The 2000 Brisbane Broncos season was the thirteenth in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by

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, they competed in the

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's 2000 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 1st (out of 14 teams) to claim their 4th

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before going on to win the 2000 NRL Grand final, their fifth title in nine years.

Season summary

Brisbane spent the entire

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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

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in round 9. The Broncos were the first team to play the newly formed

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(Merged team of

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and

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) 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

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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

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. The Broncos had a week off to prepare for the

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in the Preliminary Final which the Broncos won 16-10 to go into a Grand Final against the

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. From the 10th minute, the Broncos led all the way when

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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

* Game following a State of Origin match

Ladder

Grand final

* Halftime: Brisbane 10-2 * Referee:

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* Stadium:

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* Crowd: 94,277 *

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: Darren Lockyer (Brisbane)

Statistics

Honours

League

* NRL Premiership

Club

* Player of the year:

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* Rookie of the year:

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* Back of the year:

* Forward of the year:

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* Club man of the year: Michael Hancock

References

External links

''2000 - Broncos Mark A Decade Of Domination'' - rl1908.com
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