2005 Brisbane Broncos season

The 2005 Brisbane Broncos season was the eighteenth in the club's history, and they competed in the NRL's 2005 Telstra Premiership. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Darren Lockyer, they finished the regular season 3rd (out of 15) despite ending the year with another long losing streak which continued into the play-offs and saw them knocked out once again.

Season summary

With Gorden Tallis' retirement at the end of the previous season, the Broncos' captaincy was passed onto star fullback-turned-5/8th Darren Lockyer. In round 1 of NRL season 2005 Lockyer led the Broncos out for the first time and won 29-16 against the North Queensland Cowboys, the team that knocked them out of the finals in their last match the previous year. Three weeks later, the Broncos suffered their worst defeat in the club's history with a 50-4 loss to the Melbourne Storm at Olympic Park. After this match, the Broncos won their next ten matches straight from round 5 to round 17 to lead the competition, only to lose their last five regular season game in a row from round 22 to round 26, finishing third heading into the finals. The losing streak extended into the finals with defeats in the Qualifying Final to the Melbourne Storm 24-18 and in the Semi Final to the Wests Tigers 34-6, sending them out of the competition and making it seven consecutive losses in and seven straight finals losses for the Broncos.

At the end of the 2005 season, after five successive years without a grand final appearance, Bennett decided to have a cleanout of the coaching staff, removing such long-time allies as Gary Belcher, Glenn Lazarus and Kevin Walters.[1]

Match results
RoundOpponentResultBro.Opp.DateVenueCrowdPosition
Trial MatchMelbourne StormLoss10 2419 FebCarrara Stadium--
Trial MatchCanberra RaidersWin262026 FebStadium Toowoomba--
1North Queensland CowboysWin291613 MarSuncorp Stadium43,4884/15
2New Zealand WarriorsLoss122419 MarSuncorp Stadium24,7198/15
3Sydney RoostersWin402225 MarSydney Football Stadium23,1574/15
4Melbourne StormLoss4502 AprOlympic Park12,14910/15
5Parramatta EelsWin541410 AprSuncorp Stadium25,8436/15
6St George Illawarra DragonsWin342417 AprWIN Stadium17,2875/15
7Cronulla SharksWin161223 AprToyota Park17,8644/15
8Manly Sea EaglesWin381229 AprSuncorp Stadium27,5142/15
9Canterbury BulldogsWin35288 MaySuncorp Stadium29,8451/15
10North Queensland CowboysWin23614 MayDairy Farmers Stadium22,4771/15
11Bye------1/15
12*South Sydney RabbitohsWin361228 MaySuncorp Stadium18,0811/15
13Newcastle KnightsWin34165 JunEnergyAustralia Stadium22,4231/15
14Canberra RaidersWin201211 JunCanberra Stadium8,6091/15
15*Wests TigersWin402218 JunSuncorp Stadium25,7801/15
16New Zealand WarriorsLoss183026 JunEricsson Stadium13,7521/15
17Cronulla SharksWin22103 JulSuncorp Stadium23,9001/15
18Bye------1/15
19*Melbourne StormWin281517 JulSuncorp Stadium32,7381/15
20Canterbury BulldogsLoss222922 JulTelstra Stadium29,1121/15
21Canberra RaidersWin241830 JulSuncorp Stadium27,4781/15
22Manly Sea EaglesLoss20217 AugBrookvale Oval29,1121/15
23St George Illawarra DragonsLoss42414 AugSuncorp Stadium27,4781/15
24Penrith PanthersLoss202221 AugCUA Stadium16,1981/15
25Sydney RoostersLoss101726 AugSuncorp Stadium48,9953/15
26Parramatta EelsLoss14282 SepParramatta Stadium20,3403/15
Qualif. FinalMelbourne StormLoss182410 SepSuncorp Stadium25,193-
Semi FinalWests TigersLoss63418 SepSydney Football Stadium36,563-
*Game following a State of Origin match

Season Ladder
Team Pld W D L B F A P/D Pts
1Parramatta Eels241608270445624836
2St George Illawarra Dragons241608265551014536
3Brisbane Broncos241509259748411334
4Wests Tigers2414010267657510132
5North Queensland Cowboys241401026395637632
6Melbourne Storm2413011264046217830
7Cronulla Sharks24120122550564-1428
8Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles24120122554632-7828
9Sydney Roosters24110132488487126
10Penrith Panthers24110132554554026
11New Zealand Warriors24100142515528-1324
12Canterbury Bulldogs2491142472670-19823
13South Sydney Rabbitohs2491142482700-21823
14Canberra Raiders2490152465606-14122
15Newcastle Knights2480162467667-20020

Players

Scorers
PlayerTriesGoalsField GoalsPoints
Darren Lockyer852/841137
Brett Seymour732/42294
Shaun Berrigan190076
Leon Bott130052
Justin Hodges110044
Karmichael Hunt80032
Brent Tate70028
Scott Minto70028
David Stagg50020
Casey McGuire40016
Darren Smith40016
Brad Thorn40016
Tonie Carroll30012
Dane Carlaw2008
Petero Civoniceva2008
Barry Berrigan2008
Stephen Michaels2008
Corey Parker11/106
Sam Thaiday1004
Neville Costigan1004
Berrick Barnes10/204

Honours

League
  • Nil

Club

References
  1. Dick, Barry (1 October 2006). "Special day for Benny". The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  2. "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

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