2017 Brisbane Broncos season

2017 Brisbane Broncos season
2017 Brisbane Broncos season
NRL rank	3rd
Play-off result	Lost Preliminary Final,; (Melbourne Storm, 0–30)
NRL Auckland Nines	Lost Quarter Final,; (Sydney Roosters, 14–15)
World Club Series	Lost Game 1,; (Warrington Wolves, 18-27)
2017 record	Wins: 18; losses: 11
Points scored	For: 597; against: 433
Team information
CEO	Paul White
Head Coach	Wayne Bennett
Captain	Darius Boyd;
Stadium	Suncorp Stadium
Avg. attendance	31,394
Agg. attendance	376,730
High attendance	47,703; (North Queensland Cowboys, 10 March)
Low attendance	21,197; (Wests Tigers, 19 May)
Top scorers
Tries	James Roberts (18)
Goals	Jordan Kahu (74)
Points	Jordan Kahu (187)
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The 2017 Brisbane Broncos season is the 30th in the Australian rugby league club's history. The team is based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Coached by Wayne Bennett, and captained by Darius Boyd, they compete in the NRL's 2017 Telstra Premiership. Prior to the start of the Premiership season, the Broncos competed in the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines, finishing first in their pool, but lost the Quarter-Final.

NRL rank3rd

Play-off resultLost Preliminary Final,
(Melbourne Storm, 0–30)

NRL Auckland NinesLost Quarter Final,
(Sydney Roosters, 14–15)

World Club SeriesLost Game 1,
(Warrington Wolves, 18-27)

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Cap.	Player	Position	First Broncos game	Previous First Grade RL club
128	Sam Thaiday	Second-row	2003	N/a
141	Darius Boyd (c)	Fullback	2006	Newcastle Knights
163	Andrew McCullough	Hooker	2008	N/a
172	Alex Glenn	Second-row	2009	N/a
174	Josh McGuire	Lock	2009	N/a
178	Ben Hunt	Halfback	2009	N/a
182	Matt Gillett	Second-row	2010	N/a
183	Mitchell Dodds	Prop	2010	Warrington Wolves
199	Jordan Kahu	Wing	2013	N/a
201	Corey Oates	Wing	2013	N/a
208	Francis Molo	Prop	2014	N/a
209	Anthony Milford	Five-eighth	2015	Canberra Raiders
210	Adam Blair (vc)	Prop	2015	Wests Tigers
212	Joe Ofahengaue	Prop	2015	N/a
213	Kodi Nikorima	Halfback	2015	N/a
215	Joe Boyce	Lock	2015	N/a
218	James Roberts	Centre	2016	Gold Coast Titans
220	Herman Ese'ese	Prop	2016	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
221	Travis Waddell	Hooker	2016	Newcastle Knights
222	Jai Arrow	Lock	2016	N/a
223	Jaydn Su'A	Second-row	2016	N/a
224	Tevita Pangai Jnr	Prop	2016	N/a
225	Tom Opacic	Centre	2016	N/a
226	Jonus Pearson	Wing	2016	N/a
227	Tautau Moga	Centre	2017	North Queensland Cowboys
228	Korbin Sims	Prop	2017	Newcastle Knights
229	Benji Marshall	Five-eighth	2017	St. George Illawarra Dragons
230	David Mead	Wing	2017	Gold Coast Titans
231	George Fai	Prop	2017	N/a
232	Jamayne Isaako	Fullback	2017	N/a
–	Alex Barr	Second-row	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Mitch Cronin	Hooker	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Salesi Funaki	Second-row	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Sam Lavea	Prop	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Matiu Love-Henry	Second-row	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Todd Murphy	Halfback	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Mosese Pangai	Centre	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Aaron Rockley	Prop	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Sam Scarlett	Halfback	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Marion Seve	Centre	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Gehamat Shibasaki	Centre	Yet to debut	N/a
–	Nikau Terupe	Wing	Yet to debut	N/a

Date	Position	Player	From	Year/s	Ref.
3 August 2016	Centre	Mosese Pangai	Townsville Blackhawks	2 Years	^[1]
10 September 2016	Wing	David Mead	Gold Coast Titans	1 Year	^[2]
24 October 2016	Centre	Tautau Moga	North Queensland Cowboys	2 Years	^[3]
26 October 2016	Prop	Mitchell Dodds	Warrington Wolves	1 Year	^[4]
21 October 2016	Halfback	Benji Marshall	St. George Illawarra Dragons	1 Year	^[5]
23 January 2017	Prop	Korbin Sims	Newcastle Knights	2 Years	^[6]

