# 2005 Brisbane Lions season

The Brisbane Lions' 2005 season was its ninth season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

## Season summary
### Pre-season
#### 2005 Wizard Home Loans Cup

| | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | | |
| Saturday, 19 February (7:40pm) | Brisbane Lions | def. by | Melbourne | Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns (crowd: 9,486) | |
| | 0.0.2 (2) 0.3.4 (22) 0.5.6 (36) 0.7.11 (53) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 1.0.3 (12) 2.5.5 (53) 3.9.7 (89) 3.10.11 (98) | Umpires: J. Quigley, J. Schmitt, D. Morris, S. Jeffery Television broadcast: Fox Footy Channel | Umpires: J. Quigley, J. Schmitt, D. Morris, S. Jeffery Television broadcast: Fox Footy Channel |
| None | None | Super Goals | 2 Wheatley 1 Bruce | 2 Wheatley 1 Bruce |
| Bradshaw 3 Corrie 1 Power 1 Rischitelli 1 Spaanderman 1 | Bradshaw 3 Corrie 1 Power 1 Rischitelli 1 Spaanderman 1 | Goals | 4 Robertson 2 McLean 2 Yze 1 Bruce 1 Neitz | 4 Robertson 2 McLean 2 Yze 1 Bruce 1 Neitz |
| Corrie, Power, Michael, Bradshaw, Hadley, Leppitsch | Corrie, Power, Michael, Bradshaw, Hadley, Leppitsch | Best | Bizzell, Green, Robertson, Rivers, Whelan, McLean, Yze | Bizzell, Green, Robertson, Rivers, Whelan, McLean, Yze |
| Johnson (cut head) | Johnson (cut head) | Injuries | Nil | Nil |
| Nil | Nil | Reports | Nil | Nil |

### Premiership Season
#### Home and away season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores | Scores | Venue | Attendance |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Brisbane | Opponent | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | 24 March (7:40 pm) | St Kilda | 116 | 93 | The Gabba (H) | 33,369 |
| 2 | 2 April (7:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 73 | 75 | Football Park (A) | 34,892 |
| 3 | 9 April (7:10 pm) | Sydney | 81 | 87 | The Gabba (H) | 33,960 |
| 4 | 16 April (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn | 69 | 115 | MCG (A) | 27,778 |
| 5 | 24 April (1:10 pm) | West Coast | 84 | 157 | The Gabba (H) | 33,007 |
| 6 | 30 April (7:10 pm) | Essendon | 136 | 88 | Docklands Stadium (A) | 44,055 |
| 7 | 7 May (7:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 87 | 110 | The Gabba (H) | 30,639 |
| 8 | 14 May (7:10 pm) | Adelaide | 72 | 63 | Football Park (A) | 42,357 |
| 9 | 21 May (7:10 pm) | Richmond | 83 | 87 | The Gabba (H) | 33,684 |
| 10 | 28 May (7:10 pm) | Kangaroos | 93 | 112 | The Gabba (H) | 29,500 |
| 11 | 4 June (5:40 pm) | Fremantle | 106 | 67 | Subiaco Oval (A) | 34,143 |
| 12 | 11 June (7:10 pm) | Carlton | 140 | 82 | Docklands Stadium (A) | 37,880 |
| 13 | 19 June (1:10 pm) | Geelong | 116 | 47 | The Gabba (H) | 31,307 |
| 14 | 2 July (7:10 pm) | Melbourne | 166 | 92 | The Gabba (A) | 31,259 |
| 15 | 9 July (7:10 pm) | Collingwood | 133 | 55 | The Gabba (H) | 37,224 |
| 16 | 16 July (5:40 pm) | West Coast | 88 | 111 | Subiaco Oval (A) | 41,524 |
| 17 | 23 July (7:10 pm) | Essendon | 114 | 101 | The Gabba (H) | 36,077 |
| 18 | 30 July (7:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 123 | 151 | Docklands Stadium (A) | 29,200 |
| 19 | 7 August (1:10 pm) | Hawthorn | 121 | 80 | The Gabba (H) | 31,946 |
| 20 | 14 August (1:10 pm) | Sydney | 40 | 124 | Stadium Australia (A) | 43,512 |
| 21 | 20 August (7:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 51 | 81 | The Gabba (H) | 35,221 |
| 22 | 27 August (7:10 pm) | St Kilda | 47 | 186 | Docklands Stadium (A) | 46,105 |

## Ladder

2005 AFL ladder :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
| 1 | Adelaide | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2070 | 1517 | 136.5 | 68 | Finals series |
| 2 | West Coast | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2261 | 1824 | 124.0 | 68 | Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney (P) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1974 | 1696 | 116.4 | 60 | Finals series |
| 4 | St Kilda | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2407 | 1806 | 133.3 | 56 | Finals series |
| 5 | Kangaroos | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2053 | 2069 | 99.2 | 52 | Finals series |
| 6 | Geelong | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2134 | 1906 | 112.0 | 48 | Finals series |
| 7 | Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2171 | 2266 | 95.8 | 48 | Finals series |
| 8 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2028 | 2066 | 98.2 | 46 | Finals series |
| 9 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2385 | 2351 | 101.4 | 44 | |
| 10 | Fremantle | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2041 | 2038 | 100.1 | 44 | |
| 11 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2139 | 2164 | 98.8 | 40 | |
| 12 | Richmond | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2022 | 2190 | 92.3 | 40 | |
| 13 | Essendon | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2118 | 2302 | 92.0 | 32 | |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1904 | 2317 | 82.2 | 20 | |
| 15 | Collingwood | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1884 | 2425 | 77.7 | 20 | |
| 16 | Carlton | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2016 | 2670 | 75.5 | 18 | |