2011 Brisbane Lions season

Brisbane Lions
2011 season
President	Angus Johnson
Coach	Michael Voss
Captain(s)	Jonathan Brown
Home ground	The Gabba
NAB Cup	Round 1
AFL season	15th
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Tom Rockliff (37.5)
Leading goalkicker	Mitch Clark (27)
Highest home attendance	24,921 (Round 8 v Essendon)
Lowest home attendance	17,276 (Round 15 v Port Adelaide)
Average home attendance	21,119
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The 2011 AFL season will be the Brisbane Lions' 15th season in the Australian Football League since the merger.

2011 Playing List

Senior List^[1]
№	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of Birth	Age in 2011	Debut	Recruited from	2011 Games	2011 Goals	Career Games	Career Goals
1	Mitch Clark	198	95	19 October 1987	24	2006	East Fremantle	0	0	65	34
3	Sam Sheldon	183	80	8 March 1989	22	2009	Hailebury College / Oakleigh U18	0	0	24	1
4	Jared Polec	189	80	12 October 1992	19	****	Woodville-West Torrens	0	0	0	0
6	Luke Power	179	78	8 January 1980	31	1998	Balwyn / Oakleigh U18	0	0	262	207
7	Jed Adcock	184	85	15 November 1985	26	2004	Maryborough / North Ballarat U18	0	0	100	29
8	Matt Austin	187	75	30 March 1989	21	2009	North Ballarat U18	0	0	11	2
9	Ashley McGrath	182	81	20 May 1983	28	2001	South Fremantle	0	0	155	109
10	Daniel Rich	184	83	7 June 1990	21	2009	Subiaco	0	0	46	20
11	Pearce Hanley	184	83	15 November 1988	23	2008	County Mayo	0	0	12	3
12	James Hawksley	187	77	5 February 1989	22	2008	Peel Thunder	0	0	22	0
13	Callum Bartlett	179	75	19 June 1991	20	****	Geelong U18	0	0	0	0
14	Brent Staker	182	78	23 May 1984	27	2003	NSW/ACT Rams / West Coast	0	0	132	94
15	Xavier Clarke	182	78	28 September 1983	27	2002	St Mary's / St Kilda	0	0	106	49
16	Jonathan Brown	195	102	29 October 1981	30	2000	Geelong U18	0	0	200	476
17	Claye Beams	182	77	1 September 1991	20	****	Labrador	0	0	0	0
18	Todd Banfield	182	75	28 June 1990	20	2010	Swan Districts	0	0	22	27
19	Jamie Charman	197	102	16 July 1982	29	2001	Northern Eagles	0	0	129	55
20	Simon Black	186	83	3 April 1979	32	1998	East Fremantle	0	0	275	159
21	Daniel Merrett	196	104	12 December 1984	27	2005	Southport	0	0	103	17
22	Tom Collier	192	84	25 March 1989	22	2008	Tasmanian Devils	0	0	20	2
23	Matthew Leuenberger	203	98	7 June 1988	23	2007	East Perth	0	0	44	5
24	Joel Patfull	190	89	7 December 1984	27	2006	Norwood / Port Adelaide	0	0	99	21
26	Ryan Harwood	183	81	8 July 1991	20	2010	Tasmania U18	0	0	6	3
28	Patrick Karnezis	191	80	23 April 1992	19	****	Oakleigh Chargers	0	0	0	0
29	Andrew Raines	192	86	8 March 1986	25	2004	Southport / Richmond	0	0	66	1
30	Jack Redden	189	74	9 December 1990	21	2009	Glenelg	0	0	32	10
31	James Polkinghorne	183	81	21 January 1989	22	2008	Calder U18	0	0	39	21
32	Cheynee Stiller	186	82	3 May 1986	25	2006	Northern Eagles	0	0	76	18
33	Amon Buchanan	179	83	10 October 1982	29	2002	Geelong Falcons / Sydney	0	0	128	66
34	Jesse O'Brien	184	71	13 February 1991	20	2010	North Adelaide	0	0	1	0
35	Ryan Lester	191	83	26 August 1992	19	****	Oakleigh Chargers	0	0	0	0
36	Matt Maguire	190	94	30 May 1984	27	2002	Geelong U18 / St Kilda	0	0	113	19
37	Bryce Retzlaff	192	82	29 June 1991	20	****	Labrador	0	0	0	0
38	Tom Rockliff	184	83	22 February 1990	21	2009	Murray Bushrangers U18	0	0	20	4
39	Josh Drummond	188	87	19 April 1983	28	2005	Northern Eagles	0	0	72	30
42	Josh Green	177	76	24 August 1992	19	****	Clarence	0	0	0	0
43	Rohan Bewick	184	75	10 October 1989	22	****	West Perth	0	0	0	0
44	Aaron Cornelius	192	86	25 May 1990	21	2009	Tassie Mariners U18	0	0	6	9
Rookie List
№	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of Birth	Age in 2011	Debut	Recruited from	2011 Games	2011 Goals	Career Games	Career Goals
2	Albert Proud	180	83	6 September 1988	23	2007	Mount Gravatt	0	0	29	10
25	Bart McCulloch	199	86	23 September 1990	20	****	South Launceston	0	0	0	0
27	Josh Dyson	181	69	12 August 1991	20	****	Eastern Ranges U18	0	0	0	0
40	Niall McKeever	198	95	16 February 1989	22	****	County Antrim	0	0	0	0
41	Mitchell Golby	183	82	3 October 1991	20	****	Gippsland Power	0	0	0	0
45	Brad Harvey	185	83	16 April 1992	24	****	Eastern Ranges	0	0	0	0
46	Broc McCauley	200	101	20 December 1986	24	****	Southport	0	0	0	0

