2000 Brisbane Broncos season


The 2000 Brisbane Broncos season was the thirteenth in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by Kevin Walters, they competed in the NRL's 2000 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 1st to claim their 4th minor premiership before going on to win the 2000 [NRL Grand final], their fifth title in nine years.

Season summary

Brisbane spent the entire 2000 NRL season from round four in first position on the ladder. The Broncos started the season with an unbeaten run of 8 matches before going down to the Penrith Panthers in round 9. The Broncos were the first team to play the newly formed Wests Tigers with both teams sharing the points with a 24-24 draw.
The Broncos went on a Win–loss run for 8 rounds before winning 7 of their last 8 regular season matches to finish Minor Premiers. Also the Broncos suffered their worst collapse in the club history when they led 22-4 at halftime to lose 26-22 against the Newcastle Knights in round 18.
The Qualifying Final was a different story when the Broncos came from 20-6 down at halftime to win 34-20 against the 8th-placed Cronulla Sharks. The Broncos had a week off to prepare for the Parramatta Eels in the Preliminary Final which the Broncos won 16-10 to go into a Grand Final against the Sydney Roosters. From the 10th minute, the Broncos led all the way when Michael De Vere landed a penalty goal to give the Broncos a 2-0 lead, erasing a 0 deficit in round 26 against Sydney when Sydney beat Brisbane 28-0. Broncos led at halftime 10-2 at halftime to go out winners 14-6 to clinch their 5th premiership in 9 years.

Match results

Grand final

BroncosPositionRoosters
Darren Lockyer1 FullbackLuke Phillips
Lote Tuqiri2 WingMatt Sing
Tonie Carroll3 CentreShannon Hegarty
Michael De Vere4 CentreRyan Cross
Wendell Sailor5 WingAnthony Minichiello
Ben Ikin6 Five-eighthBrad Fittler
Kevin Walters 7 HalfbackAdrian Lam
Shane Webcke8 PropIan Rubin
Luke Priddis9 HookerSimon Bonetti
Dane Carlaw10 PropPeter Cusack
Gorden Tallis11 Second RowBryan Fletcher
Brad Thorn12 Second RowCraig Fitzgibbon
Kevin Campion13 LockLuke Ricketson
Harvey HowardInterchangeDallas Hood
Michael HancockInterchangeDavid Solomona
Shaun BerriganInterchangeShane Rigon
Ashley HarrisonInterchangeCraig Wing
Wayne BennettCOACHGraham Murray
Halftime: Brisbane 10-2Referee: Bill HarriganStadium: Stadium AustraliaCrowd: 94,277Clive Churchill Medal: Darren Lockyer

Honours

League

Club