1988 Brisbane Broncos season

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1988 Brisbane Broncos season
NSWRL Rank7th
Play-off resultDid not qualify
1988 recordWins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scoredFor: 474; against: 368
Team information
CEO John Ribot
Coach Wayne Bennett
Captain
Stadium Lang Park
Avg. attendance15,071
Top scorers
TriesWally Lewis
Goals Terry Matterson
PointsTerry Matterson
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The 1988 Brisbane Broncos season was the first in the club's history. The new venture team was added, along with the Newcastle Knights and Gold Coast-Tweed Giants to the New South Wales Rugby League's 1988 Winfield Cup premiership, coached by previous season grand final co-coach Wayne Bennett and captained by Australian national skipper Wally Lewis. Despite a strong start to the season, Brisbane failed to make the finals. During the season the Broncos also competed in the 1988 Panasonic Cup.

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Season summary

The same year Brisbane hosted World Expo 88, the Brisbane Broncos joined the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, making their debut on 6 March at Lang Park in Brisbane. The brand-new club which featured many Queensland-based international and state representatives, defeated the 1987 Winfield Cup Premiers Manly-Warringah 44-10 in their first premiership game. Brett Le Man scored the Broncos' first ever try from the scraps of a Craig Grauf bomb.

Although the Broncos won their first six games in their inaugural season, a midseason slump cost the club a debut finals appearance, finishing the season in seventh position. The Broncos also competed in the mid-week knockout competition, the 1988 Panasonic Cup, losing in the first round while they were still yet to lose a Winfield Cup match.

Match results

RoundOpponentResultBro.Opp.DateVenueCrowdRef
TrialCanberra RaidersWin2216Lang Park10,000+
TrialNew Zealand President's XIIIWin38627 Feb8,324
1 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Win44106 Mar Lang Park 17,451 [1] [2]
2 Penrith Panthers Win201812 MarLang Park13,621 [3]
3 Western Suburbs Magpies Win38420 MarCampbelltown10,112 [4]
4 North Sydney Bears Win241227 MarNorth Sydney9,329 [5]
5 Parramatta Eels Win24183 AprLang Park23,202 [6]
PC Penrith Panthers Loss10246 Apr Parramatta Stadium [7]
6 Newcastle Knights Win241010 AprNewcastle ISC30,220 [8]
7 Balmain Tigers Loss182616 AprLang Park18,434 [9]
8 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Loss83823 AprEndeavour10,115
9 Sydney Roosters Win24201 MayLang Park16,489 [10]
10 Gold Coast-Tweed Giants Loss22258 MaySeagulls13,432 [11]
11* Canberra Raiders Loss163622 MayLang Park15,909 [12]
12* Illawarra Steelers Win32105 JunWollongong9,738 [13]
13 St. George Dragons Win262213 JunLang Park19,954 [14]
14 South Sydney Rabbitohs Loss41617 Jun SFS 10,871 [15]
15* Canterbury Bulldogs Loss102526 JunLang Park15,371 [16]
16 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Win28103 Jul Brookvale Oval 17,193 [17]
17 Penrith Panthers Win8610 Jul Penrith Park 17,106 [18]
18 Western Suburbs Magpies Win32616 JulLang Park11,419 [19]
19 North Sydney Bears Win24623 JulLang Park11,452 [20]
20 Parramatta Eels Loss142231 JulParramatta13,190 [21]
21 Newcastle Knights Win2486 AugLang Park13,919 [22]
22 Balmain Tigers Loss102013 Aug Leichhardt Oval 13,015 [23]

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 221624507330+17734
2 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 221606412268+14432
3 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 221507596346+25030
4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 221507538347+19130
5 Penrith colours.svg Penrith 221507394258+13630
6 Balmain colours.svg Balmain 221507402341+6130
7 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 221408474368+10628
8 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 221228425383+4224
9 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney 229211366424-5820
10 St. George colours.svg St. George 229013352493-14118
11 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 228014359412-5316
12 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Eastern Suburbs 226313387443-5615
13 Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra 226115353510-15713
14 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 225116270460-19011
15 New Zealand colours.svg Gold Coast-Tweed Giants 224216238484-24610
16 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs 224117287493-2069

Squad

Brisbane Broncos 1988 Squad
First team squadCoaching staff

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)


Awards

League

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Club

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