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Message: [QUOTE="GCBRONCO, post: 2578023, member: 1808"] Absolutely, the Broncos were the only thing keeping players in Queensland, Lewis even confirms this in his books that himself and other prominent Queensland players only signed recent contracts prior to the Broncos entry on condition that the QRL would enter a team into the NSWRL competition, you already had players in the 80's in their droves heading South because the Brisbane clubs were financially struggling to compete with the money the richer NSW clubs had, hell the Raider's had basically all the big name Souths Magpies players in their squad before the Broncos even joined the NSWRL competition. At the end of the day even if the Broncos or another Brisbane based NSWRL side didn't enter the competition, the ending was the same, the only difference is Queenslanders would actually get to see their players in action locally in a national competition, not all playing for NSW based sides. Recognition needs to be given to their services to the game for players like Lewis, Meninga, Miles, Linder, Dowling, Conescu, Langer etc their careers existed beyond just the NSWRL competition. [/QUOTE]

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