the brisbane broncos entered the nrl in 1988.
the brisbane broncos entered the nrl in 1988.
when did the brisbane broncos enter the nrl?
1988
the brisbane broncos rugby league football club ltd., commonly referred to as the brisbane broncos or colloquially as red hill, are an australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of brisbane, the capital of the state of queensland. founded in april 1988, the broncos play in australia's elite competition, the national rugby league (nrl) premiership. they have won six premierships,including two nswrl titles, a super league premiership and three nrl premierships. they also have two world club challenges. the broncos have achieved four minor premierships during their 29 years in multiple competitions, making them rugby league's most successful club over the past three decades. until 2015, brisbane had never been defeated in a grand final, and since 1991, have only failed to qualify for the finals twice. they are the most successful club in the national rugby league, since it began in 1998, winning three premierships. it is also one of the most successful clubs in the history of rugby league, having won 62.5% of games played since its induction in 1988, second only to melbourne storm with 65.2%. since the club's founding, brisbane has never received the wooden spoon.
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in round 10, inglis scored a personal best 16 points, with 3 tries and 2 goals against the canberra raiders in the storms' 17–6 win at canberra stadium. in doing so, he brought his career try tally to 72 tries, overtaking marcus bai to become the 3rd highest tryscorer for the melbourne storm, behind retired legend matt geyer and teammate billy slater. in game 1 of the 2010 state of origin series, inglis scored a try in queensland's 28–24 win as they look to achieve a 5th straight series win. on 11 june 2010, timana tahu walked out of the new south wales origin camp, which was cited as "personal reasons". on 12 june, however, it was revealed that tahu walked because of racial comments made by new south wales assistant coach andrew johns. it was later revealed the comments were directed at inglis, as johns was talking about him with nsw debutant beau scott, who faced off with inglis in game 2. on 13 june, tahu revealed that inglis was not the only target of the racial comments. on 24 june, inglis said that johns should be banned from any further involvement in the game of rugby league. in july 2010, inglis reportedly accepted an apology from johns. this triggered inglis to have a big game 2, scoring the opening try and engaging in a brawl with debutant beau scott. this 34–6 victory to queensland gave them their record fifth straight series win. queensland achieved their first series whitewash since 1995, and the first of origin since 2000, to cap off their fifth consecutive series win, winning a thrilling 23–18 encounter. in the wake of the salary cap problems at the storm, inglis' future at the club after 2010 became uncertain. many clubs from four football codes (rugby league, rugby union, american football and australian rules) pursued him. clubs included the brisbane broncos, gold coast titans, south sydney rabbitohs, catalans dragons, essendon football club and new york jets. on 10 august 2010, inglis signed with the brisbane broncos for the 2011 and 2012 nrl seasons in a deal worth $1.2 million. the broncos had released a key player in israel folau who joined afl club, the greater western sydney giants, which freed up the funds necessary to secure inglis' services. inglis' girlfriend sally robinson was living and working in brisbane, a factor which is said to have helped inglis make his decision to sign with the broncos. in august 2010, after the storm agreed to release inglis after the 2010 nrl season, inglis announced he will join the brisbane broncos. on 1 september 2010, the broncos ordered inglis to have a shoulder reconstruction in the 2010–2011 off-season. this caused inglis to miss the end of year four nations. in his final game for the storm in round 26, against the newcastle knights, inglis scored 2 tries as the storm won 34–4 at aami park. the win sent off several players who were leaving the club at the end of 2010 due to the salary cap drama. inglis had also finished the 2010 season as the storm's top try-scorer with 11. inglis had also finished the 2010 nrl season as the storm's top try-scorer with 11 and kicked 7 goals (58) in 20 matches in his last year with the melbourne storm. by october 2010, no contract with the broncos had been signed, due to the storm refusing to release inglis, who owed the club $113,000 worth of legal fees. on 24 october 2010, the storm revealed that inglis owes the melbourne storm $113,000 worth of legal fees following his 2009 assault charge. a week later, the south sydney rabbitohs made an offer to inglis. inglis missed the broncos first training session of the 2010–2011 pre-season on 1 november, citing bad weather in sydney, where he was staying, as the reason. two days later, future broncos teammate justin hodges criticised the treatment of inglis, saying inglis is considering walking out of rugby league. on 5 november, the broncos gave inglis a 24-hour deadline to sign with the club. on 6 november, after inglis failed to reach brisbane, the broncos pulled out of signing inglis, leaving him without a club for 2011 and beyond. inglis also received an offer from french rugby club toulon, backing up hodges' claim that inglis may walk out of rugby league. on 2 november, inglis assured broncos ceo bruno cullen he will play for the broncos in 2011, and repeated the same act on 5 november. by 6 november, the broncos had pulled out of signing inglis after he failed to sign with the club within a 24-hour deadline. inglis's inability to sign with the broncos has been criticised by cullen, who claims inglis "betrayed" the broncos. on 12 november, inglis signed with the south sydney rabbitohs. on 8 november 2010, it was revealed inglis would most likely sign with the rabbitohs. influences for inglis's shock move to redfern included rabbitohs owner russell crowe, inglis's close friend anthony mundine, inglis's cousin beau champion and billionaire andrew forrest. on 12 november, inglis signed with the south sydney rabbitohs for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 nrl seasons. the deal was worth $1.8 million. inglis attended his first training session on 15 november. however, third-party deals totaling $200,000 had to be included within south sydney's salary cap which placed the rabbits over the nrl salary cap. the deal was not officially approved by the nrl, the melbourne storm or the nrl's auditor, ian schubert. by 18 december, no deal had been solidified with the rabbitohs, putting inglis's nrl career into doubt. according to reports, schubert refused to accept the contract signed with the rabbitohs, leaving inglis to consider leaving the nrl. inglis soon met with afl clubs st. kilda and essendon. in december 2010, following contract issues with nrl clubs brisbane and south sydney, inglis met with essendon coach james hird over a potential switch to australian rules football. inglis later revealed he was hours away from signing with essendon. on 24 december 2010, it was officially announced that inglis had signed the contract with the rabbitohs for three seasons, at the expense of cousin beau champion, who signed with melbourne storm for the same period of time.
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