2015 Brisbane Broncos season

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2015 Brisbane Broncos season
NRL 2nd
Play-off result Runners-up
(North Queensland Cowboys, 16-17)
2015 record Wins: 17; Draws: 0; Losses: 7
Points scored For: 574; Against: 379
Team information
CEO Paul White
Coach Wayne Bennett
Captain
Stadium Suncorp Stadium - 52,500
Avg. Attend. 36,096
High. Attend. 51,826
(vs. Sydney Roosters, FW3)
Top scorers
Tries Lachlan Maranta (13)
Goals Corey Parker (47)
Points Corey Parker (102)
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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.

Season summary

Milestones

Squad List

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Brisbane Broncos
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


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

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

Squad Movement

Gains

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

Losses

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

Re-signings

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

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24 18 0 6 2 591 300 +291 40
2 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 17 0 7 2 574 379 +195 38
3 File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys (P) 24 17 0 7 2 587 454 +133 38
4 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 14 0 10 2 467 348 +119 32
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 14 0 10 2 522 480 +42 32
6 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 14 0 10 2 469 476 −7 32
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 13 0 11 2 465 467 −2 30
8 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 12 0 12 2 435 408 +27 28
9 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 11 0 13 2 458 492 −34 26
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24 10 0 14 2 577 569 +8 24
11 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24 9 0 15 2 399 477 −78 22
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24 9 0 15 2 448 573 −125 22
13 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 9 0 15 2 445 588 −143 22
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 2 439 636 −197 22
15 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 8 0 16 2 487 562 −75 20
16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24 8 0 16 2 458 612 −154 20

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 7 February Trial 1 File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Stadium Mackay 6-18 Nikorima Milford (1/1) 8,000
Saturday, 21 February Trial 2 File:Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors DW Stadium 14-12 ET (12-12) McCullough, Maranta Parker (3/4) 20,842
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw

NRL Auckland Nines

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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 colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 3 3 0 0 68 22 +46 6
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 3 2 0 1 30 30 +0 4
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 3 1 0 2 21 37 -16 2
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 3 0 0 3 10 40 -30 0
Date Time (Local) Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals
Saturday, 31 January 3:10pm Round 1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Eden Park 4-6 Nicholls Milford (0/1)
Saturday, 31 January 7:30pm Round 2 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Eden Park 4-31 Whitchurch Milford (0/1)
Sunday, 1 February 2:05pm Round 3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Eden Park 13-0 K. Nikorima J. Nikorima Milford (2/2)
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw

Regular season

Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Thursday, 5 March Round 1 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Suncorp Stadium 6 – 36 Gillett Parker (1/2) 36,057
Friday, 13 March Round 2 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Remondis Stadium 2 – 10 Oates, Maranta Parker (1/1), Hunt (0/1) 8,369
Friday, 20 March Round 3 File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Suncorp Stadium 44 – 22 Maranta (2), Hunt, McGuire, Parker, McCullough, Hodges, Kahu Parker (6/8) 40,047
Sunday, 29 March Round 4 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Mt. Smart Stadium 16 – 24 Oates, Maranta, Wallace, McCullough Parker (4/5) 14,670
Friday, 3 April Round 5 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 16 – 26 Milford (2), Dodds (2) Parker (3/3), Hunt (2/2) 15,432
Friday, 10 April Round 6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Suncorp Stadium 22 – 18 Hunt (2), Glenn Parker (5/5) 35,630
Friday, 17 April Round 7 File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Jubilee Oval 12 – 10 Vidot, Thaiday Milford (1/1) 13,029
Saturday, 25 April Round 8 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Suncorp Stadium 28 – 16 Milford (2), Reed, McGuire Parker (6/7) 34,398
Friday, 8 May Round 9 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Suncorp Stadium 8 – 5 Kahu, Oates 24,566
Friday, 15 May Round 10 File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium 31 – 20 Maranta (2), Kahu Parker (4/4) 24,531
Monday, 25 May Round 11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 18 – 31 Reed (2), Milford, McCullough, Oates Kahu (4/4), Hunt (1/2), Milford (FG) 12,673
Saturday, 30 May Round 12 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 12 – 24 Reed, Kahu, Maranta, Oates Parker (4/5) 10,090
Friday, 5 June Round 13 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Suncorp Stadium 44 – 10 Vidot (2), Milford (2), Hodges, Hunt, Reed, Kahu Kahu (6/9) 28,691
Round 14 Bye
Sunday, 21 June Round 15 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 12 – 14 Maranta, Reed, Oates Kahu (1/3) 14,278
Friday, 26 June Round 16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Suncorp Stadium 44 – 22 Maranta (2), Gillett (2), Oates, McCullough, Milford, Boyd Parker (5/7), Hunt (1/1) 27,246
Round 17 Bye
Saturday, 11 July Round 18 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 8 – 16 Vidot, Thaiday, Blair Parker (1/2), Kahu (1/1) 16,253
Sunday, 19 July Round 19 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Suncorp Stadium 42 – 16 Maranta (3), Glenn (2), Wallace, Reed, Oates Parker (4/8), Kahu (1/2) 37,260
Friday, 24 July Round 20 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Suncorp Stadium 34 – 0 Parker, Boyd, Hunt, Wallace, Nikorima, Glenn Parker (3/5), Kahu (2/2) 27,664
Saturday, 1 August Round 21 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Central Coast Stadium 44 – 14 Hodges, Maranta, Reed Kahu (1/2), Parker (0/1) 16,280
Friday, 7 August Round 22 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Suncorp Stadium 16 – 18 Oates (2), Parker Parker (2/3) 34,082
Friday, 14 August Round 23 File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Suncorp Stadium 32 – 6 Hunt (2), Kahu, Maranta, Milford, Copley Parker (3/4), Milford (1/1), Kahu (0/1) 33,480
Saturday, 22 August Round 24 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 12 – 10 Kahu, Oates Kahu (1/1), Parker (0/1)
Thursday, 27 August Round 25 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Allianz Stadium 12 – 47 Hunt (3), Milford (2), Kahu, Oates Parker (5/6), Kahu (2/2), Milford (FG) 12,036
Thursday, 3 September Round 26 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Suncorp Stadium 8 – 15 Reed Parker (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  Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Roosters 18  
4  Melbourne colours.svg Storm 20     SF1: 18 Sept, Allianz Stadium  
     Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Roosters 38    
EF1: 12 Sept, ANZ Stadium      Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 12       PF1: 26 Sept, AAMI Park
5  Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 11        Melbourne colours.svg Storm 12  
8  File:St. George Illawarra colours.svg Dragons 10          File:North Queensland colours.svg Cowboys 32     GF: 4 Oct, ANZ Stadium
         Brisbane colours.svg Broncos 16
  EF2: 13 Sept, Allianz Stadium       PF2: 25 Sept, Suncorp Stadium      File:North Queensland colours.svg Cowboys 17
6  Cronulla colours.svg Sharks 28          Brisbane colours.svg Broncos 31  
7  South Sydney colours.svg Rabbitohs 12     SF2: 19 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium        Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Roosters 12  
     File:North Queensland colours.svg Cowboys 39    
QF2: 12 Sept, Suncorp Stadium      Cronulla colours.svg Sharks 0    
2  Brisbane colours.svg Broncos 16  
3  File:North Queensland colours.svg Cowboys 12  


Date Round Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Attendance
Saturday, 12 September Qualifying Final File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Suncorp Stadium 16 – 12 Hunt, Milford Parker (4/4 (2 Penalty Goals)) 50,388
Friday, 25 September Preliminary Final Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Suncorp Stadium 31 – 12 Boyd, Hunt, McCullough, Oates, Milford, Reed Parker (2/4), Kahu (1/2), Milford (FG) 51,826
Sunday, 4 October Grand Final File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys ANZ Stadium 16 – 17 Corey Oates, Jack Reed Parker (2/2) (1 Penalty Goal), Kahu (2/2) (1 Penalty Goal) 82,758
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw

Statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Adam Blair 23 1 0 0 4
Joe Boyce 1 0 0 0 0
Darius Boyd 18 3 0 0 12
Dale Copley 9 1 0 0 4
Mitchell Dodds 19 2 0 0 8
Mitch Garbutt 3 0 0 0 0
James Gavet 1 0 0 0 0
Matt Gillett 26 3 0 0 12
Alex Glenn 25 4 0 0 16
Justin Hodges 20 3 0 0 12
Ben Hunt 26 12 4 0 56
Jordan Kahu 22 9 22 0 80
Lachlan Maranta 20 15 0 0 60
Andrew McCullough 27 5 0 0 20
Josh McGuire 13 2 0 0 8
Anthony Milford 27 13 3 3 61
Francis Molo 5 0 0 0 0
Kodi Nikorima 20 1 0 0 4
Corey Oates 25 14 0 0 56
Joe Ofahengaue 14 0 0 0 0
Matt Parcell 6 0 0 0 0
Corey Parker 24 3 66 0 144
Jack Reed 24 11 0 0 44
David Stagg 2 0 0 0 0
Ashley Taylor 1 0 0 0 0
Sam Thaiday 23 2 0 0 8
Daniel Vidot 8 4 0 0 16
Jarrod Wallace 25 3 0 0 12
Aaron Whitchurch 2 0 0 0 0
Totals 111 95 3 637

Source:[38]

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2015.

All Stars match City Vs Country ANZAC Test Pacific Test State Of Origin 1 State Of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Kiwis 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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