1989 Brisbane Broncos season | ||||
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NSWRL Rank | 5th | |||
Play-off result | Lost play-off decider (Cronulla Sharks, 14–38) | |||
1989 record | Wins: 14; draws: 0; losses: 9 | |||
Points scored | For: 398; against: 290 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | John Ribot | |||
Coach | Wayne Bennett | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | Lang Park | |||
Avg. attendance | 18,217 | |||
High attendance | 33,245 (Parramatta Eels, 20 August) | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Chris Johns (10) | |||
Goals | Terry Matterson (42) | |||
Points | Terry Matterson (104) | |||
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The 1989 Brisbane Broncos season was the second in the club's history. They competed in the NSWRL's 1989 Winfield Cup premiership and in their second year improved on their first, finishing the season in sixth position after losing their first ever play-off match against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. The Broncos did however claim their first piece of silverware by winning the mid-week knock-out 1989 Panasonic Cup competition.
Broncos trio Allan Langer, Michael Hancock and Kerrod Walters were selected to make their international debuts for Australia in 1989.
Coach Wayne Bennett said a mid-season Kangaroo Tour to New Zealand in 1989 contributed to the Broncos failing to reach the finals. Brisbane contributed captain Wally Lewis, Tony Currie, Peter Jackson, Michael Hancock, Kerrod Walters and Sam Backo - more players than any other club - to the successful Australian team, losing all three of their matches while they were away. [1]
Round | Opponent | Result | Bro. | Opp. | Date | Venue | Crowd | Position | Ref |
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PC (1) | Canberra Raiders | Win | 18 | 13 | 1 Mar | Pioneer Oval | [2] | ||
1 | Penrith Panthers | Win | 28 | 8 | 19 Mar | Lang Park | 14,721 | 1/16 | [3] |
2 | Manly Sea Eagles | Win | 22 | 18 | 26 Mar | Brookvale Oval | 17,736 | 2/16 | [4] |
3 | Balmain Tigers | Loss | 6 | 15 | 2 Apr | Lang Park | 12,952 | 5/16 | |
4 | Western Suburbs Magpies | Win | 10 | 8 | 9 Apr | Campbelltown | 5,755 | 3/16 | |
5 | Newcastle Knights | Win | 24 | 12 | 15 Apr | Lang Park | 13,080 | 1/16 | |
6 | Parramatta Eels | Win | 6 | 2 | 23 Apr | Parramatta | 17,006 | 2/16 | |
7 | North Sydney Bears | Win | 36 | 10 | 30 Apr | North Sydney | 8,390 | 2/16 | |
8 | Illawarra Steelers | Win | 32 | 24 | 7 May | Lang Park | 12,990 | 2/16 | |
9 | Eastern Suburbs | Win | 36 | 2 | 14 May | SFS | 7,426 | 1/16 | |
PC (1/4) | Parramatta Eels | Win | 42 | 6 | 17 May | Townsville Sports Centre | 1/16 | ||
10* | Gold Coast-Tweed Giants | Win | 16 | 2 | 28 May | Lang Park | 19.992 | 1/16 | |
PC (1/2) | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Win | 24 | 4 | 31 May | Bathurst | 1/16 | ||
11 | St George Dragons | Loss | 10 | 20 | 4 Jun | Kogarah Oval | 6,691 | 2/16 | |
PC (F) | Illawarra Steelers | Win | 22 | 20 | 7 Jun | Parramatta Stadium | 16,698 | 2/16 | |
12* | Canberra Raiders | Loss | 6 | 27 | 18 Jun | Seiffert Oval | 18,272 | 3/16 | |
13 | Cronulla Sharks | Win | 42 | 10 | 24 Jun | Lang Park | 17,895 | 3/16 | |
14* | Canterbury Bulldogs | Loss | 8 | 22 | 1 Jul | Belmore | 9,185 | 3/16 | |
15 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Loss | 8 | 20 | 9 Jul | Lang Park | 21,388 | 3/16 | |
16 | Penrith Panthers | Loss | 8 | 18 | 16 Jul | Penrith | 10,981 | 3/16 | |
17 | Manly Sea Eagles | Loss | 8 | 16 | 21 Jul | Lang Park | 16,100 | 4/16 | |
18 | Balmain Tigers | Loss | 6 | 24 | 30 Jul | Leichhardt Oval | 16,927 | 7/16 | |
19 | Western Suburbs Magpies | Win | 20 | 8 | 6 Aug | Lang Park | 19,524 | 6/16 | |
20 | Newcastle Knights | Win | 20 | 16 | 13 Aug | Newcastle ISC | 27,000 | 6/16 | |
21 | Parramatta Eels | Win | 16 | 8 | 20 Aug | Lang Park | 33,245 | 5/16 | |
22 | North Sydney Bears | Win | 30 | 0 | 26 Aug | Lang Park | 18,496 | 5/16 | |
Play-off for 5th | Cronulla Sharks | Loss | 14 | 38 | 29 Aug | Parramatta | 9,047 | 6/16 | |
* Game following a State of Origin match
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 390 | 207 | +183 | 37 |
2 | Penrith Panthers | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 438 | 241 | +197 | 32 |
3 | Balmain Tigers | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 380 | 236 | +144 | 29 |
4 | Canberra Raiders | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 457 | 287 | +170 | 28 |
5 | Brisbane Broncos | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 398 | 290 | +108 | 28 |
6 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 368 | 281 | +87 | 28 |
7 | Newcastle Knights | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 281 | 281 | 0 | 22 |
8 | Parramatta Eels | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 346 | 366 | -20 | 22 |
9 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 280 | 337 | -57 | 22 |
10 | St. George Dragons | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 330 | 356 | -26 | 20 |
11 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 348 | 346 | +2 | 19 |
12 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 334 | 343 | -9 | 19 |
13 | Western Suburbs Magpies | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 229 | 389 | -160 | 15 |
14 | Gold Coast-Tweed Giants | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 223 | 383 | -160 | 15 |
15 | North Sydney Bears | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 194 | 406 | -212 | 11 |
16 | Illawarra Steelers | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 256 | 503 | -247 | 5 |
First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Player | Tries | Goals | FG | Points |
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Terry Matterson | 5 | 42/64 | 0 | 104 |
Michael Hancock | 9 | 2/4 | 0 | 40 |
Chris Johns | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Tony Currie | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
Gary French | 2 | 10/19 | 0 | 28 |
Joe Kilroy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Wally Lewis | 4 | 2/8 | 0 | 20 |
Allan Langer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Brett Plowman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Sam Backo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Brett Le Man | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Gene Miles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
James Donnelly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Grant Graving | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Peter Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Bryan Neibling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Rohan Teevan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Greg Conescu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Greg Dowling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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