Brisbane Broncos

Brisbane Broncos

Full name	Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club Ltd.
Nickname (s)	Broncos
Founded	April 5th 1987
Stadion	Suncorp Stadium
Places	52,500
president	Paul White
Trainer	Wayne Bennett
Homepage	www.broncos.com.au
league	National Rugby League
2017	3rd place (preliminary final lost)
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The Brisbane Broncos are a professional rugby league team based in Brisbane , Australia . The Broncos currently play in the popular Australian National Rugby League (NRL), founded in 1998, and are record champions there with three titles together with the Melbourne Storm . They also regularly have the highest average attendance in the NRL.

history

The 1980s

Wayne Bennett 2006. Bennett joined the Broncos when they were founded in 1988 and coached the team for a total of 20 years

In 1992 the Broncos became the first Australian team to win the official World Club Challenge

Rugby League was operated in Brisbane since 1909. With the Brisbane Rugby League premiership there was an in-city championship, which belonged to the Rugby League Association of the state of Queensland , Queensland Rugby League (QRL). In the mid-1980s, the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership (NSWRL) announced that it would include a team from Brisbane in the competition as part of an expansion in the future. The NSWRL was a nationally popular club competition and so the competition for the NSWRL license began in Brisbane. Various bids were received by the QRL and the issue of the license was fiercely contested. Ultimately, the QRL chose the offer from Barry Maranta and Paul Morgan. The two former players had planned to found a profit-oriented rugby league club and offered the association a 30% share in the profits as well as two seats in the club's management and assumed all financial risks privately. The newly formed club was named Brisbane Broncos and joined the NSWRL in the 1988 season.

After the club was founded, the Brisbane Broncos were able to sign many of the top QRL players. Much of the Queensland Maroons selection , who meet the Blues (the New South Wales selection ) annually in the State of Origin , moved to the Broncos to represent Queensland in the NSWRL. Also the first coach of the Broncos was with Wayne Bennett the acting coach of the Maroons . The Broncos won their first league game on March 6, 1988 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles with 44-10. Despite the following six wins in a row, the first season ended in seventh place in the table.

In their second season, the Broncos reached the playoffs for the first time, but lost their first game there and finished the season in sixth.

The 1990s

In the 1990 season, the Brisbane Broncos could improve again. They finished the regular season in second place in the table and thus qualified for the final round. In the semifinals they were defeated by the eventual champions Canberra Raiders with 30-2 and ended the season in third. After a seventh place in the table in the 1991 season, the Broncos led the table for a long time a year later and were also in first position after the last game day with 6 points ahead ( minor premiership ). In the final round, the Broncos were able to prevail until the Grand Final , where they defeated the St. George Dragons with 28-8 and brought the Winfield Cup to Queensland for the first time. The triumph was even increased when the Broncos then won the World Club Challenge against the favored Wigan Warriors from England .

From the 1993 season, the team played their home games in the former ANZ Stadium in south Brisbane. After the overwhelming success of the previous season, the 1993 season started weaker and in the end it was only enough for fifth place in the table. Nevertheless, the Broncos were able to prevail in the final round to the Grand Final and met the Dragons there again. With a 14-6 success they were able to defend their title, making them the first team in Australian rugby league sport to win the title in fifth place. The sporting success could not be continued in 1994. The team disappointed in the league and also lost the World Club Challenge to Wigan. In the end, it wasn't enough for the final round in the league either.

Prior to the 1995 season, the Broncos went to court against the NSWRL. The subject of the dispute was the salary cap . The dispute culminated in the so-called Super League War , which was about marketing, TV broadcasting and supremacy in the Australian rugby league sport. The NSWRL was now called the Australian Rugby League (ARL) and was supported by the national rugby league umbrella organization Australian Rugby League . In the first two seasons of the ARL, the Broncos were able to qualify for the final round, but did not make it to the Grand Final. 1996 was not even enough in second place in the table. Instead, the Broncos lost five final round matches in a row in 1995 and 1966.

The Super League War led to the re-establishment of the Super League (SL) in 1996 , which the Broncos joined as one of the first teams. 1997 SL and ARL were played in parallel and Australia experienced a year with two competing leagues. The Broncos won the Super League and already got their third title, but the sporting success was accompanied by the organizational disputes. In 1998 an agreement was reached. The SL and ARL were combined to form the National Rugby League (NRL) and the Brisbane Broncos were one of 14 teams that competed in the NRL in the 1998 season.

