2011 Brisbane Broncos season

2011 Brisbane Broncos season
NRL Rank	3rd
Play-off result	Lost Preliminary Final (Manly Sea Eagles, 14–26)
2011 record	Wins: 20; Draws: 0; Losses: 7
Points scored	For: 578; Against: 420
Team information
CEO
Coach	Anthony Griffin
Captain	Darren Lockyer
Stadium	Suncorp Stadium
Avg. attendance	33,209
High attendance	50,859
Top scorers
Tries	Jharal Yow Yeh (14)
Goals	Corey Parker (74)
Points	Corey Parker (160)
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The 2011 Brisbane Broncos season was the 24th in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2011 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 3rd (out of 16). The Broncos then came within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by eventual premiers, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. It was the last season for Brisbane's captain, all-time top points scorer and most-capped player, Darren Lockyer. Lockyer was also named the Broncos player of the season.^[1]

2011 was the Broncos' first season under new CEO who replaced Bruno Cullen in the first week of January.^[2] The following month, head coach Ivan Henjak was replaced by his assistant Anthony Griffin. replaced WOW Sight & Sound as the naming-rights sponsor of the Broncos after signing a three-year multimillion-dollar deal.^[3]

Season summary[]

On 21 February Broncos CEO Paul White announced that Ivan Henjak would be replaced by his assistant Anthony Griffin as head coach of the club for the 2011 NRL season, less than three weeks out from its start. In round 1, The North Queensland Cowboys ended their 7-game losing streak against the Broncos with a hard-fought 16–14 win at Suncorp Stadium. It was only the 5th win the Cowboys have had over the Broncos in their 17-year history and it was only the Broncos' 4th loss in an opening round match in their 24-year history. In round 2, The Broncos had their first win in Canberra since 2005 with a 20–4 win over the Canberra Raiders. In round 3, Justin Hodges made an immediate impact for the Broncos playing his first game since 2009, scoring the match winning try with a 14–8 win over the Gold Coast Titans at Skilled Park. In round 12, the Broncos played their first Golden Point game since 2008, defeating the Canberra Raiders 25–24 at Suncorp Stadium. In round 22, Darren Lockyer equalled the all-time record for most career games of all-time playing 349-games. The Broncos hosted the New Zealand Warriors, in a tense game, the Broncos ran out winners 21–20 at Suncorp Stadium. In round 24, Broncos secured 3rd spot for the finals with a 26–6 win over the Newcastle Knights at Ausgrid Stadium. It was also the Broncos first ever away win in a Monday Night game. Brisbane finished the regular season in 3rd place on the ladder.

Darren Lockyer kicked the winning field goal to knock defending premiers, Wayne Bennett's St. George Illawarra Dragons out of the 2011 competition and bring his team to within one match of the grand final. However, in the process Lockyer also took an accidental knee from a teammate in the face, fracturing his cheekbone over ten-minute's before the game's end. Therefore, without their captain, Brisbane needed to defeat second-placed Manly-Warringah for a chance to play in the grand final.

Milestones[]

• Round 1: Two players made their debuts for the club; Dane Gagai and Jack Reed. Both made their NRL debuts also.
• Round 1: Dane Gagai and Jack Reed scored their 1st career tries.
• Round 2: Alex Glenn played his 50th game for the club and his 50th career game.
• Round 8: Darren Lockyer scored his 121st career try which moved him into second on the all-time try scoring list for the Brisbane Broncos behind Steve Renouf.
• Round 12: Kurt Baptiste made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL.
• Round 13: Scott Anderson played his 50th career game.
• Round 14: Shea Moylan made his debut for the club and his debut in the NRL.
• Round 15: David Hala scored his 1st career try.
• Round 16: Kurt Baptiste scored his 1st career try and Peter Wallace played his 100th career game.
• Round 22: Jharal Yow Yeh played his 50th game for the club and his 50th career game.
• Round 22: Darren Lockyer played his 349th career game, equalling the all-time record of club appearances.
• Round 23: Darren Lockyer played his 350th career game, broke the all-time record of club appearances.
• Round 25: Ben Te'o played his 50th game for the club.

