Brisbane Broncos 2008
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The 2008 Brisbane Broncos
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 the 21st in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2008 Telstra Premiership, the centenary season of rugby league football in Australia. The Broncos finished the regular season 5th (out of 16) but were knocked out of the finals by eventual grand finalists Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....

 for the second consecutive year.

Season summary

The Broncos started the season winning their first three games. 48-12 against the 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...

 in round 1, 20-14 against the Sydney Roosters
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

 in round 2 and 36-2 against the North Queensland Cowboys
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

 in round 3. Round 3 gave way to an attendance of 50,612 people, biggest crowd at Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium
Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium...

. The Broncos suffered their first loss of the 2008 season with a 28-8 loss to reigning premiers the Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....

 in round 4.

Round 5 saw the Broncos have a 34-22 win over the Newcastle Knights at Energy Australia Stadium. Justin Hodges
Justin Hodges
Justin Hodges is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League...

 starred with a two try effort with Michael Ennis
Michael Ennis
Michael Ennis is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. A New South Wales State of Origin representative hooker, he previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, St George Illawarra Dragons and the Newcastle Knights...

 also scoring two tries, while always looking dangerous. Round 6 was a disappointing 26-24 loss for the Broncos to the red hot Gold Coast Titans.The Titans burst out of the blocks with a 16-0 lead after 20 mins. However the Broncos fought back strongly,with a missed goal from the sideline from Michael Ennis late in the second half the difference. In round 9, the Broncos lost their first match of the season while leading at halftime when they led 12-6 at halftime to lose 30-12 against the Manly Sea Eagles, it was also Broncos first loss for the season at Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium
Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium...

. In round 10, the Broncos lost their first back-to-back losses for the season when they lost to the Cronulla Sharks
Cronulla Sharks
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales...

 13-6 at Toyota Park. The Broncos returned to the winners list with a very thrilling 30-26 win against the 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...

 at Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium
Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium...

 in round 12. Also Denan Kemp
Denan Kemp
Denan Kemp is an Australian professional rugby footballer who currently plays rugby league for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League . A speedy winger, he has previously played in the NRL for the Brisbane Broncos and the New Zealand Warriors before a brief stint in rugby...

 equalled the record for the most tries in a match for the Broncos with 4 tries against the Eels in round 12. Karmichael Hunt
Karmichael Hunt
Karmichael Neil Matthew Hunt is an Australian professional multi-code football player, currently playing Australian rules football for the newly formed Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League ....

 kicked his first ever field goal when he won the game for the Broncos 19-18 against the Wests Tigers
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs...

 in round 15. Also Nick Kenny scored his first ever try in first grade against the Tigers. The Broncos played out their first draw since round 25, 2004 and the first draw of the season with a hard fought 12-12 draw with the 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...

 at CUA Stadium in round 16. In round 20, the Broncos won their first back to back wins since round 8 with a hard fort 18-12 win over the Cronulla Sharks
Cronulla Sharks
The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales...

 at Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium
Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium...

. Joel Clinton
Joel Clinton
Joel Clinton is an Australian professional rugby league footballer with Hull Kingston Rovers of the European Super League and most previously the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League...

 has scored his first try for the Broncos in the Broncos 25-21 win over the Gold Coast Titans
Gold Coast Titans
Gold Coast Titans are an Australian professional rugby league football club, based in the Gold Coast, Queensland. The club competes in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership. It is the newest of the sixteen clubs in the league, having commenced its...

 at Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium
Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium...

 in round 24. In round 25, the Broncos secured another finals campaign with a 36-22 win over the Canterbury Bulldogs
Canterbury 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...

 at Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium
Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium...

. The Broncos will compete in their 17th straight finals series. The Broncos took on the Sydney Roosters
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

 in the Qualifying Final and the Broncos turned a 8-point halftime deficit into a 8-point win coming from 16-8 down to win 24-16 at the SFS. The Broncos season came to an end when Greg Inglis
Greg Inglis
Greg Inglis is an Australian professional rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative outside back, Inglis joined the Rabbitohs in 2011 after much controversy.Inglis is a versatile back, having played in several...

 crossed the line with 1 minute to play as the Broncos led the Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....

