2018 Brisbane Broncos season

2018 Brisbane Broncos season
NRL Rank	6th
2018 record	Wins: 15; draws: 0; losses: 9
Points scored	For: 556; against: 500
Team information
CEO	Paul White
Coach	Wayne Bennett
Captain	Darius Boyd
Stadium	Suncorp Stadium - 52,500
Avg. attendance	31,137
High attendance	46,080 (vs. North Queensland in round 2)
Top scorers
Tries	Jamayne Isaako (8)
Goals	Jamayne Isaako (45)
Points	Jamayne Isaako (123)
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The 2018 Brisbane Broncos season is the 31st in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett, and captained by Darius Boyd, they completed the NRL's 2018 Telstra Premiership regular season in the number six position, qualifying for the finals. ^[1] They were defeated in the 2nd Elimination Final by St George-Illawarra and did not progress further. ^[2]

Movements

Source: ^[3]

Gains

Player	Signed from	Until end of	Notes
Jack Bird	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2021	[4]
Andre Savelio	Warrington Wolves	2019	[5]

Losses

Player	Signed To	Until end of	Notes
Ben Hunt	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2022	[6]
Benji Marshall	Wests Tigers		[7]
Tautau Moga	Newcastle Knights		[8]
Jai Arrow	Gold Coast Titans		[9]
Adam Blair	New Zealand Warriors		[10]
Herman Ese'ese	Newcastle Knights		[11]

Ladder

2018 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters	24	16	0	8	1	542	361	+181	34
2	Melbourne Storm	24	16	0	8	1	536	363	+173	34
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	16	0	8	1	582	437	+145	34
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	16	0	8	1	519	423	+96	34
5	Penrith Panthers	24	15	0	9	1	517	461	+56	32
6	Brisbane Broncos	24	15	0	9	1	556	500	+56	32
7	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	15	0	9	1	519	472	+47	32
8	New Zealand Warriors	24	15	0	9	1	472	447	+25	32
9	Wests Tigers	24	12	0	12	1	377	460	−83	26
10	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	1	563	540	+23	22
11	Newcastle Knights	24	9	0	15	1	414	607	−193	20
12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	8	0	16	1	428	474	−46	18
13	North Queensland Cowboys	24	8	0	16	1	449	521	−72	18
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	8	0	16	1	472	582	−110	18
15	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	7	0	17	1	500	622	−122	16
16	Parramatta Eels	24	6	0	18	1	374	550	−176	14

Fixtures

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Thursday, 8 March	Round 1	St George Illawarra Dragons	UOW Jubilee Oval	12 – 34 [12] [13]	Roberts (2)	Kahu (1/2)	14,457 [14]
Friday 16 March	Round 2	North Queensland Cowboys	Suncorp Stadium	24 – 20 [15]	Pangai, Opacic, Glenn, Nikorima	Isaako (4/4)	46,080 [15]
Friday 23 March	Round 3	Wests Tigers	Campbelltown Stadium	9 – 7 [16]		Isaako (4/4) (1/3 FGs)	11,434 [17]
Sunday 1 April	Round 4	Gold Coast Titans	Suncorp Stadium	14 – 26 [18]	McCullough, Nikorima	Isaako (3/3)	30,742 [18]
Saturday 7 April	Round 5	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium	10 – 15 [19]	Oates, Milford	Isaako (1/2)	21,969 [19]
Saturday 14 April	Round 6	New Zealand Warriors	Mt Smart Stadium	27 – 18 [20]	Isaako (2), Oates, Su'A	Isaako (5/7)	16,636
Friday 20 April	Round 7	Melbourne Storm	Suncorp Stadium	20 – 34 [21]	Glenn, Isaako, Milford, Roberts	Isaako (2/4)	32,709
Thursday 26 April	Round 8	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium	24 – 20 [22]	Boyd, Nikorima, Oates, Roberts	Isaako (4/4)	11,123
Thursday 3 May	Round 9	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Suncorp Stadium	22 – 20 [23]	Glenn, Oates, Ofahengaue	Isaako (5/5)	22,225
Saturday 12 May	Round 10	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Suncorp Stadium	24 – 38 [24]	McCullough, Thaiday, Millford, Isaako	Isaako (4/5)	31,118
Friday 18 May	Round 11	Sydney Roosters	Suncorp Stadium	28 – 22 [25]	Isaako (2), Oates, Staggs, Roberts	Isaako (4/6)	29,009
Thursday 24 May	Round 12	Parramatta Eels	Suncorp Stadium	18 – 10 [26]	Isaako, Oates, Roberts	Isaako (3/4)	21,555
	Round 13	Bye
Sunday 10 June	Round 14	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park	16 – 32 [27]	Boyd, Isaako, Kahu	Isaako (2/4)	17,106
Saturday 16 June	Round 15	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	Southern Cross Group Stadium	20 – 16 [28]	Pangai, Milford, Oates	Isaako (4/5)	14,587
Saturday 30 June	Round 16	Canberra Raiders	Suncorp Stadium	26 – 22 [29]	Oates, Glenn, Kahu, Milford	Isaako (5/5)	30,495
Sunday 8 July	Round 17	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium	34 – 0 [30]	Nikorima, Staggs, Boyd, Ofahengaue, Pearson	Isaako (7/7), Kahu (0/1)	18,005
Sunday 15 July	Round 18	New Zealand Warriors	Suncorp Stadium	6 – 26 [31]	McCullough	Isaako (1/1)	37,493
Friday 20 July	Round 19	Penrith Panthers	Suncorp Stadium	50 – 18 [32]	Pangai (2), Nikorima (2), Roberts, Oates, Boyd, Lodge	Isaako (5/5), Kahu (3/3)	26,357
Thursday 26 July	Round 20	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	Suncorp Stadium	12 – 10 [33]	Oates, Lodge	Kahu (2/3)	22,859
Thursday 2 August	Round 21	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium	22 – 36 [34]	Sims (2), Isaako, Milford	Isaako (3/5)	6,434
Thursday 9 August	Round 22	North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium	30 – 34 [35]	Pangai, Lodge, Roberts, Sims	Isaako (7/7)	19,663
Thursday 16 August	Round 23	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Suncorp Stadium	38 – 18 [36]	Oates (3), Fifita, Nikorima, Sims	Isaako (7/8)	29,241
Saturday 25 August	Round 24	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium	22 – 8 [37]	Isaako, Nikorima, Oates	Isaako (5/7)	13,263
Sunday 2 September	Round 25	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Suncorp Stadium	48 – 16 [38]	Oates (4), Isaako, Nikorima, Ofahengaue, Roberts	Isaako (8/10)	41,536
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

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