# 2016 Brisbane Broncos season

The 2016 Brisbane Broncos season is the 29th in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett, and captained by Corey Parker, they compete in the NRL's 2016 Telstra Premiership. Prior to the start of the Premiership season, the Broncos competed in the 2016 Auckland Nines, finishing last in their pool. During the mid-season 2016 State of Origin series six Broncos players were selected for Queensland.

## Season summary
### Milestones

* Round 1: Greg Eden made his first grade debut
* Round 1: James Roberts made his debut for the club.
* Round 3: Jarrod Wallace played his 50th career game.
* Round 7: Joe Ofahengaue Scored his 1st career try.
* Round 8: Herman Ese'ese made his debut for the club
* Round 9: Darius Boyd played his 100th game for the club.
* Round 10: Jai Arrow made his first grade debut.
* Round 10: Ben Hunt played his 150th career game.
* Round 12: Greg Eden scored his 1st career try.
* Round 12: Tevita Pangai Junior made his first grade debut.
* Round 12: Jaydn Su'A made his first grade debut.
* Round 13: Tevita Pangai Junior scored his first career try.
* Round 16: Tom Opacic made his first grade debut.
* Round 21: Tom Opacic scored his 1st career try,
* Round 23: Jonus Pearson made his first grade debut.
* Round 23: Jonus Pearson scored his 1st and 2nd career tries.
* Round 25: Jai Arrow scored his 1st career try.
* Round 25: Matt Gillett played his 150th career game.
* Round 25: Anthony Milford played his 50th career game for the club.
* Round 25: Sam Thaiday played his 250th career game.
* Semi-final: Corey Parker played his final career game.

## Squad Movement
### Gains

| Player | Signed From | Until End of |
| Carlin Anderson | Ipswich Jets | 2016 |
| Caleb Timu | Free Agent | 2017 |
| Salesi Funaki | Wests Tigers | 2017 |

### Losses

| Player | Signed To | Until End of |
| Justin Hodges | Retirement | - |
| David Stagg | Retirement | - |
| Mitchell Dodds | Warrington Wolves | 2016 |
| Todd Lowrie | Newcastle Knights | 2016 |
| Jordan Drew | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 2017 |
| Daniel Vidot | Super League: Salford Red Devils | 2017 |
| Jayden Nikorima | Sydney Roosters | 2018 |
| Matt Parcell | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 2018 |
| Ashley Taylor | Gold Coast Titans | 2018 |

### Contract lengths
## Ladder

2016 NRL seasonvte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 563 | 302 | +261 | 42 |
| 2 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 688 | 456 | +232 | 39 |
| 3 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (P) | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 580 | 404 | +176 | 39 |
| 4 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 584 | 355 | +229 | 34 |
| 5 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 554 | 434 | +120 | 34 |
| 6 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 563 | 463 | +100 | 32 |
| 7 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 506 | 448 | +58 | 32 |
| 8 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 508 | 497 | +11 | 27 |
| 9 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 499 | 607 | −108 | 26 |
| 10 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 513 | 601 | −88 | 24 |
| 11 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 341 | 538 | −197 | 24 |
| 12 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 473 | 549 | −76 | 22 |
| 13 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 454 | 563 | −109 | 20 |
| 14 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 298 | 324 | −26 | 18$^1$ |
| 15 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 443 | 576 | −133 | 16 |
| 16 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 305 | 800 | −495 | 7 |
$^1$ Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.

## Fixtures
### Pre-season

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals |
| Saturday, 6 February | North Queensland Cowboys | Salter Oval | 48-26 | Eden (2), Whitchurch (2), Seve, Kahu, Roberts, Nikorima, Milford | Parker (3), Kahu (3) |
| 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 2016 competition wias played over two days on 6 and 7 February at Eden Park. The Broncos featured in the Hunua pool and played the Warriors, Bulldogs and Sea Eagles.
Hunua Pool :
| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| New Zealand Warriors | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 4 |
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 4 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 4 |
| Brisbane Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 0 |
| Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals |
| Saturday, 6 February | 2:45pm | Round 1 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Eden Park | 8-11 | Opacic (2) | Thaiday (0/1), Isaako (0/1) |
| Saturday, 6 February | 6:40pm | Round 2 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Eden Park | 13-15 | Arrow, McCullough | Timu (2/2) |
| Sunday, 7 February | 12:40pm | Round 3 | New Zealand Warriors | Eden Park | 8-15 | Isaako, Murphy | Isaako (0/2) |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw ||||||||

