1997 Brisbane Broncos season

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1997 Brisbane Broncos season

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The 1997 Brisbane Broncos season was the tenth in the history of the Brisbane Broncos club. This season was unique in that they participated in the Australian Super League's 1997 Telstra Cup premiership and 1997 World Club Championship, winning both competitions.

## Season summary

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The Broncos again won their first 7 matches, before finally losing to the Penrith Panthers in round 8. Brisbane won their final three regular season games to capture their second minor premiership. In the Major Semi-Final against Cronulla the Broncos thrashed the sharks to move into their first home Grand Final. The Sharks recovered to make the big one, but they were no match for the Broncos. Despite being without key forward Glenn Lazarus and hampered by a troublesome groin injury, Allan Langer led his side to victory 26–8 for their third premiership in front of almost 60,000 home fans. Steve Renouf scored a hat-trick in the match.[1]

Following the premiership win, the Broncos also won the 1997 World Club Championship which involved clubs from the Super League as well.

## Match results

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Round | Opponent | Result | Bro. | Opp. | Date | Venue | Crowd | Position

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1 | Auckland Warriors | Win | 14 | 2 | 1 Mar | ANZ Stadium | 42,361 | 2/10
2 | Adelaide Rams | Win | 28 | 12 | 9 Mar | ANZ Stadium | 16,279 | 1/10
3 | Perth Reds | Win | 26 | 16 | 16 Mar | WACA Ground | 11,109 | 2/10
4 | Canberra Raiders | Win | 24 | 8 | 24 Mar | ANZ Stadium | 26,103 | 2/10
5 | Cronulla Sharks | Win | 14 | 12 | 31 Mar | ANZ Stadium | 17,294 | 1/10
6 | North Queensland Cowboys | Win | 42 | 16 | 5 Apr | Stockland Stadium | 30,122 | 1/10
7[2] | Adelaide Rams | Win | 20 | 10 | 13 Apr | Adelaide Oval | 17,633 | 1/10
8 | Penrith Panthers | Loss | 26 | 27 | 21 Apr | Penrith Football Stadium | 12,648 | 1/10
9[3] | Canterbury Bulldogs | Win | 34 | 16 | 28 Apr | ANZ Stadium | 17,921 | 1/10
10 | Auckland Warriors | Win | 34 | 18 | 4 May | Mt Smart Stadium | 16,471 | 1/10
11[4] | North Queensland Cowboys | Draw | 20 | 20 | 25 May | ANZ Stadium | 14,167 | 1/10
12 | Hunter Mariners | Loss | 6 | 24 | 30 May | Topper Stadium | 7,124 | 1/10
13 | Cronulla Sharks | Loss | 4 | 32 | 30 Jun | Endeavour Field | 12,240 | 1/10
14 | Perth Reds | Win | 50 | 14 | 6 Jul | ANZ Stadium | 11,806 | 1/10
15 | Canberra Raiders | Win | 19 | 4 | 14 Jul | Bruce Stadium | 13,067 | 1/10
16 | Penrith Panthers | Win | 54 | 12 | 10 Aug | ANZ Stadium | 13,921 | 1/10
17 | Hunter Mariners | Win | 34 | 16 | 18 Aug | ANZ Stadium | 13,830 | 1/10
18 | Canterbury Bulldogs | Win | 32 | 24 | 25 Aug | Belmore Oval | 9,781 | 1/10
Semi Final | Cronulla Sharks | Win | 34 | 2 | 6 Sep | Stockland Stadium | 26,256 |
GRAND FINAL | Cronulla Sharks | Win | 26 | 8 | 20 Sep | ANZ Stadium | 58,912 |

## World Club Challenges Match results

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Round | Opponent | Result | Bro. | Opp. | Date | Venue | Crowd

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WCC 1 | London Broncos | Win | 42 | 22 | 6 Jun | ANZ Stadium | 18,193
WCC 2 | Wigan Warriors | Win | 34 | 0 | 16 Jun | ANZ Stadium | 14,833
WCC 3 | Halifax Blue Sox | Win | 76 | 0 | 24 Jun | ANZ Stadium | 11,358
WCC 4 | Wigan Warriors | Win | 30 | 4 | 20 Jul | Central Park | 12,816
WCC 5 | London Broncos | Win | 34 | 16 | 27 Jul | The Stoop | 9,846
WCC 6 | Halifax Blue Sox | Win | 54 | 10 | 4 Aug | Thrum Hall | 3,255
WCC Quarter Final | St. Helens | Win | 66 | 12 | 4 Oct | ANZ Stadium | 6,438
WCC Semi Final | Auckland Warriors | Win | 22 | 16 | 10 Oct | ANZ Stadium | 9,686
WCC Final | Hunter Mariners | Win | 36 | 12 | 17 Oct | Mt Smart Stadium | 12,000

