2018 Brisbane Broncos season

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2018 Brisbane Broncos season
NRL Rank6th
2018 recordWins: 15; draws: 0; losses: 9
Points scoredFor: 556; against: 500
Team information
CEOPaul White
Coach Wayne Bennett
Captain
Stadium Suncorp Stadium - 52,500
Avg. attendance31,137
High attendance46,080 (vs. North Queensland in round 2)
Top scorers
Tries Jamayne Isaako (8)
GoalsJamayne Isaako (45)
PointsJamayne 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]

Contents


Movements

Source: [3]

Gains

PlayerSigned FromUntil End ofNotes
Jack Bird Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2021 [4]
Andre Savelio Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 2019 [5]

Losses

PlayerSigned ToUntil End ofNotes
Ben Hunt St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
2022
 [6]
Benji Marshall Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers [7]
Tautau Moga Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights [8]
Jai Arrow Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans [9]
Adam Blair Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors [10]
Herman Ese'ese Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights [11]

Ladder

2018 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2416081542361+18134
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2416081536363+17334
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416081582437+14534
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2416081519423+9634
5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415091517461+5632
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415091556500+5632
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2415091519472+4732
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2415091472447+2532
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24120121377460−8326
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100141563540+2322
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2490151414607−19320
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2480161428474−4618
13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2480161449521−7218
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2480161472582−11018
15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2470171500622−12216
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2460181374550−17614

Fixtures

Regular season


DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Thursday, 8 MarchRound 1 Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons UOW Jubilee Oval 12 – 34 [12] [13] Roberts (2) Kahu (1/2)14,457 [14]
Friday 16 MarchRound 2 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Suncorp Stadium 24 – 20 [15] Pangai, Opacic, Glenn, Nikorima Isaako (4/4)46,080 [15]
Friday 23 MarchRound 3 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Campbelltown Stadium 9 – 7 [16] Isaako (4/4) (1/3 FGs)11,434 [17]
Sunday 1 AprilRound 4 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Suncorp Stadium 14 – 26 [18] McCullough, NikorimaIsaako (3/3)30,742 [18]
Saturday 7 AprilRound 5 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 10 – 15 [19] Oates, Milford Isaako (1/2)21,969 [19]
Saturday 14 AprilRound 6 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 27 – 18 [20] Isaako (2), Oates, Su'A Isaako (5/7)16,636
Friday 20 AprilRound 7 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Suncorp Stadium 20 – 34 [21] Glenn, Isaako, Milford, RobertsIsaako (2/4)32,709
Thursday 26 AprilRound 8 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium 24 – 20 [22] Boyd, Nikorima, Oates, RobertsIsaako (4/4)11,123
Thursday 3 MayRound 9 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Suncorp Stadium 22 – 20 [23] Glenn, Oates, Ofahengaue Isaako (5/5)22,225
Saturday 12 MayRound 10 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Suncorp Stadium 24 – 38 [24] McCullough, Thaiday, Millford, IsaakoIsaako (4/5)31,118
Friday 18 MayRound 11 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Suncorp Stadium 28 – 22 [25] Isaako (2), Oates, Staggs, RobertsIsaako (4/6)29,009
Thursday 24 MayRound 12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Suncorp Stadium 18 – 10 [26] Isaako, Oates, RobertsIsaako (3/4)21,555
Round 13 Bye
Sunday 10 JuneRound 14 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 16 – 32 [27] Boyd, Isaako, KahuIsaako (2/4)17,106
Saturday 16 JuneRound 15 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Southern Cross Group Stadium 20 – 16 [28] Pangai, Milford, OatesIsaako (4/5)14,587
Saturday 30 JuneRound 16 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Suncorp Stadium 26 – 22 [29] Oates, Glenn, Kahu, MilfordIsaako (5/5)30,495
Sunday 8 JulyRound 17 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 34 – 0 [30] Nikorima, Staggs, Boyd, Ofahengaue, PearsonIsaako (7/7), Kahu (0/1)18,005
Sunday 15 JulyRound 18 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Suncorp Stadium 6 – 26 [31] McCulloughIsaako (1/1)37,493
Friday 20 JulyRound 19 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg 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 JulyRound 20 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Suncorp Stadium 12 – 10 [33] Oates, LodgeKahu (2/3)22,859
Thursday 2 AugustRound 21 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 22 – 36 [34] Sims (2), Isaako, MilfordIsaako (3/5)6,434
Thursday 9 AugustRound 22 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium 30 – 34 [35] Pangai, Lodge, Roberts, SimsIsaako (7/7)19,663
Thursday 16 AugustRound 23 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Suncorp Stadium 38 – 18 [36] Oates (3), Fifita, Nikorima, SimsIsaako (7/8)29,241
Saturday 25 AugustRound 24 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 22 – 8 [37] Isaako, Nikorima, OatesIsaako (5/7)13,263
Sunday 2 SeptemberRound 25 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Suncorp Stadium 48 – 16 [38] Oates (4), Isaako, Nikorima, Ofahengaue, RobertsIsaako (8/10)41,536
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

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