Brisbane Broncos 2002
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The 2002 Brisbane Broncos
season was the fifteenth in the club's history. They competed in the NRL
's 2002 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season in third position before going on to again come within one match of the grand final
for the second consecutive year.
to the Brisbane Broncos, following his successful comeback to Australian rugby league in the previous year's State of Origin
decider. In 2002 he was the NRL's oldest player at 36 years and 60 days.
2002 was also the beginning of Brisbane's recurring "post origin
slump", which was to haunt the club for the next four years. As many of the Queensland Maroons who compete in the mid-week State of Origin matches are Broncos' players, this extra workload often results in a loss of form for the club around and after the time of the Origin series. The Broncos finished the regular season in 3rd position, with the highest points differential in the league, but were knocked out in the Preliminary Final against the Sydney City Roosters.
*Game following a State of Origin
match
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...
season was the fifteenth in the club's history. They competed in the NRL
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
's 2002 Telstra Premiership and finished the regular season in third position before going on to again come within one match of the grand final
Grand Final
Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sport term used to describe a match that decides a league champion.It originated in Victoria and South Australia and has become specifically significant Australian culture...
for the second consecutive year.
Season summary
The 2002 NRL season saw the return of club legend Allan LangerAllan Langer
Allan "Alfie" Langer AM is an Australian former multi-award-winning rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 90s and 2000s who works as an assistant coach for the Australian national team and Brisbane Broncos...
to the Brisbane Broncos, following his successful comeback to Australian rugby league in the previous year's State of Origin
Rugby League State of Origin
State of Origin is an annual best of three series of rugby league football matches contested by the Maroons and the Blues, who represent the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales respectively...
decider. In 2002 he was the NRL's oldest player at 36 years and 60 days.
2002 was also the beginning of Brisbane's recurring "post origin
Rugby League State of Origin
State of Origin is an annual best of three series of rugby league football matches contested by the Maroons and the Blues, who represent the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales respectively...
slump", which was to haunt the club for the next four years. As many of the Queensland Maroons who compete in the mid-week State of Origin matches are Broncos' players, this extra workload often results in a loss of form for the club around and after the time of the Origin series. The Broncos finished the regular season in 3rd position, with the highest points differential in the league, but were knocked out in the Preliminary Final against the Sydney City Roosters.
Match results
| Round | Opponent | Result | Bro. | Opp. | Date | Venue | Crowd | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland Cowboys The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership... |
Win | 42 | 6 | 16 Mar | Dairy Farmers Stadium Dairy Farmers Stadium The Willows Sports Complex, currently known as Dairy Farmers Stadium due to sponsorship rights, is a grass football stadium situated in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It has historically been used mainly for rugby league, and is the home ground of the National Rugby League club the North... |
24,212 | 2/15 |
| 2 | Canterbury Bulldogs Canterbury Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, as well as New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions... |
Draw | 20 | 20 | 22 Mar | ANZ Stadium Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre The Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre , more commonly known by its former names ANZ Stadium or QE II, is a major sporting facility on the south side of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia... |
22,300 | 5/15 |
| 3 | Sydney Roosters Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League... |
Win | 22 | 8 | 29 Mar | Sydney Football Stadium | 15,614 | 3/15 |
| 4 | Cronulla Sharks Cronulla Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales... |
Win | 18 | 16 | 7 Apr | ANZ Stadium | 22,005 | 2/15 |
| 5 | Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982... |
Win | 18 | 16 | 13 Apr | Bruce Stadium | 12,029 | 2/15 |
