Brisbane Broncos 2004

National Rugby League season 2004 was the Broncos' 17th season since their inception in 1988. They competed in the NRL Telstra Premiership, making it to the finals again, but being knocked out of contention by the North Queensland Cowboys with their first ever win over the club.

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The 2004 NRL season was Darren Lockyer's first in the position of five-eighth. The Broncos started the season by winning their first match since Round 19, 2003 with a 28-20 win over the New Zealand Warriors in Round 1. However, they lost their next match against bogey team, the Parramatta Eels 26-18. Brisbane won its next five games after that.

In round 10 the Broncos and the Newcastle Knights made history by playing out the first ever golden point match on free-to-air television. After 3 minutes and 26 seconds of extra time, Newcastle's Kurt Gidley booted a field goal which got the Knights home 17-16.

The 2004 season's Finals Series saw Brisbane captain Gorden Tallis' final match: the Broncos were knocked out of contention by the North Queensland Cowboys in a 10-0 loss in the Raging Bull's home town of Townsville. It was the first time the Broncos had lost to the Cowboys. With Gorden Tallis' retirement at the end of the season, the Broncos' captaincy was passed onto Darren Lockyer.

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*National Rugby League season 2004
*History of the Brisbane Broncos