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

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
PosTeamPldWLDPFPA%Pts
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.

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References

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