Brisbane Broncos 13–12 St George Illawarra — Semi-Final, 2011 NRL Finals Series
17 Sep 2011 · Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, QLD · Attendance: 48,474
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 2011 NRL finals series: Brisbane Broncos 13–12 St George Illawarra, at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, QLD on 17 Sep 2011.
Sourcing caveat: Try-scoring minutes are not available in any source checked. A secondary AI-generated source suggested Lockyer played through a fractured cheekbone earlier in the match, but this could not be independently confirmed against a primary report and is not included as fact.
Scorers
| Brisbane Broncos | Tries: Dale Copley; Ben Te'o Goals: Corey Parker (2/4 conversions); Darren Lockyer (1 field goal, golden point) |
| St George Illawarra | Tries: Darius Boyd; Adam Cuthbertson Goals: Jamie Soward (2/2 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Brisbane Broncos | St George Illawarra | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerard Beale | Fullback | Darius Boyd | 1 |
| 2 | Dale Copley | Wing | Brett Morris | 2 |
| 3 | Jack Reed | Centre | Mark Gasnier | 3 |
| 4 | Justin Hodges | Centre | Matt Cooper | 4 |
| 5 | Jharal Yow Yeh | Wing | Jason Nightingale | 5 |
| 6 | Darren Lockyer (c) | Five-Eighth | Jamie Soward | 6 |
| 7 | Peter Wallace | Halfback | Ben Hornby (c) | 7 |
| 8 | Josh McGuire | Prop | Dan Hunt | 8 |
| 9 | Andrew McCullough | Hooker | Mitch Rein | 18 |
| 10 | Ben Hannant | Prop | Michael Weyman | 10 |
| 11 | Alex Glenn | Second-Row | Beau Scott | 11 |
| 12 | Ben Te'o | Second-Row | Trent Merrin | 17 |
| 13 | Corey Parker | Lock | Ben Creagh | 12 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Matt Gillett | Dean Young | 13 | |
| 15 | Ben Hunt | Jon Green | 14 | |
| 16 | Scott Anderson | Matt Prior | 15 | |
| 17 | David Hala | Adam Cuthbertson | 16 | |
| Anthony Griffin | Coach | Wayne Bennett | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Tony Archer and Matt Cecchin (two-referee system) |
Match report
Brisbane's semi-final against St George Illawarra carried extra weight: the loser's season ended, and it doubled as Wayne Bennett's farewell to the Dragons after leading them to the 2010 premiership. Suncorp Stadium drew 48,474 fans for a match that lived up to the occasion. The Broncos led 6-0 at halftime through Corey Parker's boot before Dale Copley and Ben Te'o crossed for tries either side of Darius Boyd and Adam Cuthbertson replying for the Dragons, whose five-eighth Jamie Soward slotted both his conversions to level scores at 12-12 by full time, sending the contest to golden-point extra time. There, captain Darren Lockyer stepped up to land the match-winning field goal early in extra time, sending Brisbane through 13-12 and into the following week's finals action against Manly, while ending Bennett's long, decorated tenure in charge of the club on a heartbreaking one-point defeat.