Brisbane Broncos 1991
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The 1991 Brisbane Broncos
season was he fourth in the club's history. They competed in the NSWRL's 1991 Winfield Cup premiership and failed to reach the finals, finishing 7th (out of 16).
Three Broncos players, Paul Hauff
, Willie Carne
and Andrew Gee
were selected to make their international debuts for Australia in 1991.
became the first Bronco to score four tries in a match in round 20. However they didn't perforom cinsistently enough during the season, only gaining momentum in August, when they won their last five matches straight. The club finished the season in seventh place, missing the finals despite winning their last 5 games consecutively and finishing with the second best points scored total in the League.
*Game following a State of Origin
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Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...
season was he fourth in the club's history. They competed in the NSWRL's 1991 Winfield Cup premiership and failed to reach the finals, finishing 7th (out of 16).
Three Broncos players, Paul Hauff
Paul Hauff
Paul Hauff is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s. A Queensland state of Origin and Australian international representative fullback, he played his whole top-level career in Australia for the Brisbane Broncos, later moving to their sister club in England, the London...
, Willie Carne
Willie Carne
William Carne is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for the Brisbane Broncos from 1990 to 1996, as well as representing both Queensland and Australia...
and Andrew Gee
Andrew Gee
Andrew Gee is an Australian rugby league administrator and the current football operations manager at the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL...
were selected to make their international debuts for Australia in 1991.
Season summary
In the 1991 NSWRL season the Broncos again won the Panasonic Cup competition. In round 16 they were kept scoreless by the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, the first team ever to do so. Steve RenoufSteve Renouf
Stephen Renouf is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 90s and 2000s. Of Aboriginal and European descent, he was known as one of the sport's greatest centres. Renouf set numerous records for the Brisbane Broncos club and is considered one of the greatest...
became the first Bronco to score four tries in a match in round 20. However they didn't perforom cinsistently enough during the season, only gaining momentum in August, when they won their last five matches straight. The club finished the season in seventh place, missing the finals despite winning their last 5 games consecutively and finishing with the second best points scored total in the League.
Match results
| Round | Opponent | Result | Bro. | Opp. | Date | Venue | Crowd | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia... |
Win | 12 | 2 | 15 Mar | Lang Park | 25,126 | 4/16 |
| 2 | St George Dragons | Loss | 12 | 20 | 23 Mar | Kogarah Oval | 6,829 | 10/16 |
| 3 | Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982... |
Win | 26 | 12 | 31 Mar | Lang Park | 23,801 | 6/16 |
| 4 | Parramatta Eels Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, with their First Grade side playing their first season in the New South Wales Rugby Football League... |
Win | 26 | 13 | 5 Apr | Parramatta Stadium | 13,009 | 4/16 |
| 5 | North Sydney Bears North Sydney Bears The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. They currently compete in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 92 years of top-grade competition. The Bears are based on... |
Loss | 16 | 21 | 13 Apr | North Sydney Oval | 9,478 | 7/16 |
| 6 | Gold Coast Seagulls | Win | 30 | 4 | 21 Apr | Lang Park | 23,849 | 5/16 |
| 7 | Western Suburbs Magpies Western Suburbs Magpies The Western Suburbs Magpies are an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia... |
Loss | 16 | 17 | 26 Apr | Campbelltown Sports Ground | 10,357 | 6/16 |
| 8* | Eastern Suburbs Roosters | Loss | 16 | 24 | 11 May | Lang Park | 13,156 | 8/16 |
| 9 | Balmain Tigers Balmain Tigers The Balmain Tigers are a rugby league football club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles... |
Loss | 4 | 14 | 19 May | Leichhardt Oval | 7,023 | 11/16 |
| 10* | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Win | 40 | 2 | 31 May | Lang Park | 17,546 | 8/16 |
| 11 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Loss | 18 | 20 | 9 Jun | Lang Park | 18,922 | 11/16 |
| 12* | South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital... |
Win | 36 | 20 | 16 Jun | Sydney Football Stadium | 12,698 | 9/16 |
| 13 | Penrith Panthers Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan... |
Win | 20 | 12 | 23 Jun | Lang Park | 26,165 | 8/16 |
| 14 | Illawarra Steelers Illawarra Steelers The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level Rugby League competition from 1982, when they, along with the Canberra Raiders, were admitted into the then New South Wales Rugby Football... |
Loss | 2 | 19 | 30 Jun | Wollongong | 15,246 | 9/16 |
| 15 | Newcastle Knights Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership... |
