2010 Brisbane Broncos season

Last updated

2010 Brisbane Broncos season
NRL Rank10th
2010 recordWins: 11; draws: 0; losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 382; against: 341
Team information
CEOBruno Cullen
Coach Ivan Henjak
Captain
Stadium Suncorp Stadium
Avg. attendance34,377 [1]
Top scorers
Tries Israel Folau 19
Goals Corey Parker 64
Points Corey Parker 132
  2009 2011  

The 2010 Brisbane Broncos season was the 23rd in the club's history, and they competed in the NRL's 2010 Telstra Premiership. Before the start of the season, Brisbane's test centre Justin Hodges damaged an Achilles tendon at training, ruling him out for the entire year. Halfway through the season, the Broncos' other superstar centre Israel Folau announced that he was quitting rugby league at the end of the year to take up Australian rules football with AFL expansion club, Greater Western Sydney. With captain Darren Lockyer missing the last few games of the season due to a rib injury, Brisbane finished the regular season 10th (out of 16), failing to make the finals for the first time since 1991. The Broncos had agreed to terms for another superstar centre, Greg Inglis, to join them for 2011 but he reneged on the deal in the post season.

Contents

Season results

The Broncos opened the 2010 season with a nail-biting 30–24 win over Queensland arch-rivals North Queensland Cowboys at Suncorp Stadium. Also for the second year in a row, Israel Folau was the first to score for the season for the Broncos. The Broncos suffered their worst ever loss at home against the New Zealand Warriors with a 48–16 loss at Suncorp Stadium in round 3. In round 9, the Broncos won their first game in Melbourne since 2003 with a 36–14 win over the Melbourne Storm at the newly opened AAMI Park. In round 10, the Broncos celebrated Corey Parker's 200th game in style with a 28–6 win over the Gold Coast Titans at Suncorp Stadium. Brisbane then lost five of its last eight matches after the Origin period, but they did defeat the eventual premiers St. George Illawarra in Round 21.

For the first time since 1991, the Broncos missed the finals finishing 10th after the regular season, the lowest placing position for the Broncos in their 23-year history. For only the second time in Broncos history, they lost more games than they won in the regular season, finishing with an 11–13 win–loss record and equalling the 2007 win–loss record (11–13), both the worst in the Broncos' history.

The Broncos experienced an 11 per cent increase in ticketed memberships from 11,900 in 2009 to 13,239 in 2010.

Fullback Josh Hoffman was awarded the 2010 Paul Morgan Medal for the Broncos' player of the year. [2]

On 11 October Paul Cullen's replacement as CEO of the club was announced as Paul White, a former police officer, who would take up the position in January. [3]

RoundOpponentResultBris.Opp.VenueDateCrowdPosition
Trial 1 Melbourne Storm Win2412 Browne Park 13 February4,000
Trial 2 Canberra Raiders Win3224 Ballymore 20 February
Trial 3 Redcliffe Dolphins Win3020 Dolphin Oval 27 February
1 North Queensland Cowboys Win3024 Suncorp Stadium 12 March48,5165/16
2 Canberra Raiders Loss1422 Canberra Stadium 22 March14,2008/16
3 New Zealand Warriors Loss1648 Suncorp Stadium 28 March32,33815/16
4 Sydney Roosters Loss625 Sydney Football Stadium 2 April17,10616/16
5 St. George Illawarra Dragons Loss1634 WIN Stadium 9 April15,37416/16
6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Win4416 Suncorp Stadium 18 April25,68814/16
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Loss1836 ANZ Stadium 23 April17,01413/16
8 Newcastle Knights Loss2230 Suncorp Stadium 30 April25,17814/16
9 Melbourne Storm Win3614 AAMI Park 9 May20,03213/16
10 Gold Coast Titans Win286 Suncorp Stadium 14 May40,16810/16
11Bye21–24 May10/16
12* Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Win204 Toyota Park 29 May7,8268/16
13 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Win226 Brookvale Oval 6 June11,3167/16
14 South Sydney Rabbitohs Win5022 Suncorp Stadium 13 June30,3117/16
15* Penrith Panthers Loss1222 Suncorp Stadium 18 June42,4528/16
16 Parramatta Eels Win106 Parramatta Stadium 26 June15,9296/16
17 Wests Tigers Loss1416 Suncorp Stadium 2 July30,1277/16
18Bye9–12 July8/16
19 Gold Coast Titans Win2410 Skilled Stadium 16 July26,1976/16
20 Sydney Roosters Loss3034 Suncorp Stadium 26 July26,4869/16
21 St. George Illawarra Dragons Win106 Suncorp Stadium 1 August42,2697/16
22 North Queensland Cowboys Win3426 Dairy Farmers Stadium 6 August20,1487/16
23 Parramatta Eels Loss1430 Suncorp Stadium 13 August38,1938/16
24 Newcastle Knights Loss1844 EnergyAustralia Stadium 20 August16,6688/16
25 New Zealand Warriors Loss436 Mount Smart Stadium 26 August21,62710/16
26 Canberra Raiders Loss1618 Suncorp Stadium 3 September38,87210/16