 14-12 in the Semi-Final at Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium
Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium...

. They lost 16-14.

Results

RoundOpponentResultBris.Opp.DateVenueCrowdPosition
Trial Central Comets Win 30 12 9 February Theodore, Queensland
Theodore, Queensland
Theodore is a town in Queensland, Australia, situated on the Dawson River. The town - like the Canberra suburb - is named in honour of Labor politician Ted Theodore, Premier of Queensland and Treasurer of Australia in the ministry of Prime Minister James Scullin...

Trial North Queensland Cowboys Win 20 10 16 February Brown Park
Brown Park
Brown Park is located at 5708 South 15th Street in the Brown Park neighborhood of South Omaha, Nebraska. The baseball field at the park is more than 100 years old, and hosted games played by Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and others.- Baseball :...

, Rockhampton
Rockhampton, Queensland
Rockhampton is a city and local government area in Queensland, Australia. The city lies on the Fitzroy River, approximately from the river mouth, and some north of the state capital, Brisbane....

Trial Canberra Raiders Loss 16 32 23 February Wade Park
Wade Park
Wade Park is a sports ground located in the town of Orange, New South Wales, Australia.The park has hosted a number of competitive A-League matches featuring the Central Coast Mariners FC - in 2006's Pre-Season against Adelaide United , and then again in 2007 when the Mariners and Queensland Roar...

, Orange
8,500
Trial Redcliffe Dolphins Win 24 22 1 March Dolphin Oval
Dolphin Oval
Dolphin Oval, based on the corner of Ashmole and Klinger Roads in Kippa-Ring, north of Brisbane, is the home ground for the Redcliffe Dolphins rugby league football club, who play in the Queensland Wizard Cup....

, Redcliffe
Redcliffe, Queensland
  Redcliffe is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region in the north-east of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia...

8,000
1 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 48 12 16 March Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium
Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium...

 
31,250 1/16
2 Sydney Roosters
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

 
Win 20 14 21 March Sydney Football Stadium  18,724 1/16
3 North Queensland Cowboys
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

 
Win 36 2 28 March Suncorp Stadium 50,612 1/16
4 Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....

 
Loss 8 28 4 April Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium
Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium...

 
13,831 1/16
5 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 34 22 13 April EnergyAustralia Stadium
EnergyAustralia Stadium
Newcastle International Sports Centre is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home ground of the Newcastle Knights and the Newcastle United Jets teams. It is owned by the New South Wales government and administered by the Hunter Region...

 
21,614 1/16
6 Gold Coast Titans
Gold Coast Titans
Gold Coast Titans are an Australian professional rugby league football club, based in the Gold Coast, Queensland. The club competes in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership. It is the newest of the sixteen clubs in the league, having commenced its...

 
Loss 24 26 18 April Skilled Park  27,176 2/16
7 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 32 18 25 April Suncorp Stadium 34,112 2/16
8 Wests Tigers
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs...

 
Win 34 22 3 May ANZ Stadium  11,177 1/16
9 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...

 
Loss 12 30 11 May Suncorp Stadium 27,469 3/16
10 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks  Loss 6 13 17 May Toyota Park
Toyota Park (Cronulla)
Endeavour Field, currently known as Toyota Stadium due to sponsorship rights, is a rugby league stadium in the suburb of Woolooware, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home ground for the Cronulla Sharks rugby league team, which represents the Cronulla and Sutherland Shire area...

 
13,431 6/16
11 Bye 5/16
12 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 30 26 30 May Suncorp Stadium 25,564 4/16
13 St. George Illawarra Dragons  Loss 10 28 6 June WIN Stadium
WIN Stadium
Wollongong Showground is a rectangular multi-purpose stadium located in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The stadium was officially opened in 1911. From 1982 until 1998 it played host to every home match for the Illawarra Steelers NRL team...

 
11,432 6/16
14 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...

 
Loss 16 34 15 June Canberra Stadium
Canberra Stadium
Canberra Stadium is a facility primarily used for rugby league and rugby union games, located adjacent to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, the capital of Australia...