The Broncos won their first five games and also finished the season as leaders. They were the first minor premiers of the NRL. In the final round they qualified for the first NRL Grand Final and were able to win the game after falling behind at halftime. In their tenth season, the Broncos won the fourth title. A year later, however, the final round ended.

The 2000s

In the 2000 season, the Broncos built on their sporting success and were able to win the Winfield Cup for the fifth time. Before the 2001 season, Gorden Tallis was the new captain of the team, which experienced a sporty mixed season. The Broncos lost six games in a row, setting their negative record. They finished the season in fifth and were eliminated in the final round in the preliminary final. A year later, the team was able to reach 3rd place in the final table, but was eliminated again in the preliminary final.

The Grand Final 2006 at the ANZ Stadium

On January 6, 2003, the association got a new CEO in Bruno Cullen . The following season was the first in the history of the Broncos in which they lost more games than they won. In the end, they were in 8th place in the table. In the 2004 season, the team reached the final round and even the semi-finals, where they lost and eliminated for the first time against the Cowboys in the last game under Captain Gorden Tallis . Tallis' successor was Darran Lockyer , who is still captain of the team. In 2005 the Broncos reached the semifinals again and lost again.

The 2006 season was a bit irregular. After the State of Origin 2006, the Broncos lost several games - a phenomenon that had been around for several years and has now been called the "post-origin slump". After a race to catch up and victories against the top teams of the season, the team reached the final round and was able to qualify for the Grand Final again after six years. The Broncos were in the final for the sixth time and were able to maintain their flawless record. Against the Melbourne Storm succeeded a 15-8 and thus the sixth victory in the sixth final. On December 7, 2006, the Aspley Broncos became the Broncos ' new farm team after the previous farm team had withdrawn for financial reasons.

2007 began with a loss in the World Club Challenge to England's St Helens RLFC , and the first three games of the NRL season were also lost. The season continued badly for the Broncos and after 11 game days they were bottom of the table. Due to a short winning streak, the team was able to finish the season in 8th place and thus celebrate qualification for the final round for the 16th time in a row. There the Broncos met their previous opponents from Melbourne in the 500th game in the club's history , but had no chance and lost 40-0. The disappointing season was broadened by a low point on October 9, 2007, when Ian Lacey and John Te Reo's contracts were terminated after the two Broncos players drunk and seriously injured a man.

In spite of everything, the 2008 season began with a series of victories and leading the table for several weeks. After the last game day, participation in the final round was again certain with fifth place in the table. By winning in the first round of the final game, the Broncos were able to qualify for the semi-finals, where they failed again at the Melbourne Storm. The end of the season was also marked by the first change of coach in the club's history. Wayne Bennett left the Brisbane Broncos after 20 years as head coach. He was succeeded by Ivan Henjak , a former assistant to Bennett.

With the new coach, the 2009 season was similar to the previous one. After sixth place in the table at the end of the season and two wins in the final round, it was again in the semifinals against the Melbourne Storm over. A year later, the Melbourne Storm was proven to have systematically violated the NRL's salary cap for the past five years . The team that threw the Broncos three years in a row from the final round, the two titles of this time were stripped and all points of the current 2010 season were deleted. For the Broncos, Captain Darren Lockyer set a new record this season. With his 329th Broncos game, he made more games for a club than any player before. On July 12, 2010, Bruno Cullen announced that he would not renew his contract as COE, which expired on December 31, 2010. He was succeeded by Paul White.

In the 2010 season, the Broncos missed the finals for the first time since 1991. For the following season, Anthony Griffin was the new coach. After a few disappointing seasons, however, he was replaced by successful coach Wayne Bennett, who led the Broncos back to the Grand Final in 2015 in the first year after his return. There, however, they lost in a highly dramatic game to their arch rivals North Queensland Cowboys with 16-17 in overtime.

