2013 Brisbane Broncos season

2013 Brisbane Broncos season
NRL Rank	12th
2012 record	Wins: 10; draws: 1; losses: 13
Points scored	For: 434; against: 477
Team information
CEO	Paul White
Coach	Anthony Griffin
Captain	Sam Thaiday
Stadium	Suncorp Stadium
Avg. attendance	30,480
High attendance	42,556 (vs. North Queensland Cowboys, Rd 6)
Top scorers
Tries	Josh Hoffman (15)
Goals	Scott Prince (52)
Points	Scott Prince (120)
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The 2013 Brisbane Broncos season was the 26th in the club's history. Coached by Anthony Griffin and captained by Sam Thaiday, they competed in the NRL's 2013 Telstra Premiership. Brisbane finished the regular season in 12th (out of 16), thus failing to qualify for the finals for the first time since 2010.

According to a 2013 report, the Brisbane Broncos had the highest brand equity of any Australian sporting brand.^[1]

Season summary

Milestones

• Round 1: Jack Reed played his 50th career game.
• Round 2: Alex Glenn played his 100th career game.
• Round 4: Jordan Kahu made his first grade debut.
• Round 4: Corey Norman played his 50th career game.
• Round 9: Jordan Kahu scored his 1st career try.
• Round 10: Jake Granville made his first grade debut.
• Round 12: Mitchell Dodds played his 50th career game.
• Round 13: Mitchell Dodds scored his 1st career try.
• Round 13: Justin Hodges played his 150th game for the club.
• Round 14: Scott Prince scored his 1000th career point.
• Round 16: Peter Wallace played his 150th career game.
• Round 17: Corey Oates made his first grade debut.
• Round 18: Corey Oates scored his 1st career try.
• Round 18: Scott Anderson played his 50th career game.
• Round 20: David Stagg played his 100th game for the club.
• Round 22: Jordan Drew made his first grade debut and scored his 1st career try.
• Round 24: Corey Parker played his 275th game for the club which moved him into second place on the Broncos' all-time games list only behind Darren Lockyer (355).
• Round 26: Scott Prince played his 300th career game and his 50th game for the club.
• Round 26: David Stagg played his 200th career game.

Squad List

See also: List of Brisbane Broncos players

Brisbane Broncos

First team squad								Coaching staff
Scott Anderson – PR Kurt Baptiste – HK Delroy Berryman – WG Joe Bond – FB, FE Dale Copley – WG, CE Cameron Cullen – HB Luke Dalziel-Don – SR Mitchell Dodds – PR Jordan Drew – WG Liam Georgetown – WG Brendon Gibb – SR		Matt Gillett – SR Alex Glenn – SR Jake Granville – FB, HK David Hala – PR Ben Hannant – PR Justin Hodges – CE, FB Josh Hoffman – FB, WG Ben Hunt – HB, HK Jordan Kahu – FB, WG Denan Kemp – WG		Dunamis Lui – PR, SR Lachlan Maranta – WG Andrew McCullough – HK Josh McGuire – PR Chris McLean – SR Francis Molo – PR Corey Norman – FB, FE Corey Oates – SR Corey Parker – LK Scott Prince – FE, HB		Jack Reed – CE Nick Slyney – SR David Stagg – SR, LK Lama Tasi – PR, SR Sam Thaiday (c) – PR, SR Caleb Timu – PR, SR Jarrod Wallace – PR Peter Wallace – FE, HB Aaron Whitchurch – WG, CE Jharal Yow Yeh – WG		Head coach Anthony Griffin Assistant coaches Kristian Woolf Stephen Kearney Dan Baker (Strength coach) Tony Guilfoyle (Performance coach) Andrew Croll (Performance coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 15 March 2013 Source(s): Broncos Squad, Coaches & Trainers

Squad movement

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Joe Bond	Redcliffe Dolphins (Queensland Cup)	2013	[2]
Jake Granville	Wynnum Seagulls (Queensland Cup)	2013	[3]
Scott Prince	Gold Coast Titans	2014	[4]
David Stagg	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2014	[5]
Lama Tasi	Sydney Roosters (Mid-season)	2013	[6]

Losses

Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
Gerard Beale	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2015	[7]
Luke Capewell	Penrith Panthers (Mid-season)	2014	[8]
Petero Civoniceva	Retirement	-	[9]
Mitchell Frei	Newcastle Knights	2013	[10]
Ben Te'o	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2015	[11]

Re-signings

Player	Club	Until End of	Notes
Matt Gillett	Brisbane Broncos	2016	[12]
Jake Granville	Brisbane Broncos	2014	[13]
Ben Hunt	Brisbane Broncos	2015	[14]
Jordan Kahu	Brisbane Broncos	2015	[15]
Corey Oates	Brisbane Broncos	2015	[16]
Jack Reed	Brisbane Broncos	2017	[12]