Squad list[]

Brisbane Broncos 2011 squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
Rohan Ahern – SR Scott Anderson – PR Kurt Baptiste – HB, FE, HK Gerard Beale – CE, FB – PR Dane Carlaw – PR Dale Copley – CE, FB Mitchell Dodds – PR Mitchell Frei – SR Dane Gagai – FE, FB Matt Gillett – SR Alex Glenn – CE, FE David Hala – PR		Ben Hannant – PR Justin Hodges – CE Josh Hoffman – FB Ben Hunt – HB, HK Justin Hunt – FB, HB, FE – FB Nick Kenny – PR – SR Darren Lockyer (c) – FE Dunamis Lui – PR, SR Andrew McCullough – HK Josh McGuire – PR Shea Moylan – CE, FB, WG		Corey Norman – FE, FB Corey Parker (vc) – LK Jack Reed – CE Ben Te'o – SR Sam Thaiday – PR Shane Tronc – PR Peter Wallace – HB, FE Aaron Whitchurch – CE Jharal Yow Yeh – WG				Head coach Anthony Griffin Assistant coaches Allan Langer (Skills) Dan Barker (Strength) Tony Guilfoyle (Performance) Andrew Croll (Performance) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) Injured Updated: 30 July 2011 Source(s): Brisbane Broncos Squad, Coaching Profiles

Squad Movement[]

Gains[]

Players	Previous club	Until End of	Notes
Dane Carlaw	Catalans Dragons	2011	[4]
Ben Hannant	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2014	[5]
Jack Reed	Norths Devils (Queensland Cup)	2012	[6]

Losses[]

Players	Club	Until End of	Notes
Israel Folau	GWS Giants (AFL)	2014	[7]
Denan Kemp	Southern Districts (Rugby Union)	?	[8]
Lagi Setu	Mormon Mission	2012	[9]
Ashton Sims	North Queensland Cowboys	2012	[10]
Tariq Sims	North Queensland Cowboys	2012
Antonio Winterstein	North Queensland Cowboys	2013	[11]

Re-signings[]

Players	Club	Until End of	Notes
Scott Anderson	Brisbane Broncos	2013	[12]
Kurt Baptiste	Brisbane Broncos	2013	[13]
Dale Copley	Brisbane Broncos	2013	[14]
Justin Hodges	Brisbane Broncos	2014	[15]
Josh Hoffman	Brisbane Broncos	2015	[16]
Dunamis Lui	Brisbane Broncos	2013	[14]
Josh McGuire	Brisbane Broncos	2015	[16]
Corey Parker	Brisbane Broncos	2014	[17]
Sam Thaiday	Brisbane Broncos	2015	[18]

Ladder[]

2011 NRL Telstra Premiership v t
Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm	24	19	0	5	2	521	308	213	42
2	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (P)	24	18	0	6	2	539	331	208	40
3	Brisbane Broncos	24	18	0	6	2	511	372	139	40
4	Wests Tigers	24	15	0	9	2	519	430	89	34
5	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	14	1	9	2	483	341	142	33
6	New Zealand Warriors	24	14	0	10	2	504	393	111	32
7	North Queensland Cowboys	24	14	0	10	2	532	480	52	32
8	Newcastle Knights	24	12	0	12	2	478	443	35	28
9	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	12	0	12	2	449	489	-40	28
10	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	11	0	13	2	531	562	-31	26
11	Sydney Roosters	24	10	0	14	2	417	500	-83	24
12	Penrith Panthers	24	9	0	15	2	430	517	-87	22
13	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	7	0	17	2	428	557	-129	18
14	Parramatta Eels	24	6	1	17	2	385	538	-153	17
15	Canberra Raiders	24	6	0	18	2	423	623	-200	16
16	Gold Coast Titans	24	6	0	18	2	363	629	-266	16

Fixtures[]

