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The 1998 Brisbane Broncos season was the eleventh in the history of Brisbane's National Rugby League premiership team, the Brisbane Broncos. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Allan Langer, they participated in the newly formed National Rugby League's 1998 premiership and posted their three biggest ever wins in rounds 5, 7 and 15 before finishing the regular season as minor premiers. The Broncos then won the 1998 NRL Grand Final, capturing their fourth premiership in seven seasons.

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Season summary

For the 1998 season the Broncos were joined by future Melbourne Storm coach, Craig Bellamy who would work under head coach Wayne Bennett as performance co-ordinator and assistant coach.

As could be expected by their finish to the 1997 season, Brisbane were solid in their first five matches of 1998, snatching five victories. In rounds five and seven, the Broncos won by a margin of 54 points, which was the club's record at the time. This was followed by shock losses to the Sydney City Roosters and Cronulla, but Langer led them to a big win over Canterbury only to see two more club losses. But the Broncos recovered to post huge wins over Penrith and the Western Suburbs Magpies. The Broncos finished the remainder of the regular season undefeated finishing with 10 wins and 1 draw in their last 11 games. The top try-scorer from the NRL season was Brisbane's Darren Smith.

After a week off granted by winning the minor premiership, the Broncos were smothered out of the game by Parramatta 15–10 in their opening finals match. But they lifted and provided some miracle spark against the Melbourne Storm 30-6 a week later, resurrecting their premiership hopes. A huge win over Sydney City 46–18 in the preliminary final installed them at near unbackable odds against Canterbury in the first NRL Grand Final. The Broncos came back from a 12-10 half time deficit to again win consecutive premierships for the second time, and their fourth in seven seasons with a 38-12 Grand Final victory. [1]

The Broncos were also named "Queensland Sport Team of the Year" at the Queensland Sport Awards. [2]

The Broncos' consistent dominance over other teams at this period of time contributed to the National Rugby League's plans to cut the number of teams down to 14 in order to ensure competitiveness and the long-term financial success of the game. [3] Despite the rationalization of the league, the club has continued to dominate in the modern era of the league, winning two more premierships in 2000 [4] and 2006, [5] as well as reaching another two Grand Finals in 2015 [6] and 2023. [7] [8]

The Broncos' 1998 premiership win came in a year in which their Australian Football League neighbours, the Brisbane Lions, won the wooden spoon. [9]

Match results

RoundOpponentResultBro.Opp.DateVenueCrowdPosition
1 Manly Sea Eagles Win22613 Mar ANZ Stadium 39,1094/20
2 Canterbury Bulldogs Win201222 Mar Belmore Oval 10,9623/20
3 Penrith Panthers Win261828 MarANZ Stadium18,5703/20
4 Gold Coast Chargers Win40185 Apr Carrara Stadium 13,1262/20
5 North Queensland Cowboys Win58412 AprANZ Stadium20,9041/20
6Manly Sea EaglesLoss42817 Apr Brookvale Oval 13,1941/20
7 North Sydney Bears Win60626 AprANZ Stadium18,7911/20
8 Newcastle Knights Win2661 May Newcastle ISC 27,1191/20
9 Sydney City Roosters Loss122610 MayANZ Stadium19,3461/20
10 Cronulla Sharks Loss102016 May Endeavour Field 10,5825/20
11^Canterbury BulldogsWin401224 MayANZ Stadium15,4074/20
12 Canberra Raiders Loss182431 May Bruce Stadium 14,7285/20
13^ Parramatta Eels Loss16207 JunANZ Stadium18,1636/20
14Penrith PanthersWin44413 Jun Penrith Football Stadium 11,6376/20
15^ Western Suburbs Magpies Win56421 JunANZ Stadium12,4155/20
16 St George Dragons Win301826 Jun Kogarah Oval 16,2584/20
17 Melbourne Storm Win34163 JulANZ Stadium35,1193/20
18 Illawarra Steelers Win181212 Jul WIN Stadium 12,0183/20
19Gold Coast ChargersWin441019 JulANZ Stadium12,7402/20
20 Balmain Tigers Draw101025 Jul Leichhardt Oval 7,1592/20
21 Adelaide Rams Win46121 AugANZ Stadium13,8581/20
22North Queensland CowboysWin22108 Aug Stockland Stadium 30,2501/20
23 Auckland Warriors Win16416 AugANZ Stadium16,4561/20
24 South Sydney Rabbitohs Win161023 Aug Sydney Football Stadium 7,2621/20
Qualif. FinalParramatta EelsLoss10156 SepANZ Stadium21,172
Semi FinalMelbourne StormWin30613 SepSydney Football Stadium20,354
Prelim. FinalSydney City RoostersWin461819 SepANZ Stadium28,374
GRAND FINAL Canterbury BulldogsWin381227 SepSydney Football Stadium40,857

