# 2017 Brisbane Broncos season

The 2017 Brisbane Broncos season is the 30th in the Australian rugby league club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett, and captained by Darius Boyd, they compete in the NRL's 2017 Telstra Premiership. Prior to the start of the Premiership season, the Broncos competed in the 2017 NRL Auckland Nines, finishing first in their pool, but lost the Quarter-Final.

## Squad
### Movements
#### Gains

| Player | Signed From | Until End of |
| David Mead | Gold Coast Titans | |
| Korbin Sims | Newcastle Knights | 2019 |
| Tautau Moga | North Queensland Cowboys | 2019 |
| Benji Marshall | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 2017 |
| Mitchell Dodds | Warrington Wolves | 2017 |

#### Losses

| Player | Signed To | Until End of |
| Corey Parker | Retirement | - |
| Jack Reed | Retirement | - |
| Greg Eden | Castleford Tigers | 2019 |
| Lachlan Maranta | Queensland Reds | |
| Jarrod Wallace | Gold Coast Titans | 2019 |

## Ladder

2017 NRL seasonvte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Melbourne Storm (P) | 24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 633 | 336 | +297 | 44 |
| 2 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 500 | 428 | +72 | 38 |
| 3 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 597 | 433 | +164 | 36 |
| 4 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 496 | 457 | +39 | 36 |
| 5 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 476 | 407 | +69 | 34 |
| 6 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 552 | 512 | +40 | 32 |
| 7 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 504 | 459 | +45 | 30 |
| 8 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 467 | 443 | +24 | 30 |
| 9 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 533 | 450 | +83 | 28 |
| 10 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 558 | 497 | +61 | 26 |
| 11 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 360 | 455 | −95 | 24 |
| 12 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 464 | 564 | −100 | 22 |
| 13 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 444 | 575 | −131 | 18 |
| 14 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 413 | 571 | −158 | 18 |
| 15 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 448 | 638 | −190 | 18 |
| 16 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 428 | 648 | −220 | 14 |

## Fixtures
### Pre-season

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals |
| Saturday, 4 February | Cronulla Sharks | Dolphin Oval | 30 – 12 | Pangai Jr., Isaako, Ese’ese, Glenn, Ofahengaue | Isaako (5/5) |
| 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 2017 competition was played over two days on 4 and 5 February at Eden Park. The Broncos featured in the Rangitoto pool and played the Knights, Tigers and Storm.
Rangitoto Pool :
| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Brisbane Broncos | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 4 |
| Melbourne Storm | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 4 |
| Wests Tigers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 2 |
| Newcastle Knights | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 2 |
| Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals |
| Saturday, 4 February | 2:15pm | Round 1 | Melbourne Storm | Eden Park | 18 – 4 | Kahu (2), Gillett, Pearson | Marshall (1/1), Kahu (0/2), Milford (0/1) |
| Saturday, 4 February | 5:45pm | Round 2 | Newcastle Knights | Eden Park | 21 – 8 | Kahu (3), Love-Henry | Kahu (2/4) |
| Sunday, 5 February | 12:15pm | Round 3 | Wests Tigers | Eden Park | 11 – 17 | Boyd, Oates | McCullough (1/1), Kahu (0/1) |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw ||||||||

##### Finals

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Penrith Panthers | Penrith Panthers | 16 | | | | | | |
| Manly Sea Eagles | Manly Sea Eagles | 12 | | | | | | |
| Manly Sea Eagles | Manly Sea Eagles | 12 | Penrith Panthers | Penrith Panthers | 13 | | | |
| | | | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Eels | 0 | | | |
| Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Eels | 14 | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Eels | 0 | | | |
| Gold Coast Titans | Gold Coast Titans | 0 | | | | | | |
| Gold Coast Titans | Gold Coast Titans | 0 | | | | Penrith Panthers | Penrith Panthers | 8 |
| | | | | | | Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 10 |
| Brisbane Broncos | Brisbane Broncos | 14 | | | | | | | Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 10 |
| Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 15 | | | | | | |
| Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 15 | Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 21 | | | |
| | | | Melbourne Storm | Melbourne Storm | 16 | | | |
| North Queensland Cowboys | North Queensland Cowboys | 12 | Melbourne Storm | Melbourne Storm | 16 | | | |
| Melbourne Storm | Melbourne Storm | 25 | | | | | | |
| Date | Time (Local) | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals |
| Saturday, 5 February | 3:05pm | Quarter-Final | Sydney Roosters | Eden Park | 14 – 15 | Kahu, Cronin, Lavea | Kahu (1/1), Boyd (0/1) |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw ||||||||

#### World Club Series

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Saturday, 18 February | Warrington Wolves | Halliwell Jones Stadium | 27 – 18 | Oates, Roberts, Mead | Kahu (3/3) | 12,082 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw |||||||

