2009 Brisbane Broncos season

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Broncos coach Ivan Henjak at a press conference in 2009. Ivan Henjak.JPG
Broncos coach Ivan Henjak at a press conference in 2009.

The 2009 Brisbane Broncos season was the 22nd in the club's history and their first without foundation coach Wayne Bennett. They competed in the NRL's 2009 Telstra Premiership and by the 12th round were leading the competition, but then suffered one of their worst post-State of Origin form slumps ever and spent rounds 16 to 22 outside the top eight. The team managed to finish the regular season 6th (out of 16), qualifying for the finals for the 18th consecutive year. The Broncos then came within one match of the grand final but were knocked out for the 3rd season in a row by eventual premiers the Melbourne Storm (who months later were found to have been cheating the salary cap over the previous four seasons and had all honours achieved during the period nullified by the NRL).

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Results

The new post-Bennett Broncos era got off to a thrilling start when they defeated the North Queensland Cowboys 19–18 in round 1 at Suncorp Stadium in the first game under coach Ivan Henjak. Star signing Israel Folau scored his first try in Broncos colours and the first try of the season for the club in the 6th minute, followed by NRL debutantes Antonio Winterstein and Jharal Yow Yeh who also crossed. In round 2 the Broncos defeated the Melbourne Storm for the first time since the 2006 NRL Grand Final. Israel Folau was up against his old club for the first time and scored a try in the 11th minute and second for the year for the Broncos.

For the second year in a row, The Broncos won the opening three rounds of the season when they defeated the New Zealand Warriors 26–10 at Mt Smart Stadium. In the following days Shane Webcke, who had been appointed assistant coach for Brisbane at the start of the season quit his post in the wake of controversy surrounding the release of his new book in which he was critical of some Broncos personnel. Later that week Wayne Bennett returned to Brisbane with the St. George Illawarra Dragons for round 4, coaching against his old club for the first time. Brisbane conceded their first loss of the season in what was also Darius Boyd's first match against his old club and the Dragons' 8th straight win against the Broncos.

The following week, the Broncos continued their 7-year winning streak in the Good Friday match against the Roosters, surviving a strong 2nd-half comeback by the Sydneysiders. In round 7, Darren Lockyer answered his critics as he helped the Broncos to a 40–8 win over the Parramatta Eels at Suncorp Stadium. Lockyer had a hand in most of the Broncos seven tries with Karmichael Hunt scoring three of the seven tries himself. Darren Lockyer's 300th game did not go as planned when they faced the Newcastle Knights in torrential rain at EnergyAustralia Stadium and lost, the match punctuated by a 35-minute half-time break. In round 10, Israel Folau equalled the club record for most tries in a match when he scored 4 tries against the Gold Coast Titans at Suncorp Stadium.

The following week, the Broncos survived a strong Wests Tigers side who were playing their 10th anniversary match, hanging on to win 20–18 at Campbelltown Stadium. In round 13, the Broncos suffered one of their worst defeats in the club's history when they lost 48–4 against the Melbourne Storm at Olympic Park. The loss is also equalled second in the Broncos worst defeats. In round 21, the Broncos were handed their worst ever defeat by the Canberra Raiders 56–0 at Canberra Stadium.

The following week, the Broncos bounced back to keep their finals hopes alive with a 30–10 win over the Cronulla Sharks at Suncorp Stadium. In round 24, The Broncos won their first match against the St. George Illawarra Dragons since round 6, 2005, when they beat the Dragons 12–2 at WIN Stadium. In round 25, the Broncos secured their 18th straight finals appearance when they beat Queensland rivals North Queensland Cowboys 16–10 at Dairy Farmers Stadium. The Broncos were the first opponent for the Gold Coast Titans competing in their first ever finals series. The Broncos survived a late comeback from the Titans holding on to a 40–32 win at Skilled Stadium. The Broncos made it consecutive wins against the St. George Illawarra Dragons for the first time since 2004 and their first win against the Dragons at Suncorp Stadium since 2004 with a 24–10 win against the Dragons in the semi-final at Suncorp Stadium. Source: [1] Their chances against Melbourne in the grand final qualifier suffered a major blow when in form halfback Peter Wallace broke his ankle toward the end of that win against the Dragons. The Broncos 2009 season came to an end in the Preliminary Final going down 40–10 to eventual premiers, the Melbourne Storm at Etihad Stadium.