Achievements and Statistics

Captain Darran Lockyer and trainer Wayne Bennett with the Winfield Cup after winning the 2006 Grand Final

Championships

year	opponent	league	Result
1992	St. George Dragons	New South Wales Rugby League Premiership	28-8
1993	St. George Dragons	New South Wales Rugby League Premiership	14-6
1997	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Super League	26-8
1998	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	National Rugby League	38-12
2000	Sydney Roosters	National Rugby League	14-6
2006	Melbourne Storm	National Rugby League	15-8

World Club Challenges

year	opponent	output	Result
1992	Wigan Warriors	victory	22-8
1994	Wigan Warriors	defeat	14-20
1997	Hunter Mariners	victory	36-12
2001	St Helens	defeat	18-20
2007	St Helens	defeat	14-18

Season statistics

M = Masters, R = Runner-Ups (defeat in the final), P = Minor Premierships (first in the table), F = Final round, W = Wooden Spoons (last in the table)
(Final round games in brackets)

competition	Played Games	S.	U	N	Table space	M.	R.	P	F.	W.	Trainer	captain
NSWRL 1988	22nd	14th	0	8th	7/16						Wayne Bennett	Wally Lewis
NSWRL 1989	22 (1)	14 (0)	0 (0)	8 (1)	5/16
NSWRL 1990	22 (3)	16 (1)	1 (0)	5 (2)	2/16				♦			Gene Miles
NSWRL 1991	22nd	13	0	9	7/16
NSWRL 1992	22 (2)	18 (2)	0 (0)	4 (0)	1/16	♦		♦	♦			Allan Langer
NSWRL 1993	22 (4)	16 (4)	0 (0)	6 (0)	5/16	♦			♦
NSWRL 1994	22 (2)	13 (1)	1 (0)	8 (1)	5/16				♦
ARL 1995	22 (2)	17 (0)	0 (0)	5 (2)	3/20				♦
ARL 1996	21 (2)	17 (0)	0 (0)	4 (2)	2/20				♦
Super League 1997	18 (2)	14 (2)	1 (0)	3 (0)	1/10	♦		♦	♦
NRL 1998	24 (4)	18 (3)	1 (0)	5 (1)	1/20	♦		♦	♦
NRL 1999	24 (1)	13 (0)	2 (0)	9 (1)	8/17				♦
NRL 2000	26 (3)	18 (3)	2 (0)	6 (0)	1 / 14th	♦		♦	♦
NRL 2001	26 (3)	14 (1)	1 (0)	11 (2)	5/14				♦			Gorden Tallis
NRL 2002	24 (2)	16 (1)	1 (0)	7 (1)	3/15				♦
NRL 2003	24 (1)	12 (0)	0 (0)	12 (1)	8/15				♦
NRL 2004	24 (2)	16 (0)	1 (0)	7 (2)	3/15				♦
NRL 2005	24 (2)	15 (0)	0 (0)	9 (2)	3/15				♦			Darren Lockyer
NRL 2006	24 (4)	14 (3)	0 (0)	10 (1)	3/15	♦			♦
NRL 2007	24 (1)	11 (0)	0 (0)	13 (1)	8/16				♦
NRL 2008	24 (2)	14 (1)	1 (0)	9 (1)	5/16				♦
NRL 2009	24 (3)	14 (2)	0 (0)	10 (1)	6/16				♦		Ivan Henjak
NRL 2010	24	11	0	13	10/16
NRL 2011	24 (3)	18 (2)	0 (0)	6 (1)	3/16				♦		Anthony Griffin
NRL 2012	24 (1)	12 (0)	0 (0)	12 (1)	8/16				♦			Sam Thaiday
NRL 2013	24	10	1	13	12/16
NRL 2014	24 (1)	12 (0)	0 (0)	12 (1)	8/16					♦

Participation of players in the NRL All-Stars Game

Surname	position	Participation (noun)	team
Israel Folau	Outer three-quarters	2010	NRL All Stars
Darren Lockyer	Interconnects	2010, 2011	NRL All Stars
Sam Thaiday	Second row striker, third row striker	2010, 2012	Indigenous All Stars
Jharal Yow Yeh	Outer three-quarters	2010, 2011, 2012	Indigenous All Stars
Ben Hannant	pier	2011, 2013	NRL All Stars
Jack Reed	Inner three quarters	2012	NRL All Stars
Justin Hodges	Inner three quarters	2012, 2013, 2015	Indigenous All Stars
Scott Prince	Half of the crowd	2013	Indigenous All Stars
Corey Parker	Second row striker, third row striker	2015	NRL All Stars

Stadiums and audience numbers

Front view of the ANZ Stadium from 2009. The Broncos played their home games here between 1993 and 2003

Broncos home game at Suncorp Stadium during the 2007 season

From 1988 to 1993, the Broncos played their home games at Lang Park in Brisbane. Due to conflicts with the Queensland Rugby League and the Lang Park owners, the club moved in 1993 to the ANZ Stadium . The average attendance increased from just over 20,000 to 43,200 in the 1993 season. In addition to the move to the new stadium, the Broncos' first title win in the 1992 season, which was also the first title for a team from Queensland, was decisive for this big interest. Despite winning the title again in 1993, the number of viewers fell continuously. In 1996 there were only an average of 23,712 spectators and even this figure was not exceeded again until 2002.

In 2001, the Queensland government announced a major overhaul of Lang Park, earning AU $ 280 million. During the construction work, a cemetery from the second half of the 19th century was discovered on the site, but this did not change anything about the completion of the stadium. The Broncos moved into the redesigned stadium during the current 2003 season, which was named Suncorp Stadium when it opened . The stadium's better location, closer to the center of town, resulted in an increase in attendance, which averaged 34,587 in the 2009 season.

The Broncos attendance record at a league game is 58,593 and comes from the final round of the record year 1993 against the St. George Dragons . The record for Suncorp Stadium is 50,612 and comes from the 2008 semi-final game against North Queensland .

year	Home stadium	Average Audience
1988	Lang Park	16,111
1989	Lang Park	18,217
1990	Lang Park	22,709
1991	Lang Park	19,463
1992	Lang Park	21,687
1993	ANZ stadium	43,200
1994	ANZ stadium	37,705
1995	ANZ stadium	35.902
1996	ANZ stadium	23,712
1997	ANZ stadium	19,298
1998	ANZ stadium	20,073
1999	ANZ stadium	22,763
2000	ANZ stadium	21,239
2001	ANZ stadium	20,035
2002	ANZ stadium	20,131
2003	ANZ Stadium & Suncorp Stadium	24,326
2004	Suncorp Stadium	28,667
2005	Suncorp Stadium	30,331
2006	Suncorp Stadium	31,208
2007	Suncorp Stadium	32,868
2008	Suncorp Stadium	33,426
2009	Suncorp Stadium	34,587
2010	Suncorp Stadium	35,032
2011	Suncorp Stadium	33.209
2012	Suncorp Stadium	33,337
2013	Suncorp Stadium	30,480
2014	Suncorp Stadium	34,235
2015	Suncorp Stadium	36.096

Club logo and jersey colors

Broncos home jerseys for the 2004 season

When the association was founded, it was initially debated whether to combine a kangaroo and a stylized "Q" for Queensland in the association's logo . But since the Australian national rugby league team was called Kangaroos and also had the kangaroo in their logo, the idea was discarded. In the search for a suitable heraldic animal, it was agreed to maintain the tradition of alliteration that had hitherto been common in Brisbane , as it was cultivated, for example, by the Brisbane Bullets or the Brisbane Bears . Ultimately, the club fathers decided on the nickname Broncos . Bronco is the English name for an untamed horse that is difficult to curb and often throws off the rider. Often wild horses are also meant.

The Broncos' original logo was introduced in 1988. It was in golden tones, in line with the jerseys used at the time, and showed a puffing, muscular horse and the club name. In 1999, the logo was replaced by a burgundy horse head, which came closer in color to the logo of the Queensland Rugby League Association and is still used today.

Bordeaux red, white and gold are the traditional colors of the Broncos. In the first season in 1988, the upper third of the jersey was gold, the middle consisted of burgundy and white stripes and the lower third was again plain burgundy. There were a few difficulties with this first draft due to its resemblance to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Queensland State of Origin team. After some design changes and a mainly white jersey in the 1997 and 1998 seasons, a blue component was added to the away jerseys in 2001, which later disappeared.

Company form and finance

The Broncos trophy collection. The club is also in the black due to its sporting success

The founding of the Broncos already made it clear that it was a profit-oriented company. Barry Maranta and Paul Morgan were awarded the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) mainly because of the 30% profit share they granted the QRL. The Broncos were registered on December 15, 1987 as an Australian Public Company (Limited By Shares ) and therefore bear the suffix Limited (Ltd.). Since May 12, 1989, Brisbane Broncos Ltd. listed on the Australian Securities Exchange . The price for a share in 2010 ranged between 30 and 40 cents.

When the stadium was changed in 2003, Brisbane Broncos Ltd.'s profit increased. clearly. With revenues of just under AU $ 16 million, a profit of AU $ 313,480 was achieved in the 2003 financial year. In 2004 this result was more than tripled to AU $ 996,210. In 2005 the Broncos had their highest profit in seven years. AU $ 2,321,359 remained on a spend of AU $ 18.75 million at the end of the fiscal year. Income exceeded the AU $ 20 million mark for the first time. The 2006 result was similarly good. However, the following years saw steady decline in profits. In 2007 it was AU $ 2,163,403, the following year AU $ 1,838,685 and in 2009 AU $ 1,296,835. In 2009, revenue also fell for the first time. They fell from AU $ 25,620,819 in 2008 to AU $ 25,162,252. The club's management saw the main reasons for this in the generally poor economic situation due to the financial crisis from 2007 .

Despite the decline in profits in 2009, the club announced new record income from sponsors. At AU $ 6,781,683, the value of the previous year was exceeded by 1.28%. The Australian electronics retailer WOW Sight and Sound has been the main sponsor of the Broncos since 2008 . There are also sponsorship agreements with Nike , Toyota and smaller Australian companies.

Web links

Commons : Brisbane Broncos  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• official page
• Brisbane Broncos Ltd. at the ASX
• Statistics of the Broncos in the NRL

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ ^{a b} Jack Gallaway: Origin: Rugby league's greatest contest 1980–2002 , University of Queensland Press 2003, pp. 99–100 (English)
3. ^ AAP: Broncos axed. In: Fox Sports. October 9, 2007, accessed July 27, 2010 . 
4. ↑ Honeysett, Stuart: Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era. In: The Australian. April 23, 2010, accessed July 2, 2010 . 
5. ^ Brisbane Broncos Limited: Retirement of Chief Executive Officer. (PDF; 87 kB) (No longer available online.) In: ASX Company Announcements. July 17, 2010, archived from the original on March 25, 2012 ; accessed on July 28, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Kevin Rains, Jonathan Prangnell: Background to the University of Queensland Archaeological Services Unit's Lang. Salvage Excavations: History, Significance Assessment and Methods , in Queensland Archaeological Research, Vol 13, 2002 ( PDF )
7. ↑ ^{a b} Brisbane Crowds. (No longer available online.) In: http://stats.rleague.com/ . 2010, archived from the original on June 5, 2011 ; accessed on July 27, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Sean Fagan: Brisbane Broncos. (No longer available online.) In: http://www.rl1908.com/ . Archived from the original on June 21, 2002 ; accessed on July 27, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ^ Entry at the Australian Securities & Investments Commission
10. ^ Brisbane Broncos Ltd .: Brisbane Broncos Limited and Controlled Entities 2003 Financial Results. (PDF; 469 kB) (No longer available online.) March 15, 2004, archived from the original on March 25, 2012 ; accessed on July 28, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ^ Brisbane Broncos Ltd .: Brisbane Broncos Limited and Controlled Entities 2004 Financial Results. (PDF; 541 kB) (No longer available online.) February 25, 2005, archived from the original on March 25, 2012 ; accessed on July 28, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
12. ^ Brisbane Broncos Ltd .: Brisbane Broncos Limited and Controlled Entities 2005 Financial Results. (PDF; 686 kB) (No longer available online.) March 10, 2006, archived from the original on March 25, 2012 ; accessed on July 28, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ^ Brisbane Broncos Ltd .: Brisbane Broncos Limited and Controlled Entities 2007 Financial Results. (PDF; 751 kB) (No longer available online.) February 26, 2008, archived from the original on March 25, 2012 ; accessed on July 28, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ^ Brisbane Broncos Ltd .: Brisbane Broncos Limited and Controlled Entities 2008 Financial Results. (PDF; 1.5 MB) (No longer available online.) February 23, 2009, archived from the original on March 25, 2012 ; accessed on July 28, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ↑ ^{a b} Brisbane Broncos Ltd .: Brisbane Broncos Limited and Controlled Entities 2009 Financial Results. (PDF; 4.0 MB) (No longer available online.) February 23, 2010, archived from the original on March 25, 2012 ; accessed on July 28, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.