| 6 | Penrith Panthers Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan... |
Win | 30 | 26 | 21 Apr | ANZ Stadium | 13,613 | 2/15 |
| 7 | Newcastle Knights Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership... |
Win | 18 | 12 | 26 Apr | ANZ Stadium | 37,166 | 1/15 |
| 8 | South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital... |
Win | 42 | 16 | 3 May | Sydney Football Stadium | 14,874 | 1/15 |
| 9 | Northern Eagles Northern Eagles The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team, that competed in the National Rugby League between 2000 and 2002. The club was formed during the rationalisation process of the NRL by the merger of the North Sydney Bears and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in 2000... |
Win | 50 | 12 | 11 May | ANZ Stadium | 14,202 | 1/15 |
| 10 | BYE | 1/15 | ||||||
| 11* | St George Illawarra Dragons St George Illawarra Dragons The St George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing the St. George and Illawarra regions. They have competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 as a joint venture between Sydney's historic St. George Dragons club and 1982 expansion club, the... |
Loss | 20 | 28 | 26 May | Sydney Football Stadium | 9,051 | 2/15 |
| 12 | Wests Tigers Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs... |
Win | 28 | 14 | 31 May | Campbelltown Stadium Campbelltown Stadium Campbelltown Stadium, formerly Orana Park and Campbelltown Sports Ground, is a rugby league stadium in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. It is the full time home ground for the Western Suburbs Magpies District Rugby League Football Club and is one of three home grounds for the Wests Tigers... |
9,540 | 2/15 |
| 13* | Parramatta Eels Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, with their First Grade side playing their first season in the New South Wales Rugby Football League... |
Loss | 18 | 22 | 7 Jun | ANZ Stadium | 17,667 | 4/15 |
| 14 | North Queensland Cowboys | Win | 52 | 8 | 16 Jun | ANZ Stadium | 10,215 | 4/15 |
| 15 | BYE | 2/15 | ||||||
| 16* | New Zealand Warriors New Zealand Warriors The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia... |
Loss | 16 | 26 | 30 Jun | ANZ Stadium | 24,907 | 4/15 |
| 17 | St George Illawarra Dragons | Win | 34 | 22 | 7 Jul | ANZ Stadium | 19,998 | 3/15 |
| 18 | Penrith Panthers | Win | 38 | 20 | 13 Jul | Penrith Football Stadium | 10,099 | 2/15 |
| 19 | Wests Tigers | Win | 46 | 14 | 20 Jul | ANZ Stadium | 13,009 | 2/15 |
| 20 | Parramatta Eels | Win | 26 | 6 | 26 Jul | Parramatta Stadium Parramatta Stadium Parramatta Stadium is a sports stadium situated in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.The stadium is used primarily as the home ground of Australian National Rugby League club the Parramatta Eels... |
15,525 | 2/15 |
| 21 | Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria.... |
Win | 48 | 20 | 3 Aug | Olympic Park Stadium Olympic Park Stadium Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium... |
10,308 | 2/15 |
| 22 | Sydney Roosters | Loss | 18 | 28 | 9 Aug | ANZ Stadium | 23,991 | 2/15 |
| 23 | New Zealand Warriors | Loss | 4 | 18 | 18 Aug | Mt Smart Stadium Mt Smart Stadium Mt Smart Stadium, formerly Ericsson Stadium, is a stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the home ground of National Rugby League team, the New Zealand Warriors... |
22,125 | 3/15 |
| 24 | Newcastle Knights | Loss | 10 | 40 | 23 Aug | EnergyAustralia Stadium EnergyAustralia Stadium Newcastle International Sports Centre is a multi-purpose sports stadium located in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home ground of the Newcastle Knights and the Newcastle United Jets teams. It is owned by the New South Wales government and administered by the Hunter Region... |
18,601 | 3/15 |
| 25 | Canberra Raiders | Win | 36 | 2 | 31 Aug | ANZ Stadium | 22,502 | 2/15 |
| 26 | Canterbury Bulldogs | Loss | 18 | 25 | 6 Sep | Sydney Showground Sydney Showground (Homebush Bay) The Sydney Showground is a purpose built venue used each year for the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Located at Sydney Olympic Park in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, it was opened in 1998, as a venue for the 2000 Summer Olympics and to replace the ageing old Sydney Showground at Moore Park... |
16,492 | 3/15 |
| Qualif. Final | Parramatta Eels | Win | 24 | 14 | 14 Sep | ANZ Stadium | 19,115 | |
| Prelim. Final | Sydney Roosters | Loss | 12 | 16 | 28 Sep | Sydney Football Stadium | 28,251 |
*Game following a State of Origin
Rugby League State of Origin
State of Origin is an annual best of three series of rugby league football matches contested by the Maroons and the Blues, who represent the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales respectively...
