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Message: [QUOTE="DropBear, post: 2577869, member: 8609"] Absolutely. This is a massive part of rugby league and Brisbane history that has pretty much been forgotten about nowadays. There was a real community/tribalism aspect in the BRL that helped shape a lot of Brisbane's/Qld's identity in general as well. I found this link some time ago where a Dr. was in the process of writing a thesis on the decline of Brisbane community culture linked to the decline of the BRL - [url=http://web.archive.org/web/20051018194433/http://rl1908.com/Rugby-League-News/Brisbane-History.htm]Brisbane Rugby League History[/url] I still remember (I was only a young fella) before the Broncos came along, watching BRL games on TV with my family, some of whom used to play in the BRL, and it was a really big deal back then. You can sort of see where the whole State of Origin 'us against them' mentality came from looking back and what the NSWRL did. I would love to see it remembered in a formal context by the NRL. [/QUOTE]

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