- Source: 2005 Brisbane Broncos season
The 2005 Brisbane Broncos season was the eighteenth in the club's history, and they competed in the NRL's 2005 Telstra Premiership. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Darren Lockyer, they finished the regular season 3rd (out of 15) despite ending the year with another long losing streak which continued into the play-offs and saw them knocked out once again.
With Gorden Tallis' retirement at the end of the previous season, the Broncos' captaincy was passed onto star fullback-turned-5/8th Darren Lockyer. In round 1 of NRL season 2005 Lockyer led the Broncos out for the first time and won 29-16 against the North Queensland Cowboys, the team that knocked them out of the finals in their last match the previous year. Three weeks later, the Broncos suffered their worst defeat in the club's history with a 50-4 loss to the Melbourne Storm at Olympic Park. After this match, the Broncos won their next ten matches straight from round 5 to round 17 to lead the competition, only to lose their last five regular season game in a row from round 22 to round 26, finishing third heading into the finals. The losing streak extended into the finals with defeats in the Qualifying Final to the Melbourne Storm 24-18 and in the Semi Final to the Wests Tigers 34-6, sending them out of the competition and making it seven consecutive losses in and seven straight finals losses for the Broncos.
At the end of the 2005 season, after five successive years without a grand final appearance, Bennett decided to have a cleanout of the coaching staff, removing such long-time allies as Gary Belcher, Glenn Lazarus and Kevin Walters.
Match results
*Game following a State of Origin match
Players
Berrick Barnes
Barry Berrigan
Shaun Berrigan
Leon Bott
Dane Carlaw
Tonie Carroll
Petero Civoniceva
Neville Costigan
Nathan Daly
Greg Eastwood
Justin Hodges
Karmichael Hunt
Stuart Kelly
Nick Kenny
Tom Learoyd-Lars
Darren Lockyer (c)
Darren Mapp
Casey McGuire
Stephen Michaels
Scott Minto
Nick Parfitt
Corey Parker
Brett Seymour
Darren Smith
David Stagg
Brent Tate
Sam Thaiday
Brad Thorn
Tame Tupou
Shane Webcke
Neale Wyatt
Scorers
Honours
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Nil
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Player of the year: Shane Webcke
Rookie of the year: Leon Bott
Back of the year: Justin Hodges
Forward of the year: Petero Civoniceva
Club man of the year: Tony Duggan
References
External links
Brisbane Broncos 2005 at sportsphotography.net
Rugby League Tables and Statistics
[1] Archived 8 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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