Date	Position	Player	To	Year/s	Ref.
13 June 2016	Wing	Greg Eden	Castleford Tigers	2 Years	^[7]
20 June 2016	Lock	Corey Parker	Retirement	N/a	^[8]
21 July 2016	Prop	Jarrod Wallace	Gold Coast Titans	3 Years	^[9]
1 September 2016	Wing	Lachlan Maranta	Queensland Reds	2 Years	^[10]
7 September 2016	Centre	Jack Reed	Retirement	N/a	^[11]
4 October 2016	Centre	Aaron Whitchurch	Redcliffe Dolphins	1 Year	^[12]
5 October 2016	Halfback	Darren Nicholls	Penrith Panthers	1 Year	^[13]
24 October 2016	Fullback	Carlin Anderson	Townsville Blackhawks	1 Year	^[14]

2017 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm (P)	24	20	0	4	2	633	336	+297	44
2	Sydney Roosters	24	17	0	7	2	500	428	+72	38
3	Brisbane Broncos	24	16	0	8	2	597	433	+164	36
4	Parramatta Eels	24	16	0	8	2	496	457	+39	36
5	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	15	0	9	2	476	407	+69	34
6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	14	0	10	2	552	512	+40	32
7	Penrith Panthers	24	13	0	11	2	504	459	+45	30
8	North Queensland Cowboys	24	13	0	11	2	467	443	+24	30
9	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	2	533	450	+83	28
10	Canberra Raiders	24	11	0	13	2	558	497	+61	26
11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	10	0	14	2	360	455	−95	24
12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	9	0	15	2	464	564	−100	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	7	0	17	2	444	575	−131	18
14	Wests Tigers	24	7	0	17	2	413	571	−158	18
15	Gold Coast Titans	24	7	0	17	2	448	638	−190	18
16	Newcastle Knights	24	5	0	19	2	428	648	−220	14

Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 4 February	Cronulla Sharks	Dolphin Oval	30 – 12	Pangai Jr., Isaako, Ese’ese, Glenn, Ofahengaue	Isaako (5/5)
Legend: Win Loss Draw

2017 Brisbane Broncos season

Squad information

Squad changes

Transfers in

Transfers out

Ladder

Fixtures

Pre-season

NRL Auckland Nines

Finals

World Club Series

Regular season

Result by round

Finals

Statistics

Representative honours

Judiciary

See also

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Brisbane Broncos	3	2	1	50	29	+21	4
Melbourne Storm	3	2	1	38	34	+4	4
Wests Tigers	3	1	2	33	43	−10	2
Newcastle Knights	3	1	2	36	51	−15	2

Date	Time (Local)	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 4 February	2:15pm	Round 1	Melbourne Storm	Eden Park	18 – 4	Kahu (2), Gillett, Pearson	Marshall (1/1), Kahu (0/2), Milford (0/1)
Saturday, 4 February	5:45pm	Round 2	Newcastle Knights	Eden Park	21 – 8	Kahu (3), Love-Henry	Kahu (2/4)
Sunday, 5 February	12:15pm	Round 3	Wests Tigers	Eden Park	11 – 17	Boyd, Oates	McCullough (1/1), Kahu (0/1)
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Penrith Panthers	16

Manly Sea Eagles	12
		Penrith Panthers	13

		Parramatta Eels	0
Parramatta Eels	14

Gold Coast Titans	0
				Penrith Panthers	8

				Sydney Roosters	10
Brisbane Broncos	14

Sydney Roosters	15
		Sydney Roosters	21

		Melbourne Storm	16
North Queensland Cowboys	12

Melbourne Storm	25

Date	Time (Local)	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 5 February	3:05pm	Quarter-Final	Sydney Roosters	Eden Park	14 – 15	Kahu, Cronin, Lavea	Kahu (1/1), Boyd (0/1)
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Date	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 18 February	Warrington Wolves	Halliwell Jones Stadium	27 – 18	Oates, Roberts, Mead	Kahu (3/3)	12,082
Legend: Win Loss Draw

