2015 Brisbane Lions season

Last updated

Brisbane Lions
2015 season
President Bob Sharpless
Coach Justin Leppitsch
Captain(s) Tom Rockliff
Home ground The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
Best and Fairest Dayne Beams
Stefan Martin
Mitch Robinson
Dayne Zorko
Leading goalkicker Josh Green (25 goals)
Average home attendance20,634
Club membership25,102
← 2014 2016 →

The Brisbane Lions' 2015 season was the 19th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Contents

Overview

Playing list changes

The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2014 season and the commencement of the 2015 season.

In

PlayerPrevious ClubLeaguevia
Dayne Beams [1] Collingwood Australian Football League AFL Trade Period
Allen Christensen [2] Geelong Australian Football League AFL Trade Period
Mitch Robinson [3] Carlton Australian Football League Delisted free agent

Out

PlayerNew ClubLeaguevia
Jonathan Brown [4] N/AN/ARetirement
Brent Moloney [5] N/AN/ARetirement
Ashley McGrath [6] N/AN/ARetirement
Andrew Raines [7] Gold Coast [8] AFL Delisted from Brisbane; drafted by Gold Coast in the rookie draft
James Polkinghorne [9] Essendon reserves [10]
VFL Delisted
Jordan Lisle [9] Port Melbourne [11] VFL Delisted
Patrick Wearden [9] Port Melbourne [11] VFL Delisted
Nick Hayes [9] Woodville-West Torrens [12] SANFL Delisted
Sam Mitchell [9] Redland [13] NEAFL Delisted
Isaac Conway [9] Werribee [14] VFL Delisted
Joel Patfull [15] Greater Western Sydney AFL AFL Trade Period
Jack Crisp [1] Collingwood AFL AFL Trade Period

Season summary

Pre-season matches

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores(Brisbane's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendance
HomeAwayResult
1Saturday, 28 February (3:10 pm) St Kilda 0.7.16 (58)0.8.7 (55)Won by three pointsMoreton Bay Central Sports Complex, Burpengary (H)6,200
2Friday, 6 March (7:10 pm) Sydney 1.4.6 (39)0.10.15 (75)Won by 36 points Coffs Harbour International Stadium (A)
3Friday, 20 March (7:40 pm) Gold Coast 0.8.15 (63)1.7.12 (63)Match drawn Metricon Stadium (A)
Source

Premiership Season

Home and away season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores(Brisbane's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceLadder
position
HomeAwayResult
1 Saturday, 4 April (6:20 pm) Collingwood 11.8 (74)12.14 (86)Lost by 12 points The Gabba (H)31,240 [16] 13th
2 Sunday, 12 April (4:40 pm) North Melbourne 20.13 (133)7.9 (51)Lost by 82 points Etihad Stadium (A)22,27517th
3 Saturday, 18 April (7:20 pm) Richmond 8.10 (58)21.11 (137)Lost by 79 points The Gabba (H)22,441 [17] 18th
4 Sunday, 26 April (1:10 pm) West Coast 9.11 (65)17.16 (118)Lost by 53 points The Gabba (H)16,63218th
5 Saturday, 2 May (4:35 pm) Gold Coast 18.10 (118)7.12 (54)Lost by 64 points Metricon Stadium (A)12,46418th
6 Sunday, 10 May (3:20 pm) Carlton 11.9 (75)12.12 (84)Won by 9 points Etihad Stadium (A)20,27318th
7 Sunday, 17 May (4:40 pm) Port Adelaide 15.12 (102)8.17 (65)Won by 37 points The Gabba (H)15,957
8 Sunday, 24 May (1:10 pm) Essendon 21.10 (136)12.6 (78)Lost by 58 points Etihad Stadium (A)36,857
9 Sunday, 31 May (1:10 pm) St Kilda 13.8 (86)16.12 (108)Lost by 22 points The Gabba (H)16,898
10 Sunday, 7 June (1:10 pm) Greater Western Sydney 14.13 (97)10.7 (67)Lost by 30 points Spotless Stadium (A)9,079
11 Bye
12 Saturday, 20 June (7:20 pm) Western Bulldogs 22.14 (146)11.8 (74)Lost by 72 points Etihad Stadium (A)21,129
13 Saturday, 27 June (4:35 pm) Adelaide 10.9 (69)11.16 (82)Lost by 13 points The Gabba (H)18,146
14 Sunday, 5 July (2:40 pm) Fremantle 13.6 (84)7.6 (48)Lost by 36 points Patersons Stadium (A)32,970
15 Sunday, 12 July (4:40 pm) Sydney 7.7 (49)10.10 (70)Lost by 21 points The Gabba (H)16,93618th
16 Sunday, 19 July (1:10 pm) Melbourne 8.12 (60)4.12 (36)Lost by 24 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)25,149
17 Saturday, 25 July (7:20 pm) North Melbourne 5.8 (38)16.14 (110)Lost by 72 points The Gabba (H)15,563
18 Saturday, 1 August (1:45 pm) Geelong 17.11 (113)8.9 (57)Lost by 56 points Simonds Stadium (A)21,914
19 Saturday, 8 August (4:35 pm) Gold Coast 14.16 (100)17.12 (114)Lost by 14 points The Gabba (H)20,025
20 Saturday, 15 August (7:20 pm) Carlton 20.11 (131)9.13 (67)Won by 64 points The Gabba (H)17,74417th
21 Saturday, 22 August (7:10 pm) Adelaide 20.11 (131)6.8 (44)Lost by 87 points Adelaide Oval (A)47,52718th
22 Saturday, 29 August (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 21.8 (134)9.8 (62)Lost by 72 points Aurora Stadium (A)11,73118th
23 Saturday, 5 September (1:45 pm) Western Bulldogs 19.16 (130)19.8 (122)Won by 8 points The Gabba (H)15,43417th

