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Message: [QUOTE="Broncoman, post: 2697030, member: 7803"] [B]2001 1st Semi Final, St-George Illawarra Dragons V Brisbane Broncos, 15th September 2001, Sydney Football Stadium What was happening before the game; [/B]The Dragons reward for a sudden death upset 23-22 win over the Bulldogs in the first week of the finals was another sudden death final against the Broncos who had battled injuries throughout the year and had only won 2 games during the past 10 weeks and were hurting from a 22-6 loss to the Sharks in the first week of the finals. The Broncos kept their season alive with a dominant 44-28 victory in a high scoring game on the back of a 4 try performance from Wendell Sailor. [B]First half;[/B] Before the game the crowd and players paid their respects to one of the worst days in history with a minutes silence. The Broncos got stuck in and played a perfect first 20 minutes. Brisbane were not giving the Dragons any possession, were busting some poor defense at will, were rolling over the top of the Dragons forwards and were being productive on every set. After 20 minutes the Broncos lead 20-0 with Civoniceva scoring 2 tries in the first 5 minutes and Sailor scoring a 50 meter solo effort and Lockyer landing 4 goals from as many attempts. The Dragons were playing incredibly poorly missing basic tackles and giving away stupid penalties. The Dragons got on the board thanks to a knock on from Broncos lock Burns and a poor call from referee Paul Simpkins that paid of for them as Barrett laid on a kick for lock Andrew Hart to pounce. Both sides then traded tries as Sailor scored another great solo effort and Mark Gasnier scored his first try. Both conversions were successful and the score at the break was 26-12. The Dragons were starting to fight back into the game but they still had plenty to do. [B]Second half;[/B] Normal business resumed as Chris Walker scored his first try about 10 minutes after the break as Amos Roberts fluffed a kick from Lockyer so badly it was laughable and Walker pounced to get the Broncos back to a 20 point buffer. Blacklock scored his 27th try of the season thanks to a poor video ref call which somehow awarded him the try despite replays suggesting a double movement (which was obvious). Sailor scored another superb try thanks to some great work from Stuart Kelly deep in our 20 meter zone which got the 20 point lead back. The Dragons kept coming resolutely and thanks to tries from Gasnier and Ryles they got to within 8 points with 10 minutes remaining but the Broncos ensured it was all in vain as Sailor added his 4th try and Chris Walker scored a double to give the Broncos a resounding 44-28 success. [B]Brisbane Broncos 44: [/B]4 tries by Wendell Sailor, 2 tries by Petero Civoniceva and Chris Walker, 6 goals by Darren Lockyer [B]St George Illawarra 28: [/B]2 tries by Mark Gasnier, tries by Nathan Blacklock, Andrew Hart and Jason Ryles, 2 goals by Wayne Bartrim and Mark Riddell [B] Match Summary; [/B]Very entertaining game to watch. 13 tries were scored and both sides really threw the ball around and scored some crackers which made for some great entertainment. The Dragons didn't give in and fought to the end but the Broncos really won the game on the back of the first 20 minutes, after that the Dragons won the game 28-20. It was a fairly comfortable win for the Broncos in the end as they never looked like surrendering the lead and whenever the Dragons looked like they were fighting back in they would score and put it to bed. [B]Notes [/B] - Who would've thought Bulla would score 2 tries in the first 5 minutes of the game :laugh: I didn't think that was possible - Pretty disappointing crowd for a finals game. There were only 19,259 people in the crowd. - Michael Coorey from the famous Baby Broncos game came of the bench and played the final 15 minutes - Corey Parker was playing his 12th first grade game - I think this game is a good example of why Nathan Blacklock didn't play Origin. Blacklock scored 27 tries in 2001 and topped the try scoring list for the 3rd straight year but still didn't get picked for NSW. Blacklock was great with the ball in hand but he was pretty fragile elsewhere and I think in Origin guys like Sailor, Tuquri, Walker, Lockyer, Sing and other big QLD backs would've destroyed him. He had nothing in this game against Sailor and looked frozen. The Dragons also had Amos Roberts at fullback who I regard as another player who missed out on playing Origin due to his defense and other stuff, good with the ball but ordinary elsewhere. Of topic but I think Amos Roberts would be the player with the most City V Country games without a NSW jersey. Roberts played for Country 5 times. - Ash Harrison played at 5/8th for the Broncs and he did very well. His kicking game limited the impact of Gasnier, McGregor and Roberts very efficiently and he helped lay a try on in the first half. Bit of a blast from the past seeing Harrison in a Broncos 5/8th jersey. - Paul McGregor played the 158th and last game of his career. I really like McGregor from the games i've seen. [B]Teams [/B] [B]Brisbane Broncos [/B]1: Darren Lockyer 2: Lote Tuquri 3: Chris Walker 4: Stuart Kelly 5: Wendell Sailor 6: Ash Harrison 7: Shaun Berrigan 8: Shane Webcke 9: Luke Priddis 10: Petero Civoniceva 11: Brad Meyers 12: Dane Carlaw 13: Darren Burns 15: Carl Webb 16: Corey Parker 17: Shane Walker 18: Michael Coorey Coach: Wayne Bennett [B]St-George Illawarra Dragons [/B] 1: Amos Roberts 2: Nathan Blacklock 3: Mark Gasnier 4: Paul McGregor 5: Jamie Ainscough 6: Trent Barrett (captain) 7: Jason Hooper 8: Chris Leikvoll 13: Wayne Bartrim 10: Jason Ryles 11: Darren Treacy 16: Lance Thompson 12: Andrew Hart 9: Mark Riddel 14: Colin Ward 15: Luke Bailey 18: Willie Peters Coach: Andrew Farrer [media=youtube]2cFUV1FOP_o[/media] [/QUOTE]

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