match
Ladder
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | F | A | P/D | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand Warriors New Zealand Warriors The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia... |
24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 688 | 454 | 234 | 38 |
| 2 | Newcastle Knights Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership... |
24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 724 | 498 | 226 | 38 |
| 3 | Brisbane Broncos Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two... |
24 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 672 | 425 | 247 | 37 |
| 4 | Sydney Roosters Sydney Roosters The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League... |
24 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 621 | 405 | 216 | 35 |
| 5 | Cronulla Sharks Cronulla Sharks The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are Australian professional Rugby league team based in Cronulla, in the Sutherland Shire, Southern Sydney, New South Wales... |
24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 653 | 597 | 56 | 34 |
| 6 | Parramatta Eels Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, with their First Grade side playing their first season in the New South Wales Rugby Football League... |
24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 531 | 440 | 91 | 26 |
| 7 | St George Illawarra Dragons St George Illawarra Dragons The St George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing the St. George and Illawarra regions. They have competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 as a joint venture between Sydney's historic St. George Dragons club and 1982 expansion club, the... |
24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 632 | 546 | 86 | 25 |
| 8 | Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982... |
24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 471 | 641 | -170 | 25 |
| 9 | Northern Eagles Northern Eagles The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team, that competed in the National Rugby League between 2000 and 2002. The club was formed during the rationalisation process of the NRL by the merger of the North Sydney Bears and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in 2000... |
24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 503 | 740 | -237 | 25 |
| 10 | Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria.... |
24 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 556 | 586 | -30 | 23 |
| 11 | North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland Cowboys The North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership... |
24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 496 | 803 | -307 | 20 |
| 12 | Penrith Panthers Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan... |
24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 546 | 654 | -108 | 18 |
| 13 | Wests Tigers Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's mid-western suburbs. They have competed in the National Rugby League since they were formed at the end of the 1999 season as a joint-venture club between the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs... |
24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 498 | 642 | -144 | 18 |
| 14 | South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney Rabbitohs are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in Redfern, a suburb of South-central Sydney, New South Wales. They participate in the National Rugby League premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital... |
24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 385 | 817 | -432 | 14 |
| 15 | Canterbury Bulldogs Canterbury Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, as well as New South Wales Rugby League junior competitions... |
24 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 707 | 435 | 272 | 8* |
Scorers
| Player | Tries | Goals | FG | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael De Vere Michael De Vere Michael De Vere is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He represented Australia in four tests and New South Wales in five State of Origin matches... |
6 | 81/102 | 0 | 186 |
| Lote Tuqiri | 15 | 17/25 | 0 | 94 |
| Darren Lockyer Darren Lockyer Darren Lockyer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He was the captain of the Australian national team, the Queensland State of Origin team and his National Rugby League club, the Brisbane Broncos. His professional career spanned between 1995 and 2011... |
15 | 1/1 | 0 | 62 |
| Chris Walker | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Shaun Berrigan Shaun Berrigan Shaun Berrigan is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canberra Raiders of the NRL. Brother of fellow professional, Barry, Shaun has also played for the Brisbane Broncos, Hull and the New Zealand Warriors... |
10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Brent Tate Brent Tate Brent Tate is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League... |
10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Gorden Tallis Gorden Tallis Gorden James Tallis is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played from 1992 to 2004. He captained Australia and Queensland as well as the Brisbane Broncos club, with whom he won three premierships and one Clive Churchill Medal... |
10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Casey McGuire Casey McGuire Casey McGuire is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Les Catalans club of the European Super League competition. A Queensland State of Origin representative utility back, he previously played in the NRL for the Brisbane Broncos with whom he won the 2006 NRL Premiership... |
7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Carl Webb Carl Webb Carl Webb , is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer for the Parramatta Eels of the National Rugby League. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and the North Queensland Cowboys... |
7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Allan Langer Allan Langer Allan "Alfie" Langer AM is an Australian former multi-award-winning rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 90s and 2000s who works as an assistant coach for the Australian national team and Brisbane Broncos... |
5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Steve Irwin Steve Irwin (rugby league) Steve Irwin is an Australian professional rugby league footballer.-Career:While attending St. Lukes Anglican School, Irwin played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 2000.... |
4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Stuart Kelly Stuart Kelly Stuart Kelly is an Australian former rugby league player. He played for the Gold Coast Seagulls, Parramatta Eels and the Brisbane Broncos in the Australian first grade premiership competition. His position of choice was usually at centre or wing.-Point scoring summary:-Matches played:-External... |
4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Brad Meyers Brad Meyers Bradley Meyers is an Australian professional rugby league footballer with the Gold Coast Titans of the National Rugby League... |
3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Scott Prince Scott Prince Scott Prince is an Australian professional rugby league footballer and current captain of the Gold Coast Titans club of the National Rugby League... |
0 | 5/6 | 0 | 10 |
| Andrew Gee Andrew Gee Andrew Gee is an Australian rugby league administrator and the current football operations manager at the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Phillip Lee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Corey Parker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Brett Seymour Brett Seymour Brett Seymour is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Hull FC in the English Super League... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Shane Webcke Shane Webcke Shane Webcke is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, who spent his entire top-grade career playing for the Brisbane Broncos. His position of choice was at prop forward and at his peak he was renowned as the best front rower in the world... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Petero Civoniceva Petero Civoniceva Petero Civoniceva is an Australian professional rugby league footballer currently contracted to the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dane Carlaw Dane Carlaw Dane Carlaw is an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He currently plays for the Brisbane Broncos in Australia's National Rugby League after spending three years in the European Super League competition playing for French side Catalans Dragons.-Early years:While attending Padua... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ashley Harrison Ashley Harrison Ashley Harrison is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Gold Coast Titans of the NRL... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Robert Tanielu Robert Tanielu Robert Tanielu is a former New Zealand rugby league player. He previously played with the Brisbane Broncos, Melbourne Storm and North Queensland Cowboys... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |