1999 Brisbane Broncos season

The 1999 Brisbane Broncos season was the twelfth in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 1999 premiership, reaching the finals but losing their first play-off match.

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Season summary

1999 saw the departure of one of Brisbane's favourite sons, Allan "Alfie" Langer, after the Broncos had a shocking start to the season, losing 8 of the first 10 matches. The captaincy was passed onto Langer's partner in th halves, Kevin Walters part way through the season.

Under Walters' captaincy the club made a remarkable turnaround mid-season, winning 11 consecutive games to qualify for the finals in eighth position. However they were then easily disposed of 42-20 by the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in week one of the finals series at Toyota Park.

Match results

Round Opponent Result Bro. Opp. Date Venue Crowd Position
1 Canberra Raiders Loss 20 28 5 Mar Bruce Stadium 20,122 11/17
2 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Loss 6 14 14 Mar ANZ Stadium 16,460 15/17
3 Melbourne Storm Loss 6 48 21 Mar ANZ Stadium 17,836 16/17
4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Loss 18 20 27 Mar Endeavour Field 17,165 16/17
5 Canterbury Bulldogs Loss 16 20 2 Apr Stadium Australia 30,360 16/17
6 South Sydney Rabbitohs Win 30 10 11 Apr ANZ Stadium 15,298 15/7
7 Newcastle Knights Loss 18 19 18 Apr Marathon Stadium 21,190 16/17
8 North Queensland Cowboys Draw 20 20 25 Apr Malanda Stadium 30,302 16/17
9 Melbourne Storm Loss 18 28 2 May Olympic Park 16,473 17/17
10 Sydney City Roosters Loss 16 26 9 May ANZ Stadium 29,373 17/17
11 Balmain Tigers Win 12 10 16 May Leichhardt Oval 13,236 17/17
12 Bye 17/17
13* Western Suburbs Magpies Win 50 0 29 May ANZ Stadium 8,751 13/17
14 Penrith Panthers Win 28 0 5 June ANZ Stadium 9,790 13/17
15* North Sydney Bears Win 26 8 14 Jun North Sydney Oval 13,442 13/17
16 Bye 13/17
17* Penrith Panthers Win 19 6 26 Jun Penrith Football Stadium 10,200 11/17
18 Balmain Tigers Win 42 10 4 Jul ANZ Stadium 17,538 11/17
19 Auckland Warriors Win 24 16 10 Jul ANZ Stadium 14,941 10/17
20 South Sydney Rabbitohs Win 22 8 17 Jul Sydney Football Stadium 19,426 9/17
21 St George Illawarra Dragons Win 22 4 23 Jul ANZ Stadium 33,289 8/17
22 Newcastle Knights Win 38 6 30 Jul ANZ Stadium 29,979 8/17
23 Sydney City Roosters Win 9 8 6 Aug Sydney Football Stadium 15,416 8/17
24 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Draw 26 26 15 Aug Brookvale Oval 15,687 8/17
25 Parramatta Eels Loss 10 21 20 Aug ANZ Stadium 45,257 8/17
26 Canterbury Bulldogs Win 14 12 27 Aug ANZ Stadium 34,644 8/17
Qualif. Final Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Loss 20 42 5 Sep Endeavour Field 13,713

Ladder

Team Pld W D L B F A P/D Pts
1 Cronulla Sharks 24 18 0 6 2 586 332 254 40
2 Parramatta Eels 24 17 0 7 2 500 294 206 38
3 Melbourne Storm 24 16 0 8 2 639 392 247 36
4 Sydney City Roosters 24 16 0 8 2 592 377 215 36
5 Canterbury Bulldogs 24 15 1 8 2 520 462 58 35
6 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 15 0 9 2 588 416 172 34
7 Newcastle Knights 24 14 1 9 2 575 484 91 33
8 Brisbane Broncos 24 13 2 9 2 510 368 142 32
9 Canberra Raiders 24 13 1 10 2 618 439 179 31
10 Penrith Panthers 24 11 1 12 2 492 428 64 27
11 Auckland Warriors 24 10 0 14 2 538 498 40 24
12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 10 0 14 2 349 556 -207 24
13 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 9 1 14 2 454 623 -169 23
14 North Sydney Bears 24 8 0 16 2 490 642 -152 20
15 Balmain Tigers 24 8 0 16 2 345 636 -291 20
16 North Queensland Cowboys 24 4 1 19 2 398 588 -190 13
17 Western Suburbs Magpies 24 3 0 21 2 285 944 -659 10

Scorers

Player Tries Goals FG Points
Ben Walker 7 61/81 0 150
Darren Lockyer 6 17/22 2 60
Michael De Vere 9 4 0 44
Tonie Carroll 8 0 0 32
Michael Hancock 8 0 0 32
Gorden Tallis 7 0 0 28
Steve Renouf 16 0 0 24
Wendell Sailor 6 0 0 24
Luke Priddis 5 0 0 20
Brad Thorn 5 0 0 20
Shaun Berrigan 4 0 0 16
Chris Walker 4 0 0 16
Shane Walker 4 0 0 16
Peter Ryan 3 0 0 12
Phillip Lee 2 0 0 8
Lote Tuqiri 2 0 0 8
Kevin Campion 1 0 0 4
Allan Langer 1 0 0 4
John Plath 1 0 0 4
Shane Webcke 1 0 0 4
Kevin Walters 1 0 0 4

References