Player changes for 2011

In

Player	Previous Club	League	via
Rohan Bewick	West Perth	WAFL	2010 Trade Week
Jared Polec	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL	2010 AFL Draft – Pick #5
Patrick Karnezis	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	2010 AFL Draft – Pick #25
Ryan Lester	Oakleigh Chargers	TAC Cup	2010 AFL Draft – Pick #28
Josh Green	Clarence	TFL	2010 AFL Draft – Pick #32

Out

Player	New Club	League	via
Justin Sherman	Western Bulldogs	AFL	2010 Trade Week
Michael Rischitelli	Gold Coast	AFL	Uncontracted
Jared Brennan	Gold Coast	AFL	2010 Trade Week
Troy Selwood	Unknown	Unknown	Delisted
Travis Johnstone	Unknown	Unknown	Delisted
Albert Proud	Unknown	Unknown	Delisted
Bart McCulloch	Unknown	Unknown	Delisted
Broc McCauley	Unknown	Unknown	Delisted
Sean Yoshiura	Unknown	Unknown	Delisted
Brendan Fevola	Casey	VFL	Sacked

Pre-Season Results

NAB Cup

Round 1


	Pool 4
18 February 7:15pm	Essendon 1.11.1 (76)	def.	Brisbane Lions 0.2.2 (14)	Etihad Stadium	Report
18 February 8:20pm	Brisbane Lions 0.2.3 (15)	def. by	St Kilda 1.5.5 (44)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 24,158)	Report

NAB Challenge

Week 1


	Week 1
26 February 1:00pm	Western Bulldogs	def.	Brisbane Lions	Visy Park	Report
	4.3 (27) 10.5 (65) 16.7 (103) 20.8 (128)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.2 (14) 4.5 (29) 5.7 (37) 8.10 (58)

Hall 3 Higgins, Giansiracusa, Ward, Jones, Veszpremi, Moles 2 Griffen, Liberatore, Minson, Howard, Djerrkura 1		Goals	McGrath, Clark 2 Banfield, Lester, Retzlaff, Rockliff 1
Williams, Cross, Liberatore, Markovic, Higgins, Giansiracusa		Best	Rich, Banfield, Lester, McGrath, Retzlaff

Week 2


	Week 2
5 March 12:00pm	Melbourne	def. by	Brisbane Lions	Visy Park (crowd: 3,000)	Report
	4.2 (26) 6.4 (40) 9.5 (59) 12.6 (78)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.4 (22) 7.8 (50) 13.9 (87) 16.11 (107)	Umpires: R Findlay, S Ryan, G Fila

Maric 3 Watts 2 Martin, Jetta, Dunn, Sylvia, Petterd, Jamar, Bate 1		Goals	Power 3 Clark, Bewick, O'Brien, Rockliff, Polkinghorne, Beams 2 Lester 1
Jetta, Sylvia, Jones, Bail, Maric, Tapscott, Jamar		Best	Rich, Clark, Adcock, Power, Rockliff, Collier, Lester

Week 3


	Week 3
13 March 3:00pm	Gold Coast	def. by	Brisbane Lions	Fankhauser Reserve (crowd: 4,053)	Report
	3.2 (20) 4.4 (28) 6.9 (45) 7.12 (54)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.5 (17) 9.10 (64) 12.16 (86) 17.20 (122)	Umpires: H Kennedy, S Stewart, C Kamolins

Dixon 2 Flanagan, Fraser, Patrick, Krakouer, Matera 1		Goals	Staker 3 Clark, Rockliff 2 Power, Rich, Banfield, Black, Redden, O'Brien, Maguire, Raines, Bewick, Beams 1
Swallow, Matera, Fraser, Dixon, Tape		Best	Hanley, Staker, Rich, O'Brien, Beams, McGrath
Daye (shoulder)		Injuries	McCauley (ankle)

Regular season results

Home and Away season

Round 1


	Round 1
26 March 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Fremantle	The Gabba (crowd: 23,373)	Report
	4.5 (29) 8.6 (54) 10.7 (67) 14.8 (92)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.5 (23) 6.8 (44) 8.14 (62) 13.16 (94)	Umpires: C Donlon, S Stewart, C Kamolins Television broadcast: Fox Sports

J Brown 3 C Beams, T Banfield, D Rich 2 J Polkinghorne, J O'Brien, R Bewick, M Clark, R Lester 1		Goals	C Mayne, M Walters 2 J Pitt, D Mundy, S Hill, N Lower, N Fyfe, A Sandilands, N Suban, H Ballantyne, K Bradley 1
S Black, M Leuenberger, D Rich, T Rockliff, D Merrett, J Brown, P Hanley		Best	M Pavlich, A Sandilands, D Mundy, A McPhee, C Mayne, N Fyfe
L Power (back, replaced in selected side by Beams), J Brown (nose), B Staker (ankle)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

The Brisbane Lions lost their first home game of the season for the first time in thirteen years.

Round 2


	Round 2
3 April 1:10pm	Western Bulldogs	def.	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 22,331)	Report
	5.4 (34) 10.4 (64) 14.7 (91) 19.9 (123)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.2 (2) 3.5 (23) 4.7 (31) 6.9 (45)	Umpires: J Dalgliesh, S Meredith, S Wenn Television broadcast: Fox Sports

B Hall, Griffen, S Higgins 3 D Giansiracusa 2, M Boyd 2 J Hill, L Jones, J Sherman, J Grant, C Ward, N Djerrkura 1		Goals	J Polkinghorne, J Redden 2 R Lester, M Clark 1
R Griffen, M Boyd, A Cooney, D Cross, T Williams, T Liberatore, J Hill		Best	S Black, A Buchanan, J Adcock, R Bewick, J Redden, D Rich, T Rockliff
Nil		Injuries	M Maguire (quad) replaced in selected side by B McCauley
Nil		Reports	Nil

Justin Sherman played against his former club for the first time.

Round 3


	Round 3
10 April 1:10pm	Melbourne	def.	Brisbane Lions	MCG (crowd: 24,380)	Report
	1.1 (7) 6.3 (39) 11.7 (73) 12.10 (82)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.2 (32) 7.3 (45) 9.3 (57) 11.5 (71)	Umpires: J Schmitt, R Chamberlain, T Keating Television broadcast: Fox Sports

L Jurrah 5 J Grimes, J Bennell, L Dunn, A Wonaeamirri, J Gysberts, C Sylvia, B Moloney 1		Goals	L Power 4 T Banfield 2 J Redden, M Leuenberger, J Polkinghorne, T Rockliff, M Clark 1
M Jamar, L Jurrah, B Moloney, J Gysberts, C Sylvia, N Jones, J Frawley		Best	M Clark, L Power, J Adcock, T Banfield, S Black, A Raines, J Polec
Nil		Injuries	M Clark (dislocated finger)
Nil		Reports	Nil

The Lions lost their first three matches of the season for the first time since 1998, the year they last won the wooden spoon.