#### World Club Series

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Saturday, 21 February | Wigan Warriors | DW Stadium | 42-12 | Oates (2), Nikorima (2), Gillett, Wallace, Eden | Parker (6/6), Kahu (1/1) | 19,103 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw |||||||

### Regular season

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Thursday, 3 March | Round 1 | Parramatta Eels | Pirtek Stadium | 4 – 17 | Kahu (2), Oates | Parker (1/4), Milford (1/1, 1/1 FG) | 17,324 |
| Friday, 11 March | Round 2 | New Zealand Warriors | Suncorp Stadium | 25 – 10 | Oates, Reed, Boyd, Gillett | Parker (2/3), Milford (1/1, 1/1 FG), Kahu (1/2) | 35,230 |
| Saturday, 19 March | Round 3 | Penrith Panthers | Pepper Stadium | 23 – 22 | Milford (2), Boyd, Hunt | Parker (2/3), Kahu (1/1) | 12,086 |
| Friday, 25 March | Round 4 | North Queensland Cowboys | Suncorp Stadium | 21 – 20 (Golden Point) | Milford, Roberts | Parker (6/6), Milford (1/1 FG) | 46,176 |
| Friday, 1 April | Round 5 | Gold Coast Titans | Cbus Super Stadium | 16 – 24 | Roberts, Hunt, Kahu, Nikorima | Kahu (3/3), Parker (1/2) | 21,080 |
| Thursday, 7 April | Round 6 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Suncorp Stadium | 26 – 0 | Oates, Glenn, Milford, Kahu | Parker (5/6), Milford (0/1 FG) | 29,869 |
| Saturday, 16 April | Round 7 | Newcastle Knights | Suncorp Stadium | 53 – 0 | Oates (3), Milford (3), Kahu (2), Hunt, Ofahengaue | Parker (3/6), Kahu (3/5), Milford (1/1) FG) | 30,394 |
| Friday, 22 April | Round 8 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Suncorp Stadium | 30 – 8 | Nikorima, Hunt, Oates, Kahu, Parker | Parker (3/4), Kahu (2/2) | 40,275 |
| Sunday, 1 May | Round 9 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Southern Cross Group Stadium | 30 – 28 | Kahu, Oates, Roberts, Thaiday, Parker | | 14,406 |
| Saturday, 14 May | Round 10 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Suncorp Stadium | 30 – 6 | Boyd, Milford (2), Thaiday, Oates | Kahu (5/6) | 52,347 |
| Friday, 20 May | Round 11 | North Queensland Cowboys | 1300SMILES Stadium | 19 – 18 | Gillett (2), Kahu | Kahu (3/5) | 25,163 |
| Friday, 27 May | Round 12 | Wests Tigers | Suncorp Stadium | 18 – 19 | Eden, Roberts, Maranta | Kahu (3/4) | 27,153 |
| Saturday, 4 June | Round 13 | New Zealand Warriors | Mt Smart Stadium | 36 – 18 | Glen, Kahu, Tevita Pangai Junior | Parker (2/2), Kahu (1/1) | 15,097 |
| Thursday, 9 June | Round 14 | Canberra Raiders | Suncorp Stadium | 26 – 18 | Parker, Boyd (3) | Parker (5/5) | 25,021 |
| | Round 15 | Bye | | | | | |
| Saturday, 25 June | Round 16 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | ANZ Stadium | 40 – 14 | Oates, Roberts, Milford | Parker (1/4) | 15,106 |
| Friday, 1 July | Round 17 | Melbourne Storm | Suncorp Stadium | 6 – 48 | Roberts | Parker (1/1) | 44,519 |
| | Round 18 | Bye | | | | | |
| Saturday, 16 July | Round 19 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | ANZ Stadium | 10 – 30 | Maranta, Hunt, Oates (2), Roberts | Kahu (3/3), Milford (2/2) | 13,111 |
| Friday, 22 July | Round 20 | Penrith Panthers | Suncorp Stadium | 12 – 31 | Boyd, Roberts | Parker (2/2) | 30,878 |
| Thursday, 28 July | Round 21 | Sydney Roosters | Allianz Stadium | 32 – 16 | Wallace, Opacic, Boyd | Parker (2/3) | 6,308 |
| Thursday, 4 August | Round 22 | St George Illawarra | WIN Stadium | 8 – 12 | Thaiday, Maranta | Parker (2/3) | 5,662 |
| Friday, 12 August | Round 23 | Parramatta Eels | Suncorp Stadium | 38 – 16 | Pearson (2), Oates (3), Milford, Hunt, Tevita Pangai Junior | Parker (2/7), Milford (1/1) | 30,189 |
| Thursday, 18 August | Round 24 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Suncorp Stadium | 20 – 10 | Opacic, Hunt, Thaiday | Kahu (4/5) | 27,746 |
| Friday, 26 August | Round 25 | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park | 16 – 26 | Opacic (2), Kahu, Boyd, Arrow | Kahu (1/3), Parker (2/2) | 20,263 |
| Thursday, 1 September | Round 26 | Sydney Roosters | Suncorp Stadium | 24 – 14 | Kahu (2), Roberts, Milford | Milford (3/3), Parker (1/2) | 37,566 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye ||||||||

