2000 Brisbane Broncos season

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.

2000 Brisbane Broncos season
2000 NRL champions
NRL Rank1st
Play-off resultWon Grand Final
(Sydney Roosters, 14–6)
2000 recordWins: 21; Draws: 2; Losses: 6
Team information
CEOShane Edwards
Head coachWayne Bennett
Captain
StadiumANZ Stadium
Avg. Attend.26,706
High. Attend.29,849
(Melbourne Storm, 7 April)
Top scorers
TriesWendell Sailor (18)
Lote Tuqiri (18)
GoalsMichael De Vere (74)
PointsMichael De Vere (196)
< 1999 List of seasons 2001 >

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
RoundOpponentResultBro.Opp.DateVenueCrowdPosition
1Wests TigersDraw24246 FebCampbelltown Stadium15,3768/14
2Parramatta 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 StormDraw18187 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. FinalParramatta 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
1Brisbane Broncos26182669638830838
2Sydney Roosters26160106015208132
3Newcastle Knights261511068653215431
4Canberra Raiders26150115064792730
5Penrith Panthers26150115735621130
6Melbourne Storm261411167252914329
7Parramatta Eels26141114764562029
8Cronulla Sharks261301357046310726
9St George Illawarra Dragons2612014576656-8024
10Wests Tigers2611213519642-12324
11Canterbury Bulldogs2610115469553-8421
12Northern Eagles269017476628-15218
13Auckland Warriors268216426662-23618
14North Queensland Cowboys267019436612-17612*

Grand final
Main article: 2000 NRL grand final
BroncosPositionRoosters
Darren Lockyer1 FullbackLuke Phillips
Lote Tuqiri2 WingMatt Sing
Tonie Carroll3 CentreShannon Hegarty
Michael De Vere4 CentreRyan Cross
Wendell Sailor5 WingAnthony Minichiello
Ben Ikin6 Five-eighthBrad Fittler (C)
Kevin Walters (C)7 HalfbackAdrian Lam
Shane Webcke8 PropIan Rubin
Luke Priddis9 HookerSimon Bonetti
Dane Carlaw10 PropPeter Cusack
Gorden Tallis11 Second RowBryan Fletcher
Brad Thorn12 Second RowCraig Fitzgibbon
Kevin Campion13 LockLuke Ricketson
Harvey HowardInterchangeDallas Hood
Michael HancockInterchangeDavid Solomona
Shaun BerriganInterchangeShane Rigon
Ashley HarrisonInterchangeCraig Wing
Wayne BennettCOACHGraham Murray
TeamPointsTeam
Brisbane Broncos14 - 6Sydney Roosters
TRIES: Tuqiri, Sailor; GOALS: De Vere 3/5TRIES: Fitzgibbon; GOALS: Phillips 1/1, Fitzgibbon 0/1

Statistics
PlayerTriesGoalsFGPoints
Michael De Vere1274/1020196
Lote Tuqiri181/2074
Wendell Sailor180072
Ben Walker130/38064
Darren Lockyer115/6054
Luke Priddis90036
Gorden Tallis90036
Brad Thorn90036
Ben Ikin72/5032
Tonie Carroll70028
Ashley Harrison70028
Shaun Berrigan40016
Chris Walker40016
Kevin Walters40016
Dane Carlaw30012
Petero Civoniceva2008
Kevin Campion2008
Justin Hodges2008
Danny Bampton1004
Michael Hancock1004
Brad Meyers1004
Shane Webcke1004
Shane Walker1004

Honours

League
  • NRL Premiership

Club

References
  1. "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

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