2015 Brisbane Broncos season

2015 Brisbane Broncos season
2015 Brisbane Broncos season
NRL rank	2nd
Play-off result	Lost Grand Final,; (North Queensland Cowboys, 16-17)
World Club Series	Won Game 2,; (Wigan Warriors, 14-12)
2015 record	Wins: 18; losses: 7
Points scored	For: 574; against: 379
Team information
CEO	Paul White
Coach	Wayne Bennett
Captain	Justin Hodges;
Stadium	Suncorp Stadium
Avg. attendance	33,595
Agg. attendance	403,136
High attendance	51,826; (Melbourne Storm, 3 September)
Low attendance	24,566; (Penrith Panthers, 8 May)
Top scorers
Tries	Lachlan Maranta (16)
Goals	Corey Parker (69)
Points	Corey Parker (150)
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The 2015 Brisbane Broncos season was the 28th in the club's history. The team is based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Coached again for the first time since 2008 by returning foundation coach, Wayne Bennett, and captained by Justin Hodges, they competed in the NRL's 2015 Telstra Premiership. The Broncos finished the regular season in 2nd place to make the play-offs, going on to reach the 2015 NRL Grand final in which they were defeated by the North Queensland Cowboys.

NRL rank2nd

Play-off resultLost Grand Final,
(North Queensland Cowboys, 16-17)

World Club SeriesWon Game 2,
(Wigan Warriors, 14-12)

2015 recordWins: 18; losses: 7

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Cap.	Player	Position	First Broncos game	Previous First Grade RL club
100	Justin Hodges (c)	Centre	2000	Sydney Roosters
106	Corey Parker	Lock	2001	N/a
127	David Stagg	Second-row	2003	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
128	Sam Thaiday	Prop	2003	N/a
141	Darius Boyd	Fullback	2006	Newcastle Knights
163	Andrew McCullough	Hooker	2008	N/a
172	Alex Glenn	Second-row	2009	N/a
174	Josh McGuire	Prop	2009	N/a
177	Dale Copley	Centre	2009	N/a
178	Ben Hunt	Halfback	2009	N/a
182	Matt Gillett	Second-row	2010	N/a
183	Mitchell Dodds	Prop	2010	N/a
190	Jack Reed	Centre	2011	N/a
195	Lachlan Maranta	Wing	2012	N/a
196	Jarrod Wallace	Prop	2012	N/a
198	Aaron Whitchurch	Centre	2012	N/a
199	Jordan Kahu	Wing	2013	N/a
201	Corey Oates	Wing	2013	N/a
203	Jordan Drew	Centre	2013	N/a
205	Daniel Vidot	Wing	2014	St. George Illawarra Dragons
207	Todd Lowrie	Lock	2014	New Zealand Warriors
208	Francis Molo	Prop	2014	N/a
209	Anthony Milford	Five-eighth	2015	Canberra Raiders
210	Adam Blair	Prop	2015	Wests Tigers
211	James Gavet	Prop	2015	Wests Tigers
212	Joe Ofahengaue	Lock	2015	N/a
213	Kodi Nikorima	Hooker	2015	N/a
215	Joe Boyce	Lock	2015	N/a
216	Matt Parcell	Hooker	2015	N/a
217	Ashley Taylor	Halfback	2015	N/a
–	Ajuma Adams	Second-row	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Greg Eden	Wing	Yet to debut	Castleford Tigers
–	Jon Green	Prop	Yet to debut	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
–	Brett Greinke	Second-row	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Tom Opacic	Centre	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Zach Strasser	Five-eighth	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Travis Waddell	Hooker	Yet to debut	Newcastle Knights

Date	Position	Player	From	Year/s	Ref.
27 November 2013	Five-eighth	Anthony Milford	Canberra Raiders	2 Years	^[1]^[2]^[3]
16 July 2014	Prop	Mitch Garbutt	Melbourne Storm	2 Years	^[4]^[5]
1 September 2014	Wing	Greg Eden	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 Years	^[6]
5 September 2014	Hooker	Travis Waddell	Newcastle Knights	2 Years	^[7]
13 October 2014	Prop	James Gavet	Wests Tigers	2 Years	^[8]^[9]
13 October 2014	Hooker	Matt Parcell	Ipswich Jets	1 Year	^[10]
18 November 2014	Prop	Adam Blair	Wests Tigers	3 Years	^[11]^[12]
21 November 2014	Fullback	Darius Boyd	Newcastle Knights	3 Years	^[13]^[14]

