2003 AFL Season Preliminary Final 1: Sydney v Brisbane Lions

This is the match report for the match played on 20 September 2003 between Sydney and the Brisbane Lions in the first preliminary final of the 2003 season of the Australian Football League. Sydney hosted the 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 (8.8.56) were defeated by the Brisbane Lions (14.16.100).

Match Details

Season: 2003 AFL Season
Round: First Preliminary Final
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

Sydney

Captain: Stuart Maxfield
Coach: Paul Roos

Brisbane Lions

Captain: Michael Voss
Coach: Leigh Matthews

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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

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