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1988 Brisbane Broncos season

The 1988 Brisbane Broncos season was the first in the club's history. The new venture team was added, along with the Newcastle Knights and Gold Coast-Tweed Giants to the New South Wales Rugby League's 1988 Winfield Cup premiership, coached by previous season grand final co-coach Wayne Bennett and captained by Australian national skipper Wally Lewis. Despite a strong start to the season, Brisbane failed to make the finals. During the season the Broncos also competed in the 1988 Panasonic Cup.

1988 Brisbane Broncos season
NSWRL Rank7th
Play-off resultDid not qualify
1988 recordWins: 10; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scoredFor: 474; against: 368
Team information
CEOJohn Ribot
CoachWayne Bennett
Captain
StadiumLang Park
Avg. attendance15,071
Top scorers
TriesWally Lewis
GoalsTerry Matterson
PointsTerry Matterson
List of seasons 1989 →

Season summary edit

The same year Brisbane hosted World Expo 88, the Brisbane Broncos joined the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, making their debut on 6 March 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. Brett Le Man scored the Broncos' first ever try from the scraps of a Craig Grauf bomb.

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 edit

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

Ladder edit

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

Squad edit

Brisbane Broncos 1988 Squad
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)



Awards edit

League edit

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Club edit

References edit

  1. ^ Adrian McGregor (7 March 1988). "Wallypower starts a new era in Rugby League". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 61.
  2. ^ Alan Clarkson (7 March 1988). "Two-try Lewis is still the king". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 61.
  3. ^ Brett Thomas (13 March 1988). "Last-gasp try saves Broncos". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 86.
  4. ^ Ian Heads (21 March 1988). "Lewis and Broncos toy with Wests". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 64.
  5. ^ Paul Tait (28 March 1988). "Lewis steers the Broncos home". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 61.
  6. ^ Brad Forrest (5 April 1988). "Ward earns good report for 'ruling it as I saw it'". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 43.
  7. ^ Paul Tait (7 April 1988). "Alexander ends Broncos' charge". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 47.
  8. ^ MacDonald, John (11 April 1988). "King Wally staves off the bold Knights". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 63.
  9. ^ Alan Clarkson (17 April 1988). "Tigers turn the screws on tail poppies". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 75.
  10. ^ Brad Forrest (2 May 1988). "Bennett's blast brings on Bronco revival". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 60.
  11. ^ Brad Forrest (9 May 1988). "Gibbs and Gold Coast batter the Broncos". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 56.
  12. ^ Masters, Roy; Tait, Paul (23 May 1988). "Last Post sounds for Brisbane's baldful Old Veterans". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 65.
  13. ^ Weidler, Danny (6 June 1988). "Backrow pair seal win for Broncos". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 60.
  14. ^ Forrest, Brad (14 June 1988). "Possession helps beat St. George". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 47.
  15. ^ MacDonald, John (18 June 1988). "Souths still in top-five race". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 68.
  16. ^ Heads, Ian. "Super sub Turvey's picnic in the park". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 56.
  17. ^ MacDonald, John. "Dowling stands up where no Eagles dare". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 59.
  18. ^ MacDonald, John. "Bloodied Broncos survive an epic". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 52.
  19. ^ "Broncos run riot – but only in patches". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 July 1988. p. 70.
  20. ^ Alan Clarkson (24 July 1988). "Broncos drop Bears and ball in semis quest". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 63.
  21. ^ Tait, Paul (1 August 1988). "Brave win eases the dispair for Eels". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 59.
  22. ^ Clarkson, Alan (7 August 1988). "A Bronco breakout". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 64.
  23. ^ Clarkson, Alan (14 August 1988). "Tigers on the hunt". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 71.
  24. ^ "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

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