Date	Position	Player	To	Year/s	Ref.
22 July 2014	Hooker	Jake Granville	North Queensland Cowboys	2 Years	^[15]
29 August 2014	Five-eighth	Duncan Paia'aua	Queensland Reds	2 Years	^[16]^[17]
7 October 2014	Prop	Ben Hannant	North Queensland Cowboys	1 Year	^[18]
29 October 2014	Prop	Martin Kennedy	Sydney Roosters	2 Years	^[19]
29 October 2014	Prop	David Hala	Gold Coast Titans	2 Years	^[20]
30 October 2014	Five-eighth	Josh Hoffman	Gold Coast Titans	3 Years	^[21]
11 November 2014	Fullback	Ben Barba	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	3 Years	^[22]
28 November 2014	Halfback	Cameron Cullen	Mackay Cutters	N/a	^[23]
1 December 2014	Wing	Marmin Barba	Ipswich Jets	N/a	^[24]
24 June 2015	Prop	Mitch Garbutt	Leeds Rhinos	Mid-season	^[25]

Date	Position	Player	Year/s	Ref.
23 January 2015	Prop	Josh McGuire	2 Years	^[26]
15 April 2015	Hooker	Andrew McCullough	2 Years	^[27]
12 May 2015	Five-eighth	Kodi Nikorima	1 Year	^[28]
1 June 2015	Prop	Joe Ofahengaue	2 Years	^[29]
19 August 2015	Wing	Jordan Kahu	2 Years	^[30]
19 August 2015	Second-row	Alex Glenn	2 Years	^[30]

Player	2015	2016	Ref.
Ajuma Adams	Brisbane Broncos	Sunshine Coast Falcons
Jai Arrow	Brisbane Broncos
Adam Blair	Brisbane Broncos		^[31]
Joe Boyce	Brisbane Broncos
Darius Boyd	Brisbane Broncos		^[32]
Dale Copley	Brisbane Broncos	Sydney Roosters	^[33]
Mitchell Dodds	Brisbane Broncos	Warrington Wolves
Jordan Drew	Brisbane Broncos	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Greg Eden	Brisbane Broncos		^[34]
James Gavet	Brisbane Broncos	New Zealand Warriors	^[35]
Matt Gillett	Brisbane Broncos		^[36]
Alex Glenn	Brisbane Broncos		^[37]
Jon Green	Brisbane Broncos	Retired
Brett Greinke	Brisbane Broncos
Justin Hodges	Brisbane Broncos	Retired	^[38] ^[39]
Ben Hunt	Brisbane Broncos		^[40]
Jordan Kahu	Brisbane Broncos		^[41]
Todd Lowrie	Brisbane Broncos	Newcastle Knights	^[42]
Lachlan Maranta	Brisbane Broncos		^[43]
Andrew McCullough	Brisbane Broncos		^[27]
Josh McGuire	Brisbane Broncos		^[26]
Anthony Milford	Brisbane Broncos		^[44]
Francis Molo	Brisbane Broncos
Jayden Nikorima	Brisbane Broncos	Sydney Roosters
Kodi Nikorima	Brisbane Broncos		^[28]
Corey Oates	Brisbane Broncos		^[45]
Joe Ofahengaue	Brisbane Broncos		^[29]
Tom Opacic	Brisbane Broncos
Matt Parcell	Brisbane Broncos	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	^[46]
Corey Parker	Brisbane Broncos		^[38]
Jack Reed	Brisbane Broncos		^[36]
David Stagg	Brisbane Broncos	Retired	^[47]
Zach Strasser	Brisbane Broncos	Redcliffe Dolphins	^[48]
Ashley Taylor	Brisbane Broncos	Gold Coast Titans
Sam Thaiday	Brisbane Broncos		^[49]
Daniel Vidot	Brisbane Broncos	Salford Red Devils	^[50]
Travis Waddell	Brisbane Broncos		^[51]
Jarrod Wallace	Brisbane Broncos		^[43]
Aaron Whitchurch	Brisbane Broncos

