2005 Brisbane Lions season

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Brisbane Lions
2005 season
Coach Leigh Matthews (rounds 1–17, 19–22)
John Blakey (round 18)
Captain(s) Michael Voss
Home ground The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
AFL season 11th
Best and fairest Jason Akermanis
Leading goalkicker Daniel Bradshaw (42 goals)
Highest home attendance37,224 vs. Collingwood (9 July 2005) [1]
Lowest home attendance29,500 vs. Kangaroos (28 May 2005) [1]
Average home attendance33,266
Club membership30,027

The Brisbane Lions' 2005 season was its ninth season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Contents

Season summary

Pre-season

2005 Wizard Home Loans Cup

Round 1
Saturday, 19 February (7:40pm) Brisbane Lions def. by Melbourne Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns (crowd: 9,486)
0.0.2 (2)
0.3.4 (22)
0.5.6 (36)
 0.7.11 (53)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
1.0.3 (12)
2.5.5 (53)
3.9.7 (89)
 3.10.11 (98)
Umpires: J. Quigley, J. Schmitt, D. Morris, S. Jeffery
Television broadcast: Fox Footy Channel
NoneSuper Goals2 Wheatley
1 Bruce
Bradshaw 3
Corrie 1
Power 1
Rischitelli 1
Spaanderman 1
Goals4 Robertson
2 McLean
2 Yze
1 Bruce
1 Neitz
Corrie, Power, Michael, Bradshaw, Hadley, Leppitsch Best Bizzell, Green, Robertson, Rivers, Whelan, McLean, Yze
Johnson (cut head)InjuriesNil
NilReportsNil

Premiership Season

Home and away season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScoresVenueAttendance
BrisbaneOpponent
1 24 March (7:40 pm) St Kilda 11693 The Gabba (H)33,369
2 2 April (7:10 pm) Port Adelaide 7375 Football Park (A)34,892
3 9 April (7:10 pm) Sydney 8187 The Gabba (H)33,960
4 16 April (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 69115 MCG (A)27,778
5 24 April (1:10 pm) West Coast 84157 The Gabba (H)33,007
6 30 April (7:10 pm) Essendon 13688 Docklands Stadium (A)44,055
7 7 May (7:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 87110 The Gabba (H)30,639
8 14 May (7:10 pm) Adelaide 7263 Football Park (A)42,357
9 21 May (7:10 pm) Richmond 8387 The Gabba (H)33,684
10 28 May (7:10 pm) Kangaroos 93112 The Gabba (H)29,500
11 4 June (5:40 pm) Fremantle 10667 Subiaco Oval (A)34,143
12 11 June (7:10 pm) Carlton 14082 Docklands Stadium (A)37,880
13 19 June (1:10 pm) Geelong 11647 The Gabba (H)31,307
14 2 July (7:10 pm) Melbourne 16692 The Gabba (A)31,259
15 9 July (7:10 pm) Collingwood 13355 The Gabba (H)37,224
16 16 July (5:40 pm) West Coast 88111 Subiaco Oval (A)41,524
17 23 July (7:10 pm) Essendon 114101 The Gabba (H)36,077
18 30 July (7:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 123151 Docklands Stadium (A)29,200
19 7 August (1:10 pm) Hawthorn 12180 The Gabba (H)31,946
20 14 August (1:10 pm) Sydney 40124 Stadium Australia (A)43,512
21 20 August (7:10 pm) Port Adelaide 5181 The Gabba (H)35,221
22 27 August (7:10 pm) St Kilda 47186 Docklands Stadium (A)46,105

Ladder

2005 AFL ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Adelaide 22175020701517136.568 Finals series
2 West Coast 22175022611824124.068
3 Sydney (P)22157019741696116.460
4 St Kilda 22148024071806133.356
5 Kangaroos 2213902053206999.252
6 Geelong 221210021341906112.048
7 Melbourne 22121002171226695.848
8 Port Adelaide 22111012028206698.246
9 Western Bulldogs 221111023852351101.444
10 Fremantle 221111020412038100.144
11 Brisbane Lions 22101202139216498.840
12 Richmond 22101202022219092.340
13 Essendon 2281402118230292.032
14 Hawthorn 2251701904231782.220
15 Collingwood 2251701884242577.720
16 Carlton 2241712016267075.518
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 28 February 2016.