# 2002 Brisbane Lions season

The Brisbane Lions' 2002 season was its sixth season in the Australian Football League (AFL). In it, the club won its second consecutive premiership, and second overall.

## Season summary
### 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 | 31 March (1:10 pm) | Sydney | 110 | 87 | SCG (A) | 24,052 |
| 2 | 7 April (1:10 pm) | Hawthorn | 148 | 46 | The Gabba (H) | 25,660 |
| 3 | 13 April (7:10 pm) | Essendon | 117 | 67 | The Gabba (H) | 35,898 |
| 4 | 20 April (7:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 94 | 78 | Docklands Stadium (A) | 23,928 |
| 5 | 27 April (1:40 pm) | West Coast | 75 | 121 | Subiaco Oval (A) | 33,313 |
| 6 | 4 May (7:10 pm) | Geelong | 146 | 89 | The Gabba (H) | 27,015 |
| 7 | 12 May (1:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 129 | 72 | The Gabba (H) | 24,538 |
| 8 | 18 May (7:10 pm) | Collingwood | 111 | 114 | Docklands Stadium (A) | 46,279 |
| 9 | 26 May (1:10 pm) | Fremantle | 109 | 79 | The Gabba (H) | 21,709 |
| 10 | 1 June (7:10 pm) | Adelaide | 94 | 101 | Football Park (A) | 47,279 |
| 11 | 9 June (1:10 pm) | St Kilda | 113 | 52 | The Gabba (H) | 23,157 |
| 12 | 22 June (7:10 pm) | Kangaroos | 138 | 123 | The Gabba (H) | 27,940 |
| 13 | 29 June (7:10 pm) | Carlton | 124 | 109 | The Gabba (H) | 27,324 |
| 14 | 7 July (1:10 pm) | Melbourne | 110 | 131 | The Gabba (A) | 25,166 |
| 15 | 13 July (7:10 pm) | Richmond | 118 | 55 | Docklands Stadium (A) | 22,642 |
| 16 | 21 July (1:10 pm) | Sydney | 117 | 79 | The Gabba (H) | 25,720 |
| 17 | 27 July (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn | 124 | 68 | MCG (A) | 35,202 |
| 18 | 3 August (7:10 pm) | Essendon | 108 | 71 | Docklands Stadium (A) | 43,036 |
| 19 | 10 August (7:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 105 | 67 | The Gabba (H) | 27,443 |
| 20 | 17 August (7:10 pm) | West Coast | 136 | 89 | The Gabba (H) | 29,436 |
| 21 | 24 August (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 110 | 55 | Kardinia Park (A) | 24,003 |
| 22 | 31 August (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 84 | 90 | Football Park (A) | 46,439 |

#### Finals series

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores | Scores | Venue | Attendance |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Brisbane | Opponent | Venue | Attendance |
| Second qualifying final | 7 September (7:30 pm) | Adelaide | 115 | 44 | The Gabba | 31,854 |
| Second preliminary final | 21 September (7:30 pm) | Port Adelaide | 138 | 82 | The Gabba | 33,047 |
| Grand Final | 28 September (2:30 pm) | Collingwood | 75 | 66 | MCG | 91,817 |

## Ladder

2002 AFL ladder :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2360 | 1783 | 132.4 | 72 | Finals series |
| 2 | Brisbane Lions (P) | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2520 | 1843 | 136.7 | 68 | Finals series |
| 3 | Adelaide | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2308 | 2007 | 115.0 | 60 | Finals series |
| 4 | Collingwood | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2081 | 1897 | 109.7 | 52 | Finals series |
| 5 | Essendon | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1939 | 1847 | 105.0 | 50 | Finals series |
| 6 | Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2243 | 2245 | 99.9 | 48 | Finals series |
| 7 | Kangaroos | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2241 | 2269 | 98.8 | 48 | Finals series |
| 8 | West Coast | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2208 | 2254 | 98.0 | 44 | Finals series |
| 9 | Geelong | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1933 | 2029 | 95.3 | 44 | |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1938 | 2107 | 92.0 | 44 | |
| 11 | Sydney | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2123 | 1976 | 107.4 | 38 | |
| 12 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2335 | 2246 | 104.0 | 38 | |
| 13 | Fremantle | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1900 | 2151 | 88.3 | 36 | |
| 14 | Richmond | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1801 | 2172 | 82.9 | 28 | |
| 15 | St Kilda | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1785 | 2271 | 78.6 | 22 | |
| 16 | Carlton | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1682 | 2300 | 73.1 | 12 | |