2009 Brisbane Lions season

This article covers the 2009 AFL season results for AFL team, the Brisbane Lions.

Squad for 2009

Statistics are correct as of start of 2009 season.

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

Player Changes

In

Player	Original Club	League	via
Template:Flagicon Daniel Rich	Subiaco Football Club	WAFL	2008 National draft – pick #7
Template:Flagicon Jack Redden	Glenelg	SANFL	2008 National draft – pick #25
Template:Flagicon Todd Banfield	Swan Districts	WAFL	2008 National draft – pick #41
Template:Flagicon Aaron Cornelius	Tassie Devils	VFL	2008 National draft – pick #57
Template:Flagicon Bart McCulloch	South Launceston Football Club	TFL	2008 National draft – pick #69
Template:Flagicon Kieran King	East Fremantle	WAFL	2008 National draft – pick #81
Template:Flagicon Tom Rockliff	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	2009 Pre-Season draft – pick #5

Out

Player	New Club	League	via
Template:Flagicon Beau McDonald	Brisbane Lions (assistant coach)	AFL	Retired
Template:Flagicon Nigel Lappin	Geelong (assistant coach)	AFL	Retired
Template:Flagicon Robert Copeland	Aspley Hornets	AFLQ	delisted
Template:Flagicon Haydyn Kiel	Unknown	Unknown	delisted
Template:Flagicon Matthew Moody	Unknown	Unknown	delisted
Template:Flagicon Wayde Mills	Glenelg	SANFL	delisted
Template:Flagicon Chris Schmidt	Adelaide	AFL	2008 Rookie draft – pick #26
Template:Flagicon Anthony Corrie	Collingwood	AFL	2008 Trade Week
Template:Flagicon Colm Begley	Template:AFL	AFL	2008 National draft – pick #83

Statistics

Leading Goalkickers

Rank	Player	Goals	Finals	Best Performance
				Goals	Round and Opponent
1	Jonathan Brown	78	7	8	Round 17 v Template:AFL NM
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 Template:AFL; Round 10 v Template:AFL NM; Round 13 v Melbourne; Round 15 v Geelong; Round 17 v Template:AFL NM
5	Daniel Rich	13	1	2	Round 13 v Melbourne; Round 18 v Essendon

Milestones

Round	Player	Milestone
1	Daniel Rich	Debut
6	Sam Sheldon	Debut
9	Aaron Cornelius	Debut
10	Tim Notting	200 games
15	Jack Redden	Debut
17	Jonathan Brown	400 goals
18	Simon Black	250 games
18	Tom Rockliff	Debut
Elimination Final	Jared Brennan	100 games
Elimination Final	Jason Roe	50 games

Awards

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

External links

• Official Website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club
• Official Website of the Australian Football League Template:Webarchive
• Template:AFLFinalSiren