2002 Brisbane Lions season

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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 attendance35,898 vs. Essendon (13 April 2002) [1]
Lowest home attendance21,709 vs. Fremantle (26 May 2002) [1]
Average home attendance26,894
Club membership22,288
  2001
2003  

The Brisbane Lions' 2002 season was its sixth season in the Australian Football League (AFL). In it, the club won its second consecutive premiership, and second overall.

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Season summary

Premiership Season

Home and away season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScoresVenueAttendance
BrisbaneOpponent
1 31 March (1:10 pm) Sydney 11087 SCG (A)24,052
2 7 April (1:10 pm) Hawthorn 14846 The Gabba (H)25,660
3 13 April (7:10 pm) Essendon 11767 The Gabba (H)35,898
4 20 April (7:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 9478 Docklands Stadium (A)23,928
5 27 April (1:40 pm) West Coast 75121 Subiaco Oval (A)33,313
6 4 May (7:10 pm) Geelong 14689 The Gabba (H)27,015
7 12 May (1:10 pm) Port Adelaide 12972 The Gabba (H)24,538
8 18 May (7:10 pm) Collingwood 111114 Docklands Stadium (A)46,279
9 26 May (1:10 pm) Fremantle 10979 The Gabba (H)21,709
10 1 June (7:10 pm) Adelaide 94101 Football Park (A)47,279
11 9 June (1:10 pm) St Kilda 11352 The Gabba (H)23,157
12 22 June (7:10 pm) Kangaroos 138123 The Gabba (H)27,940
13 29 June (7:10 pm) Carlton 124109 The Gabba (H)27,324
14 7 July (1:10 pm) Melbourne 110131 The Gabba (A)25,166
15 13 July (7:10 pm) Richmond 11855 Docklands Stadium (A)22,642
16 21 July (1:10 pm) Sydney 11779 The Gabba (H)25,720
17 27 July (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 12468 MCG (A)35,202
18 3 August (7:10 pm) Essendon 10871 Docklands Stadium (A)43,036
19 10 August (7:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 10567 The Gabba (H)27,443
20 17 August (7:10 pm) West Coast 13689 The Gabba (H)29,436
21 24 August (2:10 pm) Geelong 11055 Kardinia Park (A)24,003
22 31 August (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 8490 Football Park (A)46,439

Finals series

RdDate and local timeOpponentScoresVenueAttendance
BrisbaneOpponent
Second qualifying final 7 September (7:30 pm) Adelaide 11544 The Gabba 31,854
Second preliminary final 21 September (7:30 pm) Port Adelaide 13882 The Gabba 33,047
Grand Final 28 September (2:30 pm) Collingwood 7566 MCG 91,817

Ladder

2002 AFL ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Port Adelaide 22184023601783132.472 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions (P)22175025201843136.768
3 Adelaide 22157023082007115.060
4 Collingwood 22139020811897109.752
5 Essendon 22129119391847105.050
6 Melbourne 22121002243224599.948
7 Kangaroos 22121002241226998.848
8 West Coast 22111102208225498.044
9 Geelong 22111101933202995.344
10 Hawthorn 22111101938210792.044
11 Sydney 22912121231976107.438
12 Western Bulldogs 22912123352246104.038
13 Fremantle 2291301900215188.336
14 Richmond 2271501801217282.928
15 St Kilda 2251611785227178.622
16 Carlton 2231901682230073.112
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers


Playing squad

PlayerGames in 2002Goals in 2002Career gamesCareer goals
Jason Akermanis 2431272338
Marcus Ashcroft 255343150
Simon Black 2410346182
Craig Bolton 4024934
Daniel Bradshaw 1223234519
Jonathan Brown 2337279594
Jamie Charman 5113477
Nathan Clarke 3095
Robert Copeland 25516830
Richard Hadley 306917
Shaun Hart 257298118
Des Headland 2332166123
Chris Johnson 234287124
Clark Keating 14815380
Matthew Kennedy 12020034
Nigel Lappin 2513304187
Justin Leppitsch 248251202
Alastair Lynch 2274328633
Beau McDonald 9110038
Ashley McGrath 1712214143
Dylan McLaren 509811
Craig McRae 2420219232
Mal Michael 25026249
Tim Notting 2216229138
Martin Pike 2511262125
Luke Power 2525307226
Brad Scott 20518845
Chris Scott 16423130
Aaron Shattock 1047625
Michael Voss (c)2121310245
Darryl White 2315291165
Blake Caracella 2525187218


2002 AFL Grand Final team

BHBC
Chris Johnson Mal Michael Darryl White
Shaun Hart Justin Leppitsch Nigel Lappin
HFFR
Des Headland Alastair Lynch Craig McRae
Martin Pike Jonathan Brown Luke Power
FollowersInterchangeCoach
Clark Keating Michael Voss (c) Blake Caracella
Simon Black Tim Notting Aaron Shattock
Robert Copeland Leigh Matthews


References

  1. 1 2 "Brisbane Lions - All Games - By Season". AFL Tables. Retrieved 16 March 2016.