Brisbane Lions

2009 season
Coach	Michael Voss
Chairman	Tony Kelly
Australian Football League	6th (Semi Finals)
NAB Cup	Quarter Finals
Top goalscorer	Jonathan Brown (85)
Highest home attendance	34,912 vs. Collingwood (April 17, 2009)
Lowest home attendance	23,750 vs. Melbourne (June 27, 2009)
Average home attendance	29,467
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This article covers the 2009 AFL season results for AFL team, the Brisbane Lions.

Contents 1 Squad for 2009 2 Player Changes 2.1 In 2.2 Out 3 Ladder 4 NAB Cup 5 Regular season 5.1 Home and Away Season 5.1.1 Finals Series 6 Statistics 6.1 Leading Goalkickers 7 Round by Round Overview 8 Awards 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Squad for 2009

Statistics are correct as of start of 2009 season.

Senior List[1]
№	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of Birth	Age in 2009	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
1	Mitchell Clark	198	95	October 19, 1987	22	2006	East Fremantle	22	18
2	Albert Proud	180	83	September 6, 1988	21	2007	Mt Gravatt	9	0
3	Sam Sheldon	183	80	October 19, 1987	22	2009	Hailebury College/Oakleigh U18	0	0
4	Travis Johnstone	184	83	July 17, 1980	29	1998	Chelsea/Dandenong U18/Melbourne	178	128
5	Scott Harding	181	82	June 19, 1986	23	2006	Morningside	33	9
6	Luke Power	179	78	January 8, 1980	29	1998	Balwyn/Oakleigh U18	217	192
7	Jed Adcock	184	85	November 15, 1985	24	2004	Maryborough/North Ballarat U18	75	23
8	Tim Notting	188	90	October 21, 1978	31	1998	Navarre/Ballarat U18	196	132
9	Ashley McGrath	182	81	May 20, 1983	26	2001	South Fremantle	113	99
10	Daniel Rich	184	83	June 7, 1990	19	2009	Subiaco	0	0
11	Justin Sherman	184	87	January 26, 1987	22	2005	Clarence/Tasmania U18	73	43
12	James Hawksley	187	77	February 5, 1989	20	2008	Peel Thunder	4	0
13	Kieran King	180	81	March 5, 1991	18	****	East Fremantle	0	0
14	Lachlan Henderson	196	92	December 14, 1989	20	2007	Geelong U18	8	3
15	Matt Tyler	194	85	January 20, 1988	21	****	North Ballarat U18	0	0
16	Jonathan Brown	195	102	October 29, 1981	28	2000	Geelong U18	160	338
17	Jared Brennan	192	95	July 28, 1984	25	2003	Southern Districts	81	56
18	Todd Banfield	182	75	June 28, 1990	19	****	Swan Districts	0	0
19	Jamie Charman	197	102	July 16, 1982	27	2001	Northern Eagles	126	55
20	Simon Black	186	83	April 3, 1979	30	1998	East Fremantle	233	143
21	Daniel Merrett	196	104	December 12, 1984	25	2005	Southport	68	16
22	Tom Collier	192	84	March 25, 1989	20	2008	Tasmanian Devils	6	1
23	Matthew Leuenberger	203	98	June 7, 1988	21	2007	East Perth	19	3
24	Joel Patfull	190	89	December 7, 1984	25	2006	Norwood/Port Adelaide	58	19
25	Bart McCulloch	199	86	September 23, 1990	19	****	South Launceston	0	0
26	Joel Macdonald	187	88	October 10, 1984	25	2004	Mt Gravatt	58	6
28	Troy Selwood	187	85	May 1, 1984	25	2005	Bendigo U18	60	8
29	Jason Roe	192	87	March 13, 1984	25	2006	Cairns City Cobras/Collingwood/North Adelaide	42	6
30	Jack Redden	189	74	December 9, 1990	19	2009	Glenelg	0	0
31	James Polkinghorne	183	81	January 21, 1989	20	2008	Calder U18	4	0
32	Cheynee Stiller	186	82	May 3, 1986	23	2006	Northern Eagles	45	12
33	Rhan Hooper	177	78	January 9, 1988	21	2006	Mt Gravatt	39	36
34	Bradd Dalziell	184	82	March 15, 1987	22	2008	East Fremantle	7	1
35	Michael Rischitelli	184	82	January 8, 1986	23	2005	Western U18	65	27
36	Daniel Bradshaw	191	95	November 21, 1978	31	1996	Wodonga/Brisbane Bears	201	438
37	Matt Austin	187	75	March 30, 1989	20	2009	North Ballarat U18	0	0
38	Tom Rockliff	184	83	February 22, 1990	19	2009	Murray Bushrangers U18	0	0
39	Josh Drummond	188	87	April 19, 1983	26	2005	Northern Eagles	45	22
41	Scott Clouston	193	91	February 2, 1987	22	2008	Morningside	2	1
42	Pearce Hanley	184	83	November 15, 1988	21	2008	Ballaghaderreen (Ireland)	2	0
44	Aaron Cornelius	192	86	May 25, 1990	19	2009	Tassie Mariners U18	0	0
Rookie List[2]
№	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of Birth	Age in 2009	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
27	Pat Garner	194	96	March 16, 1987	22	****	Western Magpies	0	0
43	Daniel Murray	199	98	May 3, 1990	19	****	East Perth	0	0
45	Daniel Dzufer	188	83	January 11, 1988	21	2007	Suncoast Lions	1	0
46	Adam Spackman	184	80	March 4, 1989	20	****	Morningside	0	0
47	Joel Tippett	194	88	October 26, 1988	21	****	Southport	0	0