Round 4


	Round 4
	Bye: Brisbane Lions

Round 5


	Round 5
21 April 7:45pm	Brisbane Lions	def. by	St Kilda	The Gabba (crowd: 22,520)	Report
	4.4 (28) 5.6 (36) 9.9 (61) 11.10 (76)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.2 (32) 6.4 (40) 9.4 (58) 13.11 (89)	Umpires: C Donlon, C Kamolins, S Jeffery Television broadcast: Seven Network

M Clark 4 J Redden 2 J Polkinghorne, J Polec, J Adcock, L Power, T Rockliff 1		Goals	A Schneider 3 S Milne, J Gram, J Steven 2 F Ray, B Goddard, N Riewoldt, N Dal Santo 1
J Adcock, M Leuenberger, T Rockliff, D Merrett, J Redden, M Clark		Best	L Montagna, B Goddard, A Schneider, J Gram, J Steven, N Riewoldt
R Bewick (back)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

Round 6


	Round 6
30 April 7:10pm	Richmond	def.	Brisbane Lions	MCG (crowd: 37,438)	Report
	4.3 (27) 9.6 (60) 14.8 (92) 18.16 (124)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.3 (33) 5.7 (37) 12.12 (84) 14.14 (98)	Umpires: C Bowen, S Meredith, S Wenn Television broadcast: Fox Sports

J Riewoldt 5 R Nahas, J King 3 B Nason, T Vickery, M White 2 D Martin 1		Goals	L Power 4 C Beams, D Rich 2 M Clark, J Polkinghorne, T Rockliff, J Redden, T Banfield, M Leuenberger 1
N Foley, D Martin, J King, T Cotchin, B Houli, R Nahas		Best	S Black, T Rockliff, J Adcock, J O'Brien, L Power, J Redden
S Tuck (ribs)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

The Lions recorded the worst start to a season since 1998. After North Melbourne won earlier against Port Adelaide, Brisbane is the only team winless.

Round 7


	Round 7 (QClash)
7 May 7:10pm	Gold Coast	def.	Brisbane Lions	The Gabba (crowd: 25,501)	Report
	6.3 (39) 10.8 (68) 13.13 (91) 18.16 (124)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.2 (20) 6.5 (41) 11.7 (73) 17.14 (116)	Umpires: M Jennings, B Ryan, S McInerney Marcus Ashcroft Medal: Jared Brennan (Gold Coast) Television broadcast: Fox Sports

N Krakouer 5 B Matera, L Patrick, T Lynch 2 D Stanley, J Brennan, D Harris, J Daye, M Shaw, T McKenzie, S Iles 1		Goals	A McGrath 6 D Rich 3 M Clark, T Banfield 2 C Beams, J Polkinghorne, S Black, J Adcock 1
J Brennan, N Krakouer, Z Smith, M Rischitelli, G Ablett, D Harris		Best	D Rich, S Black, A McGrath, M Leuenberger, P Hanley
D Gorringe		Injuries	A Raines (concussion)
Nil		Reports	Nil

This was the inaugural clash between the Gold Coast Suns and the Brisbane Lions, also known as the Queensland Clash. Jared Brennan and Michael Rischitelli played against their former club for the first time.

Round 8


	Round 8
14 May 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Essendon	The Gabba (crowd: 24,921)	Report
	3.5 (23) 6.7 (43) 6.10 (46) 9.12 (66)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.2 (20) 6.6 (42) 10.10 (70) 15.12 (102)	Umpires: B Ritchie, M Stevic, C Kamolins Television broadcast: Network Ten / One HD

A McGrath 2 D Rich, M Clark, R Bewick, C Stiller, J Drummond, J Adcock, T Rockliff 1		Goals	D Zaharakis 4 S Crameri 3 D Hille, J Watson, K Reimers, A Monfries 2
J Adcock, D Rich, D Merrett, M Leuenberger, P Hanley		Best	D Zaharakis, D Hille, A Monfries, C Hooker, D Myers
J Polkinghorne (concussion)		Injuries	M Hurley (calf) replaced in selected side by T Colyer, H Slattery (hip) replaced in selected side by M Hibberd
Nil		Reports	Nil

This match saw Michael Voss and James Hird go head-to-head for the first time as AFL coaches, almost ten years since they captained their respective sides in the 2001 AFL Grand Final. Essendon won at the Gabba for the first time since Round 8, 2000, snapping a six-match losing streak at the venue.

