2016 Brisbane Lions season

Brisbane Lions

2016 season
President	Bob Sharpless
Coach	Justin Leppitsch
Captain(s)	Tom Rockliff[1]
Home ground	The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
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The Brisbane Lions' 2016 season will be its 20th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Season summary

Pre-season matches

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Brisbane's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Sunday, 21 February (3:40 pm)	Gold Coast	0.6.7 (43)	0.9.14 (68)	Lost by 25 points	Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex (H)	3,807
2	Sunday, 6 March (3:40 pm) (cancelled)	St Kilda	N/A	N/A	N/A	Harrup Park Country Club (H)	N/A
3	Sunday, 13 March (12:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	2.9.11 (83)	1.17.11 (122)	Lost by 39 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	1,504

Premiership Season

Home and away season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Brisbane's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position
			Home	Away	Result
1	Sunday, 27 March (4:40 pm)	West Coast	26.10 (166)	15.12 (102)	Lost by 64 points	Subiaco Oval (A)	35,201	15th
2	Saturday, 2 April (3:35 pm)	North Melbourne	11.17 (83)	17.15 (117)	Lost by 34 points	The Gabba (H)	18,021	16th
3	Sunday, 10 April (4:40 pm)	Geelong	18.17 (125)	7.14 (56)	Lost by 69 points	Kardinia Park (A)	23,320	18th
4	Saturday, 16 April (4:35 pm)	Gold Coast	14.23 (107)	14.10 (94)	Won by 13 points	The Gabba (H)	20,041	14th
5	Saturday, 23 April (7:25 pm)	Western Bulldogs	17.18 (120)	10.7 (67)	Lost by 53 points	Docklands Stadium (A)	25,097	16th
6	Sunday, 1 May (1:10 pm)	Sydney	14.10 (94)	15.7 (97)	Lost by 3 points	The Gabba (H)	14,646	16th
7	Sunday, 8 May (4:10 pm)	Port Adelaide				Adelaide Oval (A)
8	Saturday, 14 May (7:25 pm)	Collingwood				The Gabba (H)
9	Sunday, 22 May (1:10 pm)	Melbourne				MCG (A)
10	Saturday, 28 May (1:45 pm)	Hawthorn				The Gabba (H)
11	Saturday, 4 June (2:10 pm)	Carlton				Docklands Stadium (A)
12	Saturday, 11 June (4:35 pm)	Fremantle				The Gabba (H)
13	Saturday, 18 June (1:40 pm)	West Coast				The Gabba (H)
14	Saturday, 25 June (1:40 pm)	Richmond				MCG (A)
15	Bye
16	Saturday, 9 July (4:35 pm)	Gold Coast				Carrara Stadium (A)
17	Sunday, 17 July (4:40 pm)	Greater Western Sydney				The Gabba (H)
18	Sunday, 24 July (1:10 pm)	Essendon				Docklands Stadium (A)
19	Saturday, 30 July (7:25 pm)	Port Adelaide				The Gabba (H)
20	Saturday, 6 August (7:10 pm)	Adelaide				Adelaide Oval (A)
21	Saturday, 13 August (1:45 pm)	Carlton				The Gabba (H)
22	Sunday, 21 August (3:20 pm)	Geelong				The Gabba (H)
23	Saturday, 27 August (12:00 pm)	St Kilda				Docklands Stadium (A)

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts	Qualification
1	Geelong	7	6	1	0	787	459	171.5	24	2016 finals
2	Sydney	7	6	1	0	780	502	155.4	24
3	North Melbourne	6	6	0	0	672	538	124.9	24
4	Western Bulldogs	7	5	2	0	659	452	145.8	20
5	Greater Western Sydney	7	5	2	0	765	553	138.3	20
6	Hawthorn	7	5	2	0	696	700	99.4	20
7	West Coast	7	4	3	0	688	590	116.6	16
8	Adelaide	7	4	3	0	796	687	115.9	16
9	Melbourne	7	4	3	0	765	679	112.7	16
10	Port Adelaide	6	3	3	0	549	612	89.7	12
11	Gold Coast	7	3	4	0	652	755	86.4	12
12	Carlton	7	3	4	0	487	612	79.6	12
13	St Kilda	6	2	4	0	553	625	88.5	8
14	Collingwood	7	2	5	0	585	736	79.5	8
15	Richmond	7	1	6	0	572	782	73.1	4
16	Brisbane Lions	6	1	5	0	509	719	70.8	4
17	Essendon	7	1	6	0	417	721	57.8	4
18	Fremantle	7	0	7	0	507	717	70.7	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

References

1. "Beams, Merrett To Join Leadership Group In 2016". Brisbane Lions. 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.