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Ref(s)
Thursday, 2 March	Round 1	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Southern Cross Group Stadium	18 – 26	Kahu, Milford, Oates, Roberts	Kahu (5/5)	11,493^[15]
Friday, 10 March	Round 2	North Queensland Cowboys	Suncorp Stadium	20 – 21 (Golden Point)	Boyd, Kahu, Roberts	Anthony Milford (4/5), Kahu (0/1)	47,703	^[16]^[17]
Thursday, 16 March	Round 3	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park	14 – 12	Hunt, Roberts	Kahu (2/2)	16,334
Friday, 24 March	Round 4	Canberra Raiders	Suncorp Stadium	13 – 12	Boyd, McCullough	Kahu (2/3) & (FG)	29,370
Thursday, 30 March	Round 5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium	10 – 7	Thaiday	Kahu (1/1) & (FG)	7,412
Thursday, 6 April	Round 6	Sydney Roosters	Suncorp Stadium	32 – 8	Mead, McCullough, Roberts, Sims, Thaiday	Kahu (6/7)	30,376
Friday, 14 April	Round 7	Gold Coast Titans	Suncorp Stadium	24 – 22	Roberts (3), Milford, Nikorima	Kahu (2/4), Milford (0/1)	34,592
Friday, 21 April	Round 8	South Sydney Rabbitohs	ANZ Stadium	24 – 25	Oates (2), Moga, Sims	Milford (4/5) & (FG)	11,803
Thursday, 27 April	Round 9	Penrith Panthers	Suncorp Stadium	32 – 18	Gillett, Kahu, Moga, Nikorima, Roberts, Sims	Kahu (4/6)	21,464
Saturday, 13 May	Round 10	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Suncorp Stadium	14 – 24	Oates (2), Nikorima, Milford	Kahu (4/4)	44,127^[18]
Friday, 19 May	Round 11	Wests Tigers	Suncorp Stadium	36 – 0	Glenn, Kahu, Milford, Moga, Nikorima, Sims	Kahu (6/6)	21,197^[19]
Saturday, 27 May	Round 12	New Zealand Warriors	Mt Smart Stadium	28 – 10	Roberts (2)	Kahu (1/2)	13,826^[20]
Saturday, 3 June	Round 13	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium	16 – 18	Marshall, Moga, Oates	Kahu(2/3)	12,236^[21]
Friday, 9 June	Round 14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Suncorp Stadium	24 – 18	Gillett, Kahu, Oates, Thaiday	Kahu(4/5)	30,578^[22]
	Round 15	Bye
Saturday, 24 June	Round 16	Canberra Raiders	GIO Stadium	30 – 20	Gillett (2), Glenn, Oates, Ofahengaue	Kahu (5/6)	15,652^[23]
Friday, 30 June	Round 17	Melbourne Storm	Suncorp Stadium	12 – 42	Hunt, Mead	Kahu (2/2)	41,741^[24]
	Round 18	Bye
Saturday, 15 July	Round 19	Newcastle Knights	McDonald Jones Stadium	34 – 22	Kahu, Milford, Moga, Pearson, Roberts, Sims	Kahu(5/6)	13,773^[25]
Thursday, 20 July	Round 20	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Suncorp Stadium	42 – 12	Roberts (2), Blair, Hunt, Kahu, Moga, McGuire, Nikorima	Jordan Kahu(7/8)	24,267^[26]
Friday, 28 July	Round 21	Parramatta Eels	ANZ Stadium	14 – 28^[27]	Gillett, Roberts	Kahu (3/3)	12,182^[28]
Saturday, 5 August	Round 22	Gold Coast Titans	Cbus Super Stadium	54 – 0^[29]	Hunt (3), Nikorima (2), Milford, Moga, McGuire, Oates, Roberts	Kahu (7/9), Roberts (0/1)	21,716^[30]
Friday, 11 August	Round 23	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	Suncorp Stadium	32 – 10^[31]	Moga (2), Boyd, Gillett, Oates	Milford (6/9)	34,552^[32]
Friday, 18 August	Round 24	St George Illawarra Dragons	Suncorp Stadium	24 – 12^[33]	Glenn (2), Kahu, Milford, Oates	Milford (2/5)	31,832^[34]
Thursday, 24 August	Round 25	Parramatta Eels	Suncorp Stadium	34 – 52^[35]	Ese'ese, Glenn, Mead, Moga, McGuire, Oates	Milford (5/6)	29,058^[36]
Thursday, 31 August	Round 26	North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium	20 – 10^[37]	Blair, Gillett, Kahu, Roberts	Kahu (2/4)	23,321^[38]
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	B	A	H	B	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	B	W	L	B	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W
Position	5	7	9	8	9	7	6	5	4	4	2	4	5	5	4	3	5	5	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	3
Points	2	2	2	4	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	16	16	18	18	20	20	20	22	24	24	26	28	30	30	32