 
11,157 7/16
15 Wests Tigers Win 19 18 20 June Suncorp Stadium 27,862 7/16
16 Penrith Panthers Draw 12 12 27 June CUA Stadium  9,967 7/16
17 Bye 7/16
18 Bulldogs  Loss 18 26 13 July Suncorp Stadium 37,687 7/16
19 North Queensland Cowboys Win 32 18 18 July Dairy Farmers Stadium
Dairy Farmers Stadium
The Willows Sports Complex, currently known as Dairy Farmers Stadium due to sponsorship rights, is a grass football stadium situated in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It has historically been used mainly for rugby league, and is the home ground of the National Rugby League club the North...

 
22,048 5/16
20 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Win 18 12 25 July Suncorp Stadium 27,905 5/16
21 Canberra Raiders Win 34 6 3 August Suncorp Stadium 28,103 5/16
22 New Zealand Warriors
New Zealand Warriors
The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia...

 
Loss 12 16 9 August Mt. Smart
Mt Smart Stadium
Mt Smart Stadium, formerly Ericsson Stadium, is a stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the home ground of National Rugby League team, the New Zealand Warriors...

 
13,007 5/16
23 St. George Illawarra Dragons Loss 20 24 15 August Suncorp Stadium 33,237 5/16
24 Gold Coast Titans Win 25 21 22 August Suncorp Stadium 39,737 5/16
25 Bulldogs Win 36 22 31 August Stadium Australia  7,685 5/16
26 Newcastle Knights Win 24 2 5 September Suncorp Stadium 37,552 5/16
QF Sydney Roosters Win 24 16 12 September Sydney Football Stadium 18,343
SF Melbourne Storm Loss 14 16 20 September Suncorp Stadium 50,466

Scorers

PlayerTriesGoalsField GoalsPoints
Michael Ennis
Michael Ennis
Michael Ennis is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. A New South Wales State of Origin representative hooker, he previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, St George Illawarra Dragons and the Newcastle Knights...

7 48 0 124
Denan Kemp
Denan Kemp
Denan Kemp is an Australian professional rugby footballer who currently plays rugby league for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League . A speedy winger, he has previously played in the NRL for the Brisbane Broncos and the New Zealand Warriors before a brief stint in rugby...

17 0 0 68
Corey Parker 3 27 0 66
Darius Boyd
Darius Boyd
Darius Boyd is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently playing for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL. Boyd plays at fullback, however he is also very capable as a three-quarter back, as proven by his selection for Australia and Queensland as a winger...

9 0 0 36
Justin Hodges
Justin Hodges
Justin Hodges is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League...

8 0 0 32
Sam Thaiday
Sam Thaiday
Samuel H. "Sam" Thaiday is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he has spent all of his career at the Broncos, with whom he won the 2006...

8 0 0 32
Peter Wallace
Peter Wallace
Peter James "Wal" Wallace is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL. A New South Wales City and State of Origin representative halfback, he also previously played for the Penrith Panthers club.-Early life:Wallace was born in Melbourne and moved to...

4 8 0 28
Joel Moon
Joel Moon
Joel Moon is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Salford City Reds of Super League...

5 0 0 20
Reece Robinson
Reece Robinson
Reece Robinson is an Australian professional rugby league player. He primarily plays on the wing. Robinson plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League , and is a current Lebanon national rugby league team member....

4 0 0 16
David Stagg
David Stagg
David Stagg is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. A Queensland State of Origin representative utility forward, he previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, with whom he won the 2006 NRL Premiership...

4 0 0 16
Karmichael Hunt
Karmichael Hunt
Karmichael Neil Matthew Hunt is an Australian professional multi-code football player, currently playing Australian rules football for the newly formed Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League ....

3 0 1 13
Darren Lockyer
Darren Lockyer
Darren Lockyer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He was the captain of the Australian national team, the Queensland State of Origin team and his National Rugby League club, the Brisbane Broncos. His professional career spanned between 1995 and 2011...

2 0 1 9
Tonie Carroll
Tonie Carroll
Tonie Carroll is retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. An Australian and New Zealand international representative utility, he played for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL...

2 0 0 8
Ben Hannant
Ben Hannant
Benjamin Hannant is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL...

