1997 AFL Season: Brisbane Lions

Season Team Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Team: Brisbane Lions
Home Ground: Gabba

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 10-1-11, P%: 105.2%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by St Kilda (Qualifying Final)
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Nigel Lappin (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Justin Leppitsch (49)
Merrett-Murray Medal Recipient(s): Matthew Clarke

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Alastair Lynch, Michael Voss

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Akermanis, Jason #12 17 R03-R05, R08-R09, R12-R22, QF 20 1
Ashcroft, Marcus #10 23 R01-R22, QF 18 0
Bamford, Scott #34 11 R02-R05, R07, R18-R22, QF 7 0
Barker, John #26 8 R06-R08, R17-R21 1 0
Bews, Andrew #25 13 R02-R03, R06-R10, R12-R17 0 0
Boyd, Brad #9 1 R09 0 0
Bradshaw, Daniel #36 16 R08-R22, QF 35 3
Carter, Nick #37 2 R07, R11 1 0
Champion, Richard #1 21 R01-R10, R12-R22 9 3
Chapman, Nathan #5 11 R04-R06, R10-R11, R18-R22, QF 1 0
Clarke, Matthew #16 21 R01-R08, R10-R19, R21-R22, QF 9 4
Clayton, Shane #40 3 R07-R09 0 0
Dickfos, Danny #14 22 R01-R07, R09-R22, QF 0 5
Fletcher, Adrian #6 21 R01-R08, R11-R22, QF 4 8
Gowers, Andrew #8 8 R01-R03, R19-R22, QF 2 0
Green, Brent #21 2 R07, R20 0 0
Hart, Shaun #32 19 R01-R17, R22, QF 11 7
Johnson, Chris #2 19 R01-R09, R11-R14, R18-R22, QF 11 0
Keating, Clark #27 20 R01-R20 15 3
Kennedy, Matthew #41 12 R01-R08, R10-R11, R15-R16 1 0
Lambert, Craig #18 16 R02-R14, R16-R17, QF 5 3
Lappin, Nigel #44 21 R01-R02, R04-R18, R20-R22, QF 10 11
Lawrence, Steven #15 9 R15-R22, QF 12 0
Leppitsch, Justin #23 22 R01-R02, R04-R22, QF 50 0
Lynch, Alastair #11 20 R01, R03-R06, R09-R22, QF 12 0
Lynch, Tristan #42 21 R01, R04-R22, QF 5 2
McIvor, Scott #7 7 R01-R05, R08, R19 4 1
McLean, Michael #19 1 R01 0 0
McRae, Craig #4 18 R03-R04, R06, R08-R22 19 2
Molloy, Jarrod #20 10 R01-R03, R12-R18 21 5
Robbins, Ben #28 12 R01-R06, R18-R22, QF 3 0
Scott, Chris #22 5 R06, R09-R10, R14-R15 3 0
Scott, Dion #38 7 R01-R02, R09-R10, R21-R22, QF 7 0
Trask, Nick #35 5 R10-R13, QF 2 0
Voss, Brett #13 3 R05, R07, R11 0 0
Voss, Michael #3 17 R01-R17 9 4
White, Darryl #33 19 R01-R03, R08-R22, QF 3 1

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Northey, John 23 10 -1- 12 R01-R22, QF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/03/1997 Round 1 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 36 John Northey unknown
06/04/1997 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN BRI by 97 John Northey Michael Voss
13/04/1997 Round 3 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 12 John Northey unknown
20/04/1997 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME WIN BRI by 26 John Northey unknown
27/04/1997 Round 5 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 2 John Northey unknown
03/05/1997 Round 6 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 31 John Northey unknown
11/05/1997 Round 7 West Coast HOME LOSS WCE by 79 John Northey Michael Voss
18/05/1997 Round 8 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 5 John Northey Michael Voss
25/05/1997 Round 9 Geelong HOME WIN BRI by 28 John Northey unknown
01/06/1997 Round 10 Sydney HOME WIN BRI by 3 John Northey unknown
09/06/1997 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 21 John Northey unknown
15/06/1997 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY WIN BRI by 85 John Northey unknown
28/06/1997 Round 13 Collingwood HOME WIN BRI by 15 John Northey unknown
06/07/1997 Round 14 Richmond HOME WIN BRI by 18 John Northey unknown
12/07/1997 Round 15 Western Bulldogs AWAY WIN BRI by 64 John Northey unknown
18/07/1997 Round 16 Adelaide HOME WIN BRI by 31 John Northey unknown
27/07/1997 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 48 John Northey unknown
02/08/1997 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME WIN BRI by 70 John Northey Alastair Lynch
08/08/1997 Round 19 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 57 John Northey Alastair Lynch
16/08/1997 Round 20 Port Adelaide HOME DRAW drawn John Northey Alastair Lynch
23/08/1997 Round 21 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 4 John Northey Alastair Lynch
29/08/1997 Round 22 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 39 John Northey Alastair Lynch
07/09/1997 Qualifying Final St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 46 John Northey Alastair Lynch