2015 Brisbane Broncos season

The 2015 Brisbane Broncos season was the 28th in the club's history. Coached again for the first time since 2008 by returning foundation coach, Wayne Bennett, and captained by Justin Hodges, they competed in the NRL's 2015 Telstra Premiership. The Broncos finished the regular season in 2nd place to make the play-offs, going on to reach the 2015 NRL Grand final in which they were defeated by the North Queensland Cowboys.

2015 Brisbane Broncos season
NRL Rank2nd
Play-off resultRunners-up
(North Queensland Cowboys, 16-17)
2015 recordWins: 17; Draws: 0; Losses: 7
Points scoredFor: 574; Against: 379
Team information
CEOPaul White
CoachWayne Bennett
Captain
StadiumSuncorp Stadium - 52,500
Avg. Attend.36,096
High. Attend.51,826
(vs. Sydney Roosters, FW3)
Top scorers
TriesLachlan Maranta (13)
GoalsCorey Parker (47)
PointsCorey Parker (102)
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Season summary

Milestones

Squad List

Brisbane Broncos
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


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

Updated: 25 January 2015
Source(s): Broncos Squad

Squad Movement

Gains

Player Signed From Until End of Notes
Adam Blair Wests Tigers
2017
[1]
Darius Boyd Newcastle Knights
2017
[2]
Greg Eden Hull Kingston Rovers
2016
[3]
Mitch Garbutt Melbourne Storm
2017
[4]
James Gavet Wests Tigers
2016
[5]
Anthony Milford Canberra Raiders
2016
[6]
Matt Parcell Ipswich Jets
2015
[7]
Travis Waddell Newcastle Knights
2016
[8]

Losses

Player Signed To Until End of Notes
Ben Barba Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
2017
[9]
Marmin Barba Ipswich Jets
?
[10]
Cameron Cullen Mackay Cutters
?
[11]
Mitch Garbutt Leeds Rhinos (Mid-Season)
2017
[12]
Jake Granville North Queensland Cowboys
2016
[13]
David Hala Gold Coast Titans
2016
[14]
Ben Hannant North Queensland Cowboys
2015
[15]
Josh Hoffman Gold Coast Titans
2017
[16]
Martin Kennedy Sydney Roosters
2016
[17]
Stewart MillsReleased
-
[18]
Duncan Paia'auaQueensland Reds (Rugby Union)
2016
[19]

Re-signings

Player Club Until End of Notes
Josh McGuire Brisbane Broncos
2017
[20]
Andrew McCullough Brisbane Broncos
2017
[21]
Kodi Nikorima Brisbane Broncos
2016
[22]
Joe Ofahengaue Brisbane Broncos
2017
[23]

Contract lengths

Player 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Source
Todd Lowrie
Brisbane Broncos
Newcastle Knights
[24]
Alex Glenn
Brisbane Broncos
[25]
Justin Hodges
Brisbane Broncos
[26]
[27]
Jordan Kahu
Brisbane Broncos
[28]
Matt Parcell
Brisbane Broncos
[7]
David Stagg
Brisbane Broncos
[29]
Zach Strasser
Brisbane Broncos
[30]
Sam Thaiday
Brisbane Broncos
[31]
Daniel Vidot
Brisbane Broncos
[32]
Dale Copley
Brisbane Broncos
[33]
Greg Eden
Brisbane Broncos
[3]
James Gavet
Brisbane Broncos
[5]
Matt Gillett
Brisbane Broncos
[34]
Lachlan Maranta
Brisbane Broncos
[35]
Anthony Milford
Brisbane Broncos
[6]
Kodi Nikorima
Brisbane Broncos
[22]
Corey Parker
Brisbane Broncos
[26]
Travis Waddell
Brisbane Broncos
[8]
Jarrod Wallace
Brisbane Broncos
[35]
Adam Blair
Brisbane Broncos
[1]
Darius Boyd
Brisbane Broncos
[2]
Ben Hunt
Brisbane Broncos
[36]
Andrew McCullough
Brisbane Broncos
[21]
Josh McGuire
Brisbane Broncos
[20]
Corey Oates
Brisbane Broncos
[37]
Joe Ofahengaue
Brisbane Broncos
[23]
Jack Reed
Brisbane Broncos
[34]

Ladder

2015 NRL season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 2418062591300+29140
2 Brisbane Broncos 2417072574379+19538
3 North Queensland Cowboys (P) 2417072587454+13338
4 Melbourne Storm 24140102467348+11932
5 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24140102522480+4232
6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24140102469476−732
7 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24130112465467−230
8 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24120122435408+2728
9 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24110132458492−3426
10 Canberra Raiders 24100142577569+824
11 Penrith Panthers 2490152399477−7822
12 Parramatta Eels 2490152448573−12522
13 New Zealand Warriors 2490152445588−14322
14 Gold Coast Titans 2490152439636−19722
15 Wests Tigers 2480162487562−7520
16 Newcastle Knights 2480162458612−15420

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 7 FebruaryTrial 1 North Queensland CowboysStadium Mackay6-18NikorimaMilford (1/1)8,000
Saturday, 21 FebruaryTrial 2 Wigan WarriorsDW Stadium14-12 ET (12-12)McCullough, MarantaParker (3/4)20,842
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

NRL Auckland Nines

The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2015 competition was played over two days on 31 January and 1 February at Eden Park. The Broncos feature in the Piha pool and played the Bulldogs, Sharks and Roosters.

Piha Pool
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 33006822+466
Sydney Roosters 32013030+04
Brisbane Broncos 31022137-162
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30031040-300
Date Time (Local) Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
Saturday, 31 January3:10pmRound 1 Sydney RoostersEden Park4-6NichollsMilford (0/1)
Saturday, 31 January7:30pmRound 2 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksEden Park4-31WhitchurchMilford (0/1)
Sunday, 1 February2:05pmRound 3 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsEden Park13-0K. Nikorima J. NikorimaMilford (2/2)
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season


Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Thursday, 5 MarchRound 1 South Sydney RabbitohsSuncorp Stadium6 36GillettParker (1/2)36,057
Friday, 13 MarchRound 2 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksRemondis Stadium2 10Oates, MarantaParker (1/1), Hunt (0/1)8,369
Friday, 20 MarchRound 3 North Queensland CowboysSuncorp Stadium44 22Maranta (2), Hunt, McGuire, Parker, McCullough, Hodges, KahuParker (6/8)40,047
Sunday, 29 MarchRound 4 New Zealand WarriorsMt. Smart Stadium16 24Oates, Maranta, Wallace, McCulloughParker (4/5)14,670
Friday, 3 AprilRound 5 Gold Coast TitansCbus Super Stadium16 26Milford (2), Dodds (2)Parker (3/3), Hunt (2/2)15,432
Friday, 10 AprilRound 6 Sydney RoostersSuncorp Stadium22 18Hunt (2), GlennParker (5/5)35,630
Friday, 17 AprilRound 7 St. George Illawarra DragonsWIN Jubilee Oval12 10Vidot, ThaidayMilford (1/1)13,029
Saturday, 25 AprilRound 8 Parramatta EelsSuncorp Stadium28 16Milford (2), Reed, McGuireParker (6/7)34,398
Friday, 8 MayRound 9 Penrith PanthersSuncorp Stadium8 5Kahu, Oates24,566
Friday, 15 MayRound 10 North Queensland Cowboys1300SMILES Stadium31 20Maranta (2), KahuParker (4/4)24,531
Monday, 25 MayRound 11 Newcastle KnightsHunter Stadium18 31Reed (2), Milford, McCullough, OatesKahu (4/4), Hunt (1/2), Milford (FG)12,673
Saturday, 30 MayRound 12 Canberra RaidersGIO Stadium12 24Reed, Kahu, Maranta, OatesParker (4/5)10,090
Friday, 5 JuneRound 13 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesSuncorp Stadium44 10Vidot (2), Milford (2), Hodges, Hunt, Reed, KahuKahu (6/9)28,691
Round 14Bye
Sunday, 21 JuneRound 15 Melbourne StormAAMI Park12 14Maranta, Reed, OatesKahu (1/3)14,278
Friday, 26 JuneRound 16 Newcastle KnightsSuncorp Stadium44 22Maranta (2), Gillett (2), Oates, McCullough, Milford, BoydParker (5/7), Hunt (1/1)27,246
Round 17Bye
Saturday, 11 JulyRound 18 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsANZ Stadium8 16Vidot, Thaiday, BlairParker (1/2), Kahu (1/1)16,253
Sunday, 19 JulyRound 19 Wests TigersSuncorp Stadium42 16Maranta (3), Glenn (2), Wallace, Reed, OatesParker (4/8), Kahu (1/2)37,260
Friday, 24 JulyRound 20 Gold Coast TitansSuncorp Stadium34 0Parker, Boyd, Hunt, Wallace, Nikorima, GlennParker (3/5), Kahu (2/2)27,664
Saturday, 1 AugustRound 21 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesCentral Coast Stadium44 14Hodges, Maranta, ReedKahu (1/2), Parker (0/1)16,280
Friday, 7 AugustRound 22 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsSuncorp Stadium16 18Oates (2), ParkerParker (2/3)34,082
Friday, 14 AugustRound 23 St. George Illawarra DragonsSuncorp Stadium32 6Hunt (2), Kahu, Maranta, Milford, CopleyParker (3/4), Milford (1/1), Kahu (0/1)33,480
Saturday, 22 AugustRound 24 Sydney RoostersAllianz Stadium12 10Kahu, OatesKahu (1/1), Parker (0/1)
Thursday, 27 AugustRound 25 South Sydney RabbitohsAllianz Stadium12 47Hunt (3), Milford (2), Kahu, OatesParker (5/6), Kahu (2/2), Milford (FG)12,036
Thursday, 3 SeptemberRound 26 Melbourne StormSuncorp Stadium8 15ReedParker (0/1), Parker (PG), Milford (PG)44,015
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals

  Qualifying / Elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
                                   
  QF1: 11 Sept, Allianz Stadium  
1   Sydney Roosters 18  
4   Melbourne 20     SF1: 18 Sept, Allianz Stadium  
      Sydney Roosters 38    
EF1: 12 Sept, ANZ Stadium       Canterbury 12       PF1: 26 Sept, AAMI Park
5   Canterbury 11         Melbourne 12  
8   St. George Illawarra 10           North Queensland 32     GF: 4 Oct, ANZ Stadium
          Brisbane 16
  EF2: 13 Sept, Allianz Stadium       PF2: 25 Sept, Suncorp Stadium       North Queensland 17
6   Cronulla 28           Brisbane 31  
7   Souths 12     SF2: 19 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium         Sydney Roosters 12  
      North Queensland 39    
QF2: 12 Sept, Suncorp Stadium       Cronulla 0    
2   Brisbane 16  
3   North Queensland 12  


Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 12 SeptemberQualifying Final North Queensland CowboysSuncorp Stadium16 12Hunt, MilfordParker (4/4 (2 Penalty Goals))50,388
Friday, 25 SeptemberPreliminary Final Sydney RoostersSuncorp Stadium31 12Boyd, Hunt, McCullough, Oates, Milford, ReedParker (2/4), Kahu (1/2), Milford (FG)51,826
Sunday, 4 OctoberGrand Final North Queensland CowboysANZ Stadium16 17Corey Oates, Jack ReedParker (2/2) (1 Penalty Goal), Kahu (2/2) (1 Penalty Goal)82,758
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Statistics

NameAppTGFGPts
Adam Blair231004
Joe Boyce10000
Darius Boyd1830012
Dale Copley91004
Mitchell Dodds192008
Mitch Garbutt30000
James Gavet10000
Matt Gillett2630012
Alex Glenn2540016
Justin Hodges2030012
Ben Hunt26124056
Jordan Kahu22922080
Lachlan Maranta20150060
Andrew McCullough2750020
Josh McGuire132008
Anthony Milford27133361
Francis Molo50000
Kodi Nikorima201004
Corey Oates25140056
Joe Ofahengaue140000
Matt Parcell60000
Corey Parker243660144
Jack Reed24110044
David Stagg20000
Ashley Taylor10000
Sam Thaiday232008
Daniel Vidot840016
Jarrod Wallace2530012
Aaron Whitchurch20000
Totals111953637

Source:[38]

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2015.

All Stars matchCity Vs CountryANZAC TestPacific TestState Of Origin 1State Of Origin 2State of Origin 3Kiwis Tour
Darius Boyd
-
-
-
-
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
Matt Gillett
-
-
-
-
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
Justin Hodges
Indigenous All Stars
-
-
-
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
Josh McGuire
-
-
-
Samoa
Queensland
Queensland
-
-
Corey Parker
NRL All Stars
-
Australia
-
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
Sam Thaiday
-
-
Australia
-
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
-
Daniel Vidot
-
-
-
Samoa
-
-
-
-
Adam Blair
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
New Zealand
Alex Glenn
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
New Zealand
Jordan Kahu
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
New Zealand
Kodi Nikorima
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
New Zealand

Honours

Club

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