2 0 0 8
Kaine Manihera
Kaine Manihera
Kaine Manihera is a rugby league player who currently plays for the Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup. He plays on the wing.-Playing career:...

2 0 0 8
Greg Eastwood
Greg Eastwood
Greg Eastwood is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canterbury Bulldogs in the NRL. A New Zealand international representative lock or second row forward, he previously for the Brisbane Broncos, Bulldogs in the NRL and Leeds Rhinos in the European Super League...

2 0 0 8
PJ Marsh
PJ Marsh
Peter-John "PJ" Marsh is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for a number of clubs in the National Rugby League. He has also played representative rugby league for Queensland in State of Origin. He is named after his uncle, Peter John Marsh, who was killed in a car...

1 0 0 4
Reece Robinson
Reece Robinson
Reece Robinson is an Australian professional rugby league player. He primarily plays on the wing. Robinson plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League , and is a current Lebanon national rugby league team member....

1 0 0 4
Steve Michaels 1 0 0 4
Shane Perry
Shane Perry
Shane Perry is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Norths Devils of the Queensland Cup His position of choice is in the halves...

1 0 0 4
Nick Kenny 1 0 0 4
Dave Taylor
David Taylor (rugby league)
Dave Taylor is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the National Rugby League...

1 0 0 4
Joel Clinton
Joel Clinton
Joel Clinton is an Australian professional rugby league footballer with Hull Kingston Rovers of the European Super League and most previously the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League...

1 0 0 4

Casualties

PlayerInjuryInjured RoundPossible Comeback Round
Steve Michaels Knee 7 Out For Season
Nick Emmett
Nick Emmett
Nick Emmett is an Australian professional rugby league player for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League...

Ankle 18 Out For Season

Squad

Bold Players have played International or State any year

Full Backs

Karmichael Hunt
Karmichael Hunt
Karmichael Neil Matthew Hunt is an Australian professional multi-code football player, currently playing Australian rules football for the newly formed Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League ....



Rodney Davies
Rodney Davies
Rodney Davies is a rugby union player who is currently plays for the Queensland Reds and is a former rugby league footballer.-Early life:...



Denan Kemp
Denan Kemp
Denan Kemp is an Australian professional rugby footballer who currently plays rugby league for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League . A speedy winger, he has previously played in the NRL for the Brisbane Broncos and the New Zealand Warriors before a brief stint in rugby...



Josh Hoffman
Josh Hoffman
Josh Hoffman is an Australian-born professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League.-Playing career:...



Wingers

Darius Boyd
Darius Boyd
Darius Boyd is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently playing for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL. Boyd plays at fullback, however he is also very capable as a three-quarter back, as proven by his selection for Australia and Queensland as a winger...



Reece Robinson
Reece Robinson
Reece Robinson is an Australian professional rugby league player. He primarily plays on the wing. Robinson plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League , and is a current Lebanon national rugby league team member....



Steve Michaels

Craig Frawley
Craig Frawley
Craig Frawley was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. His usual position is at wing or centre. Frawley has previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and the Canberra Raiders....



Tom Hewitt
Tom Hewitt (rugby league)
Tom Hewitt is an Australian rugby league player in the NRL competition, who plays for the Brisbane Broncos. He made his first grade debut in round 14, 2007 with the St George Illawarra Dragons against the Parramatta Eels with Parramatta snatching a 20-12 win and Tom scoring a try.Hewitt's position...



Kaine Manihera
Kaine Manihera
Kaine Manihera is a rugby league player who currently plays for the Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup. He plays on the wing.-Playing career:...

 

Centres

Justin Hodges
Justin Hodges
Justin Hodges is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League...



Nick Emmett
Nick Emmett
Nick Emmett is an Australian professional rugby league player for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League...

 

Joel Moon
Joel Moon
Joel Moon is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Salford City Reds of Super League...



Halves

Darren Lockyer
Darren Lockyer
Darren Lockyer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He was the captain of the Australian national team, the Queensland State of Origin team and his National Rugby League club, the Brisbane Broncos. His professional career spanned between 1995 and 2011...

 (c)


Peter Wallace
Peter Wallace
Peter James "Wal" Wallace is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL. A New South Wales City and State of Origin representative halfback, he also previously played for the Penrith Panthers club.-Early life:Wallace was born in Melbourne and moved to...



Shane Perry
Shane Perry
Shane Perry is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Norths Devils of the Queensland Cup His position of choice is in the halves...



Hookers

Michael Ennis
Michael Ennis
Michael Ennis is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. A New South Wales State of Origin representative hooker, he previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, St George Illawarra Dragons and the Newcastle Knights...



Michael Roberts

PJ Marsh
PJ Marsh
Peter-John "PJ" Marsh is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for a number of clubs in the National Rugby League. He has also played representative rugby league for Queensland in State of Origin. He is named after his uncle, Peter John Marsh, who was killed in a car...



Andrew McCullough
Andrew McCullough
Andrew McCullough is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League. He usually plays at hooker. While attending Brisbane State High School, McCullough played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2007...



Props

Ben Hannant
Ben Hannant
Benjamin Hannant is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL...



Nick Kenny

Sam Thaiday
Sam Thaiday
Samuel H. "Sam" Thaiday is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he has spent all of his career at the Broncos, with whom he won the 2006...



Dave Taylor

Joel Clinton
Joel Clinton
Joel Clinton is an Australian professional rugby league footballer with Hull Kingston Rovers of the European Super League and most previously the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League...



Second Rowers

David Stagg
David Stagg
David Stagg is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. A Queensland State of Origin representative utility forward, he previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, with whom he won the 2006 NRL Premiership...



Corey Parker

Ashton Sims
Ashton Sims
Ashton Sims is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the North Queensland Cowboys of the National Rugby League . A Fiji international representative forward, he previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Brisbane Broncos...



Derrick Watkins
Derrick Watkins
Derrick Watkins is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Rugby League. He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League.He is eligible to play for Wales and Australia.-External links:****...



Locks

Tonie Carroll
Tonie Carroll
Tonie Carroll is retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. An Australian and New Zealand international representative utility, he played for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL...



Greg Eastwood
Greg Eastwood
Greg Eastwood is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canterbury Bulldogs in the NRL. A New Zealand international representative lock or second row forward, he previously for the Brisbane Broncos, Bulldogs in the NRL and Leeds Rhinos in the European Super League...


Player movements

Current Signed for Source
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Darius Boyd
Darius Boyd
Darius Boyd is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently playing for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL. Boyd plays at fullback, however he is also very capable as a three-quarter back, as proven by his selection for Australia and Queensland as a winger...

signed with St. George Illawarra off contract http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24214743-5012431,00.html
Tonie Carroll
Tonie Carroll
Tonie Carroll is retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. An Australian and New Zealand international representative utility, he played for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL...

. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23034650-10389,00.html
Joel Clinton
Joel Clinton
Joel Clinton is an Australian professional rugby league footballer with Hull Kingston Rovers of the European Super League and most previously the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League...

off contract
Greg Eastwood
Greg Eastwood
Greg Eastwood is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canterbury Bulldogs in the NRL. A New Zealand international representative lock or second row forward, he previously for the Brisbane Broncos, Bulldogs in the NRL and Leeds Rhinos in the European Super League...

signed with Bulldogs off contract http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24246936-23214,00.html
Nick Emmett
Nick Emmett
Nick Emmett is an Australian professional rugby league player for the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League...

signed with St. George Illawarra contract details unknown http://www.qrl.com.au/display.php?pg_id=4284
Michael Ennis
Michael Ennis
Michael Ennis is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. A New South Wales State of Origin representative hooker, he previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, St George Illawarra Dragons and the Newcastle Knights...

signed with Bulldogs off contract http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/sport/nrl/story/0,26746,23797095-5003409,00.html
leaving Melbourne
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....

Israel Folau
Israel Folau
Israel Folau is a professional Australian rules footballer currently listed with the Greater Western Sydney Football Club in the Australian Football League . He previously played Rugby league for the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League from 2007 to 2008 where he broke the record for most...

http://broncos.com.au/index.php?page_id=3573
leaving Catalans
Catalans Dragons
The Catalans Dragons are a French professional rugby league club based in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales. They currently play in the Super League, and are the only team in the competition from outside of the United Kingdom...

