2007 Brisbane Lions season

Brisbane Lions

2007 season
Coach	Leigh Matthews
Captains	Jonathan Brown Simon Black Luke Power Chris Johnson Nigel Lappin
Home ground	The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
AFL season	10th
Best and fairest	Jonathan Brown
Leading goalkicker	Jonathan Brown (77 goals)
Highest home attendance	34,107 vs. Geelong (1 September 2007) [1]
Lowest home attendance	22,124 vs. Port Adelaide (30 June 2007) [1]
Average home attendance	28,847
Club membership	23,072
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The Brisbane Lions' 2007 season was its 11th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Season summary

Premiership Season

Home and away season

See also: 2007 AFL season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores			Venue	Attendance
			Brisbane	Opponent	Result
1	Saturday, 31 March (7:15 pm)	Hawthorn	9.15 (69)	6.8 (44)	Won by 25 points	The Gabba (H)	27,104
2	Thursday, 5 April (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	15.12 (102)	7.8 (50)	Won by 52 points	The Gabba (H)	28,266
3	Sunday, 15 April (1:10 pm)	Sydney	10.9 (69)	13.18 (96)	Lost by 27 points	SCG (A)	24,854
4	Saturday, 21 April (7:15 pm)	Kangaroos	8.15 (63)	12.15 (87)	Lost by 24 points	Carrara Stadium (A)	11,133
5	Saturday, 28 April (7:10 pm)	Carlton	21.10 (136)	18.16 (124)	Won by 12 points	Docklands Stadium (A)	33,598
6	Sunday, 6 May (1:10 pm)	Fremantle	17.18 (120)	10.15 (75)	Won by 45 points	The Gabba (H)	27,175
7	Saturday, 12 May (7:10 pm)	Adelaide	9.15 (69)	14.16 (100)	Lost by 31 points	The Gabba (H)	26,978
8	Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm)	Essendon	8.15 (63)	18.19 (127)	Lost by 64 points	Docklands Stadium (A)	35,034
9	Saturday, 26 May (7:15 pm)	Collingwood	13.9 (87)	18.12 (120)	Lost by 33 points	The Gabba (H)	32,225
10	Saturday, 2 June (7:15 pm)	Richmond	10.13 (73)	10.13 (73)	Drew	Docklands Stadium (A)	28,093
11	Saturday, 9 June (7:15 pm)	Western Bulldogs	10.12 (72)	13.17 (95)	Lost by 23 points	The Gabba (H)	29,873
12	Sunday, 17 June (1:10 pm)	Geelong	5.5 (35)	12.13 (85)	Lost by 50 points	Kardinia Park (A)	21,212
13	Saturday, 30 June (7:15 pm)	Port Adelaide	15.15 (105)	17.10 (112)	Lost by 7 points	The Gabba (H)	22,124
14	Saturday, 7 July (5:40 pm)	West Coast	13.13 (91)	9.10 (64)	Won by 27 points	Subiaco Oval (A)	40,763
15	Saturday, 14 July (7:10 pm)	Melbourne	18.18 (126)	12.10 (82)	Won by 44 points	The Gabba (A)	22,708
16	Sunday, 22 July (1:10 pm)	Carlton	25.13 (163)	6.10 (46)	Won by 117 points	The Gabba (H)	27,163
17	Saturday, 28 July (7:10 pm)	Collingwood	22.17 (149)	7.14 (56)	Won by 93 points	MCG (A)	45,096
18	Saturday, 4 August (7:10 pm)	Kangaroos	10.17 (77)	5.10 (40)	Won by 37 points	The Gabba (H)	29,233
19	Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm)	Hawthorn	13.13 (91)	17.13 (115)	Lost by 24 points	MCG (A)	39,007
20	Saturday, 18 August (7:10 pm)	Sydney	9.9 (63)	8.15 (63)	Drew	The Gabba (H)	33,077
21	Saturday, 25 August (7:10 pm)	Adelaide	8.12 (60)	12.14 (86)	Lost by 26 points	Football Park (A)	46,507
22	Saturday, 1 September (7:10 pm)	Geelong	15.13 (103)	22.13 (145)	Lost by 42 points	The Gabba (H)	34,107

