1988 Brisbane Broncos season
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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.
Season summary
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
Round | Opponent | Result | Bro. | Opp. | Date | Venue | Crowd | Ref |
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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] |
- Game following a State of Origin match
Ladder
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | ![]() | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 507 | 330 | +177 | 34 |
2 | ![]() | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 412 | 268 | +144 | 32 |
3 | ![]() | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 596 | 346 | +250 | 30 |
4 | ![]() | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 538 | 347 | +191 | 30 |
5 | ![]() | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 394 | 258 | +136 | 30 |
6 | ![]() | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 402 | 341 | +61 | 30 |
7 | ![]() | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 474 | 368 | +106 | 28 |
8 | ![]() | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 425 | 383 | +42 | 24 |
9 | ![]() | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 366 | 424 | -58 | 20 |
10 | ![]() | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 352 | 493 | -141 | 18 |
11 | ![]() | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 359 | 412 | -53 | 16 |
12 | ![]() | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 387 | 443 | -56 | 15 |
13 | ![]() | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 353 | 510 | -157 | 13 |
14 | ![]() | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 270 | 460 | -190 | 11 |
15 | ![]() | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 238 | 484 | -246 | 10 |
16 | ![]() | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 287 | 493 | -206 | 9 |
Squad
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Awards
League
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Club
- Player of the year: Allan Langer[24]
- Rookie of the year: Shane Duffy / Kerrod Walters
- Forward of the year: Terry Matterson
- Back of the year: Wally Lewis
- Clubman of the year: Greg Conescu
References
- ^ Adrian McGregor (7 March 1988). "Wallypower starts a new era in Rugby League". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 61.
- ^ Alan Clarkson (7 March 1988). "Two-try Lewis is still the king". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 61.
- ^ Brett Thomas (13 March 1988). "Last-gasp try saves Broncos". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 86.
- ^ Ian Heads (21 March 1988). "Lewis and Broncos toy with Wests". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 64.
- ^ Paul Tait (28 March 1988). "Lewis steers the Broncos home". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 61.
- ^ Brad Forrest (5 April 1988). "Ward earns good report for 'ruling it as I saw it'". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 43.
- ^ Paul Tait (7 April 1988). "Alexander ends Broncos' charge". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 47.
- ^ MacDonald, John (11 April 1988). "King Wally staves off the bold Knights". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 63.
- ^ Alan Clarkson (17 April 1988). "Tigers turn the screws on tail poppies". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 75.
- ^ Brad Forrest (2 May 1988). "Bennett's blast brings on Bronco revival". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 60.
- ^ Brad Forrest (9 May 1988). "Gibbs and Gold Coast batter the Broncos". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 56.
- ^ Masters, Roy; Tait, Paul (23 May 1988). "Last Post sounds for Brisbane's baldful Old Veterans". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 65.
- ^ Weidler, Danny (6 June 1988). "Backrow pair seal win for Broncos". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 60.
- ^ Forrest, Brad (14 June 1988). "Possession helps beat St. George". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 47.
- ^ MacDonald, John (18 June 1988). "Souths still in top-five race". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 68.
- ^ Heads, Ian. "Super sub Turvey's picnic in the park". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 56.
- ^ MacDonald, John. "Dowling stands up where no Eagles dare". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 59.
- ^ MacDonald, John. "Bloodied Broncos survive an epic". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 52.
- ^ "Broncos run riot – but only in patches". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 July 1988. p. 70.
- ^ Alan Clarkson (24 July 1988). "Broncos drop Bears and ball in semis quest". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 63.
- ^ Tait, Paul (1 August 1988). "Brave win eases the dispair for Eels". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 59.
- ^ Clarkson, Alan (7 August 1988). "A Bronco breakout". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 64.
- ^ Clarkson, Alan (14 August 1988). "Tigers on the hunt". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 71.
- ^ "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
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