Ladder

2015 AFL ladder
PosTeam
PldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Fremantle 22175018571564118.768 Finals series
2 West Coast 22165123301572148.266
3 Hawthorn (P)22166024521548158.464
4 Sydney 22166020061578127.164
5 Richmond 22157019301568123.160
6 Western Bulldogs 22148021011825115.156
7 Adelaide 21138021071821115.754 [lower-alpha 1]
8 North Melbourne 22139020621937106.552
9 Port Adelaide 221210020021874106.848
10 Geelong 21119118531833101.148 [lower-alpha 1]
11 Greater Western Sydney 22111101872189199.044
12 Collingwood 221012019721856106.340
13 Melbourne 2271501573204477.028
14 St Kilda 2261511695216278.426
15 Essendon 2261601580213474.024
16 Gold Coast 2241711633224072.918
17 Brisbane Lions 2241801557230667.516
18 Carlton 2241801525235464.816
Source: [18]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 The round 14 match between Adelaide and Geelong was cancelled due to the death of Adelaide coach Phil Walsh, and both teams were awarded two premiership points each.

Awards, Records & Milestones

Awards

Records

Milestones

Brownlow Medal

Results

Round1 vote2 votes3 votes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23

Brownlow Medal tally

Player1 vote games2 vote games3 vote gamesTotal votes
Total

Tribunal cases

PlayerRoundCharge categoryVerdictResultVictimClubRef(s)
Darcy Gardiner 14WrestlingGuilty$1,000 fine Hayden Ballantyne Fremantle
Stefan Martin 13StrikingGuiltyTwo match ban Luke Brown Adelaide
Darcy Gardiner 6Engaging in rough conductGuilty$1,000 fine Marc Murphy Carlton
Tom Rockliff 6Engaging in a meleeGuilty$1,000 fine Carlton
Claye Beams 6Engaging in a meleeGuilty$1,000 fine Carlton
Darcy Gardiner 6Engaging in a meleeGuilty$1,000 fine Carlton
Nick Robertson 5StrikingGuilty$1,000 fine Tom Nicholls Gold Coast

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brisbane Lions</span> Australian rules football club

The Brisbane Lions are a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, that compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. Brisbane are the reigning AFL premiers, having won the 2024 Grand Final by sixty points.

Mark Melville Williams is a former Australian rules football player and coach. As a player, Williams represented West Adelaide and Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as well as Collingwood and Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League (AFL), from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Craig McRae is a former Australian rules footballer and the current senior coach of the Collingwood Football Club.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jared Rivers</span> Australian rules footballer, born 1984

Jared Rivers is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Podsiadly</span> Australian rules footballer, born 1981

James Podsiadly is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Geelong Football Club and the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by Geelong as a mature-age rookie at pick #50 in the 2010 rookie draft and was traded to Adelaide after the 2013 season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ben Hudson</span> Australian rules footballer

Ben Hudson is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Lions and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as the defensive skills, ruck and forwards coach at the Brisbane Lions since September 2014. He was also the ruck coach for Collingwood after being selected as a mature age rookie player in the 2012 rookie draft.

