2014 Brisbane Lions season

The 2014 Brisbane Lions season is the club's 18th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the NEAFL.

Brisbane Lions
2014 season
CoachJustin Leppitsch
Captain(s)Jed Adcock
Home groundThe Gabba
Regular season15th
Highest home attendance27,167 vs. Gold Coast (Round 18)
Lowest home attendance13,610 vs. West Coast Eagles (Round 17)
Average home attendance19,735

Squad

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Players are listed by jersey number, and 2014 statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2013 AFL season only. Career statistics include a player's complete AFL career, which, as a result, means that a player's debut and part or whole of their career statistics may be for another club. Statistics are correct of Round 19 of the 2014 season (3 August 2014) and are taken from AFL Tables
No. Name AFL debut Games (2014) Goals (2014) Games (Brisbane) Goals (Brisbane) Games (AFL career) Goals (AFL career)
1 Luke McGuane 2006 (Richmond) 3 0 3 0 108 39
2 Ryan Harwood 2010 14 2 56 6 56 6
3 Brent Moloney 2003 (Geelong) 5 1 21 9 166 46
4 James Aish 2014 21 6 21 6 21 6
5 Jack Crisp 2012 6 6 18 10 18 10
6 Josh Green 2011 20 33 54 72 54 72
7 Jed Adcock 2004 22 3 185 42 185 42
8 Rohan Bewick 2011 16 9 63 47 63 47
9 Ashley McGrath 2001 6 5 214 170 214 170
10 Daniel Rich 2009 3 0 101 67 101 67
11 Pearce Hanley 2008 20 6 96 35 96 35
12 Stefan Martin 2008 (Melbourne) 12 1 17 5 74 28
13 Trent West 2008 (Geelong) 10 4 10 4 64 27
14 Brent Staker 2003 (West Coast Eagles) 0 0 44 35 154 119
15 Dayne Zorko 2012 21 18 59 60 59 60
16 Jonathan Brown 2000 11 21 256 594 256 594
17 Claye Beams 2011 13 9 28 21 28 21
18 Nick Robertson 2014 8 0 8 0 8 0
19 Jordan Lisle 2011 (Hawthorn) 5 0 18 15 23 16
21 Daniel Merrett 2005 19 12 171 69 171 69
22 Marco Paparone 2013 18 7 23 12 23 12
23 Matthew Leuenberger 2007 5 0 94 20 94 20
24 Joel Patfull 2006 21 2 182 24 182 24
25 Daniel McStay 2014 9 7 9 7 9 7
26 Tom Cutler 2014 7 2 7 2 7 2
27 Darcy Gardiner 2014 17 2 17 2 17 2
28 Lewis Taylor 2014 22 12 22 12 22 12
29 Andrew Raines 2004 (Richmond) 4 1 67 14 123 15
30 Jack Redden 2009 14 6 112 50 112 50
31 James Polkinghorne 2008 2 0 94 53 94 53
32 Sam Mayes 2013 21 11 39 23 39 23
33 Michael Close 2014 14 10 14 10 14 10
34 Jonathan Freeman 2014 4 6 4 6 4 6
35 Ryan Lester 2011 14 3 52 12 52 12
36 Matt Maguire 2002 (St Kilda) 13 1 69 2 168 21
37 Patrick Wearden **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 Tom Rockliff 2009 18 10 101 51 101 51
39 Jackson Paine 2012 (Collingwood) 6 3 6 3 12 11
40 Isaac Conway **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 Mitchell Golby 2011 12 0 51 6 51 6
42 Justin Clarke 2013 22 1 36 1 36 1
43 Nick Hayes **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 Archie Smith **** 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Jordon Bourke 2014 1 0 1 0 1 0
46 Sam Michael 2013 0 0 3 0 3 0
47 Zac O'Brien 2014 5 1 5 1 5 1

Season summary

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Pre-season matches

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Brisbane Lions' 2014 NAB Challenge fixtures
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Brisbane's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Monday, 17 February (4:10 pm) Hawthorn 1.22.13 (154) 0.3.5 (23) Lost by 131 points[1] Etihad Stadium (A) 5,003
2 Sunday, 23 February (3:40 pm) Gold Coast 1.14.13 (106) 0.8.11 (59) Won by 47 points[2] Tony Ireland Stadium (H) 6,426
Brisbane Lions' 2014 Practice Matches
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Brisbane's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 8 March (2:30 pm) Sydney 8.11 (59) 12.14 (86) Lost by 27 points[3] Burpengary Regional Sports Park (H) 6,096

