 However, the Broncos scored 28 unanswered points in the second half, winning 12–38 and equaling the second highest score for a team in grand final history.The 1998 NRL season was the 91st season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the inaugural season of the newly formed National Rugby League (NRL).The 1998 Grand final's teams had played each other twice during the regular season, the Broncos winning both times.