2015 Brisbane Broncos season

Season summary

Milestones

Squad List

Squad Movement

Gains

Losses

Re-signings

Contract lengths

Coaching staff

Ladder

Fixtures

Pre-season

NRL Auckland Nines

Regular season

Finals

Statistics

Representatives

Honours

Club

References

Related Articles

Name	Role	Ref.
Wayne Bennett	Head coach
Stephen Kearney	Assistant Coach
Kevin Walters	Assistant Coach
Allan Langer	Assistant Coach
Alex Corvo	Performance Specialist
Jeremy Hicksman	Performance Director

2015 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters	24	18	0	6	2	591	300	+291	40
2	Brisbane Broncos	24	17	0	7	2	574	379	+195	38
3	North Queensland Cowboys (P)	24	17	0	7	2	587	454	+133	38
4	Melbourne Storm	24	14	0	10	2	467	348	+119	32
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	14	0	10	2	522	480	+42	32
6	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	14	0	10	2	469	476	−7	32
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	13	0	11	2	465	467	−2	30
8	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	2	435	408	+27	28
9	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	11	0	13	2	458	492	−34	26
10	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	2	577	569	+8	24
11	Penrith Panthers	24	9	0	15	2	399	477	−78	22
12	Parramatta Eels	24	9	0	15	2	448	573	−125	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	9	0	15	2	445	588	−143	22
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	9	0	15	2	439	636	−197	22
15	Wests Tigers	24	8	0	16	2	487	562	−75	20
16	Newcastle Knights	24	8	0	16	2	458	612	−154	20

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 7 February	Trial 1	North Queensland Cowboys	Stadium Mackay	6-18	Nikorima	Milford (1/1)	8,000
Saturday, 21 February	Trial 2	Wigan Warriors	DW Stadium	14-12 ET (12-12)	McCullough, Maranta	Parker (3/4)	20,842
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Date	Time (Local)	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 31 January	3:10pm	Round 1	Sydney Roosters	Eden Park	4-6	Nicholls	Milford (0/1)
Saturday, 31 January	7:30pm	Round 2	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Eden Park	4-31	Whitchurch	Milford (0/1)
Sunday, 1 February	2:05pm	Round 3	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Eden Park	13-0	K. Nikorima J. Nikorima	Milford (2/2)
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Thursday, 5 March	Round 1	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Suncorp Stadium	6 – 36	Gillett	Parker (1/2)	36,057
Friday, 13 March	Round 2	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Remondis Stadium	2 – 10	Oates, Maranta	Parker (1/1), Hunt (0/1)	8,369
Friday, 20 March	Round 3	North Queensland Cowboys	Suncorp Stadium	44 – 22	Maranta (2), Hunt, McGuire, Parker, McCullough, Hodges, Kahu	Parker (6/8)	40,047
Sunday, 29 March	Round 4	New Zealand Warriors	Mt. Smart Stadium	16 – 24	Oates, Maranta, Wallace, McCullough	Parker (4/5)	14,670
Friday, 3 April	Round 5	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium	16 – 26	Milford (2), Dodds (2)	Parker (3/3), Hunt (2/2)	15,432
Friday, 10 April	Round 6	Sydney Roosters	Suncorp Stadium	22 – 18	Hunt (2), Glenn	Parker (5/5)	35,630
Friday, 17 April	Round 7	St. George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Jubilee Oval	12 – 10	Vidot, Thaiday	Milford (1/1)	13,029
Saturday, 25 April	Round 8	Parramatta Eels	Suncorp Stadium	28 – 16	Milford (2), Reed, McGuire	Parker (6/7)	34,398
Friday, 8 May	Round 9	Penrith Panthers	Suncorp Stadium	8 – 5	Kahu, Oates		24,566
Friday, 15 May	Round 10	North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium	31 – 20	Maranta (2), Kahu	Parker (4/4)	24,531
Monday, 25 May	Round 11	Newcastle Knights	Hunter Stadium	18 – 31	Reed (2), Milford, McCullough, Oates	Kahu (4/4), Hunt (1/2), Milford (FG)	12,673
Saturday, 30 May	Round 12	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium	12 – 24	Reed, Kahu, Maranta, Oates	Parker (4/5)	10,090
Friday, 5 June	Round 13	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Suncorp Stadium	44 – 10	Vidot (2), Milford (2), Hodges, Hunt, Reed, Kahu	Kahu (6/9)	28,691
	Round 14	Bye
Sunday, 21 June	Round 15	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park	12 – 14	Maranta, Reed, Oates	Kahu (1/3)	14,278
Friday, 26 June	Round 16	Newcastle Knights	Suncorp Stadium	44 – 22	Maranta (2), Gillett (2), Oates, McCullough, Milford, Boyd	Parker (5/7), Hunt (1/1)	27,246
	Round 17	Bye
Saturday, 11 July	Round 18	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium	8 – 16	Vidot, Thaiday, Blair	Parker (1/2), Kahu (1/1)	16,253
Sunday, 19 July	Round 19	Wests Tigers	Suncorp Stadium	42 – 16	Maranta (3), Glenn (2), Wallace, Reed, Oates	Parker (4/8), Kahu (1/2)	37,260
Friday, 24 July	Round 20	Gold Coast Titans	Suncorp Stadium	34 – 0	Parker, Boyd, Hunt, Wallace, Nikorima, Glenn	Parker (3/5), Kahu (2/2)	27,664
Saturday, 1 August	Round 21	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Central Coast Stadium	44 – 14	Hodges, Maranta, Reed	Kahu (1/2), Parker (0/1)	16,280
Friday, 7 August	Round 22	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Suncorp Stadium	16 – 18	Oates (2), Parker	Parker (2/3)	34,082
Friday, 14 August	Round 23	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Suncorp Stadium	32 – 6	Hunt (2), Kahu, Maranta, Milford, Copley	Parker (3/4), Milford (1/1), Kahu (0/1)	33,480
Saturday, 22 August	Round 24	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium	12 – 10	Kahu, Oates	Kahu (1/1), Parker (0/1)
Thursday, 27 August	Round 25	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Allianz Stadium	12 – 47	Hunt (3), Milford (2), Kahu, Oates	Parker (5/6), Kahu (2/2), Milford (FG)	12,036
Thursday, 3 September	Round 26	Melbourne Storm	Suncorp Stadium	8 – 15	Reed	Parker (0/1), Parker (PG), Milford (PG)	44,015
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye


Qualifying and elimination finals			Semi-finals		Preliminary finals		Grand final



11 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium

1	Sydney Roosters	18

4	Melbourne	20	18 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium

			Sydney Roosters	38

12 Sept, Stadium Australia			Canterbury	12	26 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium

5	Canterbury	11			Melbourne	12

8	St. George Illawarra	10			North Queensland	32	4 Oct, Stadium Australia

							Brisbane	16

13 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium					25 Sept, Lang Park		North Queensland	17

6	Cronulla	28			Brisbane	31

7	Souths	12	19 Sept, Willows Sports Complex		Sydney Roosters	12

			North Queensland	39

12 Sept, Lang Park			Cronulla	0

2	Brisbane	16

3	North Queensland	12

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 12 September	Qualifying Final	North Queensland Cowboys	Suncorp Stadium	16 – 12	Hunt, Milford	Parker (4/4 (2 Penalty Goals))	50,388
Friday, 25 September	Preliminary Final	Sydney Roosters	Suncorp Stadium	31 – 12	Boyd, Hunt, McCullough, Oates, Milford, Reed	Parker (2/4), Kahu (1/2), Milford (FG)	51,826
Sunday, 4 October	Grand Final	North Queensland Cowboys	ANZ Stadium	16 – 17	Corey Oates, Jack Reed	Parker (2/2) (1 Penalty Goal), Kahu (2/2) (1 Penalty Goal)	82,758
Legend: Win Loss Draw

	All Stars match	City Vs Country	ANZAC Test	Pacific Test	State Of Origin 1	State Of Origin 2	State of Origin 3	Kiwis Tour
Darius Boyd	-	-	-	-	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	-
Matt Gillett	-	-	-	-	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	-
Justin Hodges	Indigenous All Stars	-	-	-	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	-
Josh McGuire	-	-	-	Samoa	Queensland	Queensland	-	-
Corey Parker	NRL All Stars	-	Australia	-	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	-
Sam Thaiday	-	-	Australia	-	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	-
Daniel Vidot	-	-	-	Samoa	-	-	-	-
Adam Blair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	New Zealand
Alex Glenn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	New Zealand
Jordan Kahu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	New Zealand
Kodi Nikorima	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	New Zealand