Home and Away Season

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Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Brisbane's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder position
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 22 March (4:40 pm) Hawthorn 21.13 (139) 13.13 (91) Lost by 48 points[4] Aurora Stadium (A) 12,430 15th
2 Sunday, 30 March (1:10 pm) Geelong 10.8 (68) 13.15 (93) Lost by 25 points[5] Gabba (H) 20,933 15th
3 Saturday, 5 April (3:40 pm) Gold Coast 17.12 (114) 9.7 (61) Lost by 53 points[6] Metricon Stadium (A) 16,593 16th
4 Saturday, 12 April (1:40 pm) Port Adelaide 24.15 (159) 7.4 (46) Lost by 113 points[7] Adelaide Oval (A) 36,231 18th
5 Thursday, 17 April (7:50 pm) Richmond 9.9 (63) 15.16 (106) Lost by 43 points[8] Gabba (H) 20,676 18th
6 Friday, 25 April (7:45 pm) St Kilda 11.13 (79) 12.10 (82) Won by 3 points[9] Westpac Stadium (A) 13,409 18th
7 Saturday, 3 May (7:40 pm) Sydney 6.8 (44) 18.15 (123) Lost by 79 points[10] Gabba (H) 17,957 18th
8 Saturday, 10 May (4:40 pm) Essendon 8.9 (57) 9.11 (65) Lost by 8 points[11] Gabba (H) 26,432 18th
9 Saturday, 17 May (4:40 pm) North Melbourne 17.23 (125) 6.2 (38) Lost by 87 points[12] Etihad Stadium (A) 21,152 18th
10 Bye 18th
11 Saturday, 31 May (4:40 pm) Carlton 14.14 (98) 13.13 (91) Won by 7 points[13] Gabba (H) 24,625 18th
12 Saturday, 7 June (7:40 pm) Western Bulldogs 13.9 (87) 14.11 (95) Won by 8 points[14] Etihad Stadium (A) 18,054 16th
13 Saturday, 14 June (7:40 pm) Greater Western Sydney 12.8 (80) 19.11 (125) Lost by 45 points[15] Gabba (H) 12,700 17th
14 Saturday, 21 June (5:40 pm) Fremantle 15.15 (105) 3.4 (22) Lost by 83 points[16] Patersons Stadium (A) 25,152 17th
15 Saturday, 28 June (7:40 pm) North Melbourne 10.10 (70) 9.12 (66) Won by 4 points[17] Gabba (H) 15,862 17th
16 Saturday, 5 July (1:45 pm) Richmond 12.7 (79) 7.12 (54) Lost by 25 points[18] MCG (A) 34,560 17th
17 Saturday, 12 July (7:40 pm) West Coast 9.10 (64) 11.10 (76) Lost by 12 points[19] Gabba (H) 13,610 17th
18 Saturday, 26 July (4:40 pm) Gold Coast 16.14 (110) 8.8 (56) Won by 54 points[20] Gabba (H) 27,167 15th
19 Sunday, 3 August (1:10 pm) Melbourne 6.15 (51) 11.8 (74) Won by 23 points[21] Etihad Stadium (A) 18,079 15th
20 Sunday, 10 August (1:10 pm) Adelaide 9.9 (63) 25.18 (168) Lost by 105 points[22] Gabba (H) 19,657 15th
21 Saturday, 16 August (7:40 pm) Collingwood 8.8 (56) 18.15 (123) Won by 67 points[23] MCG (A) 32,926 15th
22 Sunday, 24 August (1:10 pm) Fremantle 6.12 (48) 15.16 (106) Lost by 58 points[24] Gabba (H) 17,473 15th
23 Saturday, 30 August (7:40 pm) Geelong 21.17 (143) 12.9 (81) Lost by 62 points[25] Simonds Stadium (A) 24,659 15th

Ladder

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2014 AFL ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Sydney 22 17 5 0 2126 1488 142.9 68 Finals series
2 Hawthorn (P) 22 17 5 0 2458 1746 140.8 68
3 Geelong 22 17 5 0 2033 1787 113.8 68
4 Fremantle 22 16 6 0 2029 1556 130.4 64
5 Port Adelaide 22 14 8 0 2180 1678 129.9 56
6 North Melbourne 22 14 8 0 2026 1731 117.0 56
7 Essendon 22 12 9 1 1828 1719 106.3 50
8 Richmond 22 12 10 0 1887 1784 105.8 48
9 West Coast 22 11 11 0 2045 1750 116.9 44
10 Adelaide 22 11 11 0 2175 1907 114.1 44
11 Collingwood 22 11 11 0 1766 1876 94.1 44
12 Gold Coast 22 10 12 0 1917 2045 93.7 40
13 Carlton 22 7 14 1 1891 2107 89.7 30
14 Western Bulldogs 22 7 15 0 1784 2177 81.9 28
15 Brisbane Lions 22 7 15 0 1532 2212 69.3 28
16 Greater Western Sydney 22 6 16 0 1780 2320 76.7 24
17 Melbourne 22 4 18 0 1336 1954 68.4 16
18 St Kilda 22 4 18 0 1480 2436 60.8 16
Source: AFL Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers


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