2003 AFL Grand Final: Collingwood v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 27 September 2003 between Collingwood and Brisbane Lions in the grand final of the 2003 AFL season. Collingwood hosted Brisbane Lions at MCG. Nathan Buckley captained the hosts. Michael Voss captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Leigh Matthews.

Collingwood
Back: B. Johnson, S. Wakelin, R. Lonie
Half-back: J. Clement, J. Cloke, R. Cole
Centre: S. Woewodin, N. Buckley (capt.), B. Holland
Half-forward: C. Tarrant, S. Prestigiacomo, S. O'Bree
Forward: P. Licuria, B. Kinnear, T. Walker
Follower: J. Fraser, S. Burns, M. Lokan
Int.: L. Davis, A. Didak, H. Scotland, R. Shaw

Brisbane Lions
Back: C. Johnson, M. Michael, D. White
Half-back: N. Lappin, J. Leppitsch, L. Power
Centre: M. Pike, M. Voss (capt.), R. Copeland
Half-forward: S. Hart, J. Brown, A. McGrath
Forward: C. McRae, A. Lynch, D. Bradshaw
Follower: C. Keating, S. Black, J. Akermanis
Int.: M. Ashcroft, B. Caracella, J. Charman, R. Hadley

Collingwood (12.12.84) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (20.14.134).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: A. Didak (3), S. Burns (2), N. Buckley, L. Davis, J. Fraser, P. Licuria, H. Scotland, C. Tarrant, S. Woewodin
Brisbane Lions: J. Akermanis (5), A. Lynch (4), J. Brown (2), B. Caracella (2), S. Black, D. Bradshaw, R. Hadley, S. Hart, J. Leppitsch, C. McRae, M. Pike

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions were the premiers and Collingwood were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Collingwood v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 27 September 2003
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 79,451

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 12.12.84 - 20.14.134

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 3 . 3 4 . 7 9 . 7 12 . 12 12 . 12 (84)
Brisbane Lions 5 . 5 11 . 7 14 . 12 20 . 14 20 . 14 (134)
Margin BRIL by 14 BRIL by 42 BRIL by 35 BRIL by 50 BRIL by 50
Duration 33:09 32:10 30:01 31:07 2:06:27

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (Collingwood), Leigh Matthews (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Nathan Buckley (Collingwood), Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Allen (#10), H. Kennedy (#7), S. McBurney
Goal Umpire: A. Black, M. Harrison
Boundary Umpire: G. Muir, M. Vitiritti, D. Wilson

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Simon Black BRIL 20 ? ? ? ?

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
5 Buckley, Nathan (c) C 100% 1 1 24 17 7 1 0 3 6 2 2 1 3 5
17 Burns, Scott RR 91% 2 0 22 8 14 4 0 5 6 1 1 0 1 2
8 Clement, James HBFL 100% 0 0 8 6 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 1
34 Cloke, Jason CHB 46% 0 0 4 1 3 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
13 Cole, Richard HBFR 100% 0 0 9 4 5 2 0 4 0 5 0 1 1 0
1 Davis, Leon INT 76% 1 1 10 6 4 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
4 Didak, Alan INT 86% 3 1 13 9 4 5 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 4
25 Fraser, Josh RU 95% 1 0 23 15 8 7 21 0 14 6 5 2 2 4
6 Holland, Brodie WR 70% 0 1 8 4 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
26 Johnson, Ben BPL 100% 0 0 19 12 7 2 0 5 4 1 1 0 3 2
28 Kinnear, Ben FF 48% 0 0 4 1 3 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 2
18 Licuria, Paul FPL 97% 1 1 21 14 7 3 0 7 8 4 1 3 0 7
39 Lokan, Matthew RO 37% 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
37 Lonie, Ryan BPR 84% 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0
11 O'Bree, Shane HFFR 83% 0 0 13 9 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4
35 Prestigiacomo, Simon CHF 100% 0 0 9 6 3 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0
29 Scotland, Heath INT 71% 1 0 14 8 6 2 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 3
22 Shaw, Rhyce INT 76% 0 0 8 5 3 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 0
20 Tarrant, Chris HFFL 100% 1 2 12 9 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
14 Wakelin, Shane FB 100% 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
38 Walker, Tristen FPR 49% 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Woewodin, Shane WL 91% 1 1 13 9 4 1 0 3 5 1 2 0 0 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 12 12 249 155 94 52 31 48 49 35 18 13 24 42

