2002 Brisbane Broncos season

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2002 Brisbane Broncos season
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The 2002 Brisbane Broncos season was the fifteenth in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2002 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season in third position before going on to again come within one match of the grand final for the second consecutive year.

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Season summary

The 2002 NRL season saw the return of club legend Allan Langer to the Brisbane Broncos, following his successful comeback to Australian rugby league in the previous year's State of Origin decider. In 2002 he was the NRL's oldest player at 36 years and 60 days. [1]

2002 was also the beginning of Brisbane's recurring "post origin slump", which was to haunt the club for the next four years. As most of the Queensland Maroons who compete in the mid-week State of Origin matches are Broncos' players, this extra workload often results in a loss of form for the club around and after the time of the Origin series. The Broncos finished the regular season in 3rd position, with the second-highest points differential in the league, but were knocked out in the Preliminary Final by the eventual premiers, the Sydney Roosters, in a rematch of the 2000 Grand Final.

One season highlight was the week 12 upset of Wests Tigers. Despite finishing the season down the ladder the Tigers were in a finals spot at the time. With nine players selected for Origin, Brisbane played six debutants, including Corey Parker, Scott Prince and Shaun Berrigan, ultimately defeating the Tigers 28–14. [2] [3]

Match results

RoundOpponentResultBro.Opp.DateVenueCrowdPosition
1 North Queensland Cowboys Win42616 Mar Dairy Farmers Stadium 24,2122/15
2 Canterbury Bulldogs Draw202022 Mar ANZ Stadium 22,3005/15
3 Sydney Roosters Win22829 Mar Sydney Football Stadium 15,6143/15
4 Cronulla Sharks Win18167 AprANZ Stadium22,0052/15
5 Canberra Raiders Win181613 Apr Bruce Stadium 12,0292/15
6 Penrith Panthers Win302621 AprANZ Stadium13,6132/15
7 Newcastle Knights Win181226 AprANZ Stadium37,1661/15
8 South Sydney Rabbitohs Win42163 MaySydney Football Stadium14,8741/15
9 Northern Eagles Win501211 MayANZ Stadium14,2021/15
10BYE1/15
11* St George Illawarra Dragons Loss202826 MaySydney Football Stadium9,0512/15
12 Wests Tigers Win281431 May Campbelltown Stadium 9,5402/15
13* Parramatta Eels Loss18227 JunANZ Stadium17,6674/15
14North Queensland CowboysWin52816 JunANZ Stadium10,2154/15
15BYE2/15
16* New Zealand Warriors Loss162630 JunANZ Stadium24,9074/15
17St George Illawarra DragonsWin34227 JulANZ Stadium19,9983/15
18Penrith PanthersWin382013 Jul Penrith Football Stadium 10,0992/15
19Wests TigersWin461420 JulANZ Stadium13,0092/15
20Parramatta EelsWin26626 Jul Parramatta Stadium 15,5252/15
21 Melbourne Storm Win48203 Aug Olympic Park Stadium 10,3082/15
22Sydney RoostersLoss18289 AugANZ Stadium23,9912/15
23New Zealand WarriorsLoss41818 Aug Mt Smart Stadium 22,1253/15
24Newcastle KnightsLoss104023 Aug EnergyAustralia Stadium 18,6013/15
25Canberra RaidersWin36231 AugANZ Stadium22,5022/15
26Canterbury BulldogsLoss18256 Sep Sydney Showground Stadium 16,4923/15
Qualif. FinalParramatta EelsWin241414 SepANZ Stadium19,115
Prelim. FinalSydney RoostersLoss121628 SepSydney Football Stadium28,251

*Game following a State of Origin match

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2417072688454+23438
2 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2417072724498+22638
3 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2416172672425+24737
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters (P)2415182621405+21635
5 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2415092653597+5634
6 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24102122531440+9126
7 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 2493122632546+8625
8 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24101132471641-17025
9 Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles 24100142503740-23724
10 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2491142556586-3023
11 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2480162496803-30720
12 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2470172546654-10818
13 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2470172498642-14418
14 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2450192385817-43214
15 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2420132707435+27281

1The Bulldogs were deducted 37 premiership points due to gross salary cap breaches.

Scorers

PlayerTriesGoalsFGPoints
Michael De Vere 681/1020186
Lote Tuqiri 1517/25094
Darren Lockyer 151/1062
Chris Walker 150060
Shaun Berrigan 100040
Brent Tate 100040
Gorden Tallis 100040
Casey McGuire 70028
Carl Webb 70028
Allan Langer 50020
Steve Irwin 40016
Stuart Kelly 40016
Brad Meyers 30012
Scott Prince 05/6010
Andrew Gee 2008
Phillip Lee 2008
Corey Parker 2008
Brett Seymour 2008
Shane Webcke 2008
Petero Civoniceva 1004
Dane Carlaw 1004
Ashley Harrison 1004
Robert Tanielu 1004

Honours

League

Club

References

  1. Toohey, Barry (2 February 2011). "Still some bite in old Mad Dog". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 2 February 2011.[ dead link ]
  2. Gould, Joel (22 March 2018). "Flashback: Brisbane Broncos most famous Campbelltown win". National Rugby League.
  3. "How the Baby Broncos stunned the Wests Tigers in 2002". The Courier-Mail . 16 July 2015.
  4. "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

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