Round 9


	Round 9
21 May 7:40pm	Brisbane Lions	def.	North Melbourne	The Gabba (crowd: 18,404)	Report
	2.3 (15) 4.6 (30) 7.10 (52) 10.13 (73)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.1 (13) 6.7 (43) 8.9 (57) 8.11 (59)	Umpires: H Kennedy, J Schmitt, S Hay Television broadcast: Fox Sports

J Brown 4 B Retzlaff, M Clark, S Sheldon, L Power, T Banfield, J Redden 1		Goals	A Edwards 3 D Petrie, L Thomas 2 B Harvey 1
J Brown, J Adcock, J Polkinghorne, P Hanley, T Banfield		Best	B Rawlings, A Swallow, D Petrie, B Harvey, A Edwards
T Rockliff (calf)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

The Lions won their first match for 2011. They won their first match at home since Round 10, 2010 and the crowd of 18,404 was the lowest crowd for a Brisbane Lions home game at The Gabba since Round 10, 1999.

Round 10


	Round 10
29 May 2011, 12:40pm	Adelaide	def. by	Brisbane Lions	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 34,583)	Report
	3.2 (20) 5.7 (37) 6.7 (43) 8.13 (61)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.3 (9) 6.7 (43) 11.11 (77) 15.11 (101)	Umpires: C Donlon, T Pannell, S McInerney Television broadcast: Fox Sports

S Jacobs, N van Berlo, C Knights, R Henderson, M Wright, B Smith, P Dangerfield, T Walker 1		Goals	A McGrath 4 T Banfield 3 M Clark, B Retzlaff 2 T Collier, L Power, D Rich, J O'Brien 1
S Thompson, R Sloane, C Knights, R Douglas, S Jacobs		Best	M Clark, M Leuenberger, P Hanley, A McGrath, D Merrett, S Black, T Banfield
T Walker (knee), S Jacobs (finger)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

Round 11


	Round 11
4 June 7:40pm	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Sydney	The Gabba (crowd: 22,150)	Report
	1.0 (6) 2.2 (14) 5.8 (38) 7.9 (51)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	6.7 (43) 13.8 (84) 15.9 (99) 17.14 (116)	Umpires: M Nicholls, C Kamolins, R Findlay Television broadcast: Fox Sports

B Retzlaff, T Banfield 2 J Brown, S Black, M Clark 1		Goals	L Roberts-Thomson 3 B McGlynn, A Goodes, M Mattner 2 J Kennedy, C Bird, T Dennis-Lane, S Reid, R O'Keefe, A Johnson, M Seaby, J McVeigh 1
M Leuenberger, J Redden, J Polkinghorne, P Hanley, D Merrett		Best	A Goodes, J Bolton, C Bird, R O'Keefe, N Malceski, J McVeigh, L Roberts-Thomson
Nil		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

Round 12


	Round 12
12 June 1:10pm	Carlton	def.	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 43,617)	Report
	4.4 (28) 8.8 (56) 14.9 (93) 19.10 (124)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.3 (15) 3.5 (23) 4.8 (32) 9.9 (63)	Umpires: D Margetts, H Kennedy, B Ryan Television broadcast: Fox Sports

A Walker 5 E Betts 3 J Garlett, D Ellard, M Murphy 2 L Henderson, J Russell, Z Tuohy, S Hampson, A Carrazzo 1		Goals	J Brown 3 A McGrath, M Clark 2 D Rich, T Collier 1
K Simpson, C Judd, M Murphy, H Scotland, A Walker, Z Tuohy		Best	J Redden, T Rockliff, S Black, M Clark
Nil		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

Round 13


	Round 13
18 June 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Richmond	The Gabba (crowd: 21,510)	Report
	4.2 (26) 7.6 (48) 10.9 (69) 14.10 (94)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.5 (17) 7.9 (51) 12.13 (85) 18.17 (125)	Umpires: S McBurney, J Schmitt, S Hay Television broadcast: Fox Sports

