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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2728808, member: 1899"] Round 20 BRISBANE 22;MANLY 10 at Lang Park Brisbane secured their first minor premiership title before the biggest Winfield Cup crowd of the season so far. The Broncos began the match in commanding style, racing to a 10-2 lead by halftime. But when injured hooker Kerrod Walters failed to return for the second half, Brisbane lost much of their attacking thrust close to the rucks, and a superb try to Manly winger Craig Hancock and penalty goals to Michael O’Connor and Matthew Ridge helped the Sea Eagles equalise after an hour. A penalty goal to Terry Matterson broke the deadlock after 66 minutes and provided the springboard for what turned into a convincing scoreline for the competition front-runners. Broncos winger Michael Hancock picked up a try double to take his tally to 30 in Winfield Cup matches at Lang Park and centre Chris Johns scored a third. Matterson played one of his best games of the season for Brisbane while Johns, Hancock and skipper Allan Langer were also in great touch. Manly’s best was plucky halfback Geoff Toovey. Brisbane Broncos 22 (Hancock 2, Johns tries; Matterson 5/6 goals) defeated Manly Sea Eagles 10 (Hancock try; O’Connor 2/2, Ridge 1/1 goals) Brisbane Julian O’Neil, Willie Carne, Steve Renouf, Chris Johns, Michael Hancock Kevin Walters, Allan Langer Glenn Lazarus, Kerrod Walters, Andrew Gee, Alan Cann, Trevor Gillmeister, Terry Matterson. Interchange: Peter Ryan, John Plath, Jason Erba, Willie Morganson Manly Matthew Ridge, Craig Hancock, Michael O’Connor, Kevin Iro, Darrell Williams Cliff Lyons, Geoff Toovey David Hosking, David O’Donnell, Tony Mestrov, John Jones, Ian Roberts, Des Hasler Interchange: Tony Iro, Jon Grieve [/QUOTE]

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