2006 Brisbane Lions season

Brisbane Lions
2006 season
Coach	Leigh Matthews
Captain	Michael Voss
Home ground	The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
AFL season	13th
Best and fairest	Simon Black
Leading goalkicker	Daniel Bradshaw (59 goals)
Highest home attendance	34,357 vs. Essendon (8 April 2006)
Lowest home attendance	23,764 vs. West Coast (20 August 2006)
Average home attendance	28,629
Club membership	26,459
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The Brisbane Lions' 2006 season was its tenth season in the Australian Football League (AFL). The team is based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

CoachLeigh Matthews

CaptainMichael Voss

Home groundThe Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)

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Round	Overall pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from
1	9	Mitch Clark	WA	Forward / Ruckman	East Fremantle	WAFL
2	25	Wayde Mills	QLD	Full-back / Half-back	Southport	QAFL
3	41	Rhan Hooper	QLD	Utility	Mt Gravatt	QAFL
4	56	Joel Patfull	SA	Defender	Norwood	SANFL

Round	Overall pick	Player	State	Position	Team from	League from
1	6	Jason Roe	NT	Defender	North Adelaide	SANFL
2	22	Leonard Clark	SA	Ruckman	West Adelaide	SANFL
3	37	Luke Forsyth	VIC	Ruckman	Brisbane Lions	AFL
4	49	Cheynee Stiller	VIC	Ruckman	Northern Eagles	QAFL

Date	Player	Reason	Club games	Club goals	Career goals	Career games	Ref
3 August 2005	Martin Pike	Retired	106	67	247	126	^[2]
25 August 2005	Darryl White	Retired	178	59	268	165	^[3]
31 October 2005	Dylan McLaren	Delisted	46	6	46	6	^[4]
31 October 2005	Llane Spaanderman	Delisted	3	1	3	1	^[4]
31 October 2005	Tom Logan	Delisted	3	1	3	1	^[4]
31 October 2005	Travis Baird	Delisted	2	1	2	1	^[4]
31 October 2005	Leigh Ryswyk	Delisted	1	0	1	0	^[4]
31 October 2005	Luke Forsyth	Delisted	0	0	0	0	^[4]

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Brisbane	Opponent	Venue	Attendance
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores		Venue	Attendance
1	Saturday, 1 April (2:10 pm)	Geelong	38	115	Kardinia Park (A)	23,029
2	Saturday, 8 April (7:10 pm)	Essendon	115	97	The Gabba (H)	34,357
3	Thursday, 13 April (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	87	124	Docklands Stadium (A)	35,760
4	Saturday, 22 April (7:10 pm)	Richmond	82	96	The Gabba (H)	30,266
5	Saturday, 29 April (5:40 pm)	West Coast	63	122	Subiaco Oval (A)	40,519
6	Sunday, 7 May (1:10 pm)	Sydney	70	102	The Gabba (H)	29,872
7	Saturday, 13 May (7:10 pm)	Hawthorn	106	66	Carrara Stadium (A)	12,315
8	Sunday, 21 May (12:40 pm)	Port Adelaide	147	78	Football Park (A)	21,970
9	Sunday, 28 May (1:10 pm)	Fremantle	141	73	The Gabba (H)	29,999
10	Saturday, 3 June (7:10 pm)	Collingwood	83	109	MCG (A)	54,820
11	Saturday, 10 June (7:10 pm)	Adelaide	60	75	The Gabba (H)	27,516
12	Saturday, 17 June (7:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	103	145	The Gabba (H)	27,745
13	Saturday, 1 July (7:10 pm)	Carlton	71	56	The Gabba (H)	29,516
14	Saturday, 8 July (7:10 pm)	Melbourne	90	98	The Gabba (A)	25,541
15	Saturday, 15 July (7:10 pm)	Kangaroos	85	84	Docklands Stadium (A)	22,947
16	Saturday, 22 July (7:10 pm)	Hawthorn	84	74	The Gabba (H)	26,738
17	Saturday, 29 July (7:10 pm)	Essendon	123	160	Docklands Stadium (A)	32,761
18	Sunday, 6 August (1:10 pm)	Geelong	87	104	The Gabba (H)	28,055
19	Saturday, 12 August (7:10 pm)	Richmond	60	142	Docklands Stadium (A)	27,211
20	Sunday, 20 August (1:10 pm)	West Coast	52	114	The Gabba (H)	23,764
21	Saturday, 26 August (7:10 pm)	Sydney	40	97	Stadium Australia (A)	37,659
22	Saturday, 2 September (7:10 pm)	St Kilda	57	108	The Gabba (H)	27,101


	Round 1
Saturday, 1 April (2:10 pm)	Geelong	def.	Brisbane Lions	Skilled Stadium (crowd: 23,029)
	4.3 (27) 8.7 (55) 12.9 (81) 17.13 (115)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.1 (7) 1.3 (9) 2.6 (18) 5.8 (38)	Umpires: McLaren, Chamberlain, Meredith Television broadcast: Fox Footy Channel


Chapman 3 Bartel, Playfair, Ottens, Milburn, Gardiner 2 Ablett, Byrnes, Mackie, Slade 1		Goals	2 Bradshaw 1 McGrath, Clark, Akermanis
Bartel, Ablett, Byrnes, Chapman, Corey, Milburn, Enright, Ling, Scarlett		Best	Bradshaw, Sherman, Akermanis, Voss, Black



Mitch Clark made his AFL debut.