J Brown, M Clark, Banfield, P Karnezis, J Redden 2 P Hanley, R Harwood, J Polkinghorne, R Bewick 1		Goals	D Martin 5 T Vickery 4 J Riewoldt, B Miller 2 B Deledio, R Nahas, N Foley, S Grigg, T Cotchin 1
M Leuenberger, J Redden, T Rockliff, P Hanley, T Banfield, M Maguire		Best	T Cotchin, D Martin, T Vickery, B Houli, A Rance, N Foley
M Clark (ankle); T Banfield (hamstring)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	J King (striking)

Round 14


	Round 14
25 June 5:40pm	Fremantle	def.	Brisbane Lions	Patersons Stadium (crowd: 30,330)	Report
	2.5 (17) 5.6 (36) 10.8 (68) 12.16 (88)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.1 (25) 7.5 (47) 10.5 (65) 10.5 (65)	Umpires: S Ryan, T Pannell, T Keating Television broadcast: Fox Sports

M Pavlich 5 G Broughton, C Hinkley 2 R Crowley, N Lower, M Johnson 1		Goals	J Brown, D Rich 2 R Bewick, J Polkinghorne, B Retzlaff, P Karnezis, J Redden, T Rockliff 1
M Pavlich, G Broughton, A Silvagni, N Fyfe, R Crowley, R Palmer		Best	S Black, C Stiller, T Rockliff, J Redden, D Rich, M Leuenberger
M Barlow (general soreness) replaced in selected side by R Hayden, T Mzungu (calf) replaced in selected side by C Hinkley, L McPharlin (groin), A Sandilands (foot)		Injuries	Nil

Round 15


	Round 15
3 July 1:10pm	Brisbane Lions	def.	Port Adelaide	The Gabba (crowd: 17,276)	Report
	4.1 (25) 7.3 (45) 13.5 (83) 15.9 (99)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.2 (26) 8.5 (53) 13.8 (86) 13.10 (88)	Umpires: R Chamberlain, S Hay, B Ryan Television broadcast: Fox Sports

J Brown 4 L Power 3 P Karnezis, S Sheldon, A McGrath 2 R Bewick, C Stiller 1		Goals	J Schulz 7 B Ebert 2 D Rodan, S Phillips, D Cassisi, R Gray 1
S Black, L Power, J Brown, A McGrath, J Adcock, A Raines		Best	J Schulz, H Hartlett, D Cassisi, R Gray, T Boak
Nil		Injuries	S Phillips (shoulder)

Substitutes
The crowd of 17,276 was the lowest crowd for a Brisbane Lions home game at the Gabba since Round 22, 1998.

Round 16


	Round 16
9 July 2:10pm	Hawthorn	def.	Brisbane Lions	Aurora Stadium (crowd: 14,604)	Report
	5.2 (32) 6.5 (41) 10.8 (68) 16.9 (105)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.2 (8) 4.4 (28) 8.5 (53) 9.9 (63)	Umpires: H Kennedy, S Grun, T Pannell Television broadcast: Fox Sports

L Franklin, B Whitecross, D Hale 3 P Puopolo 2 M Osborne, B Guerra, I Smith, L Shiels, L Hodge 1		Goals	J Brown 3 P Karnezis, J Redden 2 S Sheldon, L Power 1
J Gibson, L Hodge, S Mitchell, L Franklin, B Whitecross, M Bailey, X Ellis, D Hale		Best	T Rockliff, S Black, J Redden, P Hanley, P Karnezis, J Brown, L Power
Nil		Injuries	A McGrath (lower leg), J O'Brien replaced in selected side by R Bewick

Round 17


	Round 17
17 July 2:10pm	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Geelong	The Gabba (crowd: 19,906)	Report
	4.6 (30) 8.8 (56) 13.11 (89) 15.14 (104)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.4 (22) 9.4 (58) 13.8 (86) 20.13 (133)	Umpires: H Kennedy, C Bowen, T Pannell, B Ryan Television broadcast: Seven Network

T Banfield 4 M Clark 3 P Karnezis, J Hawksley 2 S Sheldon, L Power, A McGrath, T Rockliff 1		Goals	J Podsiadly 8 T Hawkins 3 J Corey, A Christensen 2 T Hunt, T Varcoe, S Johnson, M Stokes, J Bartel 1
M Leuenberger, S Black, T Banfield, A Raines, P Hanley, T Rockliff		Best	J Podsiadly, J Bartel, J Corey, A Christensen, H Taylor, M Stokes
J Brown (face)		Injuries	Nil


This match saw Michael Voss and Chris Scott go head-to-head for the first time as AFL coaches. Jonathan Brown went off the ground after an accidental collision involving Mitch Clark, which was his second of the season.

