2017 Brisbane Broncos season

The 2017 Brisbane Broncos season is the 30th in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett, and captained by Darius Boyd, they compete in the NRL's 2017 Telstra Premiership. Prior to the start of the Premiership season, the Broncos competed in the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines, finishing first in their pool, but lost the Quarter-Final.

2017 Brisbane Broncos season
NRL Rank3rd
2016 recordWins: 15; draws: 0; losses: 7
Points scoredFor: 519; against: 359
Team information
CEOPaul White
CoachWayne Bennett
Captain
StadiumSuncorp Stadium - 52,500
Avg. attendance31,929
High attendance47,703 (vs North Queensland Cowboys round 2)
Top scorers
TriesJames Roberts (16)
PointsJordan Kahu (189)
← 2016 List of seasons 2018 →

Squad edit

First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


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

Updated: 16 July 2017
Source(s): Brisbane Broncos Squad


Movements edit

Gains edit

Player Signed From Until End of Notes
David Mead   Gold Coast Titans [1]
Korbin Sims   Newcastle Knights
2019
[2]
Tautau Moga   North Queensland Cowboys
2019
[3]
Benji Marshall   St. George Illawarra Dragons
2017
[4]
Mitchell Dodds   Warrington Wolves
2017
[5]

Losses edit

Player Signed To Until End of Notes
Corey Parker Retirement
-
[6]
Jack Reed Retirement
-
[7]
Greg Eden   Castleford Tigers
2019
[8]
Lachlan Maranta Queensland Reds [9]
Jarrod Wallace   Gold Coast Titans
2019
[10]

Ladder edit

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1   Melbourne Storm (P) 24 20 0 4 2 633 336 +297 44
2   Sydney Roosters 24 17 0 7 2 500 428 +72 38
3   Brisbane Broncos 24 16 0 8 2 597 433 +164 36
4   Parramatta Eels 24 16 0 8 2 496 457 +39 36
5   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 15 0 9 2 476 407 +69 34
6   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 14 0 10 2 552 512 +40 32
7   Penrith Panthers 24 13 0 11 2 504 459 +45 30
8   North Queensland Cowboys 24 13 0 11 2 467 443 +24 30
9   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 12 0 12 2 533 450 +83 28
10   Canberra Raiders 24 11 0 13 2 558 497 +61 26
11   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 10 0 14 2 360 455 −95 24
12   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 9 0 15 2 464 564 −100 22
13   New Zealand Warriors 24 7 0 17 2 444 575 −131 18
14   Wests Tigers 24 7 0 17 2 413 571 −158 18
15   Gold Coast Titans 24 7 0 17 2 448 638 −190 18
16   Newcastle Knights 24 5 0 19 2 428 648 −220 14

Fixtures edit

Pre-season edit

Date Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
Saturday, 4 February   Cronulla Sharks Dolphin Oval 30 – 12 Pangai Jr., Isaako, Ese’ese, Glenn, Ofahengaue Isaako (5/5)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

NRL Auckland Nines edit

The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2017 competition was played over two days on 4 and 5 February at Eden Park. The Broncos featured in the Rangitoto pool and played the Knights, Tigers and Storm.

Rangitoto Pool
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
  Brisbane Broncos 3 2 0 1 50 29 +21 4
  Melbourne Storm 3 2 0 1 38 34 +4 4
  Wests Tigers 3 1 0 2 33 43 −10 2
  Newcastle Knights 3 1 0 2 36 51 −15 2
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time (Local) Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
Saturday, 4 February 2:15pm Round 1   Melbourne Storm Eden Park 18 – 4 Kahu (2), Gillett, Pearson Marshall (1/1), Kahu (0/2), Milford (0/1)
Saturday, 4 February 5:45pm Round 2   Newcastle Knights Eden Park 21 – 8 Kahu (3), Love-Henry Kahu (2/4)
Sunday, 5 February 12:15pm Round 3   Wests Tigers Eden Park 11 – 17 Boyd, Oates McCullough (1/1), Kahu (0/1)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw
Finals edit
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
  Penrith Panthers 16
  Manly Sea Eagles 12
  Penrith Panthers 13
  Parramatta Eels 0
  Parramatta Eels 14
  Gold Coast Titans 0
  Penrith Panthers 8
  Sydney Roosters 10
  Brisbane Broncos 14
  Sydney Roosters 15
  Sydney Roosters 21
  Melbourne Storm 16
  North Queensland Cowboys 12
  Melbourne Storm 25
Date Time (Local) Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
Saturday, 5 February 3:05pm Quarter-Final   Sydney Roosters Eden Park 14 – 15 Kahu, Cronin, Lavea Kahu (1/1), Boyd (0/1)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

World Club Series edit

Date Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 18 February   Warrington Wolves Halliwell Jones Stadium 27 – 18 Oates, Roberts, Mead Kahu (3/3) 12,082
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance Ref(s)
Thursday, 2 March Round 1   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Southern Cross Group Stadium 18 – 26 Kahu, Milford, Oates, Roberts Kahu (5/5) 11,493[11]
Friday, 10 March Round 2   North Queensland Cowboys Suncorp Stadium 20 – 21 (Golden Point) Boyd, Kahu, Roberts Anthony Milford (4/5), Kahu (0/1) 47,703 [12][13]
Thursday, 16 March Round 3   Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 14 – 12 Hunt, Roberts Kahu (2/2) 16,334
Friday, 24 March Round 4   Canberra Raiders Suncorp Stadium 13 – 12 Boyd, McCullough Kahu (2/3) & (FG) 29,370
Thursday, 30 March Round 5   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 10 – 7 Thaiday Kahu (1/1) & (FG) 7,412
Thursday, 6 April Round 6   Sydney Roosters Suncorp Stadium 32 – 8 Mead, McCullough, Roberts, Sims, Thaiday Kahu (6/7) 30,376
Friday, 14 April Round 7   Gold Coast Titans Suncorp Stadium 24 – 22 Roberts (3), Milford, Nikorima Kahu (2/4), Milford (0/1) 34,592
Friday, 21 April Round 8   South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium 24 – 25 Oates (2), Moga, Sims Milford (4/5) & (FG) 11,803
Thursday, 27 April Round 9   Penrith Panthers Suncorp Stadium 32 – 18 Gillett, Kahu, Moga, Nikorima, Roberts, Sims Kahu (4/6) 21,464
Saturday, 13 May Round 10   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Suncorp Stadium 14 – 24 Oates (2), Nikorima, Milford Kahu (4/4) 44,127[14]
Friday, 19 May Round 11   Wests Tigers Suncorp Stadium 36 – 0 Glenn, Kahu, Milford, Moga, Nikorima, Sims Kahu (6/6) 21,197[15]
Saturday, 27 May Round 12   New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 28 – 10 Roberts (2) Kahu (1/2) 13,826[16]
Saturday, 3 June Round 13   Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 16 – 18 Marshall, Moga, Oates Kahu(2/3) 12,236[17]
Friday, 9 June Round 14   South Sydney Rabbitohs Suncorp Stadium 24 – 18 Gillett, Kahu, Oates, Thaiday Kahu(4/5) 30,578[18]
Round 15 Bye
Saturday, 24 June Round 16   Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 30 – 20 Gillett (2), Glenn, Oates, Ofahengaue Kahu (5/6) 15,652[19]
Friday, 30 June Round 17   Melbourne Storm Suncorp Stadium 12 – 42 Hunt, Mead Kahu (2/2) 41,741[20]
Round 18 Bye
Saturday, 15 July Round 19   Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 34 – 22 Kahu, Milford, Moga, Pearson, Roberts, Sims Kahu(5/6) 13,773[21]
Thursday, 20 July Round 20   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Suncorp Stadium 42 – 12 Roberts (2), Blair, Hunt, Kahu, Moga, McGuire, Nikorima Jordan Kahu(7/8) 24,267[22]
Friday, 28 July Round 21   Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium 14 – 28[23] Gillett, Roberts Kahu (3/3) 12,182[24]
Saturday, 5 August Round 22   Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 54 – 0[25] Hunt (3), Nikorima (2), Milford, Moga, McGuire, Oates, Roberts Kahu (7/9), Roberts (0/1) 21,716[26]
Friday, 11 August Round 23   Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Suncorp Stadium 32 – 10[27] Moga (2), Boyd, Gillett, Oates Milford (6/9) 34,552[28]
Friday, 18 August Round 24   St George Illawarra Dragons Suncorp Stadium 24 – 12[29] Glenn (2), Kahu, Milford, Oates Milford (2/5) 31,832[30]
Thursday, 24 August Round 25   Parramatta Eels Suncorp Stadium 34 – 52[31] Ese'ese, Glenn, Mead, Moga, McGuire, Oates Milford (5/6) 29,058[32]
Thursday, 31 August Round 26   North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium 20 – 10[33] Blair, Gillett, Kahu, Roberts Kahu (2/4) 23,321[34]
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals edit

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Friday 8 September Qualifying Final   Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 22 – 24[35] Oates, Hunt, Roberts Kahu (3/4) 21,212[36]
Friday 15 September Semi Final   Penrith Panthers Suncorp Stadium 13 – 6[37] Oates, Roberts Kahu (2/4) Kahu (FG) 38,623[38]
Sunday 22 September Preliminary Final   Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 0 – 30 28,821[39]
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics edit

Name App T G FG Pts
Jai Arrow 12 0 0 0 0
Adam Blair 27 1 0 0 4
Darius Boyd 20 3 0 0 12
Herman Ese'ese 22 1 0 0 4
George Fai 1 0 0 0 0
Matt Gillett 25 7 0 0 28
Alex Glenn 27 5 0 0 20
Ben Hunt 21 7 0 0 28
Jamayne Isaako 1 0 0 0 0
Jordan Kahu 25 9 75 3 189
Andrew McCullough 18 2 0 0 8
Josh McGuire 25 3 0 0 12
Benji Marshall 13 1 0 0 4
David Mead 12 3 0 0 12
Anthony Milford 23 7 21 1 71
Tautau Moga 27 10 0 0 40
Kodi Nikorima 19 7 0 0 28
Corey Oates 21 15 0 0 60
Joe Ofahengaue 16 1 0 0 4
Tevita Pangai 18 0 0 0 0
Jonus Pearson 6 1 0 0 4
James Roberts 26 18 0 0 72
Korbin Sims 22 5 0 0 20
Jaydn Su'a 4 0 0 0 0
Sam Thaiday 26 3 0 0 12
Travis Waddell 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 109 96 4 632

Representatives edit

State of Origin edit

ANZAC Test edit

World Cup edit

Judiciary edit

Player Round Incident/Charge Verdict Result Victim Club Ref(s)
Salesi Funaki Trial Dangerous Throw Guilty 2 match ban [45]
Sam Thaiday Round 3 Contrary Conduct Guilty $2,100 fine Jesse Bromwich Melbourne Storm [46][47]
Joe Ofahengaue Round 24 Dangerous Throw Guilty 3 match ban Max King Gold Coast Titans [48]
Adam Blair Qualifying Final Tripping Guilty $1,100 fine Jake Friend Sydney Roosters [49]

See also edit

2017 NRL season

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