2006 Brisbane Lions season

2005 off-season list changes

Ins

National draft

Pre-season draft

Rookie draft

Outs

Retirements and delistings

Season summary

Premiership Season

Home and away season

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Ladder

References

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	Round 3 (Easter)
Thursday, 13 April (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	def.	Brisbane Lions	Telstra Dome (crowd: 35,760)
	7.3 (45) 10.6 (66) 16.9 (105) 19.10 (124)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.2 (26) 4.7 (31) 8.11 (59) 12.15 (87)	Umpires: Vozzo, Rosebury, Ellis Television broadcast: Nine Network







Cheynee Stiller made his AFL debut.


	Round 4 (Anzac Day)
Saturday, 22 April (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Richmond	The Gabba (crowd: 30,266)
	1.6 (12) 4.9 (33) 5.10 (40) 11.16 (82)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.4 (10) 4.8 (32) 10.11 (71) 14.12 (96)	Umpires: Donlon, Rosebury, Wenn Television broadcast: Network Ten


	Round 6 (Rivalry Round)
Sunday, 7 May (1:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Sydney	The Gabba (crowd: 29,872)
	3.4 (22) 4.4 (28) 8.7 (55) 10.10 (70)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.2 (32) 8.6 (54) 13.10 (88) 15.12 (102)	Umpires: Grun, Schmitt, McInerney Television broadcast: Nine Network







Jason Roe made his AFL debut.


	Round 7 (Mother's Day)
Saturday, 13 May (7:10 pm)	Hawthorn	def. by	Brisbane Lions	Carrara Stadium (crowd: 12,315)
	0.0 (0) 4.1 (25) 6.7 (43) 9.12 (66)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.1 (25) 9.8 (62) 14.9 (93) 16.10 (106)	Umpires: Donlon, Rosebury, Wenn Television broadcast: Fox Footy Channel


	Round 11 (Queen's Birthday)
Saturday, 10 June (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Adelaide	The Gabba (crowd: 27,516)
	3.3 (21) 4.8 (32) 5.11 (41) 8.12 (60)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.4 (4) 3.7 (25) 7.13 (55) 10.15 (75)	Umpires: McLaren, Quigley, Head Television broadcast: Fox Footy Channel







Marty Pask made his AFL debut.


	Round 12 (Split Round)
Saturday, 17 June (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Western Bulldogs	The Gabba (crowd: 27,745)
	4.5 (29) 7.10 (52) 12.12 (84) 14.19 (103)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	7.4 (46) 13.7 (85) 20.9 (129) 22.13 (145)	Umpires: Rosebury, Wenn, Jeffery Television broadcast: Network Ten


	Round 16 (Heritage Round)
Saturday, 22 July (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def.	Hawthorn	The Gabba (crowd: 26,738)
	1.4 (10) 5.9 (39) 11.12 (78) 11.18 (84)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.3 (33) 8.3 (51) 10.6 (66) 11.8 (74)	Umpires: Davis, Head, Meredith Television broadcast: Fox Footy Channel


	Round 22 (Father's Day)
Saturday, 2 September (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	St Kilda	The Gabba (crowd: 27,101)
	3.4 (22) 4.7 (31) 7.11 (53) 7.15 (57)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.1 (25) 10.5 (65) 12.9 (81) 16.12 (108)	Umpires: McLaren, Grun, Quigley Television broadcast: Network Ten


Sherman 4 Johnson, Adcock, Bradshaw 1		Goals	3 Brooks, Harvey, Gehrig 2 Milne 1 Riewoldt, Goddard, Koschitzke, Gram, L. Fisher
Voss, Adcock, Sherman, Black, Merrett, Harding		Best	Ball, Dal Santo, Baker, Harvey, Brooks, Goddard, Gram
Nil		Injuries	R. Clarke (concussion), Hudghton (ankle) replaced in selected side by Blake
Nil		Reports	Nil

This was St Kilda's first win at The Gabba since Round 8, 1991, breaking an 11-game losing streak at the venue.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	West Coast (P)	22	17	5	0	2257	1874	120.4	68	Finals series
2	Adelaide	22	16	6	0	2331	1640	142.1	64
3	Fremantle	22	15	7	0	2079	1893	109.8	60
4	Sydney	22	14	8	0	2098	1630	128.7	56
5	Collingwood	22	14	8	0	2345	1965	119.3	56
6	St Kilda	22	14	8	0	2074	1752	118.4	56
7	Melbourne	22	13	8	1	2146	1957	109.7	54
8	Western Bulldogs	22	13	9	0	2311	2173	106.4	52
9	Richmond	22	11	11	0	1934	2245	86.1	44
10	Geelong	22	10	11	1	1982	2002	99.0	42
11	Hawthorn	22	9	13	0	1834	2140	85.7	36
12	Port Adelaide	22	8	14	0	1911	2151	88.8	32
13	Brisbane Lions	22	7	15	0	1844	2239	82.4	28
14	Kangaroos	22	7	15	0	1754	2167	80.9	28
15	Essendon	22	3	18	1	2021	2469	81.9	14
16	Carlton	22	3	18	1	1791	2415	74.2	14