2004 Brisbane Lions season

Brisbane Lions
2004 season
CoachLeigh Matthews
Captain(s)Michael Voss
Home groundThe Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
AFL season2nd
Finals seriesRunners-up
Best and fairestNigel Lappin
Leading goalkickerJason 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).

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
Nil Super Goals Nil
Vandenberg, Barlow, Clarke, Lekkas 1 Goals 5 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 1 Super Goals 1 Keating, Pratt
Lloyd 4
M. Johnson 3
Ramanauskas, Richards, Bolton, Hille, Murphy 1 		Goals 3 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

See also: 2004 AFL season
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores Venue Attendance
Brisbane Opponent
1 27 March (8:10 pm) Sydney 80 78 The Gabba (H) 34,028
2 3 April (2:10 pm) Adelaide 104 83 Football Park (A) 41,095
3 8 April (7:40 pm) Collingwood 137 77 The Gabba (H) 36,467
4 17 April (2:10 pm) West Coast 76 79 Subiaco Oval (A) 39,666
5 24 April (7:10 pm) Hawthorn 110 62 The Gabba (H) 34,526
6 1 May (7:10 pm) St Kilda 91 92 Docklands Stadium (A) 52,539
7 8 May (7:10 pm) Kangaroos 120 76 Docklands Stadium (A) 27,511
8 15 May (7:10 pm) Carlton 140 102 The Gabba (H) 34,368
9 22 May (2:10 pm) Fremantle 78 137 Subiaco Oval (A) 32,575
10 30 May (1:10 pm) Melbourne 123 83 The Gabba (A) 32,902
11 5 June (7:10 pm) Port Adelaide 123 86 The Gabba (H) 34,241
12 12 June (7:10 pm) Essendon 162 96 Docklands Stadium (A) 50,003
13 19 June (2:10 pm) Geelong 65 92 Kardinia Park (A) 17,648
14 3 July (7:10 pm) Richmond 114 96 The Gabba (H) 32,744
15 11 July (1:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 136 68 The Gabba (H) 29,295
16 17 July (7:10 pm) Collingwood 109 73 MCG (A) 34,326
17 24 July (7:10 pm) Adelaide 189 48 The Gabba (H) 33,443
18 31 July (7:10 pm) Sydney 51 83 SCG (A) 34,926
19 8 August (1:10 pm) West Coast 73 87 The Gabba (H) 31,754
20 14 August (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 66 43 MCG (A) 17,159
21 22 August (1:10 pm) St Kilda 130 85 The Gabba (H) 35,823
22 28 August (7:10 pm) Kangaroos 170 57 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 		Goals 4 Davis
1 McVeigh, Williams, Hall, Crouch, Goodes, Bolton, O'Loughlin

Finals series

See also: 2004 AFL season § Finals series
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores Venue Attendance
Brisbane Opponent
First qualifying final 3 September (7:30 pm) St Kilda 149 69 The Gabba 33,582
Second preliminary final 18 September (7:30 pm) Geelong 84 75 MCG 55,768
Grand Final 25 September (2:30 pm) Port Adelaide 73 113 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
Main article: 2004 AFL 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 		Goals 3 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 wrestling Reports 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
Pos Team
 Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Port Adelaide (P) 22 17 5 0 2413 1823 132.4 68 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions 22 16 6 0 2447 1783 137.2 64
3 St Kilda 22 16 6 0 2443 1909 128.0 64
4 Geelong 22 15 7 0 2088 1741 119.9 60
5 Melbourne 22 14 8 0 2127 1900 111.9 56
6 Sydney 22 13 9 0 1938 1804 107.4 52
7 West Coast 22 13 9 0 2042 1968 103.8 52
8 Essendon 22 12 10 0 2282 2228 102.4 48
9 Fremantle 22 11 11 0 1882 1870 100.6 44
10 Kangaroos 22 10 12 0 2142 2135 100.3 40
11 Carlton 22 10 12 0 1825 2235 81.7 40
12 Adelaide 22 8 14 0 1950 2039 95.6 32
13 Collingwood 22 8 14 0 1899 2082 91.2 32
14 Western Bulldogs 22 5 17 0 1957 2459 79.6 20
15 Hawthorn 22 4 18 0 1668 2375 70.2 16
16 Richmond 22 4 18 0 1693 2445 69.2 16
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers


References

  1. ^ a b "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.


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