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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2649673, member: 1899"] Noticed that game was on YouTube, been meaning to give it a watch. [B]Round 14, 2007.[/B] BRONCOS 19, BULLDOGS 12 Brisbane Broncos 1. Karmichael Hunt 2. Steve Michaels 9. Shaun Berrigan 4. Justin Hodges 20. Craig Frawley 6. Darren Lockyer 7. Michael Ennis 8. Ben Hannant 22. Ian Lacey 10. Petero Civoniceiva 11. Corey Parker 12. Dane Carlaw 13. Tonie Carroll 15. Greg Eastwood 16. Brad Thorn 19. John Te Reo 23. Clifford Manua You know that saying, 'a face only a mother can love'? This was a game only Brisbane Broncos fans could love. Which isn't to say it was a bad game or of poor quality. Far from it. However, it wasn't the type of game you'd go out of your way to see. So just to set the scene, Brisbane were still struggling with a 4-8 record and to make matters more difficult had six players backing up from Origin II, twice as many as their opponents and conditions were cold and wet. Not much of an atmosphere either as only 10K made the trek out, so the entire night had this sombre feeling to it. Dogs started strongly drawing first blood inside the opening ten but Brisbane showed good resolve to score back to back tries to take the lead. The try to Hodges in particular was exactly what the doctor ordered. A bit of luck involved as the charge down from Lockyer bounced perfectly for Hodges but Justin did well to beat the tackle of Patten and race 60m to score. Canterbury threw a fair bit at Brisbane but the Broncos handled absorbed everything and came out of the sheds the stronger side. They extended their lead to 16-6 early through a nice try by Stevie Michaels who managed to step back inside and force his way over to give the Broncos some nice breathing room. Canterbury continued to throw wave after wave of attack at the Broncos, but the Broncos resilience frustrated the Dogs and they started throwing silly passes and making mistakes which made the Broncos job a lot easier. A late penalty goal to Parker and field goal to Lockyer all but sowed things up for the Broncos late in the contest. Finally with a minute left to play, SBW crashed over but by then it was far too late and the Broncos came home with two well earned competition points. So what was different? Brisbane just showed a lot more composure and resolve than they did in past games. Outside of Hodgo, I didn't think anybody was overly spectacular but they did their jobs which is more than what you could say about prior performances. Couple of changes helped too. Frawley & Berro showed good poise in the backline while Ennis offered Lockyer plenty of support at halfback with a couple of good kicks that put pressure on the Bulldogs. Not the most entertaining game of all time, but a really solid and important win for the Broncos. [/QUOTE]

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