## Ladders

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### Telstra Cup Premiership Ladder

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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1 |  Brisbane (P) | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 481 | 283 | +198 | 29
2 |  Cronulla | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 403 | 230 | +173 | 24
3 |  Canberra | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 436 | 337 | +99 | 22
4 |  Canterbury | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 453 | 447 | +6 | 20
5 |  Penrith | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 431 | 462 | -31 | 18
6 |  Hunter | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 350 | 363 | -13 | 14
7 |  Auckland | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 332 | 406 | -74 | 14
8 |  Perth | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 321 | 456 | -135 | 14
9 |  Adelaide | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 303 | 402 | -99 | 13
10 |  North Queensland | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 328 | 452 | -124 | 12

* (P) \- Premiers

### World Club Challenge Australasia Pool A

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| Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | D  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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1 |  Brisbane | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 52 | +218 | 12
2 |  Auckland | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 82 | +186 | 12
3 |  Cronulla | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 54 | +176 | 12
4 |  Penrith | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 256 | 120 | +136 | 12
5 |  Canberra | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 302 | 108 | +194 | 10
6 |  Canterbury | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 218 | 121 | +97 | 8

## Scorers

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Player | Tries | Goals | FG | Points

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Darren Lockyer | 7 | 70/109 | 0 | 168
Wendell Sailor | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60
Steve Renouf | 14 | 0 | 0 | 56
Michael De Vere | 7 | 2/2 | 0 | 32
Darren Smith | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32
Kevin Walters | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32
Tonie Carroll | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24
Peter Ryan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24
Brett Le Man | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16
Allan Langer | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21
Michael Hancock | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20
Brad Thorn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16
Anthony Mundine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12
John Plath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12
Gorden Tallis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12
Shane Webcke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12
Andrew Gee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4
Phillip Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4

## Grand final

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Player | Position | Player

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Darren Lockyer | Fullback | David Peachey
Michael De Vere | Wing | Mat Rogers
Steve Renouf | Centre | Andrew Ettingshausen (C)
Anthony Mundine | Centre | Russell Richardson
Wendell Sailor | Wing | Geoff Bell
Kevin Walters | Five-eighth | Mitch Healey
Allan Langer (C) | Halfback | Paul Green
Brad Thorn | Prop | Danny Lee
Andrew Gee | Hooker | Dean Treister
Shane Webcke | Prop | Jason Stevens
Gorden Tallis | Second Row | Craig Greenhill
Peter Ryan | Second Row | Chris McKenna
Darren Smith | Lock | Tawera Nikau
Tonie Carroll | Interchange | Adam Dykes
John Plath | Interchange | Sean Ryan
Michael Hancock | Interchange | Les Davidson
Ben Walker | Interchange | Nathan Long
Wayne Bennett | COACH | John Lang

20 September

Brisbane 26 (TRIES: Renouf 3, Hancock; GOALS: Lockyer 5/6)

defeated

Cronulla 8 (TRIES: Richardson; GOALS: Rogers 2/2)

Halftime: Brisbane 10–2

Referee: Bill Harrigan

Stadium: ANZ Stadium, (Brisbane)

Crowd: 58, 912

## Honours

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### League

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* Nil

### Club

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* Player of the year: Peter Ryan[5]
* Rookie of the year: Michael De Vere
* Back of the year: Kevin Walters
* Forward of the year: Brad Thorn
* Club man of the year: Tony Spencer

## References

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1. ^ "Grand final simply super". Illawarra Mercury. 21 September 1997. p. 26. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
2. ^ This match was played after a Tri-series match between Queensland and New South Wales on 11 April.
3. ^ This match was played after the ANZAC Test between Super League Australia and New Zealand on 25 April.
4. ^ This match was played after Tri-series matches between Queensland and New Zealand on 9 May, and Queensland and New South Wales on 19 May.
5. ^ "Honour Board". broncos.com.au. Brisbane Broncos. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2013.

## External links

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* Brisbane Broncos 1997 at bronconet.org
* Superleague 1997 Brisbane Broncos Statistics – Summary at rugbyleagueproject.com

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