Round 1

	Round 1
Saturday, 31 March (7:15 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def.	Hawthorn	The Gabba (crowd: 27,104)
	2.5 (17) 5.10 (40) 6.13 (49) 9.15 (69)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.0 (6) 2.3 (15) 2.6 (18) 6.8 (44)	Umpires: Stefan Grun, Mathew Head, Troy Pannell Television broadcast: Fox Sports
McGrath 3 Notting, Lappin, Stiller, Brown, Rischitelli, Sherman 1		Goals	3 Franklin 2 Boyle 1 Clarke
Black, Power, McGrath, Roe, Stiller, Adcock		Best	Franklin, Young, Jacobs, Bateman, Lewis, Boyle
Copeland (hip), Lappin (calf)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Lewis on Stiller for charging
Ladder position: 1st

Round 2

	Round 2
Thursday, 5 April (7:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def.	St Kilda	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 28,266)
	2.4 (16) 7.7 (49) 11.11 (77) 15.12 (102)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.3 (15) 3.4 (22) 6.6 (42) 7.8 (50)	Umpires: Vozzo, K Nicholls, Jeffery Television broadcast: Seven Network
Brown 5 Sherman 3 Black, Patfull 2 McGrath, Stiller, Johnson 1		Goals	2 Fiora, Koschitzke 1 Milne, Montagna, Birss
Rischitelli, Sherman, Stiller, Power, Black		Best	Fiora, Gram, Dal Santo, S Fisher
Nil		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil
Ladder position: 1st

Round 3

	Round 3
Sunday, 15 April (1:10 pm)	Sydney	def.	Brisbane Lions	SCG, Sydney (crowd: 24,854)
	5.3 (33) 7.6 (48) 8.10 (58) 13.18 (96)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.3 (27) 7.4 (46) 10.8 (68) 10.9 (69)	Umpires: Allen, Kamolins, Meredith Television broadcast: Fox Sports
Hall 4 O'Loughlin 3 Schmidt 2 Schneider, Mathews, O'Keefe, Barry 1		Goals	3 Brown, McGrath 1 Patfull, Begley, Fixter, Harding
Hall, Schneider, Buchanan, Fosdike, Jolly		Best	McGrath, Brown, Power, Black, Fixter
Nil		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil
Ladder position: 3rd

Round 4

	Round 4
Saturday, 21 April (7:15 pm)	Kangaroos	def.	Brisbane Lions	Carrara Stadium, Carrara (crowd: 11,133)	Report
	5.4 (34) 6.6 (42) 7.13 (55) 12.15 (87)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.6 (12) 5.9 (39) 6.13 (49) 8.15 (63)	Umpires: Stevic, Kamolins, K Nicholls Television broadcast: Fox Sports
L. Brown 3 Wells 2 Thomas, Jones, Harris, Petrie, Harvey, McIntosh, Sinclair 1		Goals	2 Black, McGrath 1 Harding, Johnson, Notting, Brown
Edwards, McIntosh, Rawlings, Wells, Archer		Best	Black, Notting, Power, McGrath, Brennan
Thomas (ribs)		Injuries	Lappin (quad) replaced in selected side by Moody
Nil		Reports	Nil
Ladder position: 7th

Round 5

	Round 5
Saturday, 28 April (7:10 pm)	Carlton	def. by	Brisbane Lions	Telstra Dome, Melbourne (crowd: 33,598)
	5.6 (36) 14.8 (92) 17.11 (113) 18.16 (124)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	6.1 (37) 13.1 (79) 18.4 (112) 21.10 (136)	Umpires: Donlon, James, Head Television broadcast: Fox Sports
Simpson, Whitnall, Betts, Fevola, Cloke 3 Walker, Murphy, Lappin 1		Goals	3 Johnson, Brown, Charman 2 Power, Notting, McGrath, Patfull 1 Hadley, Roe, Stiller, Begley
Houlihan, Scotland, Whitnall, Lappin, Simpson, Betts		Best	Brown, Black, Power, Stiller, Notting, Charman, Johnson
Jackson (broken hand)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil
Ladder position: 6th

Round 6

	Round 6
Sunday, 6 May (1:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def.	Fremantle	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 27,175)
	5.5 (35) 9.10 (64) 12.15 (87) 17.18 (120)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.5 (29) 7.8 (50) 9.14 (68) 10.15 (75)	Umpires: James, M Nicholls, Wenn Television broadcast: Fox Sports
McGrath 5 Johnson, Power, Sherman, Brown 2 Patfull, Begley, Stiller, Rischitelli 1		Goals	3 Pavlich, Tarrant 1 Cook, Warnock, Headland, Bell
McGrath, Power, McDonald, Lappin, S Black		Best	Bell, Pavlich, H Black, J Carr, Mundy
Nil		Injuries	Nil
Johnson (Brisbane) reported by field umpire Wenn for allegedly headbutting Parker (Fremantle) in the second quarter		Reports	Grover (Fremantle) reported by field umpire M Nicholls for attempted trip on McGrath (Brisbane) in the third quarter.
Ladder position: 3rd

