2010 Brisbane Broncos season

The 2010 Brisbane Broncos season was the 23rd in the club's history, and they competed in the NRL's 2010 Telstra Premiership. Before the start of the season, Brisbane's test centre Justin Hodges damaged an Achilles tendon at training, ruling him out for the entire year. Halfway through the season, the Broncos' other superstar centre Israel Folau announced that he was quitting rugby league at the end of the year to take up Australian rules football with AFL expansion club, Greater Western Sydney. With captain Darren Lockyer missing the last few games of the season due to a rib injury, Brisbane finished the regular season 10th (out of 16), failing to make the finals for the first time since 1991. The Broncos had agreed to terms for another superstar centre, Greg Inglis, to join them for 2011 but he reneged on the deal in the post season.

2010 Brisbane Broncos season
NRL Rank10th
2010 recordWins: 11; Draws: 0; Losses: 10
Points scoredFor: 382; Against: 341
Team information
CEOBruno Cullen
CoachIvan Henjak
Captain
StadiumSuncorp Stadium
Avg. Attend.34,377[1]
Top scorers
TriesIsrael Folau 19
GoalsCorey Parker 64
PointsCorey Parker 132
< 2009 2011 >

Season results

The Broncos opened the 2010 season with a nail-biting 30-24 win over Queensland arch-rivals North Queensland Cowboys at Suncorp Stadium. Also for the second year in a row, Israel Folau was the first to score for the season for the Broncos. The Broncos suffered their worst ever loss at home against the New Zealand Warriors with a 48-16 loss at Suncorp Stadium in round 3. In round 9, the Broncos won their first game in Melbourne since 2003 with a 36-14 win over the Melbourne Storm at the newly opened AAMI Park. In round 10, the Broncos celebrated Corey Parker's 200th game in style with a 28-6 win over the Gold Coast Titans at Suncorp Stadium. Brisbane then lost five of its last eight matches after the Origin period, but they did defeat the eventual premiers St. George Illawarra in Round 21.

For the first time since 1991, the Broncos missed the finals finishing 10th after the regular season, the lowest placing position for the Broncos in their 23-year history. For only the second time in Broncos history, they lost more games than they won in the regular season, finishing with an 11-13 win-loss record and equalling the 2007 win-loss record (11-13), both the worst in the Broncos' history.

The Broncos experienced an 11 per cent increase in ticketed memberships from 11,900 in 2009 to 13,239 in 2010.

Fullback Josh Hoffman was awarded the 2010 Paul Morgan Medal for the Broncos' player of the year.[2]

On 11 October Paul Cullen's replacement as CEO of the club was announced as Paul White, a former police officer, who would take up the position in January.[3]

RoundOpponentResultBris.Opp.VenueDateCrowdPosition
Trial 1Melbourne StormWin2412Browne Park13 February4,000
Trial 2Canberra RaidersWin3224Ballymore20 February
Trial 3Redcliffe DolphinsWin3020Dolphin Oval27 February
1North Queensland CowboysWin3024Suncorp Stadium12 March48,5165/16
2Canberra RaidersLoss1422Canberra Stadium22 March14,2008/16
3New Zealand WarriorsLoss1648Suncorp Stadium28 March32,33815/16
4Sydney RoostersLoss625Sydney Football Stadium2 April17,10616/16
5St. George Illawarra DragonsLoss1634WIN Stadium9 April15,37416/16
6Cronulla-Sutherland SharksWin4416Suncorp Stadium18 April25,68814/16
7Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsLoss1836ANZ Stadium23 April17,01413/16
8Newcastle KnightsLoss2230Suncorp Stadium30 April25,17814/16
9Melbourne StormWin3614AAMI Park9 May20,03213/16
10Gold Coast TitansWin286Suncorp Stadium14 May40,16810/16
11Bye21–24 May10/16
12*Cronulla-Sutherland SharksWin204Toyota Park29 May7,8268/16
13Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesWin226Brookvale Oval6 June11,3167/16
14South Sydney RabbitohsWin5022Suncorp Stadium13 June30,3117/16
15*Penrith PanthersLoss1222Suncorp Stadium18 June42,4528/16
16Parramatta EelsWin106Parramatta Stadium26 June15,9296/16
17Wests TigersLoss1416Suncorp Stadium2 July30,1277/16
18Bye9–12 July8/16
19Gold Coast TitansWin2410Skilled Stadium16 July26,1976/16
20Sydney RoostersLoss3034Suncorp Stadium26 July26,4869/16
21St. George Illawarra DragonsWin106Suncorp Stadium1 August42,2697/16
22North Queensland CowboysWin3426Dairy Farmers Stadium6 August20,1487/16
23Parramatta EelsLoss1430Suncorp Stadium13 August38,1938/16
24Newcastle KnightsLoss1844EnergyAustralia Stadium20 August16,6688/16
25New Zealand WarriorsLoss436Mount Smart Stadium26 August21,62710/16
26Canberra RaidersLoss1618Suncorp Stadium3 September38,87210/16

