2004 Brisbane Lions season

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Brisbane Lions
2004 season
Coach Leigh Matthews
Captain(s) Michael Voss
Home ground The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
AFL season 2nd
Finals series Runners-up
Best and fairest Nigel Lappin
Leading goalkicker Jason Akermanis (40 goals)
Highest home attendance36,467 vs. Collingwood (8 April 2004) [1]
Lowest home attendance29,295 vs. Western Bulldogs (11 July 2004) [1]
Average home attendance33,619
Club membership30,941
  2003
2005  

The Brisbane Lions' 2004 season was its eighth season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Contents

Season summary

Pre-season

First round

Round 1
Saturday, 22 February (1:10 pm) Hawthorn def. by Brisbane Lions York Park (crowd: 12,443)
0.0.1 (1)
0.0.5 (5)
0.2.9 (21)
0.4.16 (40)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
0.5.1 (31)
0.8.4 (52)
0.10.5 (65)
0.12.5 (77)
Television broadcast: Fox Footy Channel
NilSuper GoalsNil
Vandenberg, Barlow, Clarke, Lekkas 1Goals5 Brown
2 Charman, Power
1 Copeland, Akermanis, Notting
Smith, Hodge, Vandenberg, Beaumont, Miller Best Brown, Power, Charman, Pratt, Akermanis, Michael, Pike, Bradshaw

Quarter-finals

Quarter Final
Saturday, 28 February (7:40 pm) Essendon def. Brisbane Lions Telstra Dome (crowd: 19,120)
0.4.1 (25)
0.7.4 (46)
1.11.7 (82)
1.12.9 (90)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
0.3.4 (22)
1.4.9 (42)
2.5.10 (58)
2.8.13 (79)
Television broadcast: Network Ten
Lucas 1Super Goals1 Keating, Pratt
Lloyd 4
M. Johnson 3
Ramanauskas, Richards, Bolton, Hille, Murphy 1
Goals3 Brennan
2 Lynch
1 Hadley, Bradshaw, McGrath
Hird, Lloyd, Lucas, M. Johnson, Misiti Best Lappin, Power, Hart, Akermanis, Notting


Premiership Season

Home and away season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScoresVenueAttendance
BrisbaneOpponent
1 27 March (8:10 pm) Sydney 8078 The Gabba (H)34,028
2 3 April (2:10 pm) Adelaide 10483 Football Park (A)41,095
3 8 April (7:40 pm) Collingwood 13777 The Gabba (H)36,467
4 17 April (2:10 pm) West Coast 7679 Subiaco Oval (A)39,666
5 24 April (7:10 pm) Hawthorn 11062 The Gabba (H)34,526
6 1 May (7:10 pm) St Kilda 9192 Docklands Stadium (A)52,539
7 8 May (7:10 pm) Kangaroos 12076 Docklands Stadium (A)27,511
8 15 May (7:10 pm) Carlton 140102 The Gabba (H)34,368
9 22 May (2:10 pm) Fremantle 78137 Subiaco Oval (A)32,575
10 30 May (1:10 pm) Melbourne 12383 The Gabba (A)32,902
11 5 June (7:10 pm) Port Adelaide 12386 The Gabba (H)34,241
12 12 June (7:10 pm) Essendon 16296 Docklands Stadium (A)50,003
13 19 June (2:10 pm) Geelong 6592 Kardinia Park (A)17,648
14 3 July (7:10 pm) Richmond 11496 The Gabba (H)32,744
15 11 July (1:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 13668 The Gabba (H)29,295
16 17 July (7:10 pm) Collingwood 10973 MCG (A)34,326
17 24 July (7:10 pm) Adelaide 18948 The Gabba (H)33,443
18 31 July (7:10 pm) Sydney 5183 SCG (A)34,926
19 8 August (1:10 pm) West Coast 7387 The Gabba (H)31,754
20 14 August (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 6643 MCG (A)17,159
21 22 August (1:10 pm) St Kilda 13085 The Gabba (H)35,823
22 28 August (7:10 pm) Kangaroos 17057 The Gabba (H)33,122
Round 1
Round 1
Saturday, 27 March (7:10 pm) Brisbane Lions def. Sydney The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 34,028)
1.3 (9)
5.6 (36)
8.12 (60)
11.14 (80)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
4.3 (27)
8.7 (55)
8.11 (59)
11.12 (78)
Umpires: McLaren, Nicholls, Ellis
Television broadcast: Network Ten
Pike 3
McRae 2
Brennan, Akermanis, Keating, Black, Leppitsch, Caracella 1
Goals4 Davis
1 McVeigh, Williams, Hall, Crouch, Goodes, Bolton, O'Loughlin