### Regular season

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Thursday, 2 March | Round 1 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Southern Cross Group Stadium | 18 – 26 | Kahu, Milford, Oates, Roberts | Kahu (5/5) | 11,493 |
| Friday, 10 March | Round 2 | North Queensland Cowboys | Suncorp Stadium | 20 – 21 (Golden Point) | Boyd, Kahu, Roberts | Anthony Milford (4/5), Kahu (0/1) | 47,703 |
| Thursday, 16 March | Round 3 | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park | 14 – 12 | Hunt, Roberts | Kahu (2/2) | 16,334 |
| Friday, 24 March | Round 4 | Canberra Raiders | Suncorp Stadium | 13 – 12 | Boyd, McCullough | Kahu (2/3) & (FG) | 29,370 |
| Thursday, 30 March | Round 5 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | ANZ Stadium | 10 – 7 | Thaiday | Kahu (1/1) & (FG) | 7,412 |
| Thursday, 6 April | Round 6 | Sydney Roosters | Suncorp Stadium | 32 – 8 | Mead, McCullough, Roberts, Sims, Thaiday | Kahu (6/7) | 30,376 |
| Friday, 14 April | Round 7 | Gold Coast Titans | Suncorp Stadium | 24 – 22 | Roberts (3), Milford, Nikorima | Kahu (2/4), Milford (0/1) | 34,592 |
| Friday, 21 April | Round 8 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | ANZ Stadium | 24 – 25 | Oates (2), Moga, Sims | Milford (4/5) & (FG) | 11,803 |
| Thursday, 27 April | Round 9 | Penrith Panthers | Suncorp Stadium | 32 – 18 | Gillett, Kahu, Moga, Nikorima, Roberts, Sims | Kahu (4/6) | 21,464 |
| Saturday, 13 May | Round 10 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Suncorp Stadium | 14 – 24 | Oates (2), Nikorima, Milford | Kahu (4/4) | 44,127 |
| Friday, 19 May | Round 11 | Wests Tigers | Suncorp Stadium | 36 – 0 | Glenn, Kahu, Milford, Moga, Nikorima, Sims | Kahu (6/6) | 21,197 |
| Saturday, 27 May | Round 12 | New Zealand Warriors | Mt Smart Stadium | 28 – 10 | Roberts (2) | Kahu (1/2) | 13,826 |
| Saturday, 3 June | Round 13 | Sydney Roosters | Allianz Stadium | 16 – 18 | Marshall, Moga, Oates | Kahu(2/3) | 12,236 |
| Friday, 9 June | Round 14 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Suncorp Stadium | 24 – 18 | Gillett, Kahu, Oates, Thaiday | Kahu(4/5) | 30,578 |
| | Round 15 | Bye | | | | | |
| Saturday, 24 June | Round 16 | Canberra Raiders | GIO Stadium | 30 – 20 | Gillett (2), Glenn, Oates, Ofahengaue | Kahu (5/6) | 15,652 |
| Friday, 30 June | Round 17 | Melbourne Storm | Suncorp Stadium | 12 – 42 | Hunt, Mead | Kahu (2/2) | 41,741 |
| | Round 18 | Bye | | | | | |
| Saturday, 15 July | Round 19 | Newcastle Knights | McDonald Jones Stadium | 34 – 22 | Kahu, Milford, Moga, Pearson, Roberts, Sims | Kahu(5/6) | 13,773 |
| Thursday, 20 July | Round 20 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Suncorp Stadium | 42 – 12 | Roberts (2), Blair, Hunt, Kahu, Moga, McGuire, Nikorima | Jordan Kahu(7/8) | 24,267 |
| Friday, 28 July | Round 21 | Parramatta Eels | ANZ Stadium | 14 – 28 | Gillett, Roberts | Kahu (3/3) | 12,182 |
| Saturday, 5 August | Round 22 | Gold Coast Titans | Cbus Super Stadium | 54 – 0 | Hunt (3), Nikorima (2), Milford, Moga, McGuire, Oates, Roberts | Kahu (7/9), Roberts (0/1) | 21,716 |
| Friday, 11 August | Round 23 | Cronulla Sutherland Sharks | Suncorp Stadium | 32 – 10 | Moga (2), Boyd, Gillett, Oates | Milford (6/9) | 34,552 |
| Friday, 18 August | Round 24 | St George Illawarra Dragons | Suncorp Stadium | 24 – 12 | Glenn (2), Kahu, Milford, Oates | Milford (2/5) | 31,832 |
| Thursday, 24 August | Round 25 | Parramatta Eels | Suncorp Stadium | 34 – 52 | Ese'ese, Glenn, Mead, Moga, McGuire, Oates | Milford (5/6) | 29,058 |
| Thursday, 31 August | Round 26 | North Queensland Cowboys | 1300SMILES Stadium | 20 – 10 | Blair, Gillett, Kahu, Roberts | Kahu (2/4) | 23,321 |
| 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 |
| 9 September – Melbourne | 9 September – Melbourne | 9 September – Melbourne | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Melbourne Storm | 18 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Parramatta Eels | 16 | 16 September – Sydney | 16 September – Sydney | 16 September – Sydney | | | | |
| | | | Parramatta Eels | Parramatta Eels | 16 | | | | |
| 10 September – Sydney | 10 September – Sydney | 10 September – Sydney | North Queensland Cowboys | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 22 September – Melbourne | 22 September – Melbourne | 22 September – Melbourne | | | |
| 5 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 14 | | | | Melbourne Storm | Melbourne Storm | 30 | |
| 8 | North Queensland Cowboys | 15 | | | | Brisbane Broncos | Brisbane Broncos | 0 | 1 October – Sydney | 1 October – Sydney | 1 October – Sydney |
| | | | | | | | | | Melbourne Storm | Melbourne Storm | 34 |
| 9 September – Sydney | 9 September – Sydney | 9 September – Sydney | | | | 23 September – Sydney | 23 September – Sydney | 23 September – Sydney | North Queensland Cowboys | North Queensland Cowboys | 6 |
| 6 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 10 | | | | Sydney Roosters | Sydney Roosters | 16 | | |
| 7 | Penrith Panthers | 22 | 15 September – Brisbane | 15 September – Brisbane | 15 September – Brisbane | North Queensland Cowboys | North Queensland Cowboys | 29 | | |
| | | | Brisbane Broncos | Brisbane Broncos | 13 | | | | | | |
| 8 September – Sydney | 8 September – Sydney | 8 September – Sydney | Penrith Panthers | Penrith Panthers | 6 | | | | | |
| 2 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Brisbane Broncos | 22 | | | | | | | | |
| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Friday 8 September | Qualifying Final | Sydney Roosters | Allianz Stadium | 22 – 24 | Oates, Hunt, Roberts | Kahu (3/4) | 21,212 |
| Friday 15 September | Semi Final | Penrith Panthers | Suncorp Stadium | 13 – 6 | Oates, Roberts | Kahu (2/4) Kahu (FG) | 38,623 |
| Sunday 22 September | Preliminary Final | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park | 0 – 30 | | | 28,821 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye ||||||||