Win | 20 | 10 | 5 Jul | Newcastle ISC | 22,682 | 8/16 |
| 16 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Loss | 0 | 26 | 14 Jul | Brookvale Oval | 18,689 | 10/16 |
| 17 | St George Dragons | Loss | 26 | 28 | 20 Jul | Lang Park | 18,367 | 10/16 |
| 18 | Canberra Raiders | Win | 18 | 8 | 28 Jul | Bruce Stadium | 17,245 | 10/16 |
| 19 | Parramatta Eels | Win | 40 | 16 | 4 Aug | Lang Park | 14,906 | 9/16 |
| 20 | North Sydney Bears | Win | 44 | 6 | 9 Aug | Lang Park | 17,622 | 8/16 |
| 21 | Gold Coast Seagulls | Win | 20 | 18 | 17 Aug | Seagulls Stadium | 12,620 | 8/16 |
| 22 | Western Suburbs Magpies | Win | 28 | 14 | 24 Aug | Lang Park | 14,628 | 7/16 |
*Game following a State of Origin
Rugby League State of Origin
State of Origin is an annual best of three series of rugby league football matches contested by the Maroons and the Blues, who represent the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales respectively...
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Ladder
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PenrithPenrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan... |
22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 483 | 250 | 35 |
| 2 | Manly-Warringah Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League's Telstra Premiership, the premier rugby league competition of Australasia... |
22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 391 | 299 | 29 |
| 3 |  North SydneyNorth Sydney Bears The North Sydney Bears are an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. They currently compete in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 92 years of top-grade competition. The Bears are based on... |
22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 345 | 303 | 29 |
| 4 |  CanberraCanberra Raiders The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982... |
22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 452 | 327 | 28 |
| 5 |  Canterbury-BankstownCanterbury Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, as well as New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions... |
22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 424 | 374 | 27 |
| 6 |  Western SuburbsWestern Suburbs Magpies The Western Suburbs Magpies are an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as they are commonly referred to, were one of the nine foundation clubs of the first New South Wales Rugby League competition in Australia... |
22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 359 | 311 | 27 |
| 7 |  Brisbane BroncosBrisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two... |
22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 470 | 326 | 26 |
| 8 |  IllawarraIllawarra Steelers The Illawarra Steelers are an Australian rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level Rugby League competition from 1982, when they, along with the Canberra Raiders, were admitted into the then New South Wales Rugby Football... |
22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 451 | 291 | 25 |
| 9 |  St. GeorgeSt. George Dragons The St George Dragons was an Australian Rugby league football club in St George, Sydney, New South Wales that played in Australia's top-level Rugby league competition from New South Wales Rugby Football League in 1921 until 1998; in 1999 they formed a joint venture with the Illawarra Steelers,... |
22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 388 | 320 | 25 |
| 10 |  Cronulla-SutherlandCronulla Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales... |
22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 384 | 441 | |
| 19 | ||||||||
| 11 |  Eastern Suburbs |
22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 337 | 487 | |
| 19 | ||||||||
| 12 |  BalmainBalmain Tigers The Balmain Tigers are a rugby league football club based in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Balmain. They were a founding member of the New South Wales Rugby League and one of the most successful in the history of the premiership, with eleven titles... |
22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 351 | 412 | |
| 17 | ||||||||
| 13 |  Newcastle KnightsNewcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership... |
22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 308 | 424 | |
| 15 | ||||||||
| 14 |  South SydneySouth Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital... |
22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 370 | 513 | |
| 14 | ||||||||
| 15 |  ParramattaParramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, with their First Grade side playing their first season in the New South Wales Rugby Football League... |
22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 351 | 534 | |
| 12 | ||||||||
| 16 |  Gold Coast SeagullsGold Coast Chargers Gold Coast were a professional Rugby league football club which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby League premiership from 1995 to 1997, and the National Rugby League premiership in 1998... |
22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 240 | 492 | |
| 5 | ||||||||
Scorers
