2011 Brisbane Broncos season

Avg. attendance33,209High attendance50,859Top scorersTriesJharal Yow Yeh (14)GoalsCorey Parker (74)PointsCorey Parker (160)
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The 2011 Brisbane Broncos season was the 24th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2011 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 3rd (out of 16). The Broncos then came within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by eventual premiers, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. It was the last season for Brisbane's captain, all-time top points scorer and most-capped player, Darren Lockyer. Lockyer was also named the Broncos player of the season.[1]

2011 was the Broncos' first season under new CEO Paul White who replaced Bruno Cullen in the first week of January.[2] The following month, head coach Ivan Henjak was replaced by his assistant Anthony Griffin. NRMA replaced WOW Sight & Sound as the naming-rights sponsor of the Broncos after signing a three-year multimillion-dollar deal.[3]

Season summary

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.

Milestones

  • Round 1: Two players made their debuts for the club; Dane Gagai and Jack Reed. Both made their NRL debuts also.
  • Round 1: Dane Gagai and Jack Reed scored their 1st career tries.
  • Round 2: Alex Glenn played his 50th game for the club and his 50th career game.
  • Round 8: Darren Lockyer scored his 121st career try which moved him into second on the all-time try scoring list for the Brisbane Broncos behind Steve Renouf.
  • Round 12: Kurt Baptiste made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL.
  • Round 13: Scott Anderson played his 50th career game.
  • Round 14: Shea Moylan made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL.
  • Round 15: David Hala scored his 1st career try.
  • Round 16: Kurt Baptiste scored his 1st career try and Peter Wallace played his 100th career game.
  • Round 22: Jharal Yow Yeh played his 50th game for the club and his 50th career game.
  • Round 22: Darren Lockyer played his 349th career game, equalling the all-time record of club appearances.
  • Round 23: Darren Lockyer played his 350th career game, broke the all-time record of club appearances.
  • Round 25: Ben Te'o played his 50th game for the club.

Squad list

Brisbane Broncos 2011 squad
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

  • Anthony Griffin

Assistant coaches

  • Allan Langer (Skills)
  • Dan Barker (Strength)
  • Tony Guilfoyle (Performance)
  • Andrew Croll (Performance)
Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • Injured

Updated: 30 July 2011
Source(s): Brisbane Broncos Squad, Coaching Profiles


Squad Movement

Gains

Players Previous club Until End of Notes
Dane Carlaw Catalans Dragons
2011
Ben Hannant Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2014
Jack Reed Norths Devils (Queensland Cup)
2012

Losses

Players Club Until End of Notes
Israel Folau GWS Giants (AFL)
2014
Denan Kemp Southern Districts (Rugby Union)
?
Lagi Setu Mormon Mission
2012
Ashton Sims North Queensland Cowboys
2012
Tariq Sims North Queensland Cowboys
2012
Antonio Winterstein North Queensland Cowboys
2013

Re-signings

Players Club Until End of Notes
Scott Anderson Brisbane Broncos
2013
Kurt Baptiste Brisbane Broncos
2013
Dale Copley Brisbane Broncos
2013
Justin Hodges Brisbane Broncos
2014
Josh Hoffman Brisbane Broncos
2015
Dunamis Lui Brisbane Broncos
2013
Josh McGuire Brisbane Broncos
2015
Corey Parker Brisbane Broncos
2014
Sam Thaiday Brisbane Broncos
2015

Ladder

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Pos. Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 24 19 0 5 2 521 308 213 42
2 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (P) 24 18 0 6 2 539 331 208 40
3 Brisbane Broncos 24 18 0 6 2 511 372 139 40
4 Wests Tigers 24 15 0 9 2 519 430 89 34
5 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 14 1 9 2 483 341 142 33
6 New Zealand Warriors 24 14 0 10 2 504 393 111 32
7 North Queensland Cowboys 24 14 0 10 2 532 480 52 32
8 Newcastle Knights 24 12 0 12 2 478 443 35 28
9 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 12 0 12 2 449 489 -40 28
10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 11 0 13 2 531 562 -31 26
11 Sydney Roosters 24 10 0 14 2 417 500 -83 24
12 Penrith Panthers 24 9 0 15 2 430 517 -87 22
13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 7 0 17 2 428 557 -129 18
14 Parramatta Eels 24 6 1 17 2 385 538 -153 17
15 Canberra Raiders 24 6 0 18 2 423 623 -200 16
16 Gold Coast Titans 24 6 0 18 2 363 629 -266 16

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 12 February Trial 1 Gold Coast Titans Kougari Oval 42 – 18 Copley (2), Norman, Lui, McGuire, Frei, Glenn, Reed Hunt (5) 3,500
Saturday, 19 February Trial 2 North Queensland Cowboys Traeger Park 26 – 4 Reed (2), Hoffman, Kahu, Parker Parker (2), Norman (1) 5,500
Saturday, 26 February Trial 3 Melbourne Storm Dolphin Oval 26 – 6 Te'o, Hunt, Lockyer, Yow Yeh, Gagai Parker (3) 8,000
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Friday, 11 March Round 1 North Queensland Cowboys Suncorp Stadium 14 – 16 Reed, Yow Yeh, Gagai Parker (1/3) 45,119
Friday, 18 March Round 2 Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium 4 – 20 Hoffman, Gillett, Yow Yeh Parker (4/4) 16,146
Friday, 25 March Round 3 Gold Coast Titans Skilled Park 8 – 14 Glenn, Hodges Parker (3/3) 20,226
Friday, 1 April Round 4 Penrith Panthers Suncorp Stadium 18 – 10 Glenn, Beale, Yow Yeh Parker (3/5) 25,263
Monday, 11 April Round 5 Newcastle Knights Suncorp Stadium 17 – 6 Reed (2), Gillett, Beale Parker (0/4), Lockyer (FG) 24,522
Saturday, 16 April Round 6 Sydney Roosters Bluetongue Stadium 6 – 24 Copley (2), Yow Yeh, Hannant Parker (4/5) 8,616
Friday, 22 April Round 7 Wests Tigers Sydney Football Stadium 18 – 31 Yow Yeh, Glenn, Thaiday, Wallace, Lockyer Parker (5/5), Lockyer (FG) 19,494
Friday, 29 April Round 8 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Suncorp Stadium 20 – 12 Lockyer, Copley, Beale Parker (4/4) 30,538
Saturday, 7 May Round 9 Melbourne Storm Suncorp Stadium 22 – 29 Beale (2), Reed, Gagai Parker (3/4) 34,175
Friday, 13 May Round 10 Penrith Panthers Centrebet Stadium 33 – 10 Wallace, Parker Parker (1/2) 11,336
Round 11 Bye
Friday, 27 May Round 12 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Suncorp Stadium 34 – 10 Te'o Parker (3/3) 32,283
Friday, 3 June Round 13 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Toyota Stadium 16 – 34 Glenn (2), Copley, Parker, Reed, Beale Parker (5/7) 14,436
Sunday, 12 June Round 14 Canberra Raiders Suncorp Stadium 25 – 24 (golden point) Glenn, Copley, Beale, Hoffman Wallace (4/5) & (FG) 21,378
Friday, 17 June Round 15 St. George Illawarra Dragons Suncorp Stadium 21 – 14 Yow Yeh (2), Hala, Reed Wallace (2/4), Lockyer (FG) 34,185
Friday, 24 June Round 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs NIB Stadium 16 – 12 Reed, Baptiste Parker (2/2) 15,371
Friday, 1 July Round 17 Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium 12 – 16 Gagai (2), Gillett Wallace (2/3) 11,079
Round 18 Bye
Friday, 15 July Round 19 Gold Coast Titans Suncorp Stadium 30 – 10 Yow Yeh (2), Thaiday, Hodges, Hoffman Parker (4/5), Wallace (1/1) 31,035
Friday, 22 July Round 20 Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 26 – 6 Yow Yeh Parker (1/1) 22,912
Friday, 29 July Round 21 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Suncorp Stadium 46 – 16 Hodges (3), Hannant, Reed, Yow Yeh, Gillett, Wallace Parker (6/7), Wallace (1/1) 24,164
Saturday, 6 August Round 22 New Zealand Warriors Suncorp Stadium 21 – 20 Hodges, Beale, Reed, Gillett Parker (2/4), Wallace (FG) 37,173
Friday, 12 August Round 23 North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium 16 – 34 Hoffman (3), Reed, Copley Parker (7/7) 26,463
Monday, 22 August Round 24 Newcastle Knights Ausgrid Stadium 6 – 26 Wallace, Hodges, Yow Yeh, Glenn, Hunt Parker (3/6) 19,412
Sunday, 28 August Round 25 South Sydney Rabbitohs Suncorp Stadium 22 – 10 Glenn, Reed, Thaiday, Te'o Parker (3/4) 40,094
Sunday, 4 September Round 26 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Suncorp Stadium 18 – 10 McCullough, Yow Yeh, Gillett, Beale Parker (1/4) 50,859
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals

Qualifying finalsSemifinalsPreliminary finalsFinal
1 Melbourne18
8 Newcastle81W Melbourne12
4W Wests20 New Zealand20
2 Manly422L New Zealand22
Manly24
7 North Queensland8
New Zealand10
3 Brisbane402W Manly26
6 New Zealand103W Brisbane13 Brisbane14
1L St. George Illawarra12
4 Wests21
5 St. George Illawarra12
Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 10 September Qualifying Final New Zealand Warriors Suncorp Stadium 40 – 10 Glenn, Reed, Lockyer, Parker, McCullough, Hodges, Beale Parker (6/8) 48,943
Saturday, 17 September Semi-final St. George Illawarra Dragons Suncorp Stadium 13 – 12 Te'o, Copley Parker (2/4), Lockyer (FG) 48,474
Friday, 23 September Preliminary Final Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sydney Football Stadium 26 – 14 Yow Yeh, Wallace, Copley Parker (1/3) 31,894
Legend:   Win   Loss

Statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Scott Anderson 19 0 0 0 0
Kurt Baptiste 4 1 0 0 4
Gerard Beale 27 10 0 0 40
Dane Carlaw 7 0 0 0 0
Dale Copley 17 8 0 0 32
Mitchell Dodds 13 0 0 0 0
Dane Gagai 6 4 0 0 16
Matt Gillett 19 6 0 0 24
Alex Glenn 27 9 0 0 36
David Hala 15 1 0 0 4
Ben Hannant 20 2 0 0 8
Justin Hodges 17 8 0 0 32
Josh Hoffman 16 6 0 0 24
Ben Hunt 19 1 0 0 4
Nick Kenny 9 0 0 0 0
Darren Lockyer 22 3 0 4 16
Dunamis Lui 6 0 0 0 0
Andrew McCullough 26 2 0 0 8
Josh McGuire 18 0 0 0 0
Shea Moylan 1 0 0 0 0
Corey Norman 9 0 0 0 0
Corey Parker 24 3 74 0 160
Jack Reed 27 12 0 0 48
Ben Te'o 14 3 0 0 12
Sam Thaiday 21 3 0 0 12
Shane Tronc 4 0 0 0 0
Peter Wallace 27 5 10 2 42
Jharal Yow Yeh 23 14 0 0 56
Totals – 101 84 6 578

Source:[19]

Representative

The following players played a representative match in 2011.

Australian Kangaroos

England

  • Jack Reed

New Zealand Kiwis

Indigenous All Stars

NRL All Stars

Queensland Maroons

Honours

League

  • Nil

Club

References

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  18. ^ Dick, Barry. "Sam Thaiday to captain Broncos in 2012, re-signs until 2015". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
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  20. ^ "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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