Pre-Season[]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 12 February	Trial 1	Gold Coast Titans	Kougari Oval	42 – 18	Copley (2), Norman, Lui, McGuire, Frei, Glenn, Reed	Hunt (5)	3,500
Saturday, 19 February	Trial 2	North Queensland Cowboys	Traeger Park	26 – 4	Reed (2), Hoffman, Kahu, Parker	Parker (2), Norman (1)	5,500
Saturday, 26 February	Trial 3	Melbourne Storm	Dolphin Oval	26 – 6	Te'o, Hunt, Lockyer, Yow Yeh, Gagai	Parker (3)	8,000
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season[]

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Friday, 11 March	Round 1	North Queensland Cowboys	Suncorp Stadium	14 – 16	Reed, Yow Yeh, Gagai	Parker (1/3)	45,119
Friday, 18 March	Round 2	Canberra Raiders	Canberra Stadium	4 – 20	Hoffman, Gillett, Yow Yeh	Parker (4/4)	16,146
Friday, 25 March	Round 3	Gold Coast Titans	Skilled Park	8 – 14	Glenn, Hodges	Parker (3/3)	20,226
Friday, 1 April	Round 4	Penrith Panthers	Suncorp Stadium	18 – 10	Glenn, Beale, Yow Yeh	Parker (3/5)	25,263
Monday, 11 April	Round 5	Newcastle Knights	Suncorp Stadium	17 – 6	Reed (2), Gillett, Beale	Parker (0/4), Lockyer (FG)	24,522
Saturday, 16 April	Round 6	Sydney Roosters	Bluetongue Stadium	6 – 24	Copley (2), Yow Yeh, Hannant	Parker (4/5)	8,616
Friday, 22 April	Round 7	Wests Tigers	Sydney Football Stadium	18 – 31	Yow Yeh, Glenn, Thaiday, Wallace, Lockyer	Parker (5/5), Lockyer (FG)	19,494
Friday, 29 April	Round 8	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Suncorp Stadium	20 – 12	Lockyer, Copley, Beale	Parker (4/4)	30,538
Saturday, 7 May	Round 9	Melbourne Storm	Suncorp Stadium	22 – 29	Beale (2), Reed, Gagai	Parker (3/4)	34,175
Friday, 13 May	Round 10	Penrith Panthers	Centrebet Stadium	33 – 10	Wallace, Parker	Parker (1/2)	11,336
	Round 11	Bye
Friday, 27 May	Round 12	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Suncorp Stadium	34 – 10	Te'o	Parker (3/3)	32,283
Friday, 3 June	Round 13	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Toyota Stadium	16 – 34	Glenn (2), Copley, Parker, Reed, Beale	Parker (5/7)	14,436
Sunday, 12 June	Round 14	Canberra Raiders	Suncorp Stadium	25 – 24 (golden point)	Glenn, Copley, Beale, Hoffman	Wallace (4/5) & (FG)	21,378
Friday, 17 June	Round 15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Suncorp Stadium	21 – 14	Yow Yeh (2), Hala, Reed	Wallace (2/4), Lockyer (FG)	34,185
Friday, 24 June	Round 16	South Sydney Rabbitohs	NIB Stadium	16 – 12	Reed, Baptiste	Parker (2/2)	15,371
Friday, 1 July	Round 17	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta Stadium	12 – 16	Gagai (2), Gillett	Wallace (2/3)	11,079
	Round 18	Bye
Friday, 15 July	Round 19	Gold Coast Titans	Suncorp Stadium	30 – 10	Yow Yeh (2), Thaiday, Hodges, Hoffman	Parker (4/5), Wallace (1/1)	31,035
Friday, 22 July	Round 20	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park	26 – 6	Yow Yeh	Parker (1/1)	22,912
Friday, 29 July	Round 21	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Suncorp Stadium	46 – 16	Hodges (3), Hannant, Reed, Yow Yeh, Gillett, Wallace	Parker (6/7), Wallace (1/1)	24,164
Saturday, 6 August	Round 22	New Zealand Warriors	Suncorp Stadium	21 – 20	Hodges, Beale, Reed, Gillett	Parker (2/4), Wallace (FG)	37,173
Friday, 12 August	Round 23	North Queensland Cowboys	Dairy Farmers Stadium	16 – 34	Hoffman (3), Reed, Copley	Parker (7/7)	26,463
Monday, 22 August	Round 24	Newcastle Knights	Ausgrid Stadium	6 – 26	Wallace, Hodges, Yow Yeh, Glenn, Hunt	Parker (3/6)	19,412
Sunday, 28 August	Round 25	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Suncorp Stadium	22 – 10	Glenn, Reed, Thaiday, Te'o	Parker (3/4)	40,094
Sunday, 4 September	Round 26	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Suncorp Stadium	18 – 10	McCullough, Yow Yeh, Gillett, Beale	Parker (1/4)	50,859
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals[]

	Qualifying Finals					Semi Finals					Preliminary Finals					Grand Final
	1	Melbourne	18
	8	Newcastle	8
											1W	Melbourne	12
	2	Manly	42			4W	Wests	20				New Zealand	20
	7	North Queensland	8			2L	New Zealand	22									Manly	24
																	New Zealand	10
	3	Brisbane	40								2W	Manly	26
	6	New Zealand	10			3W	Brisbane	13				Brisbane	14
						1L	St. George Illawarra	12
	4	Wests	21
	5	St. George Illawarra	12

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 10 September	Qualifying Final	New Zealand Warriors	Suncorp Stadium	40 – 10	Glenn, Reed, Lockyer, Parker, McCullough, Hodges, Beale	Parker (6/8)	48,943
Saturday, 17 September	Semi-final	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Suncorp Stadium	13 – 12	Te'o, Copley	Parker (2/4), Lockyer (FG)	48,474
Friday, 23 September	Preliminary Final	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Sydney Football Stadium	26 – 14	Yow Yeh, Wallace, Copley	Parker (1/3)	31,894
Legend:   Win   Loss

Statistics[]

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Scott Anderson	19	0	0	0	0
Kurt Baptiste	4	1	0	0	4
Gerard Beale	27	10	0	0	40
Dane Carlaw	7	0	0	0	0
Dale Copley	17	8	0	0	32
Mitchell Dodds	13	0	0	0	0
Dane Gagai	6	4	0	0	16
Matt Gillett	19	6	0	0	24
Alex Glenn	27	9	0	0	36
David Hala	15	1	0	0	4
Ben Hannant	20	2	0	0	8
Justin Hodges	17	8	0	0	32
Josh Hoffman	16	6	0	0	24
Ben Hunt	19	1	0	0	4
Nick Kenny	9	0	0	0	0
Darren Lockyer	22	3	0	4	16
Dunamis Lui	6	0	0	0	0
Andrew McCullough	26	2	0	0	8
Josh McGuire	18	0	0	0	0
Shea Moylan	1	0	0	0	0
Corey Norman	9	0	0	0	0
Corey Parker	24	3	74	0	160
Jack Reed	27	12	0	0	48
Ben Te'o	14	3	0	0	12
Sam Thaiday	21	3	0	0	12
Shane Tronc	4	0	0	0	0
Peter Wallace	27	5	10	2	42
Jharal Yow Yeh	23	14	0	0	56
Totals	–	101	84	6	578

Source:^[19]

Representative[]

The following players played a representative match in 2011.

Australian Kangaroos

• Ben Hannant
• Justin Hodges
• Darren Lockyer
• Corey Parker
• Sam Thaiday
• Jharal Yow Yeh

England

• Jack Reed

New Zealand Kiwis

• Gerard Beale
• Alex Glenn

Indigenous All Stars

• Jharal Yow Yeh

NRL All Stars

• Ben Hannant
• Darren Lockyer

Queensland Maroons

• Ben Hannant
• Justin Hodges
• Darren Lockyer
• Corey Parker
• Sam Thaiday
• Jharal Yow Yeh

Honours[]

League[]

• Nil

Club[]

• Player of the year: Darren Lockyer^[20]
• Rookie of the year: Jack Reed
• Back of the year: Darren Lockyer
• Forward of the year: Corey Parker
• Club man of the year: Kurt Richards

References[]

Coordinates: 27°27′53″S 153°0′34″E / 27.46472°S 153.00944°E / -27.46472; 153.00944 (Suncorp Stadium)