## Statistics

| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
| Jai Arrow | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Blair | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Darius Boyd | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Herman Ese'ese | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| George Fai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Gillett | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Alex Glenn | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Ben Hunt | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Jamayne Isaako | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Kahu | 25 | 9 | 75 | 3 | 189 |
| Andrew McCullough | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Josh McGuire | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Benji Marshall | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| David Mead | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Anthony Milford | 23 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 71 |
| Tautau Moga | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Kodi Nikorima | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Corey Oates | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Joe Ofahengaue | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Tevita Pangai | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonus Pearson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| James Roberts | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Korbin Sims | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Jaydn Su'a | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Thaiday | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Travis Waddell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | | 109 | 96 | 4 | 632 |

## Representatives
### State of Origin

* Darius Boyd - Queensland
* Corey Oates - Queensland
* Anthony Milford - Queensland
* Matt Gillett - Queensland
* Josh McGuire - Queensland
* Ben Hunt - Queensland
* Sam Thaiday - Queensland

### ANZAC Test

* Darius Boyd - Australia
* Matt Gillett - Australia
* Sam Thaiday - Australia
* Adam Blair - New Zealand
* Kodi Nikorima - New Zealand
* Jordan Kahu - New Zealand

### World Cup

* Korbin Sims - Fiji
* Ben Hunt - Australia
* Matt Gillett - Australia
* Josh McGuire - Australia
* Kodi Nikorima - New Zealand
* Adam Blair - New Zealand
* Herman Ese'ese - Samoa
* Joe Ofahengaue - Tonga
* Tevita Pangai Junior - Tonga
* David Mead - Papua New Guinea

## Judiciary

| Player | Round | Incident/Charge | Verdict | Result | Victim | Club |
| Salesi Funaki | Trial | Dangerous Throw | Guilty | 2 match ban | | |
| Sam Thaiday | Round 3 | Contrary Conduct | Guilty | $2,100 fine | Jesse Bromwich | Melbourne Storm |
| Joe Ofahengaue | Round 24 | Dangerous Throw | Guilty | 3 match ban | Max King | Gold Coast Titans |
| Adam Blair | Qualifying Final | Tripping | Guilty | $1,100 fine | Jake Friend | Sydney Roosters |