(* denotes game after State Of Origin.)

Ladder
2010 NRL season
Pos. Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 St. George Illawarra Dragons (P) 2417072518299+21938
2 Penrith Panthers 2415092645489+15634
3 Wests Tigers 2415092537503+3434
4 Gold Coast Titans 2415092520498+2234
5 New Zealand Warriors 24140102539486+5332
6 Sydney Roosters 24140102559510+4932
7 Canberra Raiders 24130112499493+630
8 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24120122545510+3528
9 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24110132584567+1726
10 Brisbane Broncos 24110132508535−2726
11 Newcastle Knights 24100142499569−7024
12 Parramatta Eels 24100142413491−7824
13 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2490152494539−4522
14 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2470172354609−25518
15 North Queensland Cowboys 2450192425667−24214
16 Melbourne Storm 24140102489363+12601

1 Melbourne were deducted eight premiership points and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season due to gross long-term salary cap breaches.[4]

Scorers
PlayerTriesGoalsField GoalsPoints
Corey Parker144090
Israel Folau160064
Ben Te'o90036
Matt Gillett70028
Josh Hoffman60024
Peter Wallace25016
Andrew McCullough30012
Darren Lockyer30012
Ben Hunt30012
Jharal Yow Yeh30012
Sam Thaiday2008
Alex Glenn2008
Denan Kemp1004
Dunamis Lui1004
Dale Copley1004
Gerard Beale1004
Corey Norman1004
Lagi Setu1004
Antonio Winterstein1004
TOTAL66500364

Honours

League
  • Nil

Club

Gains
Name2009 Club
Denan KempNew Zealand Warriors
Scott AndersonMelbourne Storm
Tim NatuschNewcastle Knights
Rohan AhernSydney Roosters
Tim SmithWigan Warriors
Shane TroncNorth Queensland Cowboys
Ben HannantBulldogs

*Tim Smith later signed the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

*Shane Tronc Previous had signed With Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

*Ben Hannant signed for 2011 season and for 4 years

Losses
Name2010 Club
Karmichael HuntFrench Rugby Union (Biarritz Olympique)
David TaylorSouth Sydney Rabbitohs
Tonie CarrollRetired
Aaron GorrellCountry Rugby League (Queanbeyan Kangaroos)
Will TupouNorth Queensland Cowboys
Joel ClintonHull Kingston Rovers
Isaak Ah MauNorth Queensland Cowboys
PJ MarshRetired
Steve MichaelsGold Coast Titans

2010 Under 20s Squad

Under 20s Squad for the 2010 season.[6]

See also

References
  1. Ricketts, Steve (9 September 2010). "NRL boss David Gallop's State of the Game report shows rugby league surviving and thriving". The Courier-Mail. Australia: Queensland Newspapers. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  2. Steve Ricketts and Karl deKroo (9 October 2010). "Rookie Josh Hoffman is Bronco of the year". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  3. AAP, "Former cop Paul White named new Brisbane Broncos CEO" heraldsun.com.au (11 October 2010)
  4. Stuart Honeysett and Brent Read (23 April 2010) Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era The Australian
  5. "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 April 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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