2012 Brisbane Broncos season

2012 Brisbane Broncos season
NRL	8th
Play-off result	Lost Elimination Final (North Queensland Cowboys, 16-33)
2012 record	Wins: 12; Draws: 0; Losses: 12
Points scored	For: 481; Against: 447
Team information
CEO	Paul White
Coach	Anthony Griffin
Captain	Sam Thaiday
Stadium	Suncorp Stadium
Avg. Attend.	33,377
High. Attend.	43,177
Top scorers
Tries	Alex Glenn (13)
Goals	Wallace (36)
Points	Peter Wallace (89)
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The 2012 Brisbane Broncos season was the 25th in the club's history. Coached by Anthony Griffin and captained by Sam Thaiday, they competed in the NRL's 2012 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season eighth (out of sixteen) to make it into the finals. The Broncos were then knocked out of contention in the first game of the finals against the North Queensland Cowboys. So began the Broncos' longest ever premiership drought.

Season summary

Milestones

• Round 1: Nick Slyney made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the North Queensland Cowboys.
• Round 3: Sam Thaiday played his 150th career game.
• Round 4: Josh McGuire played his fiftieth career game.
• Round 8: Josh Hoffman played his fiftieth career game.
• Round 9: Ben Hunt played his fiftieth career game and Peter Wallace his 100th game for the club.
• Round 10: Luke Capewell made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Gold Coast Titans.
• Round 10: Matt Gillett played his fiftieth career game.
• Round 12: Ben Hannant played his 100th game for the club.
• Round 13: Gerard Beale played his fiftieth career game.
• Round 14: Brendon Gibb, Lachlan Maranta and Jarrod Wallace made their debuts for the club.
• Round 14: Lachlan Maranta scored his first career try and Ben Te'o played his 100th career game.
• Round 16: Petero Civoniceva played his 300th career game.
• Round 17: Aaron Whitchurch made his debut for the club.
• Round 17: Aaron Whitchurch scored his first career try.
• Round 20: Corey Parker played his 250th career game.
• Round 21: Ben Hannant played his 150th career game.
• Round 26: Andrew McCullough played his 100th career game.
• Elimination Final: Justin Hodges played his 200th career game.

Squad list

Brisbane Broncos
First team squad								Coaching staff
Scott Anderson - PR Kurt Baptiste - HK Nathanael Barnes - FB, WG Gerard Beale - FB, WG, CE Luke Capewell - FB, FE Petero Civoniceva - PR Dale Copley - WG, CE Mitchell Dodds - PR Mitchell Frei - PR, SR Dane Gagai - FB, WG (Mid-season loss) Brendon Gibb - SR Matt Gillett - SR Alex Glenn - SR		David Hala - PR Ben Hannant - PR Justin Hodges - CE Josh Hoffman - FB Ben Hunt - HB, HK Paul Ivan - CE Jordan Kahu - FB, WG Dunamis Lui - PR, SR Lachlan Maranta - WG Sam Martin - SR Andrew McCullough - HK Josh McGuire - PR		Corey Norman - FB, FE Corey Parker - LK Jack Reed - CE Nick Slyney - SR Matt Smith - PR Ben Te'o - SR Sam Thaiday (c) - SR Daniel Wallace - CE, SR Jarrod Wallace - PR Peter Wallace - FE, HB Aaron Whitchurch - CE Jharal Yow Yeh - WG				Head coach Anthony Griffin Assistant coaches Kristian Woolf Allan Langer (Skills coach) Dan Baker (Strength coach) Tony Guilfoyle (Performance coach) Andrew Croll (Performance coach) Legend: (c) Captain (vc) Vice captain Updated: 21 February 2012 Source(s): Broncos Squad, Coaches & Trainers

Squad movement

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Luke Capewell	Gold Coast Titans	2012	[1]
Petero Civoniceva	Penrith Panthers	2012	[2]
Nick Slyney	Redcliffe Dolphins (Queensland Cup)	2013	[3]

Losses

Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
Rohan Ahern	Mackay Cutters (Queensland Cup)	2012	[4]
Dane Gagai	Newcastle Knights (Mid-season)	2014	[5]
Nick Kenny	Retirement	-	[6]
Kurtis Lingwoodock	Ipswich Jets (Queensland Cup)	2012	[7]
Darren Lockyer	Retirement	-	[8]
Shane Tronc	Retirement	-	[9]

Re-signings

Player	Club	Until End of	Notes
Alex Glenn	Brisbane Broncos	2015	[10]
Anthony Griffin (Coach)	Brisbane Broncos	2015	[11]
David Hala	Brisbane Broncos	2014	[10]
Ben Hunt	Brisbane Broncos	2013	[10]
Andrew McCullough	Brisbane Broncos	2015	[10]
Corey Norman	Brisbane Broncos	2013	[12]
Jharal Yow Yeh	Brisbane Broncos	2015	[10]
Peter Wallace	Brisbane Broncos	2014	[12]
Luke Capewell	Brisbane Broncos	2013	[13]

Contract lengths

Player	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Source
Gerard Beale	Brisbane Broncos	St. George Illawarra Dragons				[14]
Ben Te'o	Brisbane Broncos	South Sydney Rabbitohs				[15]
Petero Civoniceva	Brisbane Broncos	Retirement				[16]
Luke Capewell	Brisbane Broncos					[1]
Mitchell Dodds	Brisbane Broncos					[17]
Jack Reed	Brisbane Broncos					[18]
Scott Anderson	Brisbane Broncos					[19]
Kurt Baptiste	Brisbane Broncos					[20]
Dale Copley	Brisbane Broncos					[21]
Matt Gillett	Brisbane Broncos					[22]
Ben Hunt	Brisbane Broncos					[10]
Dunamis Lui	Brisbane Broncos					[21]
Corey Norman	Brisbane Broncos					[12]
Nick Slyney	Brisbane Broncos					[3]
David Hala	Brisbane Broncos					[10]
Ben Hannant	Brisbane Broncos					[23]
Justin Hodges	Brisbane Broncos					[24]
Corey Parker	Brisbane Broncos					[25]
Peter Wallace	Brisbane Broncos					[12]
Alex Glenn	Brisbane Broncos					[10]
Anthony Griffin (Coach)	Brisbane Broncos					[11]
Josh Hoffman	Brisbane Broncos					[26]
Andrew McCullough	Brisbane Broncos					[10]
Josh McGuire	Brisbane Broncos					[26]
Sam Thaiday	Brisbane Broncos					[27]
Jharal Yow Yeh	Brisbane Broncos					[10]

Ladder

2012 NRL season
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	18	0	6	2	568	369	+199	40
2	Melbourne Storm (P)	24	17	0	7	2	579	361	+218	38
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	16	0	8	2	559	438	+121	36
4	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	16	0	8	2	497	403	+94	36
5	North Queensland Cowboys	24	15	0	9	2	597	445	+152	34
6	Canberra Raiders	24	13	0	11	2	545	536	+9	30
7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	12	1	11	2	445	441	+4	29
8	Brisbane Broncos	24	12	0	12	2	481	447	+34	28
9	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	11	0	13	2	405	438	-33	26
10	Wests Tigers	24	11	0	13	2	506	551	-45	26
11	Gold Coast Titans	24	10	0	14	2	449	477	-28	24
12	Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	2	448	488	-40	24
13	Sydney Roosters	24	8	1	15	2	462	626	-164	21
14	New Zealand Warriors	24	8	0	16	2	497	609	-112	20
15	Penrith Panthers	24	8	0	16	2	409	575	-166	20
16	Parramatta Eels	24	6	0	18	2	431	674	-243	16

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 4 February	Trial 1	North Queensland Cowboys	Dolphin Oval	28 – 22	Gagai, Gibb, Copley, Barnes, Coombe	Hunt (2), Norman (2)	4,500
Saturday, 11 February	Trial 2	Gold Coast Titans	Pizzey Park	16 – 18	Beale, Glenn, Copley	P. Wallace (2)	7,252
Saturday, 18 February	Trial 3	Melbourne Storm	North Hobart Oval	30 – 34	Glenn, Te'o, Beale, Norman, Hoffman, Gagai	P. Wallace (5)	11,752
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Friday, 2 March	Round 1	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta Stadium	18 – 6	Yow Yeh, P. Wallace, Hannant	Parker (3/3)	11,389
Friday, 9 March	Round 2	North Queensland Cowboys	Suncorp Stadium	26 – 28	Yow Yeh, McGuire, Beale, Te'o	Parker (5/5)	43,177
Friday, 16 March	Round 3	Newcastle Knights	Hunter Stadium	24 – 10	Glenn, Hodges, Beale, Gillett	P. Wallace (4/5)	23,894
Friday, 23 March	Round 4	South Sydney Rabbitohs	nib Stadium	20 – 12	Beale (2), Gillett, Hoffman	P. Wallace (2/4)	15,599
Friday, 30 March	Round 5	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Suncorp Stadium	28 – 20	Norman, P. Wallace, McCullough, Glenn, Gillett	P. Wallace (4/6)	38,012
Friday, 6 April	Round 6	Wests Tigers	Allianz Stadium	18 – 14	Reed (2), Copley	Parker (2/2), P. Wallace (1/2)	17,556
Friday, 13 April	Round 7	Canberra Raiders	Suncorp Stadium	30 – 6	Norman (2), Thaiday, Hannant, Gillett, Hunt	Parker (3/6)	30,017
Friday, 27 April	Round 8	Gold Coast Titans	Suncorp Stadium	26 – 6	Glenn (2), McCullough, Beale, Hoffman	Parker (3/5)	30,083
Saturday, 5 May	Round 9	New Zealand Warriors	Mt Smart Stadium	20 – 30	Reed, Glenn, Te'o, Thaiday	Parker (2/4)	19,012
Friday, 11 May	Round 10	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Suncorp Stadium	22 – 24	Gillett (2), Reed, Beale, Glenn	Parker (0/4), Norman (1/1)	41,273
	Round 11	Bye
Friday, 25 May	Round 12	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park	10 – 34	Reed, Te'o	Parker (1/2)	13,200
Sunday, 3 June	Round 13	Newcastle Knights	Suncorp Stadium	50 – 24	Hodges (2), Beale, Reed, Copley, Thaiday, McCullough, Hoffman	Parker (8/8), P. Wallace (1/1)	26,683
Sunday, 10 June	Round 14	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium	40 – 22	Te'o, Beale, P. Wallace, Glenn, Norman, Maranta, Reed	P. Wallace (6/7)	9,738
Friday, 15 June	Round 15	North Queensland Cowboys	Dairy Farmers Stadium	0 – 12			20,367
Friday, 22 June	Round 16	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Suncorp Stadium	26 – 12	Hodges, Glenn, Copley, Norman, Te'o	Parker (3/4), Civoniceva (0/1)	33,602
Friday, 29 June	Round 17	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Suncorp Stadium	12 – 26	Whitchurch, Glenn	P. Wallace (2/2)	26,268
	Round 18	Bye
Friday, 13 July	Round 19	New Zealand Warriors	Suncorp Stadium	10 – 8	Norman	Parker (3/3)	32,148
Friday, 20 July	Round 20	Gold Coast Titans	Skilled Park	10 – 14	Norman, Te'o	Parker (1/1), P. Wallace (0/1)	20,067
Monday, 30 July	Round 21	Parramatta Eels	Suncorp Stadium	22 – 42	Norman, Capewell, McCullough, Maranta	P. Wallace (3/3), Norman (0/1)	22,626
Sunday, 5 August	Round 22	Canberra Raiders	Canberra Stadium	12 – 28	Glenn (2)	P. Wallace (2/2)	9,850
Sunday, 12 August	Round 23	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium	14 – 22	Te'o, Norman	P. Wallace (3/3)	19,870
Friday, 17 August	Round 24	Melbourne Storm	Suncorp Stadium	18 – 19	Te'o (2), Hodges	P. Wallace (3/3)	41,467
Friday, 24 August	Round 25	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Brookvale Oval	6 – 16	Glenn	P. Wallace (1/1)	12,886
Friday, 31 August	Round 26	Penrith Panthers	Suncorp Stadium	19 – 12	P. Wallace, Te'o, Glenn	P. Wallace (2/2) & (FG), Norman (1/1)	35,178
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw       Bye

Finals

	Qualifying / Elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals				Grand final
		QF1: 7 Sep, ANZ Stadium
	1	Canterbury-Bankstown	16
	4	Manly-Warringah	10			SF1: 14 Sep, Allianz Stadium
						Manly-Warringah	22
		EF1: 8 Sep, Dairy Farmers Stadium				North Queensland	12					PF1: 22 Sep, ANZ Stadium
	5	North Queensland	33									Canterbury-Bankstown	32
	8	Brisbane	16									South Sydney	8			GF: 30 Sep, ANZ Stadium
																Canterbury-Bankstown	4
		EF2: 9 Sep, Canberra Stadium										PF2: 21 Sep, AAMI Park				Melbourne	14
	6	Canberra	34									Melbourne	40
	7	Cronulla-Sutherland	16			SF2: 15 Sep, ANZ Stadium						Manly-Warringah	12
						South Sydney	38
		QF2: 8 Sep, AAMI Park				Canberra	16
	2	Melbourne	24
	3	South Sydney	6

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 8 September	Elimination Final	North Queensland Cowboys	Dairy Farmers Stadium	16 – 33	Norman, Thaiday, Copley	P. Wallace (2/3)	21,307
Legend:       Win       Loss

Statistics

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Anderson, ScottScott Anderson	4	0	0	0	0
Baptiste, KurtKurt Baptiste	1	0	0	0	0
Beale, GerardGerard Beale	25	8	0	0	32
Capewell, LukeLuke Capewell	5	1	0	0	4
Civoniceva, PeteroPetero Civoniceva	20	0	0	0	0
Copley, DaleDale Copley	15	4	0	0	16
Dodds, MitchellMitchell Dodds	10	0	0	0	0
Gibb, BrendonBrendon Gibb	3	0	0	0	0
Gillett, MattMatt Gillett	23	6	0	0	24
Glenn, AlexAlex Glenn	23	13	0	0	52
Hala, DavidDavid Hala	1	0	0	0	0
Hannant, BenBen Hannant	22	2	0	0	8
Hodges, JustinJustin Hodges	18	5	0	0	20
Hoffman, JoshJosh Hoffman	23	3	0	0	12
Hunt, BenBen Hunt	25	1	0	0	4
Lui, DunamisDunamis Lui	9	0	0	0	0
Maranta, LachlanLachlan Maranta	7	2	0	0	8
McCullough, AndrewAndrew McCullough	25	4	0	0	16
McGuire, JoshJosh McGuire	24	1	0	0	4
Norman, CoreyCorey Norman	25	10	2	0	44
Parker, CoreyCorey Parker	17	0	34	0	68
Reed, JackJack Reed	22	7	0	0	28
Slyney, NickNick Slyney	3	0	0	0	0
Te'o, BenBen Te'o	21	10	0	0	40
Thaiday, SamSam Thaiday	21	4	0	0	16
Wallace, JarrodJarrod Wallace	2	0	0	0	0
Wallace, PeterPeter Wallace	23	4	36	1	89
Whitchurch, AaronAaron Whitchurch	2	1	0	0	4
Yow Yeh, JharalJharal Yow Yeh	4	2	0	0	8
Totals	-	88	72	1	497

Source: ^[28]

Representatives

The following players appeared in a representative match in 2012.

Australian Kangaroos

• Ben Hannant
• Justin Hodges
• Sam Thaiday

Indigenous All Stars

• Justin Hodges
• Sam Thaiday
• Jharal Yow Yeh

New Zealand Kiwis

• Alex Glenn
• Josh Hoffman
• Gerard Beale

NRL All Stars

• Jack Reed

Prime Minister's XIII

• Josh McGuire
• Ben Te'o

Queensland Maroons

• Matt Gillett
• Ben Hannant
• Justin Hodges
• Corey Parker
• Sam Thaiday
• Ben Te'o

Honours

League

• Nil

Club

• Player of the year: Andrew McCullough^[29]
• Rookie of the year: Lachlan Maranta
• Back of the year: Justin Hodges
• Forward of the year: Alex Glenn
• Club man of the year: Jess West/Terry Gray

References

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