2005 Brisbane Lions season

Brisbane Lions
2005 season
Coach	Leigh Matthews (rounds 1–17, 19–22); John Blakey (round 18)
Captain(s)	Michael Voss
Home ground	The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
AFL season	11th
Best and fairest	Jason Akermanis
Leading goalkicker	Daniel Bradshaw (42 goals)
Highest home attendance	37,224 vs. Collingwood (9 July 2005)
Lowest home attendance	29,500 vs. Kangaroos (28 May 2005)
Average home attendance	33,266
Club membership	30,027
← 2004	2006 →

The Brisbane Lions' 2005 season was its ninth season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Season summary


	Round 1
Saturday, 19 February (7:40pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Melbourne	Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns (crowd: 9,486)
	0.0.2 (2) 0.3.4 (22) 0.5.6 (36) 0.7.11 (53)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.0.3 (12) 2.5.5 (53) 3.9.7 (89) 3.10.11 (98)	Umpires: J. Quigley, J. Schmitt, D. Morris, S. Jeffery Television broadcast: Fox Footy Channel

None		Super Goals	2 Wheatley 1 Bruce
Bradshaw 3 Corrie 1 Power 1 Rischitelli 1 Spaanderman 1		Goals	4 Robertson 2 McLean 2 Yze 1 Bruce 1 Neitz
Corrie, Power, Michael, Bradshaw, Hadley, Leppitsch		Best	Bizzell, Green, Robertson, Rivers, Whelan, McLean, Yze
Johnson (cut head)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Brisbane	Opponent	Venue	Attendance
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores		Venue	Attendance
1	24 March (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	116	93	The Gabba (H)	33,369
2	2 April (7:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	73	75	Football Park (A)	34,892
3	9 April (7:10 pm)	Sydney	81	87	The Gabba (H)	33,960
4	16 April (2:10 pm)	Hawthorn	69	115	MCG (A)	27,778
5	24 April (1:10 pm)	West Coast	84	157	The Gabba (H)	33,007
6	30 April (7:10 pm)	Essendon	136	88	Docklands Stadium (A)	44,055
7	7 May (7:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	87	110	The Gabba (H)	30,639
8	14 May (7:10 pm)	Adelaide	72	63	Football Park (A)	42,357
9	21 May (7:10 pm)	Richmond	83	87	The Gabba (H)	33,684
10	28 May (7:10 pm)	Kangaroos	93	112	The Gabba (H)	29,500
11	4 June (5:40 pm)	Fremantle	106	67	Subiaco Oval (A)	34,143
12	11 June (7:10 pm)	Carlton	140	82	Docklands Stadium (A)	37,880
13	19 June (1:10 pm)	Geelong	116	47	The Gabba (H)	31,307
14	2 July (7:10 pm)	Melbourne	166	92	The Gabba (A)	31,259
15	9 July (7:10 pm)	Collingwood	133	55	The Gabba (H)	37,224
16	16 July (5:40 pm)	West Coast	88	111	Subiaco Oval (A)	41,524
17	23 July (7:10 pm)	Essendon	114	101	The Gabba (H)	36,077
18	30 July (7:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	123	151	Docklands Stadium (A)	29,200
19	7 August (1:10 pm)	Hawthorn	121	80	The Gabba (H)	31,946
20	14 August (1:10 pm)	Sydney	40	124	Stadium Australia (A)	43,512
21	20 August (7:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	51	81	The Gabba (H)	35,221
22	27 August (7:10 pm)	St Kilda	47	186	Docklands Stadium (A)	46,105

2005 AFL ladder
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Adelaide	22	17	5	0	2070	1517	136.5	68	Finals series
2	West Coast	22	17	5	0	2261	1824	124.0	68
3	Sydney (P)	22	15	7	0	1974	1696	116.4	60
4	St Kilda	22	14	8	0	2407	1806	133.3	56
5	Kangaroos	22	13	9	0	2053	2069	99.2	52
6	Geelong	22	12	10	0	2134	1906	112.0	48
7	Melbourne	22	12	10	0	2171	2266	95.8	48
8	Port Adelaide	22	11	10	1	2028	2066	98.2	46
9	Western Bulldogs	22	11	11	0	2385	2351	101.4	44
10	Fremantle	22	11	11	0	2041	2038	100.1	44
11	Brisbane Lions	22	10	12	0	2139	2164	98.8	40
12	Richmond	22	10	12	0	2022	2190	92.3	40
13	Essendon	22	8	14	0	2118	2302	92.0	32
14	Hawthorn	22	5	17	0	1904	2317	82.2	20
15	Collingwood	22	5	17	0	1884	2425	77.7	20
16	Carlton	22	4	17	1	2016	2670	75.5	18

Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

^ ^a ^b "Brisbane Lions - All Games - By Season". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

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