2015 Brisbane Lions season

Brisbane Lions
2015 season
Coach Justin Leppitsch
Captain(s) Jed Adcock
Home ground The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
Main article: 2015 AFL season

The Brisbane Lions' 2015 season will be its 19th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Playing list changes

The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2014 season and the commencement of the 2015 season.

In

Player Previous Club League via
Dayne Beams[1] Collingwood Australian Football League AFL Trade Period
Allen Christensen[2] Geelong Australian Football League AFL Trade Period
Mitch Robinson[3] Carlton Australian Football League Delisted free agent

Out

Player New Club League via
Jonathan Brown[4] N/A N/A Retirement
Brent Moloney[5] N/A N/A Retirement
Ashley McGrath[6] N/A N/A Retirement
Andrew Raines[7] Gold Coast[8] AFL Delisted from Brisbane; drafted by Gold Coast in the rookie draft
James Polkinghorne[9] Essendon reserves[10]
 VFL Delisted
Jordan Lisle[9] Port Melbourne[11] VFL Delisted
Patrick Wearden[9] Port Melbourne[11] VFL Delisted
Nick Hayes[9] Woodville-West Torrens[12] SANFL Delisted
Sam Michael[9] Redland[13] NEAFL Delisted
Isaac Conway[9] Werribee[14] VFL Delisted
Joel Patfull[15] Greater Western Sydney AFL AFL Trade Period
Jack Crisp[1] Collingwood AFL AFL Trade Period

Season summary

Pre-season matches

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Brisbane's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 28 February (3:10 pm) St Kilda 0.7.16 (58) 8.7 (55) Won by three points Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex, Burpengary (H) 6,200
2 Friday, 6 March (7:10 pm) Sydney 1.4.6 (39) 0.10.15 (75) Won by 36 points Coffs Harbour International Stadium (A)
3 Friday, 20 March (7:40 pm) Gold Coast 0.8.15 (63) 1.7.12 (63) Match drawn Metricon Stadium (A)
Source

Premiership Season

Home and away season

See also: 2015 AFL season
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Brisbane's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 4 April (6:20 pm) Collingwood 11.8 (74) 12.14 (86) Lost by 12 points The Gabba (H) 31,240 13th
2 Sunday, 12 April (4:40 pm) North Melbourne 20.13 (133) 7.9 (51) Lost by 82 points Etihad Stadium (A) 22,275 17th
3 Saturday, 18 April (7:20 pm) Richmond 8.10 (58) 21.11 (137) Lost by 79 points The Gabba (H) 18th
4 Sunday, 26 April (1:10 pm) West Coast 9.11 (65) 17.16 (118) Lost by 53 points The Gabba (H) 18th
5 Saturday, 2 May (4:35 pm) Gold Coast Metricon Stadium (A)
6 Sunday, 10 May (3:20 pm) Carlton Etihad Stadium (A)
7 Sunday, 17 May (4:40 pm) Port Adelaide The Gabba (H)
8 Sunday, 24 May (1:10 pm) Essendon Etihad Stadium (A)
9 Sunday, 31 May (1:10 pm) St Kilda The Gabba (H)
10 Sunday, 7 June (1:10 pm) Greater Western Sydney Spotless Stadium (A)
11 Bye
12 Saturday, 20 June (7:20 pm) Western Bulldogs Etihad Stadium (A)
13 Saturday, 27 June (4:35 pm) Adelaide The Gabba (H)
14 Sunday, 5 July (2:40 pm) Fremantle Patersons Stadium (A)
15 Sunday, 12 July (4:40 pm) Sydney The Gabba (H)
16 Sunday, 19 July (1:10 pm) Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)
17 Saturday, 25 July (7:20 pm) North Melbourne The Gabba (H)
18 Saturday, 1 August (1:45 pm) Geelong Simonds Stadium (A)
19 Saturday, 8 August (4:35 pm) Gold Coast The Gabba (H)
20 Saturday, 15 August (7:20 pm) Carlton The Gabba (H)
21 Saturday, 22 August (7:10 pm) Adelaide Adelaide Oval (A)
22 Saturday, 29 August (2:10 pm) Hawthorn Aurora Stadium (A)
23   Western Bulldogs The Gabba (H)

Ladder

2015 AFL Ladder
Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Collingwood 5 4 1 0 478 324 147.5 16
2 Fremantle 4 4 0 0 364 269 135.3 16
3 Greater Western Sydney 4 3 1 0 397 298 133.2 12
4 Sydney 4 3 1 0 335 268 125.0 12
5 Adelaide 4 3 1 0 378 306 123.5 12
6 Western Bulldogs 4 3 1 0 364 348 104.6 12
7 Hawthorn 4 2 2 0 417 295 141.4 8
8 West Coast 4 2 2 0 417 335 124.5 8
9 Richmond 4 2 2 0 359 304 118.1 8
10 North Melbourne 4 2 2 0 384 371 103.5 8
11 Essendon 4 2 2 0 292 301 97.0 8
12 Melbourne 4 2 2 0 309 321 96.3 8
13 Port Adelaide 4 2 2 0 324 363 89.3 8
14 St Kilda 4 1 3 0 329 424 77.6 4
15 Geelong 4 1 3 0 293 406 72.2 4
16 Carlton 5 1 4 0 390 542 72.0 4
17 Gold Coast 4 0 4 0 314 443 70.9 0
18 Brisbane Lions 4 0 4 0 248 474 52.3 0
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

Brownlow Medal

Results

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Brownlow Medal tally

Player 1 vote games 2 vote games 3 vote games Total votes
Total

Tribunal cases

Player Round Charge category (Level) Verdict Points[a] Result Victim Club Ref(s)

Notes

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dayne Beams finally joins Lions for two picks and Jack Crisp, AFL.com.au official website, 15 October 2014
  2. ↑ "Christensen officially a Lion". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Former Blue Robinson finds new home at the Lions". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Third time unlucky: Lions legend Brown calls it quits". Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Moloney hangs up his boots". Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "McGrath's last hurrah". Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Raines keen to play on after leaving Lions". Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  8. ↑ Andrew Hamilton (3 December 2014). "AFL rookie draft: Gold Coast Suns pick Andrew Raines and mature-age recruits". The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, QLD). Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 "Lions dump seven". Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  10. ↑ Tim Mitchell (16 November 2014). "Former Brisbane midfielder James Polkinghorne headlines Essendon VFL signings". Moonee Valley Leader. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "2015 Peter Jackson VFL Fixture". Port Melbourne Football Club. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Nick Hayes returns to the Eagles". Woodville West Torrens Football Club. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ex-Lion out to grasp Bomber opportunity". Triple M. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  14. ↑ Luke d'Anello (25 February 2015). "Winds of change sweep through VFL club Werribee but coach John Lamont remains positive". Wyndham Leader (Werribee, VIC). Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  15. ↑ "Lions defender Joel Patfull completes switch to GWS". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 10 October 2014.