RoundOpponentResultBris.Opp.VenueDateCrowdPosition
Trial Gold Coast Titans Win2418 Kougari Oval, Wynnum14 February3,500
Trial Canberra Raiders Win3016 Dolphin Oval, Redcliffe21 February10,500
Trial Melbourne Storm Loss620 Quad Park, Kawana28 February8,178 [2]
1 North Queensland Cowboys Win1918 Suncorp Stadium 13 March45,0228/16
2 Melbourne Storm Win1614 Suncorp Stadium 20 March36,6473/16
3 New Zealand Warriors home jersey 2009.svg New Zealand Warriors Win2610 Mt Smart Stadium 28 March24,3501/16
4 St. George Illawarra Dragons home jersey 1999.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Loss1225 Suncorp Stadium 3 April42,4354/16
5 Sydney Roosters Win2824 Sydney Football Stadium 10 April18,4643/16
6 Penrith Panthers home jersey 2007.svg Penrith Panthers Win3818 CUA Stadium 17 April14,3322/16
7 Parramatta Eels Win408 Suncorp Stadium 24 April30,8871/16
8 Newcastle Knights home jersey 2008.svg Newcastle Knights Loss1228 EnergyAustralia Stadium 2 May18,1543/16
9 Manly Sea Eagles Loss2022 Suncorp Stadium 10 May27,5273/16
10 Gold Coast Titans Win3218 Suncorp Stadium 15 May43,0794/16
11 Wests Tigers commemorative jersey 2009.svg Wests Tigers Win2018 Campbelltown Stadium 22 May9,6753/16
12Bye2/16
13 Melbourne Storm Loss448 Olympic Park 5 June15,3162/16
14 Canterbury Bulldogs away jersey 1997.svg Canterbury Bulldogs Loss2244 Suncorp Stadium 12 June26,3535/16
15 Cronulla Sharks Loss1246 Toyota Park 22 June8,1177/16
16 Parramatta Eels Loss1421 Parramatta Stadium 26–29 June10,0309/16
17 New Zealand Warriors away jersey 2009.svg New Zealand Warriors Win2814 Suncorp Stadium 3–6 July32,4569/16
18Bye10–13 July/16
19 South Sydney Rabbitohs Loss1244 Suncorp Stadium 17 July50,109/16
20 Gold Coast Titans Loss1834 Skilled Park 24 July26,336/16
21 Canberra Raiders Loss056 Canberra Stadium 1 August10,200/16
22 Cronulla Sharks Win3010 Suncorp Stadium 10 August20,11410/16
23 Penrith Panthers Win5824 Suncorp Stadium 16 August25,3058/16
24 St. George Illawarra Dragons Win122 WIN Stadium 21 August17,0447/16
25 North Queensland Cowboys Win1610 Dairy Farmers Stadium 28 August24,332/16
26 Canberra Raiders Win2210 Suncorp Stadium 6 September35,1126/16
QF Gold Coast Titans Win4032 Skilled Park 12 September27,227
SF St. George Illawarra Dragons home jersey 1999.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Win2410 Suncorp Stadium 19 September50,225
PF Melbourne Storm Loss1040 Etihad Stadium 26 September27,687

Scorers

PlayerTriesGoalsField GoalsPoints
Corey Parker 5750170
Israel Folau 170068
Antonio Winterstein 140056
Karmichael Hunt 110044
Jharal Yow Yeh 90036
Steve Michaels 80032
Alex Glenn 60024
Peter Wallace 26\8121
David Taylor 50020
Ben Te'o 40016
Darren Lockyer 40016
Justin Hodges 30012
Sam Thaiday 30012
Lagi Setu 30012
Joel Clinton 2008
Josh McGuire 2008
Ashton Sims 2008
Andrew McCullough 2008
Nick Kenny 1004
TOTAL103811585

Ladder

2009 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2417072548329+21938
2 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2418062575428+147381
3 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2416082514467+4736
4 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2414192505348+15733
5 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24140102549459+9032
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24140102511566−5532
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24130112508491+1730
8 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24121112476473+329
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24120122558483+7528
10 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24111122566549+1727
11 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24111122515589−7427
12 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24110132558474+8426
13 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2490152489520−3122
14 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2472152377565−18820
15 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2450192359568−20914
16 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2450192382681−29914

1The Bulldogs were deducted 2 competition points after an interchange breach in Round 2.

