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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2725893, member: 1899"] ROUND 2 BRISBANE 24; GOLD COAST 18 at Lang Park In Wally Lewis’ last game at Lang Park, the Gold Coast went painfully close to scoring a mighty upset over their arch-rivals Brisbane, before going under 24-18. Lewis’ Seagulls actually led the Broncos for a 40-minute period of the match, before the irrepressible Allan Langer decided the issue with a mesmerising try seven minutes before fulltime. After twice refusing to opt for a penalty goal which would have levelled the scores, Langer jinked through a tiny hole, stepped off his right foot and then his left before plating the ball between the posts. While Langer was almost everyone’s choice as man of the match, Lewis was given an inglorious farewell from the arena he made his own during the 1980s. After being knocked unconscious in a tackle shortly after halftime, Lewis did not return to the field until jus before Langer’s match-winning try. A string of penalties and the sustained power of Brisbane’s attack told on the Seagulls, who had raced to an 18-10 lead after 53 minutes. Gold Coast players Danny Peacock, Dale Shearer, Brent Todd, Darren Wolens and Peter Gill turned in outstanding individual performances, but none were quite as commanding as the Broncos captain. Brisbane 24 (Carne, Kevin Walters, Lazarus, Langer tries; O’Neil 3, Matterson goals) defeated Gold Coast 18 (Shearer, Mohr, Peacock tries; Shearer 3 goals) Brisbane Paul Hauff, Michael Hancock, Steve Renouf, Chris Johns, Willie Carne Kevin Walters, Allan Langer Glenn Lazarus, Kerrod Walters, Gavin Allen, Mark Hohn, Trevor Gillmeister, Terry Matterson. Interchange: Alan Cann, Julian O’Neil, Tony Currie Gold Coast Danny Peacock, Clinton Mohr, Todd Martin, Dale Shearer, Robin Thorne Wally Lewis, Jason Twist Brent Todd, Ray Herring, Darren Wolens, Peter Gill, Steve Jackson, Brett Horsnell [FONT=&quot]Interchange: Michael Davis, Troy McCarthy, Mike McLean[/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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