1988 Brisbane Broncos season

1988 Brisbane Broncos season
NSWRL   7th
Play-off result   Did not qualify
1988 record   Wins: 10; Draws: 0; Losses: 8
Points scored   For: 474; Against: 368
Team information
CEO   John Ribot
Coach   Wayne Bennett
Captain   Wally Lewis
Stadium   Lang Park
Ave. Attend.   15,071
Top scorers
Tries   Wally Lewis
Goals   Terry Matterson
Points   Terry Matterson
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The 1988 Brisbane Broncos season was the first in the club's history. The new venture team, competed in the New South Wales Rugby League's 1988 Winfield Cup premiership and, despite a strong start to the season, failed to make the finals. During the season the Broncos also competed in the 1988 Panasonic Cup.

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Season summary

The same year Brisbane hosted World Expo 88, the Brisbane Broncos joined the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, making their debut on March 6 at Lang Park in Brisbane. The brand-new club which featured many Queensland-based international and state representatives, defeated the 1987 Winfield Cup Premiers Manly-Warringah 44-10 in their first premiership game.

Although the Broncos won their first six games in their inaugural season, a midseason slump cost the club a debut finals appearance, finishing the season in seventh position. The Broncos also competed in the mid-week knockout competition, the 1988 Panasonic Cup, losing in the first round while they were still yet to lose a Winfield Cup match.

Match results

Round Opponent Result Bro. Opp. Date Venue Crowd
Trial Canberra Raiders Win 22 16 Lang Park 10,000+
Trial New Zealand President's XIII Win 38 6 27 Feb 8,324
1 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Win 44 10 6 Mar Lang Park 17,451
2 Penrith Panthers Win 20 18 12 Mar Lang Park 13,621
3 Western Suburbs Magpies Win 38 4 20 Mar Campbelltown 10,112
4 North Sydney Bears Win 24 12 27 Mar North Sydney 9,329
5 Parramatta Eels Win 24 18 3 Apr Lang Park 23,202
PC Penrith Panthers Loss 10 24 6 Apr Parramatta Stadium
6 Newcastle Knights Win 24 10 10 Apr Newcastle ISC 30,220
7 Balmain Tigers Loss 18 26 16 Apr Lang Park 18,434
8 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Loss 8 38 23 Apr Endeavour 10,115
9 Sydney Roosters Win 24 20 1 May Lang Park 16,489
10 Gold Coast-Tweed Giants Loss 22 25 8 May Seagulls 13,432
11* Canberra Raiders Loss 16 36 22 May Lang Park 15,909
12* Illawarra Steelers Win 32 10 5 Jun Wollongong 9,738
13 St. George Dragons Win 26 22 13 Jun Lang Park 19,954
14 South Sydney Rabbitohs Loss 4 16 17 Jun SFS 10,871
15* Canterbury Bulldogs Loss 10 25 26 Jun Lang Park 15,371
16 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Win 28 10 3 Jul Brookvale Oval 17,193
17 Penrith Panthers Win 8 6 10 Jul Penrith Park 17,106
18 Western Suburbs Magpies Win 32 6 16 Jul Lang Park 11,419
19 North Sydney Bears Win 24 6 23 Jul Lang Park 11,452
20 Parramatta Eels Loss 14 22 31 Jul Parramatta 13,190
21 Newcastle Knights Win 24 8 6 Aug Lang Park 13,919
22 Balmain Tigers Loss 10 20 13 Aug Leichhardt Oval 13,015

Ladder

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Cronulla-Sutherland 22 16 2 4 507 330 +177 34
2 Canterbury-Bankstown 22 16 0 6 412 268 +144 32
3 Canberra 22 15 0 7 596 346 +250 30
4 Manly-Warringah 22 15 0 7 538 347 +191 30
5 Penrith 22 15 0 7 394 258 +136 30
6 Balmain 22 15 0 7 402 341 +61 30
7 Brisbane Broncos 22 14 0 8 474 368 +106 28
8 South Sydney 22 12 2 8 425 383 +42 24
9 North Sydney 22 9 2 11 366 424 -58 20
10 St. George 22 9 0 13 352 493 -141 18
11 Parramatta 22 8 0 14 359 412 -53 16
12 Eastern Suburbs 22 6 3 13 387 443 -56 15
13 Illawarra 22 6 1 15 353 510 -157 13
14 Newcastle Knights 22 5 1 16 270 460 -190 11
15 Gold Coast-Tweed Giants 22 4 2 16 238 484 -246 10
16 Western Suburbs 22 4 1 17 287 493 -206 9

Awards

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