| 2003 season | |
|---|---|
| Coach | Leigh Matthews |
| Captain(s) | Michael Voss |
| Home ground | The Gabba(Capacity: 37,600) |
| AFL season | 3rd |
| Finals series | Premiers |
| Best and fairest | Michael Voss |
| Leading goalkicker | Alastair Lynch (62 goals) |
| Highest home attendance | 36,803 vs.Collingwood (17 April 2003)[1] |
| Lowest home attendance | 24,321 vs.Western Bulldogs (27 April 2003)[1] |
| Average home attendance | 31,717 |
| Club membership | 25,578 |
TheBrisbane Lions' 2003 season was its seventh season in theAustralian Football League (AFL). In it, the club won its third consecutive premiership, and third overall.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores | Venue | Attendance | |
| Brisbane | Opponent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 March (7:10 pm) | Essendon | 104 | 61 | The Gabba (H) | 36,197 |
| 2 | 5 April (7:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 86 | 76 | Football Park (A) | 27,876 |
| 3 | 12 April (7:10 pm) | Kangaroos | 109 | 109 | Docklands Stadium (A) | 24,359 |
| 4 | 17 April (7:40 pm) | Collingwood | 95 | 81 | The Gabba (H) | 36,803 |
| 5 | 27 April (1:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 106 | 79 | The Gabba (H) | 24,341 |
| 6 | 4 May (2:40 pm) | Geelong | 92 | 78 | Kardinia Park (A) | 21,246 |
| 7 | 11 May (1:10 pm) | Sydney | 79 | 98 | SCG (A) | 23,276 |
| 8 | 17 May (7:10 pm) | Adelaide | 107 | 89 | The Gabba (H) | 34,469 |
| 9 | 24 May (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 153 | 76 | Princes Park (A) | 24,906 |
| 10 | 31 May (7:10 pm) | Melbourne | 123 | 63 | The Gabba (A) | 29,634 |
| 11 | 7 June (7:10 pm) | St Kilda | 85 | 90 | Docklands Stadium (A) | 30,313 |
| 12 | 15 June (1:10 pm) | West Coast | 91 | 160 | The Gabba (H) | 31,185 |
| 13 | 28 June (7:10 pm) | Richmond | 104 | 61 | The Gabba (H) | 32,623 |
| 14 | 5 July (1:40 pm) | Fremantle | 72 | 75 | Subiaco Oval (A) | 28,450 |
| 15 | 13 July (1:10 pm) | Hawthorn | 93 | 81 | The Gabba (H) | 29,684 |
| 16 | 19 July (7:10 pm) | Essendon | 86 | 94 | Docklands Stadium (A) | 47,744 |
| 17 | 26 July (7:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 103 | 104 | The Gabba (H) | 32,043 |
| 18 | 2 August (7:10 pm) | Kangaroos | 137 | 83 | The Gabba (H) | 28,044 |
| 19 | 9 August (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 101 | 62 | MCG (A) | 61,868 |
| 20 | 17 August (1:10 pm) | Sydney | 76 | 90 | The Gabba (H) | 32,988 |
| 21 | 23 August (7:10 pm) | Geelong | 123 | 86 | The Gabba (H) | 30,515 |
| 22 | 30 August (7:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 170 | 86 | Docklands Stadium (A) | 22,361 |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores | Venue | Attendance | |
| Brisbane | Opponent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second qualifying final | 6 September (7:30 pm) | Collingwood | 7.9 (51) | 9.12 (66) | MCG | 66,092 |
| First semi-final | 12 September (7:30 pm) | Adelaide | 18.16 (124) | 12.10 (82) | The Gabba | 32,432 |
| Second preliminary final | 20 September (7:30 pm) | Sydney | 14.16 (100) | 8.8 (56) | Stadium Australia | 71,019 |
| Grand Final | 27 September (2:30 pm) | Collingwood | 20.14 (134) | 12.12 (84) | MCG | 79,451 |
| Second qualifying final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 6 September 7:30pm | Collingwood | def. | Brisbane Lions | MCG (crowd: 66,092) | Report |
| 2.2 (14) 5.5 (35) 6.8 (44) 9.12 (66) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.2 (20) 6.5 (41) 7.5 (47) 7.9 (51) | Umpires:Allen,Goldspink,McBurney Television broadcast:Network Ten | ||
| Tarrant3 Didak,Buckley2 Rocca,Johnson1 | Goals | 3Lynch 1McGrath,Akermanis,Brown,Lappin | |||
| Buckley,Clement,Tarrant,Fraser,Johnson,Cloke,Scotland | Best | Brown,Akermanis,Lappin,Michael,White,Hart | |||
| Nil | Injuries | ||||