Qualifying and elimination finals			Semi-finals		Preliminary finals		Grand final



9 September – Melbourne

1	Melbourne Storm	18

4	Parramatta Eels	16	16 September – Sydney

			Parramatta Eels	16

10 September – Sydney			North Queensland Cowboys	24	22 September – Melbourne

5	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	14			Melbourne Storm	30

8	North Queensland Cowboys	15			Brisbane Broncos	0	1 October – Sydney

							Melbourne Storm	34

9 September – Sydney					23 September – Sydney		North Queensland Cowboys	6

6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	10			Sydney Roosters	16

7	Penrith Panthers	22	15 September – Brisbane		North Queensland Cowboys	29

			Brisbane Broncos	13

8 September – Sydney			Penrith Panthers	6

2	Sydney Roosters	24

3	Brisbane Broncos	22

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Friday 8 September	Qualifying Final	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium	22 – 24^[39]	Oates, Hunt, Roberts	Kahu (3/4)	21,212^[40]
Friday 15 September	Semi Final	Penrith Panthers	Suncorp Stadium	13 – 6^[41]	Oates, Roberts	Kahu (2/4) Kahu (FG)	38,623^[42]
Sunday 22 September	Preliminary Final	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park	0 – 30			28,821^[43]
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Jai Arrow	12	0	0	0	0
Adam Blair	27	1	0	0	4
Darius Boyd	20	3	0	0	12
Herman Ese'ese	22	1	0	0	4
George Fai	1	0	0	0	0
Matt Gillett	25	7	0	0	28
Alex Glenn	27	5	0	0	20
Ben Hunt	21	7	0	0	28
Jamayne Isaako	1	0	0	0	0
Jordan Kahu	25	9	75	3	189
Andrew McCullough	18	2	0	0	8
Josh McGuire	25	3	0	0	12
Benji Marshall	13	1	0	0	4
David Mead	12	3	0	0	12
Anthony Milford	23	7	21	1	71
Tautau Moga	27	10	0	0	40
Kodi Nikorima	19	7	0	0	28
Corey Oates	21	15	0	0	60
Joe Ofahengaue	16	1	0	0	4
Tevita Pangai	18	0	0	0	0
Jonus Pearson	6	1	0	0	4
James Roberts	26	18	0	0	72
Korbin Sims	22	5	0	0	20
Jaydn Su'a	4	0	0	0	0
Sam Thaiday	26	3	0	0	12
Travis Waddell	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		109	96	4	632

Player	Round	Incident/Charge	Verdict	Result	Victim	Club	Ref(s)
Salesi Funaki	Trial	Dangerous Throw	Guilty	2 match ban			^[49]
Sam Thaiday	Round 3	Contrary Conduct	Guilty	$2,100 fine	Jesse Bromwich	Melbourne Storm	^[50]^[51]
Joe Ofahengaue	Round 24	Dangerous Throw	Guilty	3 match ban	Max King	Gold Coast Titans	^[52]
Adam Blair	Qualifying Final	Tripping	Guilty	$1,100 fine	Jake Friend	Sydney Roosters	^[53]

Player	Mid-season Tests	State of Origin 1	State of Origin 2	State of Origin 3	World Cup
Corey Allan	Junior Kangaroos	–	–	–	–
Adam Blair	New Zealand	N/a	N/a	N/a	New Zealand
Darius Boyd	Australia	Queensland	Queensland	–	–
Herman Ese'ese	Samoa	N/a	N/a	N/a	Samoa^[44]
Matt Gillett	Australia	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	Australia
Alex Glenn	Cook Islands	N/a	N/a	N/a	–
Ben Hunt	–	–	–	Queensland	Australia^[45]
Jordan Kahu	New Zealand	N/a	N/a	N/a	–
David Mead	–	–	–	–	Papua New Guinea
Anthony Milford	Samoa	Queensland	–	–	–
Josh McGuire	Samoa	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	Australia
Kodi Nikorima	New Zealand	N/a	N/a	N/a	New Zealand^[46]
Joe Ofahengaue	Tonga	–	–	–	Tonga^[47]
Corey Oates	–	Queensland	–	–	–
Tevita Pangai Junior	–	–	–	–	Tonga
Korbin Sims	Fiji	–	–	–	Fiji^[48]
Jaydn Su'A	Junior Kangaroos	–	–	–	–
Sam Thaiday	Australia	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	–