# 2023 Brisbane Broncos season

The 2023 Brisbane Broncos season was the 36th in the club's rugby league football history.
At the start of the final round (27) of the regular season, Brisbane was positioned on top of the NRL ladder. Having qualified for the finals, a significant number of regular players were rested. The Melbourne Storm subsequently won 32-22 at Suncorp Stadium and by the end of round 27, Brisbane missed out on their first minor premiership win since 2000 due to a lesser points differential than the Penrith Panthers. Notwithstanding, Brisbane qualified to play Penrith in the 2023 NRL Grand Final at Accor Stadium on 1 October; however, Brisbane conceded the largest comeback in NRL Grand Final history in the final twenty minutes to lose 24-26.
The Broncos also fielded a team in the NRL Women's Premiership.

## Player movement

The following player movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season.

### Gains

| Player | Previous Club | Length |
| Reece Walsh | New Zealand Warriors | 2025 |
| Jesse Arthars | New Zealand Warriors | 2023 |
| Jock Madden | Wests Tigers | 2024 |
| Martin Taupau | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 2023 |

### Losses

| Player | New Club |
| Brenko Lee | Dolphins |
| David Mead | Retired |
| Te Maire Martin | New Zealand Warriors |
| Ryan James | Retired |
| Tyson Gamble | Newcastle Knights |
| Jake Turpin | Sydney Roosters |
| Zac Hosking | Penrith Panthers |
| Tesi Niu | Dolphins |
| Karl Oloapu | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
| TC Robati | Released |

## Pre-Season Challenge

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Sunday, 12 February | Trial 1 | Gold Coast Titans | Sunshine Coast Stadium | 24–24 | Reece Walsh 5' Deine Mariner 27' Jordan Pereira 37', 40' | Kotoni Staggs (2/2) Reece Walsh (2/2) | 4,605 |
| Saturday, 18 February | Trial 2 | North Queensland Cowboys | Sunshine Coast Stadium | 20–8 | Kurt Capewell 2' Selwyn Cobbo 7' Corey Oates 22' Jesse Arthars 70' | Kotoni Staggs (2/4) | 7,849 |

## Regular season
### Ladder

2023 NRL seasonvte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Penrith Panthers (P) | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 645 | 312 | +333 | 42 |
| 2 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 639 | 425 | +214 | 42 |
| 3 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 627 | 459 | +168 | 38 |
| 4 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 572 | 448 | +124 | 38 |
| 5 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 626 | 451 | +175 | 35 |
| 6 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 619 | 497 | +122 | 34 |
| 7 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 472 | 496 | −24 | 32 |
| 8 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 486 | 623 | −137 | 32 |
| 9 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 564 | 505 | +59 | 30 |
| 10 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 587 | 574 | +13 | 30 |
| 11 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 546 | 542 | +4 | 30 |
| 12 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 545 | 539 | +6 | 29 |
| 13 | Dolphins | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 520 | 631 | −111 | 24 |
| 14 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 527 | 653 | −126 | 24 |
| 15 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 438 | 769 | −331 | 20 |
| 16 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 474 | 673 | −199 | 16 |
| 17 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 385 | 675 | −290 | 14 |

### Result by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | N | A | H | A | A | H | – | H | H | – | A | A | H | A | H | – | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | B | L | W | B | W | W | W | W | W | B | W | L |
| Position | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Points | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 42 |

### Finals series

| 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 – Sydney | 9 September – Sydney | 9 September – Sydney | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Penrith | 32 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | New Zealand | 6 | 16 September – Auckland | 16 September – Auckland | 16 September – Auckland | | | | |
| | | | New Zealand | New Zealand | 40 | | | | |
| 10 September – Newcastle | 10 September – Newcastle | 10 September – Newcastle | Newcastle | Newcastle | 10 | 22 September – Sydney | 22 September – Sydney | 22 September – Sydney | | | |
| 5 | Newcastle | 30 | | | | Penrith | Penrith | 38 | |
| 8 | Canberra | 28 | | | | Melbourne | Melbourne | 4 | 1 October – Sydney | 1 October – Sydney | 1 October – Sydney |
| | | | | | | | | | Penrith | Penrith | 26 |
| 9 September – Sydney | 9 September – Sydney | 9 September – Sydney | | | | 23 September – Brisbane | 23 September – Brisbane | 23 September – Brisbane | Brisbane | Brisbane | 24 |
| 6 | Cronulla-Sutherland | 12 | | | | Brisbane | Brisbane | 42 | | |
| 7 | Sydney | 13 | 15 September – Melbourne | 15 September – Melbourne | 15 September – Melbourne | New Zealand | New Zealand | 12 | | |
| | | | Melbourne | Melbourne | 18 | | | | | | |
| 8 September – Brisbane | 8 September – Brisbane | 8 September – Brisbane | Sydney | Sydney | 13 | | | | | |
| 2 | Brisbane | 26 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Melbourne | 0 | | | | | | | | |

## Club Awards

2023 Brisbane Broncos Club Awards
* Paul Morgan Award: Payne Haas
* Kevin Walters most consistent player award: Payne Haas
* Shane Webcke best forward award: Payne Haas
* Allan Langer best back award: Reece Walsh
* Gary Balkin players' player award: Payne Haas
* Cyril Connell rookie of the year award: Tristan Sailor
* Wally Lewis play of the year award: Kotoni Staggs - Round 4, length of the field try against Dolphins
* Community service award: Patrick Carrigan