Squad

Bold Players have played International or State any year

Fullbacks


Wingers


Centres


Halves


Front Rowers


Hookers


Back Rowers

Coaching staff

NameCoaching Role
Ivan Henjak Head Coach
Allan Langer Assistant Coach
Paul Green Assistant Coach
Peter Ryan Assistant Coach
Dean Benton Performance Director
Andrew Croll Athletic Performance Coach
Dan Baker Strength Coach
Tim Gabbett Sports Scientist

Shane Webcke was an Assistant Coach up until 6 April 2009, when he resigned from his role due to the controversy surrounding his auto-biography "Hard Road". [3] In addition, international cricketer and long-time Broncos fan Andrew Symonds was adopted by the club in an unpaid role assisting the coaching staff following his exile from cricket.

Honours

League

Club

Player movements

Gains

NameClub Coming FromDetails
Israel Folau Melbourne Storm Until 2010
Ben Te'o Wests Tigers Until 2009
Lagi Setu St George Illawarra Dragons Until 2009
Aaron Gorrell Catalans Dragons Until 2009
Michael De Vere RetirementUntil 2009

Losses

NameClub Going ToDetails
Denan Kemp New Zealand Warriors Until 2010
Ben Hannant Canterbury Bulldogs Until 2011
Michael Ennis Canterbury Bulldogs Until 2011
Joel Moon New Zealand Warriors Until 2011
Shane Perry Catalans Dragons – ESLUntil 2009
Darius Boyd St George Illawarra Dragons Until 2011
Greg Eastwood Canterbury Bulldogs Until 2011
Tonie Carroll Retired
Nick Emmett St George Illawarra Dragons Unknown
David Stagg Canterbury Bulldogs Until 2010
Wayne Bennett (Coach) St George Illawarra Dragons Until 2011

Re-signings & Signings

NameContract details
Alex Glenn Contract ends 2012
Nick Kenny Contract ends 2012
Darren Lockyer Contract ends 2011
Sam Thaiday Contract ends 2011
Denan Kemp Contract ends 2010
Tim Natusch Contract ends 2010
Scott Anderson Contract ends 2011

Off contract at end of 2009

NameContract details
Karmichael Hunt Signed with the French Rugby Union
David Taylor Signed with the South Sydney Rabbitohs
Lagi Setu Contract ends 2009
Aaron Gorrell Contract ends 2009

Off contract at end of 2010

NameContract details
Joel Clinton Contract ends 2010
Ashton Sims Contract ends 2010
Steve Michaels Contract ends 2010
PJ Marsh Contract ends 2010
Josh Hoffman Contract ends 2010
Josh McGuire Contract ends 2010
Andrew McCullough Contract ends 2010
Gerard Beale Contract ends 2010
Ben Te'o Contract ends 2010
Ivan Henjak (Coach)Contract ends 2010

Off contract at end of 2011

NameContract details
Kurt Baptiste Contract ends 2011
Dale Copley Contract ends 2011
Dane Gagai Contract ends 2011
David Hala Contract ends 2011
Justin Hodges Contract ends 2011
Ben Hunt Contract ends 2011
Kurtis Lingwoodcock Contract ends 2011
Darren Lockyer Contract ends 2011
Dunamis Lui Contract ends 2011
Corey Parker Contract ends 2011
Sam Thaiday Contract ends 2011

Off contract at end of 2012

NameContract details
Israel Folau Contract ends 2012
Alex Glenn Contract ends 2012
Nick Kenny Contract ends 2012
Peter Wallace Contract ends 2012
Jharal Yow Yeh Contract ends 2012

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References

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