2003 Brisbane Lions season

Brisbane Lions
2003 season
Coach Leigh Matthews
Captain(s) Michael Voss
Home ground The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
AFL season 3rd
Best and fairest Michael Voss
Leading goalkicker Alastair Lynch (62 goals)
Highest home attendance 36,803 vs. Collingwood (17 April 2003)[1]
Lowest home attendance 24,321 vs. Western Bulldogs (27 April 2003)[1]
Average home attendance 31,717
Club membership 25,578
← 2002 2004 →

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

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores Venue Attendance
Brisbane Opponent
Qualifying Final 6 September (7:30 pm) Collingwood 51 66 MCG 66,092
Semi-Final 12 September (7:30 pm) Adelaide 124 82 The Gabba 32,432
Preliminary Final 20 September (7:30 pm) Sydney 100 56 Stadium Australia 71,019
Grand Final 27 September (2:30 pm) Collingwood 134 84 MCG 79,451

Ladder

2003 AFL Ladder
Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Port Adelaide 22 18 4 0 2229 1752 127.23 72
2 Collingwood 22 15 7 0 2259 1858 121.58 60
3 Brisbane Lions (P) 22 14 7 1 2295 1882 121.94 58
4 Sydney 22 14 8 0 2142 1862 115.04 56
5 Fremantle 22 14 8 0 2143 2078 103.13 56
6 Adelaide 22 13 9 0 2114 1754 120.52 52
7 West Coast 22 12 8 2 2326 1982 117.36 52
8 Essendon 22 13 9 0 2190 1960 111.73 52
9 Hawthorn 22 12 10 0 2011 1999 100.60 48
10 Kangaroos 22 11 10 1 2185 2223 98.29 46
11 St Kilda 22 11 11 0 2095 2187 95.79 44
12 Geelong 22 7 14 1 1819 2025 89.83 30
13 Richmond 22 7 15 0 1846 2078 88.84 28
14 Melbourne 22 5 17 0 1899 2344 81.02 20
15 Carlton 22 4 18 0 1784 2674 66.72 16
16 Western Bulldogs 22 3 18 1 2014 2693 74.79 14
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

References

  1. 1 2 "Brisbane Lions - All Games - By Season". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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