Brisbane Broncos 2003

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This article is about the 2003 season of the Brisbane Broncos. It was the Broncos' 16th season since their inception in 1988.

1 Season Summary
2 2003 Season Results
3 2003 Season Ladder
4 Scorers
5 See Also
6 References

[edit] Season Summary

The Brisbane Broncos had a strong start to the 2003 season, winning 11 of their first 14 games, but later losing their last 8 games straight. Brisbane still made it to the finals, coming 8th but lost the Qualifying Final to the Penrith Panthers 28-18.

[edit] 2003 Season Results

Round	Opponent	Result	Bro.	Opp.	Date	Venue	Position
1	Penrith Panthers	Win	24	20	16 Mar	Penrith stadium	6/15
2	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Win	22	20	23 Mar	Aussie Stadium	4/15
3	Cronulla Sharks	Win	30	4	30 Mar	ANZ Stadium	2/15
4	North Queensland Cowboys	Win	32	24	5 Apr	Dairy Farmers Stadium	2/15
5	New Zealand Warriors	Loss	12	32	13 Apr	ANZ Stadium	4/15
6	Sydney Roosters	Loss	20	27	18 Apr	Aussie Stadium	6/15
7	Parramatta Eels	Win	20	14	25 Apr	Parramatta Stadium	5/15
8	West Tigers	Win	38	6	4 May	Leichhardt Oval	3/15
9	North Queensland Cowboys	Win	38	12	11 May	ANZ Stadium	2/15
10	Melbourne Storm	Win	36	16	18 May	ANZ Stadium	1/15
11	Canterbury Bulldogs	Win	24	0	23 May	Telstra Stadium	1/15
12	Newcastle Knights	Loss	22	32	1 Jun	Suncorp Stadium	3/15
13	Bye						2/15
14*	Canberra Raiders	Win	24	20	15 Jun	Canberra Stadium	1/15
15	Bye						1/15
16*	Sydney Roosters	Win	10	8	27 Jun	Suncorp Stadium	1/15
17	St George Illawarra Dragons	Loss	16	32	4 Jul	WIN Stadium	1/15
18	Canterbury Bulldogs	Loss	4	40	11 Jul	Suncorp Stadium	3/15
19*	Melbourne Storm	Win	26	22	20 Jul	Olympic Park	3/15
20	Manly Sea Eagles	Loss	20	26	26 Jul	Suncorp Stadium	4/15
21	Cronulla Sharks	Loss	10	20	2 Aug	Toyota Park	5/15
22	Penrith Panthers	Loss	6	13	8 Aug	Suncorp Stadium	5/15
23	West Tigers	Loss	10	12	16 Aug	Suncorp Stadium	5/15
24	New Zealand Warriors	Loss	14	22	24 Aug	Ericsson Stadium	7/15
25	Parramatta Eels	Loss	14	16	30 Aug	Suncorp Stadium	8/15
26	St George Illawarra Dragons	Loss	25	26	5 Sep	Suncorp Stadium	8/15
Qualif. Final	Penrith Panthers	Loss	18	28	14 Sep	Penrith stadium

*Game following a State of Origin match

[edit] 2003 Season Ladder

	Team	Pld	W	L	B	F	A	P/D	Pts
1	Penrith Panthers	24	18	6	2	659	527	132	40
2	Sydney Roosters	24	17	7	2	680	445	235	38
3	Canterbury Bulldogs	24	16	8	2	702	419	283	36
4	Canberra Raiders	24	16	8	2	620	463	157	36
5	Melbourne Storm	24	15	9	2	564	486	78	34
6	New Zealand Warriors	24	15	9	2	545	510	35	34
7	Newcastle Knights	24	14	10	2	632	635	-3	32
8	Brisbane Broncos	24	12	12	2	497	464	33	28
9	Parramatta Eels	24	11	13	2	570	582	-12	26
10	St George Illawarra Dragons	24	11	13	2	548	593	-45	26
11	North Queensland Cowboys	24	10	14	2	606	629	-23	24
12	Cronulla Sharks	24	8	16	2	497	704	-207	20
13	Wests Tigers	24	7	17	2	470	598	-128	18
14	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	7	17	2	470	791	-234	18
15	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	3	21	2	457	758	-301	10

[edit] Scorers

Player	Tries	Goals	FG	Points
Michael De Vere	12	69/97	0	186
Darren Lockyer	9	2/3	1	41
Shaun Berrigan	10	0	0	40
Brent Tate	9	0	0	36
Stuart Kelly	8	0	0	32
Casey McGuire	8	0	0	32
Tonie Carroll	6	0	0	24
Dane Carlaw	5	0	0	20
Scott Minto	5	0	0	20
Ben Ikin	4	0	0	16
Gorden Tallis	4	0	0	16
Petero Civoniceva	3	0	0	12
Craig Frawley	3	0	0	12
Corey Parker	3	0	0	12
Richard Swain	0	2/3	0	4
Neale Wyatt	1	0	0	4
Shane Webcke	1	0	0	4
Carl Webb	1	0	0	4
Scott Prince*	0	0/1	0	0

(*Did not technically score any points.)

[edit] See Also

National Rugby League season 2003

[edit] References

Brisbane Broncos
The Club Representatives • History • Records • Honours • Players • Venues
Seasons 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007
Stadiums Lang Park/Suncorp Stadium • ANZ Stadium
Captains Wally Lewis (1988-1989) • Gene Miles (1990-1991) • Allan Langer (1992-1999) Kevin Walters (1999-2000) • Gorden Tallis (2001-2004) • Darren Lockyer (2005-present)
Coaches Wayne Bennett (1988-present)