2003 AFL Preliminary Final 1: Sydney v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 2003 between Sydney and Brisbane Lions in the first preliminary final of the 2003 AFL season. Sydney hosted Brisbane Lions at Telstra Stadium. Stuart Maxfield captained the hosts. Michael Voss captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paul Roos and the visitors were coached by Leigh Matthews.

Sydney
Back: B. Mathews, A. Schauble, T. Kennelly
Half-back: L. Barry, C. Bolton, J. Crouch
Centre: R. O'Keefe, B. Kirk, S. Maxfield (capt.)
Half-forward: A. Schneider, A. Goodes, J. Bolton
Forward: N. Davis, B. Hall, M. Nicks
Follower: L. Roberts-Thomson, P. Williams, D. Cresswell
Int.: L. Ablett, S. Doyle, N. Fosdike, J. Saddington

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

Sydney (8.8.56) were defeated by Brisbane Lions (14.16.100).

Goalkickers
Sydney: B. Hall (2), L. Ablett, D. Cresswell, N. Davis, T. Kennelly, L. Roberts-Thomson, P. Williams
Brisbane Lions: A. Lynch (3), M. Pike (3), J. Brown (2), B. Caracella (2), A. McGrath (2), S. Black, C. McRae

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions faced Collingwood in the grand final and Sydney were eliminated (finishing 4th overall).

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final 1
Teams: Sydney v Brisbane Lions
Date: Saturday 20 September 2003
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: Telstra Stadium
Attendance: 71,019

Match Results

Outcome: Sydney def. by Brisbane Lions
Score: 8.8.56 - 14.16.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Sydney 2 . 2 4 . 4 8 . 7 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Brisbane Lions 2 . 7 6 . 7 8 . 10 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Margin BRIL by 5 BRIL by 15 BRIL by 3 BRIL by 44 BRIL by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Paul Roos (Sydney), Leigh Matthews (Brisbane Lions)
Captains: Stuart Maxfield (Sydney), Michael Voss (Brisbane Lions)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: D. Goldspink (#32), M. James (#5), S. McLaren (#11)

Player Statistics

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Ablett, Luke INT 31% 1 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4
21 Barry, Leo HBFL 100% 0 0 10 6 4 5 0 1 2 2 0 0 3 0
6 Bolton, Craig CHB 100% 0 0 10 8 2 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
24 Bolton, Jude HFFR 87% 0 0 13 7 6 2 0 3 7 0 2 0 1 1
8 Cresswell, Daryn RO 92% 1 0 13 8 5 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
28 Crouch, Jared HBFR 93% 0 0 12 10 2 4 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1
2 Davis, Nick FPL 80% 1 0 10 8 2 5 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 3
15 Doyle, Stephen INT 27% 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
12 Fosdike, Nic INT 66% 0 0 7 7 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 2
37 Goodes, Adam CHF 89% 0 0 17 13 4 5 25 2 5 1 2 0 4 2
1 Hall, Barry FF 100% 2 3 12 9 3 8 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 2
17 Kennelly, Tadhg BPR 91% 1 0 13 6 7 3 0 1 1 3 2 1 3 0
31 Kirk, Brett C 93% 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 6 3 1 2 1 3 3
4 Mathews, Ben BPL 100% 0 0 20 10 10 6 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart (c) WR 96% 0 1 15 11 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 2
23 Nicks, Matthew FPR 64% 0 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 2 0
5 O'Keefe, Ryan WL 77% 0 0 10 5 5 5 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis RU 72% 1 0 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2
22 Saddington, Jason INT 61% 0 0 7 4 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
25 Schauble, Andrew FB 100% 0 0 8 5 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0
36 Schneider, Adam HFFL 87% 0 2 9 7 2 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4
10 Williams, Paul RR 92% 1 0 26 18 8 6 0 3 4 1 1 0 2 6
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 8 8 245 163 82 87 32 31 35 32 17 12 32 39

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Akermanis, Jason RO 87% 0 1 14 10 4 2 0 6 1 3 0 1 1 4
20 Black, Simon RR 92% 1 0 21 11 10 2 0 4 3 4 0 0 2 0
36 Bradshaw, Daniel INT 68% 0 1 19 15 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5
16 Brown, Jonathan CHF 100% 2 1 17 13 4 9 2 3 3 1 1 1 0 4
1 Caracella, Blake HFFL 73% 2 0 19 13 6 7 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 1
19 Charman, Jamie INT 63% 0 2 9 4 5 3 21 1 4 3 2 3 0 2
30 Copeland, Robert WR 100% 0 0 9 7 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 4
14 Hadley, Richard FPR 40% 0 0 8 6 2 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
32 Hart, Shaun C 100% 0 0 19 14 5 4 0 5 1 1 0 0 2 6
2 Johnson, Chris BPL 100% 0 1 19 15 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 1
27 Keating, Clark RU 37% 0 1 4 2 2 1 16 0 1 1 0 1 1 2
44 Lappin, Nigel HBFL 74% 0 1 23 13 10 6 1 4 4 1 1 1 2 4
23 Leppitsch, Justin CHB 100% 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4
11 Lynch, Alastair FF 100% 3 1 6 4 2 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0
9 McGrath, Ashley HFFR 89% 2 2 11 8 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 2
4 McRae, Craig FPL 86% 1 1 14 6 8 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 2
15 Michael, Mal FB 100% 0 0 13 8 5 8 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
8 Notting, Tim INT 50% 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 0
13 Pike, Martin WL 99% 3 0 14 8 6 5 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 4
6 Power, Luke HBFR 94% 0 0 17 14 3 7 0 1 3 1 1 1 4 2
3 Voss, Michael (c) INT 64% 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0
33 White, Darryl BPR 84% 0 0 8 7 1 6 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 14 16 292 194 98 92 43 48 33 32 12 17 28 49

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

Sydney Coach: Paul Roos
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
2 C. Johnson 15 M. Michael 33 D. White 30 L. Roberts-Thomson 20 L. Ablett
23 M. Nicks 1 B. Hall 2 N. Davis 10 P. Williams 15 S. Doyle
FORWARD 8 D. Cresswell 12 N. Fosdike
HALF-BACK

22 J. Saddington
44 N. Lappin 23 J. Leppitsch 6 L. Power



24 J. Bolton 37 A. Goodes 36 A. Schneider



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



13 M. Pike 32 S. Hart 30 R. Copeland



11 S. Maxfield (c) 31 B. Kirk 5 R. O'Keefe FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 27 C. Keating 36 D. Bradshaw
HALF-FORWARD 20 S. Black 19 J. Charman
1 B. Caracella 16 J. Brown 9 A. McGrath 12 J. Akermanis 8 T. Notting
28 J. Crouch 6 C. Bolton 21 L. Barry

3 M. Voss (c)
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



4 C. McRae 11 A. Lynch 14 R. Hadley



17 T. Kennelly 25 A. Schauble 4 B. Mathews



BACK



Brisbane Lions Coach: Leigh Matthews