Round 18


	Round 18
23 July 2:10pm	North Melbourne	def.	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 20,809)	Report
	4.7 (31) 8.10 (58) 13.16 (88) 17.20 (122)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.0 (24) 8.5 (53) 10.7 (67) 11.11 (77)	Umpires: J Dalgliesh, R Chamberlain, T Pannell Television broadcast: Network Ten / One HD

C Pedersen, D Petrie 3 R Bastinac, A Edwards, T Goldstein, K Harper, D Wells 2 B Warren 1		Goals	A Cornelius, P Karnezis 2 T Banfield, S Black, M Clark, J Hawksley, J Polkinghorne, L Power, T Rockliff 1
R Bastinac, Harvey, J Ziebell, A Swallow, D Petrie, L Adams, A Edwards, T Goldstein, S McMahon		Best	S Black, T Rockliff, J Redden, A Raines, M Leuenberger, J Adcock

M Firrito (striking) reported for striking S Black in the second quarter		Reports	Nil

Round 19


	Round 19
	Bye: Brisbane Lions

Round 20


	Round 20
7 August 1:10pm	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Adelaide	The Gabba (crowd: 17,930)	Report
	5.1 (31) 11.6 (72) 14.7 (91) 16.8 (105)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	6.3 (39) 9.5 (59) 10.11 (71) 16.14 (110)	Umpires: C Kamolins, J Armstrong, S McInerney Television broadcast: Fox Sports

A Cornelius 4 A McGrath 3 M Clark, P Karnezis 2 P Hanley, M Leuenberger, T Banfield, J Polkinghorne, T Rockliff 1		Goals	T Walker 4 J Gunston 3 N van Berlo, G Johncock, M Wright 2 R Henderson, S Jacobs, A Riley 1
T Rockliff, S Black, P Hanley, B Staker, A Cornelius, A McGrath		Best	S Thompson, N van Berlo, J Gunston, S Jacobs, R Sloane
J Patfull (hand)		Injuries	C Knights (hip)

Round 21


	Round 21 (QClash)
13 August 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	def.	Gold Coast	The Gabba (crowd: 23,565)	Report
	5.2 (32) 7.5 (47) 10.11 (71) 18.15 (123)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.4 (10) 3.6 (24) 4.9 (33) 8.13 (61)	Umpires: B Rosebury, H Ryan, S Wenn Marcus Ashcroft Medal: Simon Black (Brisbane Lions) Television broadcast: Fox Sports

B Staker, M Clark, J Polkinghorne, S Sheldon, T Banfield, M Leuenberger 2 S Black, A Raines, J Adcock, P Hanley, C Stiller, P Karnezis 1		Goals	M Rischitelli, Shaw 2 G Ablett, J Fraser, D Stanley, H Bennell 1
S Black, J Redden, M Leuenberger, B Staker, T Rockliff, J Drummond		Best	N Bock, Ablett, T McKenzie, J Brennan, S Iles

Round 22


	Round 22
20 August 7:10pm	Collingwood	def.	Brisbane Lions	MCG (crowd: 47,788)	Report
	2.4 (16) 7.10 (52) 12.16 (88) 14.18 (102)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.5 (23) 5.6 (36) 6.6 (42) 13.6 (84)	Umpires: J Dalgliesh, R Findlay, S Jeffery Television broadcast: Network Ten / One HD

T Cloke 5 T Young, A Fasolo, D Swan 2 L Brown, B Sinclair 1		Goals	A McGrath 3 A Cornelius, T Rockliff, B Staker 2 T Banfield, N McKeever, L Power, S Sheldon 1

Round 23


	Round 23
27 August 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	def. by	West Coast	The Gabba (crowd: 13,500)	Report
	4.4 (28) 7.6 (48) 9.12 (66) 11.15 (81)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.2 (32) 5.5 (35) 9.10 (64) 13.11 (89)	Umpires: S McBurney, B Ryan, J Mollison Television broadcast: Fox Sports

