2010 Brisbane Broncos season

2010 Brisbane Broncos
League 10th NRL
2010 record W11-L10-D0
Home record W4-L3-D0
Away record W5-L5-D0
Points for 382
Points against 341
Team information
CEO Bruno Cullen
Coach Ivan Henjak
Captain Darren Lockyer
Ground Suncorp Stadium
Average attendance 34,377[1]
Top scorers
Tries Israel Folau 19
Goals Corey Parker 64
Points Corey Parker 132
 < 2009 2011 > 

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 heel 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.

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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 over 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 new AAMI Stadium. 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. 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 that they lost more games then they won with a 11-13 win-lose record, equalled worst in Broncos history, equalling the 2007 win-lose record (11-13).

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]

Round Opponent Result Bris. Opp. Venue Date Crowd Position
Trial 1 Melbourne Storm Win 24 12 Browne Park 13 February 4,000
Trial 2 Canberra Raiders Win 32 24 Ballymore 20 February
Trial 3 Redcliffe Dolphins Win 30 20 Dolphin Oval 27 February
1 North Queensland Cowboys Win 30 24 Suncorp Stadium 12 March 48,516 5/16
2 Canberra Raiders Loss 14 22 Canberra Stadium 22 March 14,200 8/16
3 New Zealand Warriors Loss 16 48 Suncorp Stadium 28 March 32,338 15/16
4 Sydney Roosters Loss 6 25 Sydney Football Stadium 2 April 17,106 16/16
5 St. George Illawarra Dragons Loss 16 34 WIN Stadium 9 April 15,374 16/16
6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Win 44 16 Suncorp Stadium 18 April 25,688 14/16
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Loss 18 36 ANZ Stadium 23 April 17,014 13/16
8 Newcastle Knights Loss 22 30 Suncorp Stadium 30 April 25,178 14/16
9 Melbourne Storm Win 36 14 AAMI Park 9 May 20,032 13/16
10 Gold Coast Titans Win 28 6 Suncorp Stadium 14 May 40,168 10/16
11 Bye 21-24 May 10/16
12* Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Win 20 4 Toyota Park 29 May 7,826 8/16
13 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Win 22 6 Brookvale Oval 6 June 11,316 7/16
14 South Sydney Rabbitohs Win 50 22 Suncorp Stadium 13 June 30,311 7/16
15* Penrith Panthers Loss 12 22 Suncorp Stadium 18 June 42,452 8/16
16 Parramatta Eels Win 10 6 Parramatta Stadium 26 June 15,929 6/16
17 Wests Tigers Loss 14 16 Suncorp Stadium 2 July 30,127 7/16
18 Bye 9-12 July 8/16
19 Gold Coast Titans Win 24 10 Skilled Stadium 16 July 26,197 6/16
20 Sydney Roosters Loss 30 34 Suncorp Stadium 26 July 26,486 9/16
21 St. George Illawarra Dragons Win 10 6 Suncorp Stadium August 1 7/16
22 North Queensland Cowboys Win 34 26 Dairy Farmers Stadium 6 August 7/16
23 Parramatta Eels Loss 14 30 Suncorp Stadium 13 August 8/16
24 Newcastle Knights Loss 18 44 EnergyAustralia Stadium 20 August 8/16
25 New Zealand Warriors Loss 4 36 Mount Smart Stadium 26 August 10/16
26 Canberra Raiders Loss 16 18 Suncorp Stadium 3 September 10/16

(* denotes game after State Of Origin.)

Scorers

Player Tries Goals Field Goals Points
Corey Parker 1 44 0 90
Israel Folau 16 0 0 64
Ben Te'o 9 0 0 36
Matt Gillett 7 0 0 28
Josh Hoffman 6 0 0 24
Peter Wallace 2 5 0 16
Andrew McCullough 3 0 0 12
Darren Lockyer 3 0 0 12
Ben Hunt 3 0 0 12
Jharal Yow Yeh 3 0 0 12
Sam Thaiday 2 0 0 8
Alex Glenn 2 0 0 8
Denan Kemp 1 0 0 4
Dunamis Lui 1 0 0 4
Dale Copley 1 0 0 4
Gerard Beale 1 0 0 4
Corey Norman 1 0 0 4
Lagi Setu 1 0 0 4
Antonio Winterstein 1 0 0 4
TOTAL 66 50 0 364

Gains

Name 2009 Club
Denan Kemp New Zealand Warriors
Scott Anderson Melbourne Storm
Tim Natusch Newcastle Knights
Rohan Ahern Sydney Roosters
Tim Smith Wigan Warriors
Shane Tronc North Queensland Cowboys
Ben Hannant Bulldogs

*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

Name 2010 Club
Karmichael Hunt French Rugby Union (Biarritz Olympique)
David Taylor South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tonie Carroll Retired
Aaron Gorrell Country Rugby League (Queanbeyan Kangaroos)
Will Tupou North Queensland Cowboys
Joel Clinton Hull Kingston Rovers
Isaak Ah Mau North Queensland Cowboys
PJ Marsh Retired
Steve Michaels Gold Coast Titans

2010 Under 20s Squad

Under 20s Squad for the 2010 season.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ricketts, Steve (2010-09-09). "NRL boss David Gallop's State of the Game report shows rugby league surviving and thriving". The Courier-Mail (Australia: Queensland Newspapers). http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-boss-david-gallops-state-of-the-game-report-shows-rugby-league-surviving-and-thriving/story-e6frepbf-1225916086169. Retrieved 2010-09-09. 
  2. ^ Steve Ricketts and Karl deKroo (9 October 2010). "Rookie Josh Hoffman is Bronco of the year". The Courier-Mail. http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/rookie-josh-hoffman-is-bronco-of-the-year/story-e6frep5x-1225936176280. Retrieved 11 October 2010. 
  3. ^ AAP, "Former cop Paul White named new Brisbane Broncos CEO" heraldsun.com.au (11 October 2010)
  4. ^ http://www.broncos.com.au/default.aspx?s=profile-player-nyc