Brisbane Lions
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Coach | Leigh Matthews |
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| Assistant Coaches | Paul Hudson, Craig Lambert, Justin Leppitsch, Shaun Rehn | |
| Captain | Jonathan Brown, Simon Black, Luke Power, Nigel Lappin (co-captains) |
The Brisbane Football Club, known as the Lions, is a Brisbane based team participating in the AFL. In July 1996 the Brisbane Lions Football club was formed after the AFL allowed the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions to merge. Since 1996, the lions have won three premierships in consecutive years and have featured in another where they fell to Port Adelaide.
Current Squad:
Jed Adcock, Matt Austin, Colm Begley, Simon Black, Daniel Bradshaw, Jared Brennan, Jonathan Brown, Jamie Charman, Mitchell Clark, Tom Collier, Robert Copeland, Bradd Dalziell, Josh Drummond, Scott Harding, James Hawksley, Lachlan Henderson, Rhan Hooper, Travis Johnstone, Nigel Lappin, Matthew Leuenberger, Joel Macdonald, Beau McDonald, Ashley McGrath, Daniel Merrett, Wayde Mills, Matthew Moody, Tim Notting, Joel Patfull, James Polkinghorne, Luke Power, Albert Proud, Michael Rischitelli, Jason Roe, Chris Schmidt, Troy Selwood, Sam Sheldon, Justin Sherman, Cheynee Stiller, Matt Tyler
2008 Fixtures
Round 1, Saturday, March 22: West Coast (Subiaco)
Round 2, Friday, March 28: Collingwood (Gabba)
Round 3, Saturday, April 5: Sydney (Gabba)
Round 4, Saturday, April 12: Port Adelaide (AAMI)
Round 5, Saturday, April 19: Hawthorn (Gabba)
Round 6, Sunday, April 27: Melbourne (Gabba)
Round 7, Saturday, May 3: Geelong (Skilled Stadium)
Round 8, Saturday, May 17: Carlton (Telstra Dome)
Round 9, Sunday, May 25: St Kilda (Gabba)
Round 10, Saturday, May 31: Kangaroos (Gabba)
Round 11, Sunday, June 8: Fremantle (Gabba)
Round 12, Saturday, June 14: Bulldogs (MCG)
Round 13, Saturday, June 21: Adelaide (Gabba)
Round 14, Sunday, June 29: Melbourne (MCG)
Round 15, Saturday, July 12: Essendon (Telstra Dome)
Round 16, Saturday, July
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