Round 7

	Round 7
Saturday, 12 May (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Adelaide	The Gabba, Brisbane (crowd: 26,978)
	3.6 (24) 5.8 (38) 6.12 (48) 9.15 (69)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.2 (26) 6.8 (44) 10.13 (73) 14.16 (100)	Umpires: Kamolins, Ellis, Jeffery Television broadcast: Fox Sports
Notting, Brown 2 Charman, Johnson, McGrath, Harding, Rischitelli 1		Goals	3 Thompson, Welsh 2 Goodwin 1 Knights, Shirley, Perrie, Bock, Edwards, Griffin
Black, Rischitelli, Brennan, Adcock		Best	Goodwin, Edwards, Knights, Welsh, Thompson
Nil		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil
Ladder position: 6th

Round 8

	Round 8
Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm)	Essendon	def.	Brisbane Lions	Telstra Dome, Melbourne (crowd: 35,034)
	3.6 (24) 7.10 (52) 13.15 (93) 18.19 (127)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.4 (16) 5.8 (38) 5.10 (40) 8.15 (63)	Umpires: Kennedy, Nicholls, Pannell Television broadcast: Network Ten
Lloyd 4 Hird, Monfries, McVeigh, Houli 2 Watson, J Johnson, Hille, Stanton, Lucas, Davey 1		Goals	2 T Selwood 1 Notting, McGrath, Brown, Patfull, Drummond, Begley
Hird, Watson, Fletcher, Hille, McVeigh, Monfries		Best	Black, T Selwood, Hadley, Lappin, Brown, Adcock
Nil		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil
Ladder position: 11th

Ladder

2007 AFL ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Geelong (P)	22	18	4	0	2542	1664	152.8	72	Finals series
2	Port Adelaide	22	15	7	0	2314	2038	113.5	60
3	West Coast	22	15	7	0	2162	1935	111.7	60
4	Kangaroos	22	14	8	0	2183	1998	109.3	56
5	Hawthorn	22	13	9	0	2097	1855	113.0	52
6	Collingwood	22	13	9	0	2011	1992	101.0	52
7	Sydney	22	12	9	1	2031	1698	119.6	50
8	Adelaide	22	12	10	0	1881	1712	109.9	48
9	St Kilda	22	11	10	1	1874	1941	96.5	46
10	Brisbane Lions	22	9	11	2	1986	1885	105.4	40
11	Fremantle	22	10	12	0	2254	2198	102.5	40
12	Essendon	22	10	12	0	2184	2394	91.2	40
13	Western Bulldogs	22	9	12	1	2111	2469	85.5	38
14	Melbourne	22	5	17	0	1890	2418	78.2	20
15	Carlton	22	4	18	0	2167	2911	74.4	16
16	Richmond	22	3	18	1	1958	2537	77.2	14

Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Gallery

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  Chris Johnson during the 2007 NAB Cup Grand Final
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  Ashley McGrath during the 2007 NAB Cup Grand Final
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  Jonathan Brown during the 2007 NAB Cup Grand Final
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  Jason Roe during the 2007 NAB Cup Grand Final
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  Jared Brennan and Ernie Dingo during a Brisbane Lions training session on April 11
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  Jared Brennan and Ernie Dingo during a Brisbane Lions training session on April 11
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  Jared Brennan and Ernie Dingo during a Brisbane Lions training session on April 11
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  Jonathan Brown during a Brisbane Lions training session on May 8
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  Jonathan Brown during a Brisbane Lions training session on May 8
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  Luke Power during a Brisbane Lions training session on May 8
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  Luke Power during a Brisbane Lions training session
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  Jed Adcock during a Brisbane Lions training session
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  Tim Notting during a Brisbane Lions training session
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  Josh Drummond during a Brisbane Lions training session
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  Justin Sherman at the players lounge
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  Matthew Leuenberger during a Brisbane Lions training session

References

1. "Brisbane Lions - All Games - By Season". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 February 2016.