2011 Brisbane Broncos season

On 21 February Broncos CEO Paul White announced that Ivan Henjak would be replaced by his assistant Anthony Griffin as head coach of the club for the 2011 NRL season, less than three weeks out from its start. In round 1, The North Queensland Cowboys ended their 7-game losing streak against the Broncos with a hard-fought 16–14 win at Suncorp Stadium. It was only the 5th win the Cowboys have had over the Broncos in their 17-year history and it was only the Broncos' 4th loss in an opening round match in their 24-year history. In round 2, The Broncos had their first win in Canberra since 2005 with a 20–4 win over the Canberra Raiders. In round 3, Justin Hodges made an immediate impact for the Broncos playing his first game since 2009, scoring the match winning try with a 14–8 win over the Gold Coast Titans at Skilled Park. In round 12, the Broncos played their first Golden Point game since 2008, defeating the Canberra Raiders 25–24 at Suncorp Stadium. In round 22, Darren Lockyer equalled the all-time record for most career games of all-time playing 349-games. The Broncos hosted the New Zealand Warriors, in a tense game, the Broncos ran out winners 21–20 at Suncorp Stadium. In round 24, Broncos secured 3rd spot for the finals with a 26–6 win over the Newcastle Knights at Ausgrid Stadium. It was also the Broncos first ever away win in a Monday Night game. Brisbane finished the regular season in 3rd place on the ladder.

Darren Lockyer kicked the winning field goal to knock defending premiers, Wayne Bennett's St. George Illawarra Dragons out of the 2011 competition and bring his team to within one match of the grand final. However, in the process Lockyer also took an accidental knee from a teammate in the face, fracturing his cheekbone over ten-minute's before the game's end. Therefore, without their captain, Brisbane needed to defeat second-placed Manly-Warringah for a chance to play in the grand final.

As of 23 September 2011

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Cap.	Nat.	Player	Position	First Broncos game	Previous First Grade RL club
76		Darren Lockyer (c)	Five-eighth	1995	—N/a
94		Dane Carlaw	Second-row	1999	Catalans Dragons
100		Justin Hodges	Centre	2000	Sydney Roosters
106		Corey Parker (vc)	Lock	2001	—N/a
128		Sam Thaiday	Second-row	2003	—N/a
139		Nick Kenny	Prop	2005	—N/a
144		Ben Hannant	Prop	2006	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
151		John Te Reo	Hooker	2007	—N/a
158		Peter Wallace	Halfback	2008	Penrith Panthers
163		Andrew McCullough	Hooker	2008	—N/a
165		Josh Hoffman	Fullback	2008	—N/a
169		Jharal Yow Yeh	Wing	2009	—N/a
171		Ben Te'o	Second-row	2009	Wests Tigers
172		Alex Glenn	Second-row	2009	—N/a
174		Josh McGuire	Prop	2009	—N/a
176		Gerard Beale	Fullback	2009	—N/a
177		Dale Copley	Wing	2009	—N/a
178		Ben Hunt	Hooker	2009	—N/a
180		David Hala	Prop	2009	—N/a
181		Scott Anderson	Prop	2010	Melbourne Storm
182		Matt Gillett	Second-row	2010	—N/a
183		Mitchell Dodds	Prop	2010	—N/a
184		Corey Norman	Five-eighth	2010	—N/a
186		Dunamis Lui	Prop	2010	—N/a
189		Dane Gagai	Wing	2011	—N/a
190		Jack Reed	Centre	2011	—N/a
191		Kurt Baptiste	Hooker	2011	—N/a
192		Shea Moylan	Wing	2011	—N/a
–		Rohan Ahern	Prop	Yet to debut	Sydney Roosters
–		Matt Britt	Prop	Yet to debut	—N/a
–		Mitchell Frei	Second-row	Yet to debut	—N/a
–		Justin Hunt	Fullback	Yet to debut	—N/a
–		Jordan Kahu	Fullback	Yet to debut	—N/a
–		Kurtis Lingwoodock	Second-row	Yet to debut	—N/a
–		Daniel Ogden	Wing	Yet to debut	—N/a
–		Aaron Whitchurch	Centre	Yet to debut	—N/a

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This table lists all players who played a representative match in 2011.

• (c) = Captain