Contract lengths

Player	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Source
Scott Anderson	Brisbane Broncos	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats				[17]
Kurt Baptiste	Brisbane Broncos	Canberra Raiders				[18]
Corey Norman	Brisbane Broncos	Parramatta Eels				[19]
Scott Prince	Brisbane Broncos	Retirement				[20]
Lama Tasi	Brisbane Broncos	Salford Red Devils				[21]
Peter Wallace	Brisbane Broncos	Penrith Panthers				[22]
Joe Bond	Brisbane Broncos					[2]
Dale Copley	Brisbane Broncos					[23]
Dunamis Lui	Brisbane Broncos					[23]
Nick Slyney	Brisbane Broncos	London Broncos				[24]
Jake Granville	Brisbane Broncos					[13]
David Hala	Brisbane Broncos					[25]
Ben Hannant	Brisbane Broncos					[26]
Justin Hodges	Brisbane Broncos					[27]
Corey Parker	Brisbane Broncos					[28]
David Stagg	Brisbane Broncos					[5]
Alex Glenn	Brisbane Broncos					[25]
Anthony Griffin (Coach)	Brisbane Broncos					[29]
Josh Hoffman	Brisbane Broncos					[30]
Ben Hunt	Brisbane Broncos					[14]
Jordan Kahu	Brisbane Broncos					[15]
Andrew McCullough	Brisbane Broncos					[25]
Josh McGuire	Brisbane Broncos					[30]
Corey Oates	Brisbane Broncos					[16]
Sam Thaiday	Brisbane Broncos					[31]
Jharal Yow Yeh	Brisbane Broncos					[25]
Matt Gillett	Brisbane Broncos					[12]
Jack Reed	Brisbane Broncos					[12]

Ladder

2013 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters (P)	24	18	0	6	2	640	325	+315	40
2	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	18	0	6	2	588	384	+204	40
3	Melbourne Storm	24	16	1	7	2	589	373	+216	37
4	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	15	1	8	2	588	366	+222	35
5	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	14	0	10	2	468	460	+8	32
6	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	13	0	11	2	529	463	+66	30
7	Newcastle Knights	24	12	1	11	2	528	422	+106	29
8	North Queensland Cowboys	24	12	0	12	2	507	431	+76	28
9	Gold Coast Titans	24	11	0	13	2	500	518	−18	26
10	Penrith Panthers	24	11	0	13	2	495	532	−37	26
11	New Zealand Warriors	24	11	0	13	2	495	554	−59	26
12	Brisbane Broncos	24	10	1	13	2	434	477	−43	25
13	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	2	434	624	−190	24
14	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	7	0	17	2	379	530	−151	18
15	Wests Tigers	24	7	0	17	2	386	687	−301	18
16	Parramatta Eels	24	5	0	19	2	326	740	−414	14

