Brisbanes worst enemy

[swansrule100]

Toughest opponent?

The Sydney Swans and West Coast both have positive records against the Lions over the past 2-3 years. Which do you fear most?

Sydney
83%
West Coast
17%



this is off the brisbane website..... sydney are the most feared opponent of the lions

[Thunder Shaker]

Here's something interesting, of all the sides in the comp we have one of the best records at the Gabba. We don't win there particularly often, but we have the best record against Brisbane as far as aggregate scores are concerned.

6 games
4 wins to Brisbane, 2 wins to Sydney

Aggregate scores at the Gabba
Brisbane 78.79 (547) Sydney 81.61 (547)

No other side has held Brisbane to a "draw" like this at their home ground. Against all other sides, Brisbane has outscored them on aggregate.

[swansrule100]

but what about when we played the bears there?

[Thunder Shaker]

Originally posted by swansrule100
but what about when we played the bears there?

The Brisbane Bears played their home games at Carrara for the first few years.

At Carrara, we are 2 wins and 3 losses, nothing much of note here.
At the Gabba, we never beat the Brisbane Bears (3 losses).
Even at the SCG, we are only 4 wins 4 losses.

Our record against the Brisbane Bears was just about the worst in the competition, only Fremantle and Fitzroy had worse records. Then there's a LOT of daylight to Richmond, the next team:

Teams with the worst records against the Brisbane Bears
   Team        Games Wins Losses   Win %
1. Fremantle       3    1      2   33.33
2. Fitzroy        17    6     11   35.29
3. Sydney         16    6     10   37.50
4. Richmond       17    9      8   52.94

A small note: Our record against the Brisbane Lions is actually worse - 35.71% from 14 games - but our recent record is excellent.

Edit: Stats source is http://stats.rleague.com/afl/afl_index.html

[liz]

Until the two H&A victories last year, had it not been something like 7 years since we'd last beaten the Bears / Lions anywhere? I remember that fantastic win against them in 1996 that signalled the start of the great run against top teams but I think that might have been the last until 2003.

[Thunder Shaker]

Originally posted by liz
Until the two H&A victories last year, had it not been something like 7 years since we'd last beaten the Bears / Lions anywhere? I remember that fantastic win against them in 1996 that signalled the start of the great run against top teams but I think that might have been the last until 2003.

We beat the Lions twice in 1998 when they won the wooden spoon.

Other than that, prior to 2003, the last win against a Brisbane side was in 1996 against the Bears.