Kyle Cheney is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Melbourne Football Club, Hawthorn Football Club, and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League. Cheney was recruited from the North Ballarat Rebels by Melbourne with pick 53 in the 2007 National Draft after finishing second in Rebels' best and fairest count that year. He was traded to Hawthorn after the 2010 season, and then to Adelaide at the end of 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gold Coast Suns</span> Australian rules football club

The Gold Coast Suns, officially the Gold Coast Football Club, are a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Lynch (Australian footballer, born 1990)</span> Australian rules footballer

Thomas Telford Lynch is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for St Kilda Football Club, Adelaide Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Majak Daw</span> Australian rules footballer

Majak Daw is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 AFL season</span> 117th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)

The 2013 AFL season was the 117th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eighteen clubs, ran from 22 March until 28 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kyle Hartigan</span> Australian rules footballer

Kyle Hartigan is a former professional Australian rules football player who last played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for Adelaide. Hartigan was selected with the Crows' first pick, number 14 overall, in the 2012 Rookie Draft.

The 2014 AFL season was the 118th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured eighteen clubs, ran from 14 March until 27 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cam Ellis-Yolmen</span> Australian rules footballer

Cameron Ellis-Yolmen is a former professional Australian rules footballer, most recently playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL), having played for the Adelaide Football Club from 2014 until 2019. He was drafted at pick 64 in the 2011 National Draft. Cam currently plays for the Wodonga Raiders in the Ovens & Murray Football League

The 2015 Melbourne Football Club season was the club's 116th year in the VFL/AFL since it began in 1897.

The 2015 Geelong Football Club season is currently the club's 116th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) for the 16th season. It was the club's first season since 2006 to not make the top 8.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wylie Buzza</span> Australian rules footballer (born 1996)

Wylie Buzza is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Southport Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He previously for the Geelong and Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League (AFL), before delisted at the conclusion of the 2020 season.

The history of the Adelaide Football Club dates back to their founding in 1990, when the Australian Football League (AFL) approved a license application by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) to base a new club out of Adelaide, South Australia in the expanding AFL competition. The club also operates a side in the AFL Women's competition, which held its first season in 2017.

The 2020 Carlton Football Club season was the Carlton Football Club's 157th season of competition. The season was disrupted and partially curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2022 Victorian Football League season was the 140th season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League, a second-tier Australian rules football competition played in the states of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. The season commenced on 25 March and concluded with the Grand Final on 18 September.

References

  1. 1 2 Dayne Beams finally joins Lions for two picks and Jack Crisp, AFL.com.au official website, 15 October 2014
  2. ↑ "Christensen officially a Lion". AFL.com.au. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Former Blue Robinson finds new home at the Lions". AFL.com.au. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Third time unlucky: Lions legend Brown calls it quits". 23 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Moloney hangs up his boots". 11 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "McGrath's last hurrah". 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Raines keen to play on after leaving Lions". 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  8. ↑ Andrew Hamilton (3 December 2014). "AFL rookie draft: Gold Coast Suns pick Andrew Raines and mature-age recruits". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane, QLD. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lions dump seven". September 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  10. ↑ Tim Mitchell (16 November 2014). "Former Brisbane midfielder James Polkinghorne headlines Essendon VFL signings". Moonee Valley Leader. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  11. 1 2 "2015 Peter Jackson VFL Fixture". Port Melbourne Football Club. 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Nick Hayes returns to the Eagles". Woodville West Torrens Football Club. 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ex-Lion out to grasp Bomber opportunity". Triple M. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  14. ↑ Luke d'Anello (25 February 2015). "Winds of change sweep through VFL club Werribee but coach John Lamont remains positive". Wyndham Leader. Werribee, VIC. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  15. ↑ "Lions defender Joel Patfull completes switch to GWS". AFL.com.au. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "AFL: Collingwood v Brisbane Lions" . Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "AFL: Brisbane Lions v Richmond" . Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "2015 AFL Ladder". Zero Hanger. 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.