2012 Brisbane Broncos season
Rugby league team season
The 2012 Brisbane Broncos season was the 25th in the club 's history. Coached by Anthony Griffin and captained by Sam Thaiday , they competed in the NRL 's 2012 Telstra Premiership , finishing the regular season eighth (out of sixteen) to make it into the finals. The Broncos were then knocked out of contention in the first game of the finals against the North Queensland Cowboys . So began the Broncos' longest ever premiership drought.
Season summary
Milestones
Squad list
Brisbane Broncos
First team squad
Coaching staff
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Kristian Woolf
Allan Langer (Skills coach) Dan Baker (Strength coach)
Tony Guilfoyle (Performance coach)
Andrew Croll (Performance coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 21 February 2012 Source(s): Broncos Squad , Coaches & Trainers
Squad movement
Gains
Losses
Re-signings
Contract lengths
Ladder
Fixtures
Pre-season
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Score
Tries
Goals
Attendance
Saturday, 4 February
Trial 1
North Queensland Cowboys Dolphin Oval 28 – 22 Gagai , Gibb , Copley , Barnes , Coombe Hunt (2), Norman (2)4,500
Saturday, 11 February
Trial 2
Gold Coast Titans Pizzey Park 16 – 18 Beale , Glenn , Copley P. Wallace (2)7,252
Saturday, 18 February
Trial 3
Melbourne Storm North Hobart Oval 30 – 34 Glenn , Te'o , Beale , Norman , Hoffman , Gagai P. Wallace (5)11,752
Legend : Win Loss Draw
Regular season
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Score
Tries
Goals
Attendance
Friday, 2 March
Round 1
Parramatta Eels Parramatta Stadium 18 – 6 Yow Yeh , P. Wallace , Hannant Parker (3/3)11,389
Friday, 9 March
Round 2
North Queensland Cowboys Suncorp Stadium 26 – 28 Yow Yeh , McGuire , Beale , Te'o Parker (5/5)43,177
Friday, 16 March
Round 3
Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium 24 – 10 Glenn , Hodges , Beale , Gillett P. Wallace (4/5)23,894
Friday, 23 March
Round 4
South Sydney Rabbitohs nib Stadium 20 – 12 Beale (2), Gillett , Hoffman P. Wallace (2/4)15,599
Friday, 30 March
Round 5
St. George Illawarra Dragons Suncorp Stadium 28 – 20 Norman , P. Wallace , McCullough , Glenn , Gillett P. Wallace (4/6)38,012
Friday, 6 April
Round 6
Wests Tigers Allianz Stadium 18 – 14 Reed (2), Copley Parker (2/2), P. Wallace (1/2)17,556
Friday, 13 April
Round 7
Canberra Raiders Suncorp Stadium 30 – 6 Norman (2), Thaiday , Hannant , Gillett , Hunt Parker (3/6)30,017
Friday, 27 April
Round 8
Gold Coast Titans Suncorp Stadium 26 – 6 Glenn (2), McCullough , Beale , Hoffman Parker (3/5)30,083
Saturday, 5 May
Round 9
New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium 20 – 30 Reed , Glenn , Te'o , Thaiday Parker (2/4)19,012
Friday, 11 May
Round 10
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Suncorp Stadium 22 – 24 Gillett (2), Reed , Beale , Glenn Parker (0/4), Norman (1/1)41,273
Round 11
Bye
Friday, 25 May
Round 12
Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 10 – 34 Reed , Te'o Parker (1/2)13,200
Sunday, 3 June
Round 13
Newcastle Knights Suncorp Stadium 50 – 24 Hodges (2), Beale , Reed , Copley , Thaiday , McCullough , Hoffman Parker (8/8), P. Wallace (1/1)26,683
Sunday, 10 June
Round 14
Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 40 – 22 Te'o , Beale , P. Wallace , Glenn , Norman , Maranta , Reed P. Wallace (6/7)9,738
Friday, 15 June
Round 15
North Queensland Cowboys Dairy Farmers Stadium 0 – 12 20,367
Friday, 22 June
Round 16
South Sydney Rabbitohs Suncorp Stadium 26 – 12 Hodges , Glenn , Copley , Norman , Te'o Parker (3/4), Civoniceva (0/1)33,602
Friday, 29 June
Round 17
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Suncorp Stadium 12 – 26 Whitchurch , Glenn P. Wallace (2/2)26,268
Round 18
Bye
Friday, 13 July
Round 19
New Zealand Warriors Suncorp Stadium 10 – 8 Norman Parker (3/3)32,148
Friday, 20 July
Round 20
Gold Coast Titans Skilled Park 10 – 14 Norman , Te'o Parker (1/1), P. Wallace (0/1)20,067
Monday, 30 July
Round 21
Parramatta Eels Suncorp Stadium 22 – 42 Norman , Capewell , McCullough , Maranta P. Wallace (3/3), Norman (0/1)22,626
Sunday, 5 August
Round 22
Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium 12 – 28 Glenn (2)P. Wallace (2/2)9,850
Sunday, 12 August
Round 23
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 14 – 22 Te'o , Norman P. Wallace (3/3)19,870
Friday, 17 August
Round 24
Melbourne Storm Suncorp Stadium 18 – 19 Te'o (2), Hodges P. Wallace (3/3)41,467
Friday, 24 August
Round 25
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval 6 – 16 Glenn P. Wallace (1/1)12,886
Friday, 31 August
Round 26
Penrith Panthers Suncorp Stadium 19 – 12 P. Wallace , Te'o , Glenn P. Wallace (2/2) & (FG ), Norman (1/1)35,178
Legend : Win Loss Draw Bye
Finals
Statistics
Source: [ 28]
Representatives
The following players appeared in a representative match in 2012.
Australian Kangaroos
Indigenous All Stars
New Zealand Kiwis
NRL All Stars
Prime Minister's XIII
Queensland Maroons
Honours
League
Club
References
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