### Finals

| Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 10 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | 10 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | 10 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Melbourne | 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | North Queensland | 10 | 16 Sept, Willows Sports Complex | 16 Sept, Willows Sports Complex | 16 Sept, Willows Sports Complex | | | | |
| | | | North Queensland | North Queensland | 26 | | | | |
| 9 Sept, Lang Park | 9 Sept, Lang Park | 9 Sept, Lang Park | Brisbane | Brisbane | 20 | 24 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | 24 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | 24 Sept, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | | | |
| 5 | Brisbane | 44 | | | | Melbourne | Melbourne | 14 | |
| 8 | Gold Coast | 28 | | | | Canberra | Canberra | 12 | 2 Oct, Stadium Australia | 2 Oct, Stadium Australia | 2 Oct, Stadium Australia |
| | | | | | | | | | Melbourne | Melbourne | 12 |
| 11 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | 11 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | 11 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | | | | 23 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | 23 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | 23 Sept, Sydney Football Stadium | Cronulla | Cronulla | 14 |
| 6 | Penrith | 28 | | | | Cronulla | Cronulla | 32 | | |
| 7 | Canterbury | 12 | 17 Sept, Canberra Stadium | 17 Sept, Canberra Stadium | 17 Sept, Canberra Stadium | North Queensland | North Queensland | 20 | | |
| | | | Canberra | Canberra | 22 | | | | | | |
| 10 Sept, Canberra Stadium | 10 Sept, Canberra Stadium | 10 Sept, Canberra Stadium | Penrith | Penrith | 12 | | | | | |
| 2 | Canberra | 14 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Cronulla | 16 | | | | | | | | |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Friday, 9 September | Elimination Final | Gold Coast Titans | Suncorp Stadium | 44 – 28 | Kahu (2), Glenn (2), Oates (2), Wallace, Milford | Kahu (6/7), Parker (0/1) | 43,170 |
| Friday, 16 September | Semi-Final | North Queensland Cowboys | 1300SMILES Stadium | 20 – 26 (Extra Time) | McCullough, Kahu, Oates | Kahu (4/4) | 23,904 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw ||||||||

## Statistics

| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
| Adam Blair | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Glenn | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Andrew McCullough | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Milford | 24 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 72 |
| Totals | | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source:

## Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2016.
| | All Stars match | ANZAC Test | Pacific Test | State Of Origin 1 | State Of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 |
| Adam Blair | - | New Zealand | - | - | - | - |
| Darius Boyd | - | Australia | - | Queensland | Queensland | Queensland |
| Matt Gillett | - | Australia | - | Queensland | Queensland | Queensland |
| Jordan Kahu | World All Stars | New Zealand | - | - | - | - |
| Josh McGuire | - | Australia | - | Queensland | Queensland | Queensland |
| Kodi Nikorima | - | New Zealand | - | - | - | - |
| Corey Oates | - | - | - | Queensland | Queensland | Queensland |
| Joe Ofahengaue | - | - | Tonga | - | - | - |
| Corey Parker | - | Australia | - | Queensland | Queensland | Queensland |
| James Roberts | Indigenous All Stars | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sam Thaiday | Indigenous All Stars | Australia | - | Queensland | Queensland | Queensland |

## Honours
### League

* Peter Frilingos Memorial Award for Headline Moment of the Year: Anthony Milford
* Dally M Second-Rower of the Year: Matt Gillett

### Club

* Shane Webcke Award (Best Forward): Sam Thaiday
* Allan Langer Award (Best Back): Darius Boyd
* Kevin Walters Award (Most Consistent): Matt Gillett
* Players' Player: Anthony Milford
* Paul Morgan Medal (Player of the Year): Darius Boyd