Scorecard
Saturday, 27 September 2:40pm	Brisbane Lions	def.	Collingwood	MCG (crowd: 79,451)	Report
	5.5 (35) 11.7 (73) 14.12 (96) 20.14 (134)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.3 (21) 4.7 (31) 9.7 (61) 12.12 (84)	Umpires: McBurney, Kennedy, Allen Norm Smith Medal: Simon Black (Brisbane Lions) Television broadcast: Network Ten National anthem: Christine Anu
Akermanis 5 Lynch 4 Caracella, Brown 2 McRae, Pike, Hadley, Black, Leppitsch, Hart, Bradshaw 1		Goals	3 Didak 2 Burns 1 Davis, Woewodin, Buckley, Licuria, Tarrant, Fraser, Scotland
Black, Akermanis, Voss, Lappin, Hart, Michael, Pike, Power		Best	Fraser, Burns, Buckley, Johnson, Licuria
Nil		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

Ladder

2003 AFL ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide	22	18	4	0	2229	1752	127.2	72	Finals series
2	Collingwood	22	15	7	0	2259	1858	121.6	60
3	Brisbane Lions (P)	22	14	7	1	2295	1882	121.9	58
4	Sydney	22	14	8	0	2142	1862	115.0	56
5	Fremantle	22	14	8	0	2143	2078	103.1	56
6	Adelaide	22	13	9	0	2114	1754	120.5	52
7	West Coast	22	12	8	2	2326	1982	117.4	52
8	Essendon	22	13	9	0	2190	1960	111.7	52
9	Hawthorn	22	12	10	0	2011	1999	100.6	48
10	Kangaroos	22	11	10	1	2185	2223	98.3	46
11	St Kilda	22	11	11	0	2095	2187	95.8	44
12	Geelong	22	7	14	1	1819	2025	89.8	30
13	Richmond	22	7	15	0	1846	2078	88.8	28
14	Melbourne	22	5	17	0	1899	2344	81.0	20
15	Carlton	22	4	18	0	1784	2674	66.7	16
16	Western Bulldogs	22	3	18	1	2014	2693	74.8	14

Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers