2002 Brisbane Broncos season

The 2002 Brisbane Broncos season was the fifteenth in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2002 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season in third position before going on to again come within one match of the grand final for the second consecutive year.

Season summary

The 2002 NRL season saw the return of club legend Allan Langer to the Brisbane Broncos, following his successful comeback to Australian rugby league in the previous year's State of Origin decider. In 2002 he was the NRL's oldest player at 36 years and 60 days.[1]

2002 was also the beginning of Brisbane's recurring "post origin slump", which was to haunt the club for the next four years. As most of the Queensland Maroons who compete in the mid-week State of Origin matches are Broncos' players, this extra workload often results in a loss of form for the club around and after the time of the Origin series. The Broncos finished the regular season in 3rd position, with the highest points differential in the league, but were knocked out in the Preliminary Final by the eventual premiers, the Sydney Roosters, in a rematch of the 2000 Grand Final.

Match results

Round Opponent Result Bro. Opp. Date Venue Crowd Position
1North Queensland CowboysWin42616 MarDairy Farmers Stadium24,2122/15
2Canterbury BulldogsDraw202022 MarANZ Stadium22,3005/15
3Sydney RoostersWin22829 MarSydney Football Stadium15,6143/15
4Cronulla SharksWin18167 AprANZ Stadium22,0052/15
5Canberra RaidersWin181613 AprBruce Stadium12,0292/15
6Penrith PanthersWin302621 AprANZ Stadium13,6132/15
7Newcastle KnightsWin181226 AprANZ Stadium37,1661/15
8South Sydney RabbitohsWin42163 MaySydney Football Stadium14,8741/15
9Northern EaglesWin501211 MayANZ Stadium14,2021/15
10BYE 1/15
11*St George Illawarra DragonsLoss202826 MaySydney Football Stadium9,0512/15
12Wests TigersWin281431 MayCampbelltown Stadium9,5402/15
13*Parramatta EelsLoss18227 JunANZ Stadium17,6674/15
14North Queensland CowboysWin52816 JunANZ Stadium10,2154/15
15BYE 2/15
16*New Zealand WarriorsLoss162630 JunANZ Stadium24,9074/15
17St George Illawarra DragonsWin34227 JulANZ Stadium19,9983/15
18Penrith PanthersWin382013 JulPenrith Football Stadium10,0992/15
19Wests TigersWin461420 JulANZ Stadium13,0092/15
20Parramatta EelsWin26626 JulParramatta Stadium15,5252/15
21Melbourne StormWin48203 AugOlympic Park Stadium10,3082/15
22Sydney RoostersLoss18289 AugANZ Stadium23,9912/15
23New Zealand WarriorsLoss41818 AugMt Smart Stadium22,1253/15
24Newcastle KnightsLoss104023 AugEnergyAustralia Stadium18,6013/15
25Canberra RaidersWin36231 AugANZ Stadium22,5022/15
26Canterbury BulldogsLoss18256 SepSydney Showground16,4923/15
Qualif. FinalParramatta EelsWin241414 SepANZ Stadium19,115
Prelim. FinalSydney RoostersLoss121628 SepSydney Football Stadium28,251
*Game following a State of Origin match

Ladder

*Canterbury Bulldogs stripped of 37 premiership points due to salary cap breach.
Team Pld W D L B F A P/D Pts
1 New Zealand Warriors 24 17 0 7 2 688 454 234 38
2 Newcastle Knights 24 17 0 7 2 724 498 226 38
3 Brisbane Broncos 24 16 1 7 2 672 425 247 37
4 Sydney Roosters 24 15 1 8 2 621 405 216 35
5 Cronulla Sharks 24 15 0 9 2 653 597 56 34
6 Parramatta Eels 24 10 2 12 2 531 440 91 26
7 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 9 3 12 2 632 546 86 25
8 Canberra Raiders 24 10 1 13 2 471 641 -170 25
9 Northern Eagles 24 10 0 14 2 503 740 -237 25
10 Melbourne Storm 24 9 0 14 2 556 586 -30 23
11 North Queensland Cowboys 24 8 0 16 2 496 803 -307 20
12 Penrith Panthers 24 7 0 17 2 546 654 -108 18
13 Wests Tigers 24 7 0 17 2 498 642 -144 18
14 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 5 0 19 2 385 817 -432 14
15 Canterbury Bulldogs 24 20 1 3 2 707 435 272 8*

Scorers

Player Tries Goals FG Points
Michael De Vere 6 81/102 0 186
Lote Tuqiri 15 17/25 0 94
Darren Lockyer 15 1/1 0 62
Chris Walker 15 0 0 60
Shaun Berrigan 10 0 0 40
Brent Tate 10 0 0 40
Gorden Tallis 10 0 0 40
Casey McGuire 7 0 0 28
Carl Webb 7 0 0 28
Allan Langer 5 0 0 20
Steve Irwin 4 0 0 16
Stuart Kelly 4 0 0 16
Brad Meyers 3 0 0 12
Scott Prince 0 5/6 0 10
Andrew Gee 2 0 0 8
Phillip Lee 2 0 0 8
Corey Parker 2 0 0 8
Brett Seymour 2 0 0 8
Shane Webcke 2 0 0 8
Petero Civoniceva 1 0 0 4
Dane Carlaw 1 0 0 4
Ashley Harrison 1 0 0 4
Robert Tanielu 1 0 0 4

Honours

League

Club

References

  1. Toohey, Barry (2 February 2011). "Still some bite in old Mad Dog". The Daily Telegraph (Australia: News Limited). Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  2. "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

External links

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