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The history of the Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club stretches back from their inception in the mid-1980s to the present day. They were introduced to the NSWRL's Winfield Cup premiership in 1988, taking the competition by storm in winning their first six games, and have since become one of only three teams to have won every grand final they have contested (the others being the Newcastle Knights in 1997 and 2001, and the Wests Tigers in 2005). The Broncos also participated in 18 consecutive finals series, from 1992-2009, winning the premiership six times (in 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2006). ==1980s== Whilst Brisbane had had its own rugby league club competition since 1909, Brisbane teams had been assembled occasionally, usually referred to as "Combined Brisbane" for Bulimba Cup tournaments and representative matches against Sydney-based sides and touring international teams. By the 1980s, it was decided that the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership should be expanded outside its traditional Sydney base. This began in 1982 with the introduction of the Canberra Raiders and the Illawarra Steelers. In 1985, the NSWRL decided to allow a team from Brisbane to be entered into the competition. A proposal was made to the Queensland Rugby League to enter a Brisbane team in 1987, but it was voted down. However the following year, along with the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants and Newcastle Knights the Brisbane team would enter the New South Wales competition. After tough competition between various syndicates for the Brisbane NSWRL license, the Queensland Rugby League chose the bid that belonged to former Brisbane Rugby League (BRL) players Barry Maranta and Paul "Porky" Morgan. After deliberating over such names as Bulls, Brumbies, Bombers and Kookaburras, the club eventually decided on the name Broncos. Former Australian representative player John Ribot was appointed the club's first chief executive officer. As the Broncos would begin to represent Brisbane at rugby league in the Australian public eye, and go on to take up all the best players from the Brisbane Rugby League competition, the BRL would soon enter the terminal phase of its decline. Indeed, the Broncos' first year of 1988 was the first time no player from the BRL was chosen to represent Queensland in the State of Origin. The Brisbane Broncos debuted in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in the 1988 Winfield Cup competition. As can be seen from the first ever team's player lineup below, the Broncos had attracted a large number of high-profile Queensland Maroons players wanting to play NSWRL club football in their own state. The team boasted the current Australian Kangaroos captain and Queensland State of Origin legend Wally Lewis, who was the first player to sign on with the new club, and was the inaugural Broncos captain. All but four players from this team played State of Origin during their careers. Incumbent Maroons coach Wayne Bennett was the inaugural coach for the Broncos, and would be for the following twenty-one years. On 6 March 1988, at Lang Park in Brisbane, the brand-new Broncos defeated the 1987 Winfield Cup Premiers Manly-Warringah 44-10 in their first premiership game. Although the Broncos won the first six games in their inaugural season, a midseason slump cost the club a debut finals appearance, finishing the season in seventh position. The Broncos' second season saw them claim their first piece of silverware by winning the mid-week knockout Panasonic Cup competition. In the 1989 season the club improved on the previous year, finishing the season in sixth position after losing their first ever play-off match against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「History of the Brisbane Broncos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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