2000 Brisbane Broncos season

2000 Brisbane Broncos season
2000 NRL champions
NRL 1st
Play-off result Won Grand Final
(Sydney Roosters, 14–6)
2000 record Wins: 21; Draws: 2; Losses: 6
Team information
CEO Shane Edwards
Head coach Wayne Bennett
Captain
Stadium ANZ Stadium
Avg. Attend. 26,706
High. Attend. 29,849
(Melbourne Storm, 7 April)
Top scorers
Tries Wendell Sailor (18)
Lote Tuqiri (18)
Goals Michael De Vere (74)
Points Michael De Vere (196)
< 1999 List of seasons 2001 >

The 2000 Brisbane Broncos season was the thirteenth in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Kevin Walters, they competed in the NRL's 2000 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 1st (out of 14 teams) to claim their 4th minor premiership before going on to win the 2000 NRL Grand final, their fifth title in nine years.

Season summary

Brisbane spent the entire 2000 NRL season from round four in first position on the ladder. The Broncos started the season with an unbeaten run of 8 matches before going down to the Penrith Panthers in round 9. The Broncos were the first team to play the newly formed Wests Tigers (Merged team of Balmain Tigers and Western Suburbs Magpies) with both teams sharing the points with a 24-24 draw.

The Broncos went on a Win-Loss run for 8 rounds before winning 7 of their last 8 regular season matches to finish Minor Premiers. Also the Broncos suffered their worst collapse in the club history when they led 22-4 at halftime to lose 26-22 against the Newcastle Knights in round 18.

The Qualifying Final was a different story when the Broncos came from 20-6 down at halftime to win 34-20 against the 8th-placed Cronulla Sharks. The Broncos had a week off to prepare for the Parramatta Eels in the Preliminary Final which the Broncos won 16-10 to go into a Grand Final against the Sydney Roosters. From the 10th minute, the Broncos led all the way when Michael De Vere landed a penalty goal to give the Broncos a 2-0 lead, erasing a 0 deficit in round 26 against Sydney when Sydney beat Brisbane 28-0. Broncos led at halftime 10-2 at halftime to go out winners 14-6 to clinch their 5th premiership in 9 years.

Match results

Round Opponent Result Bro. Opp. Date Venue Crowd Position
1Wests TigersDraw24246 FebCampbelltown Stadium15,3768/14
2 Parramatta EelsWin181011 FebANZ Stadium15,3664/14
3Auckland WarriorsWin281020 FebEricsson Stadium17,5052/14
4Cronulla SharksWin181426 FebToyota Park15,9691/14
5Newcastle KnightsWin20144 MarANZ Stadium27,1461/14
6North Queensland CowboysWin50811 MarDairy Farmers Stadium27,6431/14
7Canberra RaidersWin14617 MarANZ Stadium27,5061/14
8Canterbury BulldogsWin241426 MarANZ Stadium21,8151/14
9Penrith PanthersLoss21831 MarPenrith Stadium15,2901/14
10Melbourne StormDraw 18187 AprANZ Stadium29,8491/14
11St George Illawarra DragonsWin341816 AprANZ Stadium22,1901/14
12Northern EaglesLoss61623 AprBrookvale Oval10,7811/14
13Parramatta EelsWin28628 AprParramatta Stadium20,2081/14
14Canberra RaidersLoss14168 MayCanberra Stadium12,5521/14
15*Sydney RoostersWin401414 MayANZ Stadium15,5771/14
16Melbourne StormLoss121621 MayOlympic Park Stadium14,0541/14
17*Cronulla SharksWin32426 MayANZ Stadium19,6651/14
18Newcastle KnightsLoss22264 JunMarathon Stadium21,5121/14
19*North Queensland CowboysWin261610 JunANZ Stadium10,4551/14
20Wests TigersWin561218 JunANZ Stadium19,9531/14
21Canterbury BulldogsWin481824 JunStadium Australia12,2141/14
22Penrith PanthersWin4862 JulANZ Stadium24,9121/14
23Northern EaglesWin32229 JulANZ Stadium19,2821/14
24St George Illawarra DragonsWin441416 JulWIN Stadium14,1841/14
25Auckland WarriorsWin382022 JulANZ Stadium17,5451/14
26Sydney RoostersLoss02828 JulSydney Football Stadium22,6131/14
Qualif. FinalCronulla SharksWin34206 AugANZ Stadium25,831
Prelim. Final Parramatta EelsWin161020 AugStadium Australia31,087
GRAND FINALSydney RoostersWin14627 AugStadium Australia94,277