^Game following a State of Origin match

Brisbane Broncos NRL average home attendance in 1998: 20,073

Ladder

1998 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos (P)241815688310+37837
2 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 241815562381+18137
3 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 241716546372+17435
4 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 241716468349+11935
5 North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears 241707663367+29634
6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney City Roosters 241608680383+29732
7 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 241509564429+13530
8 St. George colours.svg St. George Dragons 2413110486490-427
9 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2413011489411+7826
10 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2413011503473+3026
11 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2412111438387+5125
12 Illawarra colours.svg Illawarra Steelers 2411112476539-6323
13 Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers 249114381463-8219
14 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 248214525580-5518
15 Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors 249015417518-10118
16 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 249015361556-19518
17 Adelaide colours.svg Adelaide Rams 247017393615-22214
18 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 245019339560-22110
19 Gold Coast Chargers colours.svg Gold Coast Chargers 244020289654-3658
20 Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies 244020371802-4318

Grand final

Brisbane Broncos vs. Canterbury Bulldogs

PlayerPositionPlayer
Darren Lockyer Fullback Rod Silva
Michael De Vere Wing Gavin Lester
Steve Renouf Centre Shane Marteene
Darren Smith Centre Willie Talau
Wendell Sailor Wing Daryl Halligan
Kevin Walters Five-eighth Craig Polla-Mounter
Allan Langer (C)Halfback Corey Hughes
Shane Webcke Prop Darren Britt (C)
Phillip Lee Hooker Jason Hetherington
Andrew Gee Prop Steve Price
Gorden Tallis Second Row Tony Grimaldi
Brad Thorn Second Row Robert Relf
Tonie Carroll Lock Travis Norton
Michael Hancock Interchange Steve Reardon
John Plath Interchange Troy Stone
Kevin Campion Interchange Glen Hughes
Petero Civoniceva Interchange David Thompson
Wayne Bennett Coach Steve Folkes
1998 NRL Grand Final
Sunday, 27 September
15:00 AEST (UTC+10)
Brisbane Broncos Brisbane colours.svg 38 – 12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Tries:7
De Vere Ru ball.svg 2'
Campion Ru ball.svg 27'
Carroll Ru ball.svg 41'
Sailor Ru ball.svg 50'
Tallis Ru ball.svg 59'
Lee Ru ball.svg 68'
Smith Ru ball.svg 75'
Goals:5
Lockyer Rugby penalty.svg 4', 43', 60', 69', 76'(5/7)
1st: 10–12
2nd: 28–0
Report [10] [11]
Tries:2
Grimaldi Ru ball.svg 21'
Talau Ru ball.svg 30'
Goals:2
Halligan Rugby penalty.svg pen 11', 22'(2/3)
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 40,857 [12]
Referee: Bill Harrigan
Touch judges: Steve Betts, John McCormack
Clive Churchill Medal: Gorden Tallis (Brisbane)

Scorers

PlayerTriesGoalsFGPoints
Darren Lockyer 1998/1440272
Darren Smith 230092
Steve Renouf 200080
Wendell Sailor 180072
Michael De Vere 89/13050
Michael Hancock 100040
Allan Langer 100040
Gorden Tallis 80032
Kevin Campion 60024
Phillip Lee 60024
Ben Walker 41/2018
Tonie Carroll 40016
Andrew Gee 40016
Kevin Walters 40016
Petero Civoniceva 1004
John Plath 1004
Peter Ryan 1004
Brad Thorn 1004
Shane Webcke 1004

Honours

League

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