(* denotes game after State Of Origin.)

Ladder

Pos.TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons (P)2417072518299+21938
2 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415092645489+15634
3 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2415092537503+3434
4 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2415092520498+2234
5 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24140102539486+5332
6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24140102559510+4932
7 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24130112499493+630
8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24120122545510+3528
9 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24110132584567+1726
10 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24110132508535−2726
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24100142499569−7024
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24100142413491−7824
13 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2490152494539−4522
14 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2470172354609−25518
15 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2450192425667−24214
16 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24140102489363+12601

1 Melbourne were deducted eight premiership points and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season due to gross long-term salary cap breaches. [4]

Scorers

PlayerTriesGoalsField GoalsPoints
Corey Parker 144090
Israel Folau 160064
Ben Te'o 90036
Matt Gillett 70028
Josh Hoffman 60024
Peter Wallace 25016
Andrew McCullough 30012
Darren Lockyer 30012
Ben Hunt 30012
Jharal Yow Yeh 30012
Sam Thaiday 2008
Alex Glenn 2008
Denan Kemp 1004
Dunamis Lui 1004
Dale Copley 1004
Gerard Beale 1004
Corey Norman 1004
Lagi Setu 1004
Antonio Winterstein 1004
TOTAL66500364

Honours

League

Club

Gains

Name2009 Club
Denan Kemp New Zealand Warriors
Scott Anderson Melbourne Storm
Tim Natusch Newcastle Knights
Rohan Ahern Sydney Roosters
Tim Smith Wigan Warriors
Shane Tronc North Queensland Cowboys
Ben Hannant Bulldogs

*Tim Smith later signed the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

*Shane Tronc Previous had signed With Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

*Ben Hannant signed for 2011 season and for 4 years

Losses

Name2010 Club
Karmichael Hunt French Rugby Union (Biarritz Olympique)
David Taylor South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tonie Carroll Retired
Aaron Gorrell Country Rugby League (Queanbeyan Kangaroos)
Will Tupou North Queensland Cowboys
Joel Clinton Hull Kingston Rovers
Isaak Ah Mau North Queensland Cowboys
PJ Marsh Retired
Steve Michaels Gold Coast Titans

2010 Under 20s Squad

Under 20s Squad for the 2010 season. [6]

See also

References

  1. Ricketts, Steve (9 September 2010). "NRL boss David Gallop's State of the Game report shows rugby league surviving and thriving". The Courier-Mail . Australia: Queensland Newspapers. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  2. Steve Ricketts and Karl deKroo (9 October 2010). "Rookie Josh Hoffman is Bronco of the year". The Courier-Mail . Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  3. AAP, "Former cop Paul White named new Brisbane Broncos CEO" heraldsun.com.au (11 October 2010)
  4. Stuart Honeysett and Brent Read (23 April 2010) Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era The Australian
  5. "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  6. "Brisbane Broncos player profiles, bios, images, stats | broncos.com.au – NYC profiles". Archived from the original on 21 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.

27°27′53″S153°0′34″E / 27.46472°S 153.00944°E / -27.46472; 153.00944