1998 Brisbane Lions season

The Brisbane Lions' 1998 season was its second season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Brisbane Lions

1998 season
Coach	John Northey (until round 11) Roger Merrett (from round 12)
Captain(s)	Alastair Lynch/Michael Voss
Home ground	The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
AFL season	16th
Best and fairest	Chris Scott
Leading goalkicker	Justin Leppitsch (26 goals)
Highest home attendance	19,509 vs. Adelaide (23 May 1998)[1]
Lowest home attendance	14,738 vs. Hawthorn (15 August 1998)[1]
Average home attendance	16,675
Club membership	19,913
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Season summary

Premiership Season

Home and away season

See also: 1998 AFL season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores		Venue	Attendance
			Brisbane	Opponent
1	28 March (8:40 pm)	Western Bulldogs	72	118	The Gabba (H)	18,788
2	4 April (7:40 pm)	Sydney	97	135	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	32,111
3	13 April (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	87	100	The Gabba (H)	17,161
4	19 April (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	120	137	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	22,688
5	25 April (2:10 pm)	Hawthorn	83	124	Waverley Park (A)	22,366
6	1 May (7:40 pm)	Richmond	86	51	The Gabba (H)	19,219
7	9 May (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	99	82	Waverley Park (A)	23,960
8	15 May (7:40 pm)	Essendon	70	84	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	35,384
9	23 May (7:40 pm)	Adelaide	50	98	The Gabba (H)	19,509
10	30 May (2:10 pm)	Carlton	87	111	Princes Park (A)	18,317
11	7 June (2:10 pm)	Fremantle	50	121	Subiaco Oval (A)	17,452
12	14 June (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	123	123	The Gabba (H)	15,924
13	20 June (2:10 pm)	Geelong	106	80	Kardinia Park (A)	21,833
14	28 June (2:40 pm)	Collingwood	135	83	The Gabba (H)	17,275
15	4 July (7:40 pm)	West Coast	49	76	The Gabba (H)	15,369
16	18 July (2:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	86	177	Princes Park (A)	16,131
17	26 July (2:10 pm)	Sydney	89	149	The Gabba (H)	15,475
18	1 August (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	56	151	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	16,518
19	7 August (7:40 pm)	North Melbourne	86	113	The Gabba (H)	14,973
20	15 August (7:40 pm)	Hawthorn	59	94	The Gabba (H)	14,738
21	22 August (2:10 pm)	Richmond	78	155	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	27,912
22	29 August (7:40 pm)	St Kilda	92	91	The Gabba (H)	14,993

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	North Melbourne	22	16	6	0	2486	2117	117.4	64
2	Western Bulldogs	22	15	7	0	2353	2019	116.5	60
3	Sydney	22	14	8	0	2283	2143	106.5	56
4	Melbourne	22	14	8	0	2009	1956	102.7	56
5	Adelaide (P)	22	13	9	0	2172	1763	123.2	52
6	St Kilda	22	13	9	0	2148	2104	102.1	52
7	West Coast	22	12	10	0	1940	1773	109.4	48
8	Essendon	22	12	10	0	2250	2071	108.6	48
9	Richmond	22	12	10	0	2018	1926	104.8	48
10	Port Adelaide	22	9	12	1	1928	2017	95.6	38
11	Carlton	22	9	13	0	2018	2109	95.7	36
12	Geelong	22	9	13	0	1777	1963	90.5	36
13	Hawthorn	22	8	14	0	1992	2083	95.6	32
14	Collingwood	22	7	15	0	1968	2167	90.8	28
15	Fremantle	22	7	15	0	1739	2277	76.4	28
16	Brisbane Lions	22	5	16	1	1860	2453	75.8	22

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 93.6
Source: AFL Tables

Notes

• The Lions' 1998 wooden spoon came in a year in which their National Rugby League neighbours, the Brisbane Broncos, won the premiership.^[2]
• Most of the players on the Lions' 1998 playing list would later feature in their run of three consecutive premierships between 2001–03.^[3]