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Saturday, 9 February	Trial 1	North Queensland Cowboys	Alex Inch Oval	24 – 28	Maranta, Capewell, Hunt, Berryman, Kemp	Berryman (2)	4,000
Saturday, 16 February	Trial 2	Gold Coast Titans	Dolphin Oval	14 – 16	Hoffman, Norman, Kemp	Prince (1)	4,510
Saturday, 23 February	Trial 3	New Zealand Warriors	Forsyth Barr Stadium	10 – 16	Maranta, Hodges	Prince (1)	15,000
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Friday, 8 March	Round 1	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Suncorp Stadium	14 – 22	Gillett, Maranta	Prince (3/3)	31,139
Friday, 15 March	Round 2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Stadium	22 – 6	Hannant, Hoffman, Stagg, Norman	Prince (3/4)	13,156
Saturday, 23 March	Round 3	Sydney Roosters	Allianz Stadium	0 – 8			13,168
Friday, 29 March	Round 4	Melbourne Storm	Suncorp Stadium	26 – 32	Hoffman (3), Reed, Glenn	Prince (3/5)	40,071
Friday, 5 April	Round 5	Gold Coast Titans	Skilled Park	32 – 12	P. Wallace, Hoffman, Gillett, Hodges, McCullough, Slyney	Prince (4/6)	22,749
Friday, 12 April	Round 6	North Queensland Cowboys	Suncorp Stadium	12 – 10	Hoffman (2), Maranta	Prince (0/3)	42,556
Saturday, 27 April	Round 7	Wests Tigers	Campbelltown Stadium	20 – 10	Gillett (2), Norman, Hodges	Prince (1/3), Parker (1/2)	11,547
Friday, 3 May	Round 8	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Suncorp Stadium	12 – 26	Prince, Reed	Prince (2/2)	39,111
Saturday, 11 May	Round 9	Parramatta Eels	Parramatta Stadium	18 – 19	Kahu (2), Hodges, Hunt	P. Wallace (1/2), Parker (0/2)	11,005
Friday, 17 May	Round 10	Gold Coast Titans	Suncorp Stadium	32 – 6	Hoffman, Thaiday, Reed, Maranta	Parker (8/8)	34,596
Friday, 24 May	Round 11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	ANZ Stadium	14 – 24	Hoffman, Kahu, Maranta	Parker (1/3)	11,344
Monday, 3 June	Round 12	New Zealand Warriors	Suncorp Stadium	18 – 56	Hoffman, Glenn, Prince	Prince (3/4)	21,259
Monday, 10 June	Round 13	Canberra Raiders	Canberra Stadium	18 – 30	Prince, Gillett, Dodds	Prince (3/3)	10,419
Monday, 17 June	Round 14	Wests Tigers	Suncorp Stadium	32 – 12	Hoffman (2), Gillett, Reed, Hodges, Prince	Prince (4/7)	21,339
	Round 15	Bye
Sunday, 30 June	Round 16	New Zealand Warriors	Mt Smart Stadium	16 – 18	Maranta, P. Wallace, Hoffman	Prince (2/3)	15,515
Friday, 5 July	Round 17	Melbourne Storm	AAMI Park	0 – 32			16,828
Friday, 12 July	Round 18	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Suncorp Stadium	18 – 19	Hoffman, Oates, Kahu	Prince (3/3)	25,677
	Round 19	Bye
Friday, 26 July	Round 20	North Queensland Cowboys	1300SMILES Stadium	18 – 16	Hunt, Oates, Hodges	Prince (3/3)	17,702
Friday, 2 August	Round 21	Newcastle Knights	Hunter Stadium	18 – 18	Hodges, Parker, Reed	Prince (3/3)	16,486
Sunday, 11 August	Round 22	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Suncorp Stadium	26 – 24	Drew, Gillett, Thaiday, McCullough	Prince (5/5)	31,199
Friday, 16 August	Round 23	Parramatta Eels	Suncorp Stadium	22 – 12	McGuire, Oates, Hoffman, Reed	Prince (3/4)	24,607
Friday, 23 August	Round 24	Penrith Panthers	Centrebet Stadium	12 – 28	Oates (2)	Prince (2/2)	8,817
Friday, 30 August	Round 25	Newcastle Knights	Suncorp Stadium	18 – 26	Parker, McCulough, Oates	Prince (3/4)	27,601
Thursday, 5 September	Round 26	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Suncorp Stadium	16 – 11	Oates (2), Reed	Prince (2/3)	26,599
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Statistics

Name	App	T	G	FG	Pts
Scott Anderson	11	0	0	0	0
Mitchell Dodds	11	1	0	0	4
Jordan Drew	1	1	0	0	4
Matt Gillett	22	7	0	0	28
Alex Glenn	20	2	0	0	8
Jake Granville	2	0	0	0	0
David Hala	13	0	0	0	0
Ben Hannant	16	1	0	0	4
Justin Hodges	14	6	0	0	24
Josh Hoffman	24	15	0	0	60
Ben Hunt	23	2	0	0	8
Jordan Kahu	10	4	0	0	16
Dunamis Lui	13	0	0	0	0
Lachlan Maranta	18	5	0	0	20
Andrew McCullough	24	3	0	0	12
Josh McGuire	19	1	0	0	4
Corey Norman	17	2	0	0	8
Corey Oates	9	8	0	0	32
Corey Parker	22	2	10	0	28
Scott Prince	22	4	52	0	120
Jack Reed	21	7	0	0	28
Nick Slyney	3	1	0	0	4
David Stagg	14	1	0	0	4
Lama Tasi	7	0	0	0	0
Sam Thaiday	21	2	0	0	8
Jarrod Wallace	6	0	0	0	0
Peter Wallace	24	2	1	0	10
Aaron Whitchurch	1	0	0	0	0
Totals		77	63	0	434

Source:^[32]

Representatives

The following players have played a representative match in 2013.

	All Stars	City vs Country	Anzac Test	State of Origin 1	State of Origin 2	State of Origin 3	World Cup (All Games)
Ben Hannant	NRL All Stars	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Gillett	–	–	–	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	–
Alex Glenn	–	–	New Zealand	–	–	–	New Zealand
Justin Hodges	Indigenous All Stars	–	Australia	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	–
Josh Hoffman	–	–	New Zealand	–	–	–	New Zealand
Corey Parker	–	–	–	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	Australia
Scott Prince	Indigenous All Stars	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam Thaiday	–	–	Australia	Queensland	Queensland	Queensland	Australia
Peter Wallace	–	–	–	–	–	–	Scotland

Honours

League

• Nil

Club

• Player of the year: Corey Parker^[33]
• Rookie of the year: Corey Oates
• Back of the year: Josh Hoffman
• Forward of the year: Corey Parker
• Club man of the year: Jharal Yow Yeh

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