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Rugby league team season
The 2015 Brisbane Broncos season was the 28th in the club 's history. Coached again for the first time since 2008 by returning foundation coach, Wayne Bennett , and captained by Justin Hodges , they competed in the NRL 's 2015 Telstra Premiership . The Broncos finished the regular season in 2nd place to make the play-offs, going on to reach the 2015 NRL Grand final in which they were defeated by the North Queensland Cowboys .
Season summary
Milestones
Squad List
Brisbane Broncos
First team squad
Coaching staff
Justin Hodges – CE , FB
Ben Hunt – HB , HK
Jordan Kahu – FB , CE , WG
Todd Lowrie – SR , LK
Lachlan Maranta – WG , FB
Andrew McCullough – HK
Josh McGuire – PR
Anthony Milford – FE , FB
Francis Molo – PR
Darren Nicholls – HB , FE
Kodi Nikorima – HB , FB
Corey Oates – SR
Joe Ofahengaue – PR , SR
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend:
(c) Captain(s)
(vc) Vice-captain(s)
Updated: 25 January 2015 Source(s): Broncos Squad
Squad Movement
Gains
Losses
Re-signings
Contract lengths
Ladder
Fixtures
Pre-season
NRL Auckland Nines
The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2015 competition was played over two days on 31 January and 1 February at Eden Park . The Broncos feature in the Piha pool and played the Bulldogs , Sharks and Roosters .
Regular season
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Score
Tries
Goals
Attendance
Thursday, 5 March
Round 1
South Sydney Rabbitohs
Suncorp Stadium
6 – 36
Gillett
Parker (1/2)
36,057
Friday, 13 March
Round 2
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Remondis Stadium
2 – 10
Oates , Maranta
Parker (1/1), Hunt (0/1)
8,369
Friday, 20 March
Round 3
North Queensland Cowboys
Suncorp Stadium
44 – 22
Maranta (2), Hunt , McGuire , Parker , McCullough , Hodges , Kahu
Parker (6/8)
40,047
Sunday, 29 March
Round 4
New Zealand Warriors
Mt. Smart Stadium
16 – 24
Oates , Maranta , Wallace , McCullough
Parker (4/5)
14,670
Friday, 3 April
Round 5
Gold Coast Titans
Cbus Super Stadium
16 – 26
Milford (2), Dodds (2)
Parker (3/3), Hunt (2/2)
15,432
Friday, 10 April
Round 6
Sydney Roosters
Suncorp Stadium
22 – 18
Hunt (2), Glenn
Parker (5/5)
35,630
Friday, 17 April
Round 7
St. George Illawarra Dragons
WIN Jubilee Oval
12 – 10
Vidot , Thaiday
Milford (1/1)
13,029
Saturday, 25 April
Round 8
Parramatta Eels
Suncorp Stadium
28 – 16
Milford (2), Reed , McGuire
Parker (6/7)
34,398
Friday, 8 May
Round 9
Penrith Panthers
Suncorp Stadium
8 – 5
Kahu , Oates
24,566
Friday, 15 May
Round 10
North Queensland Cowboys
1300SMILES Stadium
31 – 20
Maranta (2), Kahu
Parker (4/4)
24,531
Monday, 25 May
Round 11
Newcastle Knights
Hunter Stadium
18 – 31
Reed (2), Milford , McCullough , Oates
Kahu (4/4), Hunt (1/2), Milford (FG )
12,673
Saturday, 30 May
Round 12
Canberra Raiders
GIO Stadium
12 – 24
Reed , Kahu , Maranta , Oates
Parker (4/5)
10,090
Friday, 5 June
Round 13
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Suncorp Stadium
44 – 10
Vidot (2), Milford (2), Hodges , Hunt , Reed , Kahu
Kahu (6/9)
28,691
Round 14
Bye
Sunday, 21 June
Round 15
Melbourne Storm
AAMI Park
12 – 14
Maranta , Reed , Oates
Kahu (1/3)
14,278
Friday, 26 June
Round 16
Newcastle Knights
Suncorp Stadium
44 – 22
Maranta (2), Gillett (2), Oates , McCullough , Milford , Boyd
Parker (5/7), Hunt (1/1)
27,246
Round 17
Bye
Saturday, 11 July
Round 18
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
ANZ Stadium
8 – 16
Vidot , Thaiday , Blair
Parker (1/2), Kahu (1/1)
16,253
Sunday, 19 July
Round 19
Wests Tigers
Suncorp Stadium
42 – 16
Maranta (3), Glenn (2), Wallace , Reed , Oates
Parker (4/8), Kahu (1/2)
37,260
Friday, 24 July
Round 20
Gold Coast Titans
Suncorp Stadium
34 – 0
Parker , Boyd , Hunt , Wallace , Nikorima , Glenn
Parker (3/5), Kahu (2/2)
27,664
Saturday, 1 August
Round 21
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Central Coast Stadium
44 – 14
Hodges , Maranta , Reed
Kahu (1/2), Parker (0/1)
16,280
Friday, 7 August
Round 22
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Suncorp Stadium
16 – 18
Oates (2), Parker
Parker (2/3)
34,082
Friday, 14 August
Round 23
St. George Illawarra Dragons
Suncorp Stadium
32 – 6
Hunt (2), Kahu , Maranta , Milford , Copley
Parker (3/4), Milford (1/1), Kahu (0/1)
33,480
Saturday, 22 August
Round 24
Sydney Roosters
Allianz Stadium
12 – 10
Kahu , Oates
Kahu (1/1), Parker (0/1)
Thursday, 27 August
Round 25
South Sydney Rabbitohs
Allianz Stadium
12 – 47
Hunt (3), Milford (2), Kahu , Oates
Parker (5/6), Kahu (2/2), Milford (FG )
12,036
Thursday, 3 September
Round 26
Melbourne Storm
Suncorp Stadium
8 – 15
Reed
Parker (0/1), Parker (PG), Milford (PG)
44,015
Legend : Win Loss Draw Bye
Finals
Date
Round
Opponent
Venue
Score
Tries
Goals
Attendance
Saturday, 12 September
Qualifying Final
North Queensland Cowboys
Suncorp Stadium
16 – 12
Hunt , Milford
Parker (4/4 (2 Penalty Goals))
50,388
Friday, 25 September
Preliminary Final
Sydney Roosters
Suncorp Stadium
31 – 12
Boyd , Hunt , McCullough , Oates , Milford , Reed
Parker (2/4), Kahu (1/2), Milford (FG )
51,826
Sunday, 4 October
Grand Final
North Queensland Cowboys
ANZ Stadium
16 – 17
Corey Oates , Jack Reed
Parker (2/2) (1 Penalty Goal), Kahu (2/2) (1 Penalty Goal)
82,758
Legend : Win Loss Draw
Statistics
Source:[ 38]
Representatives
The following players have played a representative match in 2015.
Honours
Club
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