| Nil | Reports | Notting reported for chargingScotland | |||
| Second semi final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 12 September 7:30pm | Brisbane Lions | def. | Adelaide | The Gabba (crowd: 32,432) | Report |
| 3.3 (21) 6.9 (45) 11.12 (78) 18.16 (124) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.2 (20) 4.4 (28) 10.7 (67) 12.10 (82) | Umpires:McBurney,Rosebury,Allen Television broadcast:Network Ten | ||
| Lynch6 Brown3 Akermanis2 McGrath,Lappin,Black,Power,Johnson,McRae,Copeland1 | Goals | 4Burton,Stevens 2McLeod 1Shirley,Bode | |||
| Lynch,Black,Akermanis,Leppitsch,Voss,Power | Best | Burton,Ricciuto,Goodwin,McLeod,Smart,Stevens | |||
| Ashcroft (knee) | Injuries | Nil | |||
| Nil | Reports | Nil | |||
| First preliminary final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 20 September 7:30pm | Sydney | def. by | Brisbane Lions | Telstra Stadium (crowd: 71,019) | Report |
| 2.2 (14) 4.4 (28) 8.7 (55) 8.8 (56) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 2.7 (19) 6.7 (43) 8.10 (58) 14.16 (100) | Umpires:James,McLaren,Goldspink Television broadcast:Network Ten | ||
| Hall2 Davis,Cresswell,Williams,Kennelly,Ablett,Roberts-Thomson1 | Goals | 3Lynch,Pike 2Caracella,McGrath,Brown 1McRae,Black | |||
| Matthews,Hall,Williams,C. Bolton,Goodes | Best | Lappin,Charman,Caracella,Pike,Brown,Black | |||
| Nil | Injuries | Lappin (ribs) | |||
| Nil | Reports | Nil | |||
| Scorecard | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 27 September 2:40pm | Brisbane Lions | def. | Collingwood | MCG (crowd: 79,451) | Report |
| 5.5 (35) 11.7 (73) 14.12 (96) 20.14 (134) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.3 (21) 4.7 (31) 9.7 (61) 12.12 (84) | Umpires:McBurney,Kennedy,Allen Norm Smith Medal:Simon Black (Brisbane Lions) Television broadcast:Network Ten National anthem:Christine Anu | ||
| Akermanis5 Lynch4 Caracella,Brown2 McRae,Pike,Hadley,Black,Leppitsch,Hart,Bradshaw1 | Goals | 3Didak 2Burns 1Davis,Woewodin,Buckley,Licuria,Tarrant,Fraser,Scotland | |||
| Black,Akermanis,Voss,Lappin,Hart,Michael,Pike,Power | Best | Fraser,Burns,Buckley,Johnson,Licuria | |||
| Nil | Injuries | Nil | |||
| Nil | Reports | Nil | |||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2229 | 1752 | 127.2 | 72 | Finals series |
| 2 | Collingwood | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2259 | 1858 | 121.6 | 60 | |
| 3 | Brisbane Lions(P) | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2295 | 1882 | 121.9 | 58 | |
| 4 | Sydney | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2142 | 1862 | 115.0 | 56 | |
| 5 | Fremantle | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2143 | 2078 | 103.1 | 56 | |
| 6 | Adelaide | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2114 | 1754 | 120.5 | 52 | |
| 7 | West Coast | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2326 | 1982 | 117.4 | 52 | |
| 8 | Essendon | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2190 | 1960 | 111.7 | 52 | |
| 9 | Hawthorn | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2011 | 1999 | 100.6 | 48 | |
| 10 | Kangaroos | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2185 | 2223 | 98.3 | 46 | |
| 11 | St Kilda | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2095 | 2187 | 95.8 | 44 | |
| 12 | Geelong | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1819 | 2025 | 89.8 | 30 | |
| 13 | Richmond | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1846 | 2078 | 88.8 | 28 | |
| 14 | Melbourne | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1899 | 2344 | 81.0 | 20 | |
| 15 | Carlton | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1784 | 2674 | 66.7 | 16 | |
| 16 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 2014 | 2693 | 74.8 | 14 |
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