1997 Brisbane Lions season

June 2020 August 2019 Brisbane Lions 1997 John Northey Alastair LynchMichael Voss The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000) AFL season 8th Finals series Best and fairest Matthew Clarke Justin Leppitsch (50 goals) 21,348 vs. (18 July 1997)Brisbane Lions - All Games - By Season AFL Tables http://afltables.com/afl/teams/brisbanel/allgames.html 19 July 2018 17,123 vs. (6 April 1997) 19,550 16,769 1996 (Bears)← 1996 (Fitzroy) 1998 The Brisbane Lions' 1997 season was its first season in the Australian Football League (AFL) after its merger. Draft picks 1996 AFL draft Round Pick Player Recruited from 1 3 Rory Hilton Murray Bushrangers 2 26 Tim Notting North Ballarat Rebels Players Brisbane Lions 1997 squad #A30046; border: solid #0055A3 2px #FDBE57; #A30046; border: solid #0055A3 2px #FDBE57; Senior list 1 Richard Champion 2 Chris Johnson 3 Michael Voss (c) 4 Craig McRae 5 Nathan Chapman 6 Adrian Fletcher 7 Scott McIvor 8 Andrew Gowers 9 Brad Boyd 10 Marcus Ashcroft 11 Alastair Lynch (c) 12 Jason Akermanis 13 Brett Voss 14 Danny Dickfos 15 Steven Lawrence 16 Matthew Clarke 18 Craig Lambert 19 Michael McLean 20 Jarrod Molloy 21 Brent Green 22 Chris Scott 23 Justin Leppitsch 25 Andrew Bews 26 John Barker 27 Clark Keating 28 Ben Robbins 32 Shaun Hart 33 Darryl White 34 Scott Bamford 35 Nick Trask 36 Daniel Bradshaw 37 Nick Carter 38 Dion Scott 40 Shane Clayton 41 Matthew Kennedy 42 Tristan Lynch 44 Nigel Lappin John Northey Season summary Premiership Season Home and away season 1997 AFL season Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores Venue Attendance Brisbane Opponent 1 30 March (1:40 pm) 96 132 Football Park (A) 36,602 2 6 April (2:45 pm) 154 57 The Gabba (H) 17,123 3 13 April (2:10 pm) 75 87 Waverley Park (A) 27,947 4 20 April (2:45 pm) 109 83 The Gabba (H) 18,575 5 27 April (2:10 pm) 71 73 Football Park (A) 31,757 6 3 May (2:10 pm) 71 102 Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 37,642 7 11 May (2:45 pm) 60 139 The Gabba (H) 17,524 8 18 May (2:10 pm) 93 98 Subiaco Oval (A) 14,721 9 25 May (2:45 pm) 126 98 The Gabba (H) 19,828 10 1 June (2:10 pm) 92 89 The Gabba (H) 20,403 11 9 June (2:10 pm) 63 84 Princes Park (A) 27,904 12 15 June (2:10 pm) 135 50 Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 13,392 13 28 June (7:40 pm) 88 73 The Gabba (H) 19,560 14 6 July (2:10 pm) 68 50 The Gabba (H) 19,155 15 12 July (2:10 pm) 137 73 Princes Park (A) 16,430 16 18 July (7:40 pm) 118 87 The Gabba (H) 21,348 17 27 July (2:10 pm) 44 92 Waverley Park (A) 34,859 18 2 August (7:40 pm) 141 71 The Gabba (H) 19,635 19 8 August (7:40 pm) 59 116 Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 27,021 20 16 August (7:40 pm) 93 93 The Gabba (H) 20,835 21 23 August (7:40 pm) 102 106 The Gabba (H) 21,065 22 29 August (6:40 pm) 81 120 WACA (A) 29,402 Finals series 1997 AFL season#Finals Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores Venue Attendance Brisbane Opponent Second qualifying final 7 September (2:30 pm) 89 135 Waverley Park 50,035 Ladder Ladder BL References 1997 Category:1997 AFL season Category:1997 in sport in Brisbane