2004 AFL Round 1: Brisbane Lions v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 27 March 2004 between Brisbane Lions and Sydney during round 1 of the 2004 AFL season. Brisbane Lions hosted Sydney at Gabba. Michael Voss captained the hosts. Stuart Maxfield captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Leigh Matthews and the visitors were coached by Paul Roos.

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

Sydney
Back: B. Mathews, J. Saddington, J. Crouch
Half-back: L. Barry, L. Roberts-Thomson, C. Bolton
Centre: S. Maxfield (capt.), B. Kirk, H. James
Half-forward: A. Goodes, B. Hall, N. Davis
Forward: R. O'Keefe, M. O'Loughlin, P. Williams
Follower: P. Bevan, N. Fosdike, J. Bolton
Int.: L. Ablett, J. Ball, J. McVeigh, M. Powell

Brisbane Lions (11.14.80) defeated Sydney (11.12.78).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Lions: M. Pike (3), C. McRae (2), J. Akermanis, S. Black, J. Brennan, B. Caracella, C. Keating, J. Leppitsch
Sydney: N. Davis (4), J. Bolton, J. Crouch, A. Goodes, B. Hall, J. McVeigh, M. O'Loughlin, P. Williams

As a result of this match, Brisbane Lions were then 8th on the ladder and Sydney were then 9th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 2004 AFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Brisbane Lions v Sydney
Date: Saturday 27 March 2004
Time: 8:10 PM
Venue: Gabba
Attendance: 34,028

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Lions def. Sydney
Score: 11.14.80 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Lions 1 . 3 5 . 6 8 . 12 11 . 14 11 . 14 (80)
Sydney 4 . 3 8 . 7 8 . 11 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin SYDN by 18 SYDN by 19 BRIL by 1 BRIL by 2 BRIL by 2
Duration 28:02 29:58 27:26 29:42 1:55:08

Honour Roll

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ellis, S. McLaren (#11), M. Nicholls (#15)

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Paul Williams SYDN 10 3
Simon Black BRIL 20 2
Adam Goodes SYDN 37 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Lions

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
12 Akermanis, Jason FPR 100% 1 1 14 12 2 6 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 5
20 Black, Simon RR 100% 1 0 27 13 14 2 0 3 5 2 0 0 2 7
36 Bradshaw, Daniel CHB 100% 0 0 5 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Brennan, Jared FPL 55% 1 1 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1
1 Caracella, Blake INT 83% 1 0 17 9 8 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 4
19 Charman, Jamie CHF 65% 0 0 7 3 4 1 14 1 1 2 1 2 1 2
30 Copeland, Robert FF 43% 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
14 Hadley, Richard INT 24% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Hart, Shaun HFFL 89% 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 2 5
2 Johnson, Chris BPL 100% 0 0 14 8 6 6 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 0
27 Keating, Clark RU 76% 1 1 9 5 4 5 12 0 1 2 2 2 0 0
44 Lappin, Nigel HBFL 100% 0 1 17 12 5 5 0 5 4 3 0 2 2 4
23 Leppitsch, Justin WR 100% 1 0 16 11 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 4
9 McGrath, Ashley HFFR 100% 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 5 0
4 McRae, Craig INT 85% 2 2 7 6 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1
15 Michael, Mal FB 100% 0 0 18 12 6 8 1 0 1 1 3 1 10 0
8 Notting, Tim WL 97% 0 2 13 8 5 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 4
13 Pike, Martin INT 90% 3 2 15 9 6 7 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 4
6 Power, Luke RO 17% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Scott, Brad HBFR 100% 0 0 12 9 3 3 0 2 1 4 1 1 1 2
3 Voss, Michael (c) C 77% 0 0 21 11 10 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 2
33 White, Darryl BPR 100% 0 0 18 10 8 5 1 0 3 3 0 2 6 0
Rushed 4
Total (22 players) 11 14 261 164 97 75 29 30 26 33 12 19 39 46

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
20 Ablett, Luke INT 52% 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 3
27 Ball, Jason INT 51% 0 1 5 3 2 2 7 2 2 1 0 1 1 0
21 Barry, Leo HBFL 100% 0 0 19 10 9 7 0 2 1 2 1 0 4 1
42 Bevan, Paul RU 100% 0 0 12 8 4 6 0 1 2 2 0 1 3 2
6 Bolton, Craig HBFR 100% 0 0 8 5 3 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 0
24 Bolton, Jude RO 88% 1 0 18 8 10 6 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2
28 Crouch, Jared BPR 100% 1 1 16 10 6 4 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 4
2 Davis, Nick HFFR 41% 4 0 9 6 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
12 Fosdike, Nic RR 77% 0 0 19 11 8 4 0 0 2 3 0 1 3 4
37 Goodes, Adam HFFL 88% 1 1 24 15 9 12 9 2 6 1 2 1 2 3
1 Hall, Barry CHF 100% 1 2 13 8 5 7 1 0 1 3 1 3 0 3
18 James, Heath WR 100% 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0
31 Kirk, Brett C 100% 0 1 21 10 11 4 0 5 2 1 2 0 0 1
4 Mathews, Ben BPL 56% 0 0 14 5 9 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
11 Maxfield, Stuart (c) WL 83% 0 0 18 14 4 7 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 6
3 McVeigh, Jarrad INT 61% 1 0 12 8 4 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 4
5 O'Keefe, Ryan FPL 89% 0 1 15 11 4 8 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 3
19 O'Loughlin, Michael FF 85% 1 1 11 11 0 4 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 5
29 Powell, Mark INT 54% 0 0 7 2 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
30 Roberts-Thomson, Lewis CHB 82% 0 0 9 4 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
22 Saddington, Jason FB 100% 0 0 13 4 9 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
10 Williams, Paul FPR 94% 1 2 27 20 7 10 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 8
Rushed 2
Total (22 players) 11 12 316 191 125 106 19 29 35 28 19 12 27 53

