2007 Brisbane Lions season

Brisbane Lions
2007 season
Coach	Leigh Matthews
Captain(s)	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
← 2006	2008 →

The Brisbane Lions' 2007 season was its 11th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Season summary

Premiership Season

Home and away season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Brisbane	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores			Venue	Attendance
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	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

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

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References

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

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