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Akermanis, Jason RO 95% 5 2 20 18 2 3 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 6
10 Ashcroft, Marcus INT 53% 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
20 Black, Simon RR 100% 1 0 39 16 23 2 0 9 9 1 2 0 2 7
36 Bradshaw, Daniel FPR 90% 1 0 15 11 4 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 2
16 Brown, Jonathan CHF 100% 2 0 15 9 6 8 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 2
1 Caracella, Blake INT 86% 2 0 16 9 7 3 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 4
19 Charman, Jamie INT 52% 0 0 4 2 2 2 24 1 1 2 0 2 0 0
30 Copeland, Robert WR 87% 0 0 11 7 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 2
14 Hadley, Richard INT 56% 1 1 8 5 3 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2
32 Hart, Shaun HFFL 100% 1 0 21 16 5 4 0 5 2 1 1 1 0 4
2 Johnson, Chris BPL 100% 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 3 1 3 0 1 4 3
27 Keating, Clark RU 48% 0 1 8 3 5 1 27 1 7 3 1 3 1 1
44 Lappin, Nigel HBFL 100% 0 0 19 13 6 7 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 5
23 Leppitsch, Justin CHB 78% 1 0 11 6 5 3 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0
11 Lynch, Alastair FF 100% 4 2 12 10 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
9 McGrath, Ashley HFFR 80% 0 1 8 5 3 3 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 2
4 McRae, Craig FPL 77% 1 1 14 9 5 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 2
15 Michael, Mal FB 81% 0 0 7 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
13 Pike, Martin WL 89% 1 1 16 10 6 4 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 2
6 Power, Luke HBFR 92% 0 1 16 8 8 6 0 4 3 1 0 1 2 1
3 Voss, Michael (c) C 67% 0 2 18 9 9 5 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 5
33 White, Darryl BPR 68% 0 0 14 8 6 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 4 1
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 20 14 311 191 120 85 55 47 45 30 13 18 25 52

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Collingwood Coach: Mick Malthouse
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 C. Johnson 15 M. Michael 33 D. White 25 J. Fraser 1 L. Davis
38 T. Walker 28 B. Kinnear 18 P. Licuria 17 S. Burns 4 A. Didak
FORWARD 39 M. Lokan 29 H. Scotland
HALF-BACK

22 R. Shaw
44 N. Lappin 23 J. Leppitsch 6 L. Power



11 S. O'Bree 35 S. Prestigiacomo 20 C. Tarrant



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 M. Pike 3 M. Voss (c) 30 R. Copeland



6 B. Holland 5 N. Buckley (c) 2 S. Woewodin FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 C. Keating 10 M. Ashcroft
HALF-FORWARD 20 S. Black 1 B. Caracella
32 S. Hart 16 J. Brown 9 A. McGrath 12 J. Akermanis 19 J. Charman
13 R. Cole 34 J. Cloke 8 J. Clement