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

Brisbane Lions Coach: Leigh Matthews
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
4 B. Mathews 22 J. Saddington 28 J. Crouch 27 C. Keating 1 B. Caracella
12 J. Akermanis 30 R. Copeland 17 J. Brennan 20 S. Black 14 R. Hadley
FORWARD 6 L. Power 4 C. McRae
HALF-BACK

13 M. Pike
21 L. Barry 30 L. Roberts-Thomson 6 C. Bolton



9 A. McGrath 19 J. Charman 32 S. Hart



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 S. Maxfield (c) 31 B. Kirk 18 H. James



23 J. Leppitsch 3 M. Voss (c) 8 T. Notting FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 42 P. Bevan 20 L. Ablett
HALF-FORWARD 12 N. Fosdike 27 J. Ball
37 A. Goodes 1 B. Hall 2 N. Davis 24 J. Bolton 3 J. McVeigh
5 B. Scott 36 D. Bradshaw 44 N. Lappin

29 M. Powell
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



5 R. O'Keefe 19 M. O'Loughlin 10 P. Williams



33 D. White 15 M. Michael 2 C. Johnson



BACK



Sydney Coach: Paul Roos

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 SYDN Adam Goodes behind 0.0.0 - 0.1.1 02:01
BRIL Rushed behind 0.1.1 - 0.1.1 03:21
SYDN Nick Davis goal 0.1.1 - 1.1.7 06:24
SYDN Nick Davis goal 0.1.1 - 2.1.13 08:20
BRIL Clark Keating behind 0.2.2 - 2.1.13 11:29
SYDN Paul Williams behind 0.2.2 - 2.2.14 13:32
SYDN Nick Davis goal 0.2.2 - 3.2.20 15:09
BRIL Craig McRae goal 1.2.8 - 3.2.20 19:30
BRIL Jason Akermanis behind 1.3.9 - 3.2.20 21:56
SYDN Barry Hall behind 1.3.9 - 3.3.21 24:53
SYDN Jared Crouch goal 1.3.9 - 4.3.27 27:21
Q2 BRIL Craig McRae behind 1.4.10 - 4.3.27 01:36
SYDN Brett Kirk behind 1.4.10 - 4.4.28 03:50
BRIL Justin Leppitsch goal 2.4.16 - 4.4.28 07:13
SYDN Rushed behind 2.4.16 - 4.5.29 11:01
SYDN Ryan O'Keefe behind 2.4.16 - 4.6.30 12:49
BRIL Martin Pike goal 3.4.22 - 4.6.30 13:55
SYDN Paul Williams goal 3.4.22 - 5.6.36 15:22
SYDN Nick Davis goal 3.4.22 - 6.6.42 18:10
SYDN Barry Hall behind 3.4.22 - 6.7.43 19:48
BRIL Tim Notting behind 3.5.23 - 6.7.43 21:02
BRIL Simon Black goal 4.5.29 - 6.7.43 21:43
SYDN Jarrad McVeigh goal 4.5.29 - 7.7.49 24:55
BRIL Jared Brennan goal 5.5.35 - 7.7.49 25:53
SYDN Barry Hall goal 5.5.35 - 8.7.55 27:21
BRIL Martin Pike behind 5.6.36 - 8.7.55 28:57
Q3 BRIL Tim Notting behind 5.7.37 - 8.7.55 00:18
SYDN Paul Williams behind 5.7.37 - 8.8.56 01:22
BRIL Clark Keating goal 6.7.43 - 8.8.56 03:00
BRIL Jason Akermanis goal 7.7.49 - 8.8.56 04:23
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin behind 7.7.49 - 8.9.57 10:44
SYDN Rushed behind 7.7.49 - 8.10.58 13:39
BRIL Craig McRae behind 7.8.50 - 8.10.58 14:48
SYDN Jared Crouch behind 7.8.50 - 8.11.59 17:57
BRIL Rushed behind 7.9.51 - 8.11.59 19:05
BRIL Martin Pike goal 8.9.57 - 8.11.59 20:19
BRIL Nigel Lappin behind 8.10.58 - 8.11.59 23:07
BRIL Martin Pike behind 8.11.59 - 8.11.59 23:46
BRIL Jared Brennan behind 8.12.60 - 8.11.59 25:01
Q4 SYDN Adam Goodes goal 8.12.60 - 9.11.65 00:23
BRIL Martin Pike goal 9.12.66 - 9.11.65 04:14
BRIL Rushed behind 9.13.67 - 9.11.65 08:03
SYDN Jude Bolton goal 9.13.67 - 10.11.71 10:59
BRIL Craig McRae goal 10.13.73 - 10.11.71 13:02
SYDN Michael O'Loughlin goal 10.13.73 - 11.11.77 18:40
BRIL Rushed behind 10.14.74 - 11.11.77 19:48
BRIL Blake Caracella goal 11.14.80 - 11.11.77 23:52
SYDN Jason Ball behind 11.14.80 - 11.12.78 28:13