Finals series

RdDate and local timeOpponentScoresVenueAttendance
BrisbaneOpponent
First qualifying final 3 September (7:30 pm) St Kilda 14969 The Gabba 33,582
Second preliminary final 18 September (7:30 pm) Geelong 8475 MCG 55,768
Grand Final 25 September (2:30 pm) Port Adelaide 73113 MCG 77,671
Second qualifying final
Second qualifying final
Friday, 3 September (7:30pm) Brisbane Lions def. St Kilda The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 33,582)
6.3 (39)
11.8 (74)
17.9 (111)
23.11 (149)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
3.2 (20)
4.4 (28)
6.6 (42)
10.9 (69)
Umpires: McBurney, McLaren, Woodcock
Television broadcast: Network Ten
Second preliminary final
Second preliminary final
Saturday, 18 September (7:30pm) Brisbane Lions def. Geelong MCG, Melbourne (crowd: 55,768)
3.3 (21)
6.4 (40)
9.10 (64)
12.12 (84)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
3.5 (23)
5.8 (38)
8.12 (60)
10.15 (75)
Umpires: James, Kennedy, Rowe
Television broadcast: Network Ten
  • Despite earning a home preliminary final by beating St Kilda two weeks earlier, the Brisbane Lions were forced to play Geelong in Melbourne at the MCG, due an agreement between the AFL and the MCG to play at least one match per week at the ground in finals. This contractual stipulation was removed following renegotiation the following season. [2]
Grand Final
2004 AFL Grand Final
Saturday, 25 September 2:40pm Port Adelaide def. Brisbane Lions MCG, Melbourne (crowd: 77,671)
4.5 (29)
6.6 (42)
12.8 (80)
17.11 (113)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
2.2 (14)
6.7 (43)
9.9 (63)
10.13 (73)
Umpires: James, Allen, McInerney
Norm Smith Medal: Byron Pickett (Port Adelaide)
Television broadcast: Network Ten
National anthem: Guy Sebastian
Wanganeen 4
Pickett, Thurstans 3
S. Burgoyne, Carr, Dew, Kingsley, Lade, Mahoney, Tredrea 1
Goals3 Akermanis, Bradshaw, Notting
1 Keating
Pickett, P. Burgoyne, Wanganeen, Thurstans, K. Cornes Best Akermanis, Notting, Lappin, Bradshaw
Wakelin – Attempting to strike and wrestling Lynch, Carr – 2 x wrestlingReports Lynch – Seven offences against Wakelin, Brown – Striking and wrestling Carr, Black – 2x striking
  • Brisbane won the toss and kicked to the city end first.
  • This was Port Adelaide's first premiership in the AFL since it joined the competition after having previously won 36 SANFL premierships.

Ladder

2004 AFL ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Port Adelaide (P)22175024131823132.468 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions 22166024471783137.264
3 St Kilda 22166024431909128.064
4 Geelong 22157020881741119.960
5 Melbourne 22148021271900111.956
6 Sydney 22139019381804107.452
7 West Coast 22139020421968103.852
8 Essendon 221210022822228102.448
9 Fremantle 221111018821870100.644
10 Kangaroos 221012021422135100.340
11 Carlton 22101201825223581.740
12 Adelaide 2281401950203995.632
13 Collingwood 2281401899208291.232
14 Western Bulldogs 2251701957245979.620
15 Hawthorn 2241801668237570.216
16 Richmond 2241801693244569.216
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

References

  1. 1 2 "Brisbane Lions - All Games - By Season". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 February 2004.
  2. Wilson, Caroline (15 August 2014). "Fairer finals clause comes back to bite AFL". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 18 September 2016.