Aaron Gorrell
Aaron Gorrell
Aaron Gorrell is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL. He has previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons before a spell with Catalans Dragons of Europe's Super League...

http://broncos.com.au/index.php?page_id=3573
Ben Hannant
Ben Hannant
Benjamin Hannant is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL...

signed with Bulldogs off contract http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/27/2257423.htm
Justin Hodges
Justin Hodges
Justin Hodges is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League...

off contract http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22242764-10389,00.html
Karmichael Hunt
Karmichael Hunt
Karmichael Neil Matthew Hunt is an Australian professional multi-code football player, currently playing Australian rules football for the newly formed Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League ....

Signed with Gold Coast AfL http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200606/s1674814.htm
Denan Kemp
Denan Kemp
Denan Kemp is an Australian professional rugby footballer who currently plays rugby league for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League . A speedy winger, he has previously played in the NRL for the Brisbane Broncos and the New Zealand Warriors before a brief stint in rugby...

signed with New Zealand
New Zealand Warriors
The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia...

off contract http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/29/2259335.htm?section=sport
Nick Kenny off contract http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24255671-23214,00.html
Kaine Manihera
Kaine Manihera
Kaine Manihera is a rugby league player who currently plays for the Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup. He plays on the wing.-Playing career:...

contract details unknown
Darren Lockyer
Darren Lockyer
Darren Lockyer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He was the captain of the Australian national team, the Queensland State of Origin team and his National Rugby League club, the Brisbane Broncos. His professional career spanned between 1995 and 2011...

off contract http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2004/09/06/1193265.htm
PJ Marsh
PJ Marsh
Peter-John "PJ" Marsh is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for a number of clubs in the National Rugby League. He has also played representative rugby league for Queensland in State of Origin. He is named after his uncle, Peter John Marsh, who was killed in a car...

off contract http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22690634-10389,00.html?from=mostpop
Steven Michaels off contract http://www.broncos.com.au/index.php?page_id=3674
Joel Moon
Joel Moon
Joel Moon is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Salford City Reds of Super League...

signed with New Zealand
New Zealand Warriors
The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia...

off contract http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1862938
Corey Parker off contract http://broncos.com.au/index.php?page_id=3539
Shane Perry
Shane Perry
Shane Perry is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Norths Devils of the Queensland Cup His position of choice is in the halves...

signed with Catalans
Catalans Dragons
The Catalans Dragons are a French professional rugby league club based in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales. They currently play in the Super League, and are the only team in the competition from outside of the United Kingdom...

off contract http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/sport/nrl/story/0,26746,23921988-5003409,00.html
Reece Robinson
Reece Robinson
Reece Robinson is an Australian professional rugby league player. He primarily plays on the wing. Robinson plays for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League , and is a current Lebanon national rugby league team member....

off contract
leaving St. George Illawarra Lagi Setu
Lagi Setu
Lagi Setu is a rugby league player in the NRL competition, who plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League. Next year Setu will play for Sydney Roosters.-Career:...

off contract http://www.broncos.com.au/index.php?page_id=3688
Ashton Sims
Ashton Sims
Ashton Sims is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the North Queensland Cowboys of the National Rugby League . A Fiji international representative forward, he previously played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Brisbane Broncos...

off contract
David Stagg
David Stagg
David Stagg is an Australian professional rugby league player for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the National Rugby League. A Queensland State of Origin representative utility forward, he previously played for the Brisbane Broncos, with whom he won the 2006 NRL Premiership...

signed with Canterbury
Canterbury 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...

off contract http://www.nrl.com/News/Latest/tabid/10244/default.aspx?id=53614
David Taylor
David Taylor (rugby league)
Dave Taylor is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the National Rugby League...

off contract http://broncos.com.au/index.php?page_id=3381
leaving Wests Tigers
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs...