[edit] Player Changes

[edit] In

Player	Original Club	League	via
Daniel Rich	Subiaco Football Club	WAFL	2008 National Draft - pick #7
Jack Redden	Glenelg	SANFL	2008 National Draft - pick #25
Todd Banfield	Swan Districts	WAFL	2008 National Draft - pick #41
Aaron Cornelius	Tassie Devils	VFL	2008 National Draft - pick #57
Bart McCulloch	South Launceston Football Club	TFL	2008 National Draft - pick #69
Kieran King	East Fremantle	WAFL	2008 National Draft - pick #81
Tom Rockliff	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	2008 Pre-Season Draft - pick #5

[edit] Out

Player	New Club	League	via
Beau McDonald	Brisbane Lions (Assistant Coach)	AFL	Retired
Nigel Lappin	Geelong (Assistant Coach)	AFL	Retired
Robert Copeland	Aspley Hornets	AFLQ	delisted
Haydyn Kiel	Unknown	Unknown	delisted
Matthew Moody	Unknown	Unknown	delisted
Wayde Mills	Unknown	Unknown	delisted
Chris Schmidt	Adelaide	AFL	2008 Rookie Draft - pick #26
Anthony Corrie	Collingwood	AFL	2008 Trade Week
Colm Begley	St Kilda	AFL	2008 National Draft - pick #83

[edit] Ladder

2009 AFL Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	St Kilda	22	20	2	0	2197	1411	155.71	80
2	Geelong (P)	22	18	4	0	2312	1815	127.38	72
3	Western Bulldogs	22	15	7	0	2378	1940	122.58	60
4	Collingwood	22	15	7	0	2174	1778	122.27	60
5	Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2104	1789	117.61	56
6	Brisbane Lions	22	13	8	1	2017	1890	106.72	54
7	Carlton	22	13	9	0	2270	2055	110.46	52
8	Essendon	22	10	11	1	2080	2127	97.79	42
9	Hawthorn	22	9	13	0	1962	2120	92.55	36
10	Port Adelaide	22	9	13	0	1990	2244	88.68	36
11	West Coast	22	8	14	0	1893	2029	93.30	32
12	Sydney	22	8	14	0	1888	2027	93.14	32
13	North Melbourne	22	7	14	1	1680	2015	83.37	30
14	Fremantle	22	6	16	0	1747	2259	77.34	24
15	Richmond	22	5	16	1	1774	2388	74.29	22
16	Melbourne	22	4	18	0	1706	2285	74.66	16
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against								view • talk • edit

[edit] NAB Cup

Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Home or Away	Venue	Attendance	Scores			Report
						Result	Home	Away
1	Saturday, 14 February (6:10pm)	St Kilda	Home	Carrara Stadium	6,013	Won by 9	1.8.8 (65)	0.8.8 (56)	AFL.com.au
QF	Friday, 27 February (7:40pm)	Essendon	Away	Telstra Dome	12,260	Lost by 2	0.9.13 (67)	1.7.14 (65)	AFL.com.au

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Home and Away Season

Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Home or Away	Venue	Attendance	Scores			Ladder pos'n	Report
						Result	Home	Away
1	Saturday, 28 March (6:10pm)	West Coast	Home	The Gabba	26,800	Won by 9	14.11 (95)	13.8 (86)	6	AFL.com.au
2	Saturday, 4 April (7:10pm)	Carlton	Away	Etihad Stadium	42,496	Lost by 19	18.11 (119)	15.10 (100)	11	AFL.com.au
3	Saturday, 11 April (7:10pm)	Sydney	Home	The Gabba	24,984	Won by 33	15.10 (100)	9.13 (67)	6	AFL.com.au
4	Friday, 17 April (7:40pm)	Collingwood	Home	The Gabba	34,912	Lost by 17	10.13 (73)	13.12 (90)	8	AFL.com.au
5	Sunday, 26 April (1:10pm)	Geelong	Away	Skilled Stadium	15,580	Lost by 93	18.18 (126)	5.3 (33)	13	AFL.com.au
6	Saturday, 2 May (7:10pm)	Essendon	Home	The Gabba	29,252	Won by 43	17.9 (111)	9.14 (68)	9	AFL.com.au
7	Saturday, 9 May (2:10pm)	Richmond	Away	MCG	34,646	Won by 26	10.11 (71)	15.7 (97)	6	AFL.com.au
8	Saturday, 16 May (7:10pm)	Adelaide	Home	The Gabba	27,767	Won by 36	18.11 (119)	12.11 (83)	5	AFL.com.au
9	Sunday, 24 May (2:10pm)	St Kilda	Away	Etihad Stadium	30,673	Lost by 16	14.13 (97)	13.3 (81)	6	AFL.com.au
10	Saturday, 30 May (2:10pm)	North Melbourne	Away	Etihad Stadium	21,583	Won by 18	12.9 (81)	15.9 (99)	4	AFL.com.au
11	Saturday, 6 June (7:10pm)	Carlton	Home	The Gabba	33,790	Lost by 6	16.10 (106)	16.16 (112)	6	AFL.com.au
12	Sunday, 14 June (1:10pm)	Hawthorn	Away	Aurora Stadium	16,710	Won by 42	7.9 (51)	13.15 (93)	5	AFL.com.au
13	Sunday, 27 June (7:10pm)	Melbourne	Home	The Gabba	23,750	Won by 55	16.15 (111)	8.8 (56)	5	AFL.com.au
14	Saturday, 4 July (2:40pm)	Port Adelaide	Away	AAMI Stadium	20,293	Lost by 48	19.14 (128)	11.14 (80)	6	AFL.com.au
15	Saturday, 11 July (7:10pm)	Geelong	Home	The Gabba	34,274	Won by 43	16.12 (108)	9.11 (65)	6	AFL.com.au
16	Saturday, 18 July (5:40pm)	Fremantle	Away	Subiaco Oval	22,595	Won by 15	7.5 (47)	9.8 (62)	5	AFL.com.au
17	Saturday, 25 July (7:10pm)	North Melbourne	Home	The Gabba	25,509	Won by 41	17.14 (116)	11.9 (75)	6	AFL.com.au
18	Saturday, 1 August (7:10pm)	Collingwood	Away	MCG	47,268	Lost by 40	12.23 (95)	8.7 (55)	6	AFL.com.au
19	Saturday, 8 August (7:10pm)	Essendon	Away	MCG	41,636	Drew	13.9 (87)	12.15 (87)	5	AFL.com.au
20	Saturday, 15 August (7:10pm)	Western Bulldogs	Home	The Gabba	33,421	Lost by 18	12.12 (84)	15.12 (102)	7	AFL.com.au
21	Saturday, 22 August (7:10pm)	Port Adelaide	Home	The Gabba	26,437	Won by 15	16.11 (107)	14.8 (92)	7	AFL.com.au
22	Saturday, 29 August (7:10pm)	Sydney	Away	S.C.G.	27,933	Won by 8	14.8 (92)	15.10 (100)	6	AFL.com.au

[edit] Finals Series

Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Home or Away	Venue	Attendance	Scores			Report
						Result	Home	Away
EF	Saturday, 5 September (7:30pm)	Carlton	Home	The Gabba	32,702	Won by 7	16.15 (111)	15.14 (104)	AFL.com.au
SF	Friday, 11 September (7:45pm)	Western Bulldogs	Away	MCG	47,030	Lost by 51	16.11 (107)	8.8 (56)	AFL.com.au

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Leading Goalkickers

Rank	Player	Goals	Finals	Best Performance
				Goals	Round and Opponent
1	Jonathan Brown	78	7	8	Round 17 v North Melbourne
2	Daniel Bradshaw	50	8	6	Round 2 v Carlton
3	Justin Sherman	28	2	3	Round 3 v Sydney; Round 8 v Adelaide
4	James Polkinghorne	15	0	2	Round 8 v Adelaide; Round 9 v St Kilda; Round 10 v North Melbourne; Round 13 v Melbourne; Round 15 v Geelong; Round 17 v North Melbourne
5	Daniel Rich	13	1	2	Round 13 v Melbourne; Round 18 v Essendon

[edit] Round by Round Overview

This section requires expansion.

[edit] Awards

Award	Recipient	Awarded by
2009 AFL Rising Star	Rich, Daniel Daniel Rich	AFL
AFLPA Award for Best First Year Player	Rich, Daniel Daniel Rich	AFL
AFLPA Award for Best Captain	Brown, Jonathan Jonathan Brown	AFL
Member of the 2009 All-Australian team (Half-forward flank)	Brown, Jonathan Jonathan Brown	AFL

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club
• Official Website of the Australian Football League
• Brisbane Lions 2009 season at FinalSiren.com

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