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2004 Brisbane Broncos season

Field	Value
year	2004
prev_season	2003
next_season	2005

The 2004 Brisbane Broncos season was the seventeenth in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2004 Telstra Premiership, making it to the finals again, but were knocked out of contention by the North Queensland Cowboys, their first ever loss to the club.

Season summary

The 2004 NRL season was Darren Lockyer's first in the position of five-eighth and Gorden Tallis' last as captain. The Broncos started the season by defeating the New Zealand Warriors 28-20 in Round 1, only to lose their next match against the Parramatta Eels by 26-18. The Broncos then won their next five matches, including a controversial match against the Tigers, during which the Broncos appeared to field 14 men at one stage of the match. In the 60th minute, Brisbane's Shane Webcke was taken off the ground after being knocked out by Bryce Gibbs; while he was assisted off the field, Corey Parker was brought on, and immediately scored off a Darren Lockyer pass to start a Broncos revival (they trailed 24-8 at halftime) which saw them claim a 32-24 victory. An ensuing investigation saw the Broncos stripped of two competition points,{{cite news | access-date = 2009-12-04}} but, following a successful appeal, they were reinstated weeks later.

In round 10, the Broncos and the Newcastle Knights made history by contesting the first ever golden point match on free-to-air television. The Broncos lost the match 16-17 after Newcastle's Kurt Gidley booted a field goal three minutes and 26 seconds into extra time.

The Broncos eventually qualified for the finals for the thirteenth consecutive season after finishing the minor rounds in third place on the ladder (only behind eventual Grand Finalists the Sydney Roosters and the Bulldogs), but would bow out in straight sets, first losing to the Melbourne Storm at home by 31-14 before losing to the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville, in what was captain Gorden Tallis' final game for the club. It also marked the first time the Broncos had lost to the Cowboys, and the first time the Broncos had been held scoreless anywhere in Queensland. With Tallis' retirement at the end of the season, the Broncos' captaincy was passed onto Darren Lockyer.

Match results

Opponent	Result	Bro.	Opp.	Date	Venue	Crowd	Position
Trial Match	Melbourne Storm	Win	14	10	21 Feb	Stadium Toowoomba	-
Trial Match	Sydney Roosters	Loss	12	34	28 Feb	Dolphin Oval	-
Rd. 1	New Zealand Warriors	Win	28	20	14 Mar	Suncorp Stadium	28,548
Rd. 2	Parramatta Eels	Loss	18	26	21 Mar	Suncorp Stadium	23,550
Rd. 3	Wests Tigers	Win	32	24	28 Mar	Campbelltown Stadium	13,011
Rd. 4	Melbourne Storm	Win	34	26	4 Apr	Suncorp Stadium	19,334
Rd. 5	Sydney Roosters	Win	26	14	9 Apr	Sydney Football Stadium	23,118
Rd. 6	North Queensland Cowboys	Win	19	12	17 Apr	Dairy Farmers Stadium	25,986
Rd. 7	Penrith Panthers	Win	32	14	25 Apr	Suncorp Stadium	37,745
Rd. 8	Bulldogs	Loss	18	25	2 May	Telstra Stadium	17,104
Rd. 9	Canberra Raiders	Win	34	20	9 May	Canberra Stadium	12,319
Rd. 10	Newcastle Knights	Loss	16	17	14 May	Suncorp Stadium	32,747
Rd. 11	Bye	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rd. 12^	St George Illawarra Dragons	Win	24	22	28 May	Suncorp Stadium	27,589
Rd. 13	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Loss	22	30	6 Jun	Suncorp Stadium	26,691
Rd. 14	Bye	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rd. 15^	Parramatta Eels	Win	34	24	19 Jun	Parramatta Stadium	10,147
Rd. 16	Canberra Raiders	Loss	14	21	27 Jun	Suncorp Stadium	27,774
Rd. 17	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Win	48	28	4 Jul	Suncorp Stadium		19,942
Rd. 18^	St George Illawarra Dragons	Win	28	14	9 Jul	WIN Stadium		15,348
Rd. 19	Newcastle Knights	Win	16	12	18 Jul	EnergyAustralia Stadium	11,271
Rd. 20	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Win	26	12	24 Jul	Suncorp Stadium	23,726
Rd. 21	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Win	16	12	31 Jul	Toyota Park	12,565
Rd. 22	New Zealand Warriors	Win	21	14	7 Aug	Suncorp Stadium	9,710
Rd. 23	Bulldogs	Loss	18	46	15 Aug	Suncorp Stadium	49,571
Rd. 24	Wests Tigers	Win	24	20	21 Aug	Suncorp Stadium	26,790
Rd. 25	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Draw	34	34	28 Aug	Sydney Football Stadium	7,049
Rd. 26	Penrith Panthers	Loss	20	46	3 Sep	Penrith Park	20,043
Qualif. Final	Melbourne Storm	Loss	14	31	11 Sep	Suncorp Stadium	31,100
Semi Final	North Queensland Cowboys	Loss	0	10	18 Sep	Dairy Farmers Stadium	24,989

^ = Game following a State of Origin match

Ladder

Scorers

Player	Tries	Goals	FG	Points
Michael De Vere	8	65/82	0	162
Karmichael Hunt	15	0	0	60
Darren Lockyer	2	21/29	1	51
Craig Frawley	10	0	0	40
Corey Parker	3	13/17	0	38
Shaun Berrigan	9	0	0	36
Casey McGuire	5	0	1	21
Tonie Carroll	5	0	0	20
Stuart Kelly	5	0	0	20
Brent Tate	5	0	0	20
Gorden Tallis	5	0	0	20
Barry Berrigan	4	0	0	16
Ben Ikin	4	0	0	16
Carl Webb	4	0	0	16
Neville Costigan	3	0	0	12
Petero Civoniceva	2	0	0	8
Dane Carlaw	2	0	0	8
Brad Meyers	2	0	0	8
David Stagg	2	0	0	8
Darren Smith	2	0	0	8
Gary Tupou	2	0	0	8
Motu Tony	2	0	0	8
Darren Mapp	1	0	0	4
Michael Ryan	1	0	0	4
Shane Webcke	1	0	0	4

Honours

League

Club

Player of the year: Petero Civoniceva
Rookie of the year: Karmichael Hunt
Back of the year: Shaun Berrigan
Forward of the year: Petero Civoniceva
Club man of the year: Gorden Tallis

References

Fuller, Mark. (12 September 2004). "Storm stuns Broncos at home". The Age.
"Honour Board". [[Brisbane Broncos]].

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