Ladder

*North Queensland stripped of 2 points for having 14 players on the field.
Team Pld W D L F A P/D Pts
1 Brisbane Broncos 26 18 2 6 696 388 308 38
2 Sydney Roosters 26 16 0 10 601 520 81 32
3 Newcastle Knights 26 15 1 10 686 532 154 31
4 Canberra Raiders 26 15 0 11 506 479 27 30
5 Penrith Panthers 26 15 0 11 573 562 11 30
6 Melbourne Storm 26 14 1 11 672 529 143 29
7 Parramatta Eels 26 14 1 11 476 456 20 29
8 Cronulla Sharks 26 13 0 13 570 463 107 26
9 St George Illawarra Dragons 26 12 0 14 576 656 -80 24
10 Wests Tigers 26 11 2 13 519 642 -123 24
11 Canterbury Bulldogs 26 10 1 15 469 553 -84 21
12 Northern Eagles 26 9 0 17 476 628 -152 18
13 Auckland Warriors 26 8 2 16 426 662 -236 18
14 North Queensland Cowboys 26 7 0 19 436 612 -176 12*

Grand final

Main article: 2000 NRL grand final
Broncos Position Roosters
Darren Lockyer 1 Fullback Luke Phillips
Lote Tuqiri 2 Wing Matt Sing
Tonie Carroll 3 Centre Shannon Hegarty
Michael De Vere 4 Centre Ryan Cross
Wendell Sailor 5 Wing Anthony Minichiello
Ben Ikin 6 Five-eighth Brad Fittler (C)
Kevin Walters (C) 7 Halfback Adrian Lam
Shane Webcke 8 Prop Ian Rubin
Luke Priddis 9 Hooker Simon Bonetti
Dane Carlaw 10 Prop Peter Cusack
Gorden Tallis 11 Second Row Bryan Fletcher
Brad Thorn 12 Second Row Craig Fitzgibbon
Kevin Campion 13 Lock Luke Ricketson
Harvey Howard Interchange Dallas Hood
Michael Hancock Interchange David Solomona
Shaun Berrigan Interchange Shane Rigon
Ashley Harrison Interchange Craig Wing
Wayne Bennett COACH Graham Murray
Team Points Team
Brisbane Broncos 14 - 6 Sydney Roosters
TRIES: Tuqiri, Sailor; GOALS: De Vere 3/5 TRIES: Fitzgibbon; GOALS: Phillips 1/1, Fitzgibbon 0/1

Statistics

Player Tries Goals FG Points
Michael De Vere 12 74/102 0 196
Lote Tuqiri 18 1/2 0 74
Wendell Sailor 18 0 0 72
Ben Walker 1 30/38 0 64
Darren Lockyer 11 5/6 0 54
Luke Priddis 9 0 0 36
Gorden Tallis 9 0 0 36
Brad Thorn 9 0 0 36
Ben Ikin 7 2/5 0 32
Tonie Carroll 7 0 0 28
Ashley Harrison 7 0 0 28
Shaun Berrigan 4 0 0 16
Chris Walker 4 0 0 16
Kevin Walters 4 0 0 16
Dane Carlaw 3 0 0 12
Petero Civoniceva 2 0 0 8
Kevin Campion 2 0 0 8
Justin Hodges 2 0 0 8
Danny Bampton 1 0 0 4
Michael Hancock 1 0 0 4
Brad Meyers 1 0 0 4
Shane Webcke 1 0 0 4
Shane Walker 1 0 0 4

Honours

League

Club

References

  1. ↑ "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

External links

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