2008 AFL Season: Brisbane Lions

Season Team Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Team: Brisbane Lions
Home Ground: Gabba

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 10-0-12, P%: 98.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Simon Black (23)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Daniel Bradshaw (75)
Merrett-Murray Medal Recipient(s): Jonathan Brown

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Simon Black, Jonathan Brown, Nigel Lappin, Luke Power

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adcock, Jed #7 21 R01-R15, R17-R22 6 1
Begley, Colm #46 8 R01-R05, R18-R20 1 0
Black, Simon #20 21 R01-R06, R08-R22 10 23
Bradshaw, Daniel #36 20 R01-R11, R14-R22 75 7
Brennan, Jared #17 22 R01-R22 9 7
Brown, Jonathan #16 21 R01-R06, R08-R22 70 10
Charman, Jamie #19 21 R01-R03, R05-R22 11 1
Clark, Mitch #1 12 R07-R18 8 0
Clouston, Scott #41 2 R18, R22 1 0
Collier, Tom #22 6 R13-R17, R22 1 0
Copeland, Robert #30 13 R01, R03, R05-R07, R11, R13-R17, R20-R21 4 0
Corrie, Anthony #18 20 R01-R18, R21-R22 21 2
Dalziell, Bradd #34 7 R16-R22 1 0
Drummond, Josh #39 13 R01-R02, R08-R10, R12-R19 6 1
Hanley, Pearce #42 2 R21-R22 0 0
Harding, Scott #5 8 R06-R11, R16, R22 3 0
Hawksley, James #12 4 R11, R19-R21 0 0
Henderson, Lachie #14 8 R02-R04, R06-R07, R13, R19, R22 3 0
Hooper, Rhan #33 20 R01-R16, R18-R21 19 1
Johnstone, Travis #4 18 R01-R06, R08-R12, R15-R21 17 2
Lappin, Nigel #44 4 R01-R04 0 0
Leuenberger, Matthew #23 10 R01-R07, R11-R12, R15 2 0
MacDonald, Joel #26 17 R01-R14, R20-R22 0 0
McGrath, Ashley #9 15 R05, R07-R10, R12-R21 3 0
Merrett, Daniel #21 22 R01-R22 0 0
Mills, Wayde #25 1 R04 1 0
Moody, Matthew #10 2 R20-R21 0 0
Notting, Tim #8 18 R01-R17, R19 5 0
Patfull, Joel #24 22 R01-R22 3 0
Polkinghorne, James #31 4 R06, R12-R14 0 0
Power, Luke #6 22 R01-R22 7 11
Proud, Albert #2 7 R02-R03, R07, R18-R20, R22 0 0
Rischitelli, Michael #35 21 R01-R11, R13-R22 9 0
Roe, Jason #29 11 R08-R10, R12, R16-R22 1 0
Selwood, Troy #28 13 R01, R04-R05, R07-R15, R22 1 0
Sherman, Justin #11 18 R02-R12, R14, R17-R22 7 0
Stiller, Cheynee #32 10 R01, R04-R07, R12-R13, R15-R17 1 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Josh Drummond Daniel Merrett Joel Patfull
Half-Back: Justin Sherman Joel MacDonald Troy Selwood
Centre: Anthony Corrie Simon Black Tim Notting
Half-Forward: Michael Rischitelli Jonathan Brown Nigel Lappin
Forward: Rhan Hooper Daniel Bradshaw Mitch Clark
Follower: Jamie Charman Luke Power Jed Adcock
Interchange: Jared Brennan Travis Johnstone Matthew Leuenberger
Ashley McGrath

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)
Matthews, Leigh 22 10 -0- 12 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/03/2008 Round 1 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 16 Leigh Matthews Simon Black
28/03/2008 Round 2 Collingwood HOME WIN BRI by 2 Leigh Matthews unknown
05/04/2008 Round 3 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 17 Leigh Matthews Nigel Lappin
12/04/2008 Round 4 Port Adelaide AWAY WIN BRI by 20 Leigh Matthews Luke Power
19/04/2008 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 12 Leigh Matthews unknown
27/04/2008 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN BRI by 52 Leigh Matthews Jonathan Brown
03/05/2008 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 27 Leigh Matthews Luke Power
17/05/2008 Round 8 Carlton AWAY WIN BRI by 33 Leigh Matthews unknown
25/05/2008 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN BRI by 46 Leigh Matthews Simon Black
31/05/2008 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME WIN BRI by 31 Leigh Matthews unknown
08/06/2008 Round 11 Fremantle HOME WIN BRI by 22 Leigh Matthews unknown
14/06/2008 Round 12 Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 63 Leigh Matthews unknown
21/06/2008 Round 13 Adelaide HOME WIN BRI by 13 Leigh Matthews unknown
29/06/2008 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 1 Leigh Matthews Luke Power
12/07/2008 Round 15 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 37 Leigh Matthews Jonathan Brown
19/07/2008 Round 16 West Coast HOME WIN BRI by 46 Leigh Matthews Luke Power
26/07/2008 Round 17 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 3 Leigh Matthews Simon Black
02/08/2008 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 8 Leigh Matthews Jonathan Brown
09/08/2008 Round 19 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 69 Leigh Matthews unknown
16/08/2008 Round 20 Western Bulldogs HOME WIN BRI by 11 Leigh Matthews Simon Black
23/08/2008 Round 21 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 Leigh Matthews Jonathan Brown
30/08/2008 Round 22 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 61 Leigh Matthews Jonathan Brown