14 R. Hadley
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



4 C. McRae 11 A. Lynch 36 D. Bradshaw



37 R. Lonie 14 S. Wakelin 26 B. Johnson



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Leigh Matthews

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 BRIL Alastair Lynch goal 0.0.0 - 1.0.6 01:11
BRIL Michael Voss behind 0.0.0 - 1.1.7 05:24
COLL Shane Woewodin goal 1.0.6 - 1.1.7 09:04
BRIL Daniel Bradshaw goal 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 10:47
COLL Josh Fraser goal 2.0.12 - 2.1.13 12:57
BRIL Martin Pike behind 2.0.12 - 2.2.14 13:54
BRIL Jason Akermanis goal 2.0.12 - 3.2.20 14:42
COLL Chris Tarrant behind 2.1.13 - 3.2.20 15:34
COLL Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 3.2.20 18:11
BRIL Craig McRae behind 2.2.14 - 3.3.21 18:57
BRIL Craig McRae goal 2.2.14 - 4.3.27 19:30
BRIL Rushed behind 2.2.14 - 4.4.28 23:47
COLL Brodie Holland behind 2.3.15 - 4.4.28 25:22
BRIL Jason Akermanis behind 2.3.15 - 4.5.29 28:13
BRIL Blake Caracella goal 2.3.15 - 5.5.35 29:42
COLL Nathan Buckley goal 3.3.21 - 5.5.35 32:02
Q2 BRIL Jason Akermanis goal 3.3.21 - 6.5.41 01:36
COLL Alan Didak behind 3.4.22 - 6.5.41 02:36
BRIL Richard Hadley goal 3.4.22 - 7.5.47 04:25
COLL Alan Didak goal 4.4.28 - 7.5.47 08:42
COLL Nathan Buckley behind 4.5.29 - 7.5.47 10:04
BRIL Alastair Lynch behind 4.5.29 - 7.6.48 12:05
COLL Rushed behind 4.6.30 - 7.6.48 16:04
BRIL Justin Leppitsch goal 4.6.30 - 8.6.54 17:35
BRIL Alastair Lynch goal 4.6.30 - 9.6.60 19:01
BRIL Alastair Lynch goal 4.6.30 - 10.6.66 21:31
COLL Shane Woewodin behind 4.7.31 - 10.6.66 23:47
BRIL Rushed behind 4.7.31 - 10.7.67 25:07
BRIL Simon Black goal 4.7.31 - 11.7.73 31:06
Q3 COLL Scott Burns goal 5.7.37 - 11.7.73 02:56
COLL Alan Didak goal 6.7.43 - 11.7.73 05:45
BRIL Michael Voss behind 6.7.43 - 11.8.74 06:40
BRIL Ashley McGrath behind 6.7.43 - 11.9.75 09:38
BRIL Luke Power behind 6.7.43 - 11.10.76 10:43
BRIL Jason Akermanis goal 6.7.43 - 12.10.82 11:27
BRIL Jason Akermanis behind 6.7.43 - 12.11.83 13:15
BRIL Blake Caracella goal 6.7.43 - 13.11.89 15:26
COLL Scott Burns goal 7.7.49 - 13.11.89 16:31
BRIL Alastair Lynch behind 7.7.49 - 13.12.90 21:24
COLL Chris Tarrant goal 8.7.55 - 13.12.90 23:54
BRIL Martin Pike goal 8.7.55 - 14.12.96 26:20
COLL Heath Scotland goal 9.7.61 - 14.12.96 28:38
Q4 BRIL Clark Keating behind 9.7.61 - 14.13.97 02:35
BRIL Jason Akermanis goal 9.7.61 - 15.13.103 04:07
COLL Rushed behind 9.8.62 - 15.13.103 07:28
COLL Rushed behind 9.9.63 - 15.13.103 08:39
COLL Leon Davis behind 9.10.64 - 15.13.103 10:25
COLL Chris Tarrant behind 9.11.65 - 15.13.103 13:09
BRIL Alastair Lynch goal 9.11.65 - 16.13.109 14:58
BRIL Richard Hadley behind 9.11.65 - 16.14.110 17:06
BRIL Jonathan Brown goal 9.11.65 - 17.14.116 18:59
BRIL Jason Akermanis goal 9.11.65 - 18.14.122 20:45
BRIL Shaun Hart goal 9.11.65 - 19.14.128 22:05
BRIL Jonathan Brown goal 9.11.65 - 20.14.134 25:29
COLL Alan Didak goal 10.11.71 - 20.14.134 26:43
COLL Leon Davis goal 11.11.77 - 20.14.134 27:42
COLL Paul Licuria goal 12.11.83 - 20.14.134 28:43
COLL Paul Licuria behind 12.12.84 - 20.14.134 30:58