| Player | Tries | Goals | FG | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Matterson Terry Matterson Terry Matterson is an Australian rugby league football coach and former player. He has been the coach for the Castleford Tigers of Europe's Super League since 2005.... |
0 | 38/59 | 0 | 76 |
| Steve Renouf Steve Renouf Stephen Renouf is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 90s and 2000s. Of Aboriginal and European descent, he was known as one of the sport's greatest centres. Renouf set numerous records for the Brisbane Broncos club and is considered one of the greatest... |
15 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Michael Hancock | 11 | 0/1 | 0 | 44 |
| Bob Conway | 0 | 16/30 | 0 | 32 |
| Chris Johns | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Willie Carne Willie Carne William Carne is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for the Brisbane Broncos from 1990 to 1996, as well as representing both Queensland and Australia... |
6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Trevor Gillmeister Trevor Gillmeister Trevor Gillmeister is an Australian former rugby league player who is currently signed on as an assistant coach at the Gold Coast Titans. During his playing days Gillmeister played for the Sydney Roosters, Brisbane Broncos, Penrith Panthers and the South Queensland Crushers as well as... |
6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Dale Shearer Dale Shearer Dale Shearer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative winger/fullback of Aboriginal heritage, he played club football in Queensland, New South Wales and England... |
5 | 2/6 | 0 | 24 |
| Paul Hauff Paul Hauff Paul Hauff is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s. A Queensland state of Origin and Australian international representative fullback, he played his whole top-level career in Australia for the Brisbane Broncos, later moving to their sister club in England, the London... |
5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Allan Langer Allan Langer Allan "Alfie" Langer AM is an Australian former multi-award-winning rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 90s and 2000s who works as an assistant coach for the Australian national team and Brisbane Broncos... |
3 | 3/6 | 0 | 18 |
| Gene Miles Gene Miles Gene Miles is a retired Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative centre, he played his club football in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership before joining the Brisbane Broncos whom he captained.-BRL:A... |
4 | 0/3 | 0 | 16 |
| Julian O'Neill Julian O'Neill O'Neill then played at fullback in all three games of the 1994 State of Origin series under coach Wally Lewis. During the 1994 NSWRL season, O'Neill played at lock forward for defending premiers Brisbane when they hosted British champions Wigan for the 1994 World Club Challenge. In 1994 and 1995... |
2 | 4/8 | 0 | 16 |
| Brett Plowman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Willie Morganson Willie Morganson Willie Morganson is an Australian former rugby league player.-Playing career:Morganson made his debut in 1991 for the Brisbane Broncos... |
3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Kevin Walters Kevin Walters Kevin David Walters is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is currently the assistant coach for NRL club Melbourne Storm. He joined them from French club Catalans Dragons of Europe's Super League as their head coach. Before that he was head coach of the... |
3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Kerrod Walters Kerrod Walters Kerrod Walters is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative hooker, he played most of his club football with the Brisbane Broncos, with whom he won the 1992 and 1993 NSWRL Premierships... |
3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Andrew Gee Andrew Gee Andrew Gee is an Australian rugby league administrator and the current football operations manager at the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Brett Le Man Brett Le Man -Career:While attending Cooparoo High School, Le Man played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1979.The curly-haired back-rower played in the Brisbane Rugby League for the Easts Tigers and Brisbane Brothers, winning a first-grade premiership with both clubs... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Tony Currie Tony Currie (rugby league footballer) Tony Currie is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s. He is of Aboriginal descent and played for the Australian side, State of Origin for Queensland... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Greg Dowling Greg Dowling Gregory Dowling is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. He represented both Australia and Queensland.... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mark Hohn Mark Hohn Mark Hohn is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s. A front-rower, he represented Queensland in the State of Origin on nine occasions and played one test for Australia as a reserve forward against France in mid-1994... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Andrew Tessmann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |