Brisbane Broncos
The NRL’s most successful club, the Brisbane Broncos were formed in 1988 under coach Wayne Bennett. Bennett led the Broncos to six Premiership victories and thus far have a perfect record in Grand Final matches. It is this culture, with the help of league legends Shane Webcke, Darren Lockyer and Alan Langer, that has enabled Brisbane to record the highest annual revenues out of all NRL clubs and maintain the largest crowd attendances in the competition with an average of 33,000 people per game.
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Bulldogs prop Ben Hannant has approached the club and requested an early release from his contract on the grounds that he is homesick and wants to return to QLD.
Club CEO, Todd Greenberg has had discussions with the Brisbane Broncos but has stated that he will only release Hannant if he receives the equivalent playing [...] Read article
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Brisbane’s first-up win over the Cowboys last weekend obviously failed to impress one big better who on Wednesday tossed $100,000 on the Broncos to miss the top eight.
Brisbane have made the finals for the past 18 seasons straight but the NSW punter claimed TAB Sportsbet for $100,000 to $80,000 (odds of $1.80) about Ivan Henjak’s [...] Read article
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Round One over, tips stuffed, but what did we learn? Personally, I felt that round one showed that the early rounds are great for rookies but in the end it is experience that shows their worth.
Friday night saw a fantastic Queensland derby between the Broncos and the Cowboys.
The Broncos showed off their production [...] Read article
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Salvage expert Johnathan Thurston launched the rescue mission then bagged himself for not finishing the job properly in his post mortem to the Cowboys’ gripping 30-24 loss to Brisbane on Friday night.
The scheming skipper was the spark behind North Queensland’s second-half revival coming from 24-0 down to be tied 24-24 with 10 minutes to play [...] Read article
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Brisbane may have unearthed a long-term solution to Darren Lockyer’s impending retirement from the NRL.
It comes in the form of talented teenager Corey Norman, who displayed the silky skills of a five-eighth in his man-of-the-match arrival against North Queensland at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night.
Norman produced one of rugby league’s great debuts as Brisbane survived [...] Read article
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Exciting teenage rookie Corey Norman became an instant hit with Broncos fans before comeback winger Denan Kemp snatched a desperate 30-24 win for Brisbane over North Queensland at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night.
Brisbane banked the two premiership points but not before Cowboys genius Johnathan Thurston threatened to inspire one of rugby league’s great comebacks in [...] Read article
Friday, March 12th, 2010
The Brisbane Broncos have been hit hard after losing many valuable players since 2009, and will have to be forced to begin the 2010 season with an unbalanced lineup.
The loss of Karmichael Hunt to AFL was a shock and Hunt will be missed dearly by all, including Peter Wallace and Darren Lockyear.
Hunt offered [...] Read article
Friday, March 12th, 2010
The first round of the NRL season will be big, with the blockbuster matches of Parramatta versus St George Illawarra and the Broncos versus Cowboys. But, sadly, the NRL and clubs have missed the opportunity to really kick-off the season with a bang by hosting a massive double header at Homebush.
We had Parramatta try and [...] Read article