T Rockliff 2 J Drummond, P Karnezis, J Polkinghorne, L Power, J Redden, D Rich, S Sheldon, J Adcock, A Cornelius 1		Goals	C Masten 3 M Nicoski 2 A Gaff, A Hams, J Kennedy, M LeCras, Q Lynch, B Ebert, M Priddis, L Shuey 1
Black, A Raines, D Rich, P Hanley, T Rockliff		Best	Q Lynch, A Gaff, M Priddis, C Masten, L Shuey
B Staker (knee), T Banfield (hamstring)		Injuries	D Cox (eye)
Nil		Reports	J Kennedy (West Coast) for striking M Golby in the fourth quarter

Round 24


	Round 24
3 September 4:10pm	Sydney	def.	Brisbane Lions	SCG (crowd: 27,721)	Live Score
	3.3 (21) 11.7 (73) 14.9 (93) 18.11 (119)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.3 (27) 6.6 (42) 9.9 (63) 9.13 (67)	Umpires: D Margetts, R Chamberlain, S Meredith Television broadcast: Fox Sports

A Goodes, J Bolton 4 G Rohan, M Spangher 3 L Parker 2 D Hannebery, N Malceski 1		Goals	A McGrath 3 P Karnezis 2 A Cornelius, J Hawksley, J Redden, D Rich 1

Ladder

2011 AFL Ladder

Team

P

W

L

D

PF

PA

%

Pts

1

Collingwood

22

20

2

0

2592

1546

167.66

80

2

Geelong (P)

22

19

3

0

2548

1619

157.38

76

3

Hawthorn

22

18

4

0

2355

1634

144.12

72

4

West Coast

22

17

5

0

2235

1715

130.32

68

5

Carlton

22

14

7

1

2225

1700

130.88

58

6

St Kilda

22

12

9

1

1891

1677

112.76

50

7

Sydney

22

12

9

1

1897

1735

109.34

50

8

Essendon

22

11

10

1

2217

100.00

46

9

North Melbourne

22

10

12

0

2106

2082

101.15

40

10

Western Bulldogs

22

9

13

0

2060

2155

95.59

36

11

Fremantle

22

9

13

0

1791

2155

83.11

36

12

Richmond

22

8

13

1

2069

2396

86.35

34

13

Melbourne

22

8

13

1

1974

2315

85.27

34

14

Adelaide

22

7

15

0

1742

2193

79.43

28

15

Brisbane Lions

22

4

18

0

1814

2240

80.98

16

Port Adelaide

22

3

19

0

1718

2663

64.51

12

17

Gold Coast

22

3

19

0

1534

2726

56.27

12

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

Leading Goalkickers

Rank	Player	Goals	Behinds	Best Performance
Rank	Player	Goals	Behinds	G.B (Pts)	Round and Opponent
1	Mitch Clark	25	12	4.1 (25)	Round 5 v St Kilda
2	Jonathan Brown	22	11	4.1 (25)	Round 9 v North Melbourne; Round 15 v Port Adelaide
3	Todd Banfield	21	14	4.2 (25)	Round 17 v Geelong
4	Ashley McGrath	20	9	6.0 (36)	Round 7 v Gold Coast
5	Luke Power	17	9	4.2 (26)	Round 6 v Richmond
6	Patrick Karnezis	13	7	2.3 (15)	Round 16 v Hawthorn
7	Daniel Rich	12	11	3.3 (21)	Round 7 v Gold Coast
8	Jack Redden	12	4	2.1 (13)	Round 5 v St Kilda
9	James Polkinghorne	11	14	2.1 (13)	Round 2 v Western Bulldogs
10	Tom Rockliff	8	7	2.0 (12)	Round 6 v Richmond; Round 18 v North Melbourne

Awards and Milestones

Milestones

Round	Player	Milestone
1	Joel Patfull	100 games
	Ryan Lester	Debut
	Rohan Bewick	Debut
	Claye Beams	Debut
2	Broc McCauley	Debut
3	Jared Polec	Debut
5	Daniel Rich	50 games
5	Michael Voss	50 games coached
7	Matthew Leuenberger	50 games
7	Bryce Retzlaff	Debut
8	Luke Power	300 official AFL games
9	Josh Green	Debut
12	James Polkinghorne	50 games
12	Mitchell Golby	Debut
14	Niall McKeever	Debut
20	Jack Redden	50 games
20	Josh Dyson	Debut

References

↑ Senior List lions.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2009.

External links

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