Ben Te'o off contract http://www.broncos.com.au/index.php?page_id=3674
Sam Thaiday
Sam Thaiday
Samuel H. "Sam" Thaiday is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he has spent all of his career at the Broncos, with whom he won the 2006...

off contract http://broncos.com.au/index.php?page_id=3183
Peter Wallace
Peter Wallace
Peter James "Wal" Wallace is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL. A New South Wales City and State of Origin representative halfback, he also previously played for the Penrith Panthers club.-Early life:Wallace was born in Melbourne and moved to...

http://www.broncos.com.au/index.php?page_id=3674

Toyota Cup Results

RoundOpponentResultBris.Opp.DateVenue
1 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...

 
Loss 24 28 16 March Suncorp Stadium
Suncorp Stadium
Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium...

2 Sydney Roosters
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...

 
Loss 16 40 21 March Sydney Football Stadium
3 North Queensland Cowboys
North Queensland Cowboys
The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...

 
Win 32 10 28 March Suncorp Stadium
4 Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....

 
Win 28 24 4 April Olympic Park
Olympic Park
An Olympic Park is a sports campus for hosting the Olympic Games. Typically it contains the Olympic Stadium and the International Broadcast Centre. It may also contain the Olympic Village or some of the other sports venues, such as the aquatics complex in the case of the summer games, or the main...

5 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 26 20 13 April EnergyAustralia Stadium
EnergyAustralia Stadium
Newcastle International Sports Centre is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home ground of the Newcastle Knights and the Newcastle United Jets teams. It is owned by the New South Wales government and administered by the Hunter Region...

6 Gold Coast Titans
Gold Coast Titans
Gold Coast Titans are an Australian professional rugby league football club, based in the Gold Coast, Queensland. The club competes in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership. It is the newest of the sixteen clubs in the league, having commenced its...

 
Loss 20 30 18 April Skilled Park
7 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...

 
Loss 16 28 25 April Suncorp Stadium
8 Wests Tigers
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs...

 
Loss 18 31 3 May ANZ Stadium
9 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 42 12 11 May Suncorp Stadium
10 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks  Win 40 8 17 May Toyota Park
11 Bye
12 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 32 6 30 May Suncorp Stadium
13 St. George Illawarra Dragons  Draw 22 22 6 June WIN Stadium
WIN Stadium
Wollongong Showground is a rectangular multi-purpose stadium located in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The stadium was officially opened in 1911. From 1982 until 1998 it played host to every home match for the Illawarra Steelers NRL team...

14 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...

 
Loss 8 48 15 June Canberra Stadium
Canberra Stadium
Canberra Stadium is a facility primarily used for rugby league and rugby union games, located adjacent to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, the capital of Australia...

15 Wests Tigers Win 48 0 20 June Suncorp Stadium
16 Penrith Panthers Win 38 24 27 June CUA Stadium
17 Bye
18 Canterbury Bulldogs  Loss 16 33 13 July Suncorp Stadium
19 North Queensland Cowboys Win 34 16 18 July Dairy Farmers Stadium
Dairy Farmers Stadium
The Willows Sports Complex, currently known as Dairy Farmers Stadium due to sponsorship rights, is a grass football stadium situated in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It has historically been used mainly for rugby league, and is the home ground of the National Rugby League club the North...

20 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Win 40 4 25 July Suncorp Stadium
21 Canberra Raiders Loss 24 28 3 August Suncorp Stadium
22 New Zealand Warriors
New Zealand Warriors
The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia...

 
Win 32 12 9 August Mt. Smart
Mt Smart Stadium
Mt Smart Stadium, formerly Ericsson Stadium, is a stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the home ground of National Rugby League team, the New Zealand Warriors...

23 St. George Illawarra Dragons Win 30 22 15 August Suncorp Stadium
24 Gold Coast Titans Win 40 12 22 August Suncorp Stadium
25 Canterbury Bulldogs Win 40 12 31 August Stadium Australia
26 Newcastle Knights Win 18 6 5 September Suncorp Stadium
QF Canterbury Bulldogs Win 28 22 12 September Aussie Stadium
PF New Zealand Warriors Win 28 26 20 September Aussie Stadium
GF Canberra Raiders Loss 24 28 28 September ANZ Stadium

QF Sydney Roosters vs Brisbane Broncos venue SFS

SF Melbourne Storm vs Brisbane Broncos venue Suncorp Stadium
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