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Message: [QUOTE="GCBRONCO, post: 2986889, member: 1808"] Brisbane Broncos 26 vs Canberra Raiders 12 @ Lang Park Round 3 1991 Crowd: 23801 [MEDIA=youtube]qubvYw4marY[/MEDIA] Brisbane Broncos 26([B]Tries[/B]: Steve Renouf 2, Andrew Gee, Michael Hancock, Gene Miles [B]Goals[/B]: Terry Matterson (2/3) Allan Langer (1/3) vs Canberrra Raiders 12([B]Tries:[/B] Scott Gale, Steve Walters [B]Goals:[/B] 2/4) Brisbane Broncos: 1. Tony Currie 2. Brett Plowman 3. Steve Renouf 4. Chris Johns 5. Michael Hancock 6. Kevin Walters 7. Allan Langer 8. Andrew Tessman 9. Kerrod Walters 10. Gavin Allen 11. Trevor Gillmeister 12. Andrew Gee 13. Gene Miles (C) [B]Bench:[/B] 14. Greg Dowling 15. Terry Matterson 16. John Plath 17. Willie Morganson Canberra Raiders: 1. Darrell McDonald 2. Paul Martin 3. Mal Meninga (c) 4. Scott Gale 5. Mark Bell 6. Matthew Wood 7. Ricky Stuart 8. Brent Todd 9. Steve Walters 10. Glenn Lazarus 11. David Barnhill 12. Gary Coyne 13. Laurie Daley [B]Bench:[/B] 14. Phil Carey 15. Glenn Ryan 16. Brett Boyd 17. Jason Croker Canberra Raiders despite missing a fair few players to injuries started the match the stronger, Meninga kicking an early penalty goal to give the Raiders an early 2-0 lead and then a switch of play from side to side saw Scott Gale with an angled run to score next to the posts. Surprisingly Meninga fails to convert and it's 6-0. A mistake on the returning set by Canberra sees the Broncos on the attack, Tessmann the prop puts up the bomb and McDonald drops it cold in goal and it's a line dropout. The Broncos are starting to look more lively and Gee despite copping a swinging arm does a dive act and though the Broncos get the penalty, Gee gets a deserved warning. Now here is something you would rarely ever see from Langer! Him actually taking attempts at penalties or conversions and for good reason, he really wasn't up for it. Despite being right in front it hits the goal sticks and bounces in goal for which the Raiders regather and make it out of their in-goal, the Broncos didn't even bother to chase it to try to trap them which was pretty disappointing. McDonald is sent off for 5 minutes for tackling Currie without the ball and the Broncos take the tap and spread it out wide, Renouf gets the ball, shows amazing footwork and looks certain to score when the ball is knocked back in a tackle attempt and Andrew Gee scoops it up to go over to score. 6-4 kick to come. Langer takes a second attempt with a harder attempt and actually makes it 6 all. On kick return the Broncos spread it wide, make a break through Currie, Langer, Kerrod Walters, hancock all playing their part to get the Broncos deep in attack. Miles to Kevin Walters to Andrew Gee. Plowman up the middle, Langer looks certain to score but Stuart kicks it out of his hands and it should have been play on with Plowman gathering and going over to score, Broncos definitely robbed! Currie makes use of the newly introduced 10 metre rule for kick returns by slowly working out of the in goal and making the Raider defenders wait for him for which he then accelerates and gets tackled while they are offside. Both sides have been making soft mistakes ever since that last Broncos try and it's cost both sides field position and possible points before halftime. 6-6 at half-time and really there should have been a lot more points in this match, dodgy call against the Broncos and poor ball handling from both sides really hampered that. Both coaches at halftime hammered it home, ball control! Whoever holds onto the ball would go onto win this match both coaches agreed and so did the commentators. Early into the match Plowman looks certain to score thanks to a great Miles offload but just tackled before the line. Broncos get a quick play the ball and Kevin Walters sends it out wide to Miles who goes over to score an early second half try to make it 10-6 with a kick to come. Matterson must have been interchanged prior to half time as Langer takes the attempt and he misses so it remains 10-6. Not long after Raiders deep in attack get a penalty and Meninga decides to go for the 2 right in front and he makes it 10-8. The Raiders also look like they got robbed with Meninga putting it down in the ingoal corner before going over the sideline. One thing I notice and certainly so do the commentators, the introduction of the 10 metre defensive onside rule really was a great addition to the game, defensive teams just easily exploited the 5 metre rule. And again both sides are just too guilty of poor ball control I have seriously lost count of how many mistakes made so many points on offer but cheap turnovers just prove costly 18 points scored so far but really should be 40 in total by now given how great these teams were in attack. Then all of the sudden deep in the Broncos field Kevin Walters makes a great break, Renouf in support positions himself perfectly to go in under the post untouched, easily the best try and attacking raid of the game so far. 14-8 before Matterson converts to make it 16-8. Broncos make another break through Miles but Matterson unfortunately knocks it on. Daley gets penalised for not playing the ball correctly and Broncos are deep in attack. Again sloppy ball control sees the Raiders counterattack only to lose it with no one to receive the play the ball and the Broncos diving on it. A few tackles later Langer puts up a bomb, Bell takes the ball and Plowman absolutely crunches him which makes Bell lose the ball and Steve Renouf pounces on the ball and goes over to score his second of the match to make it 20-8 with Matterson failing to convert and the match remains 20-8. Raiders respond with Steve Walters strolling through some soft Broncos defence to make it 20-12 but Meninga fails to convert. Interesting to note the commentators talking about Bennett's days at the Raiders and Bennett crediting Don Furner for recruiting a lot of the stars the Raiders would produce that would make them a force in the coming seasons. Oh what a try combination from Currie and Hancock absolutely outstanding! Meninga puts in a well placed chip kick but Currie cleans it up so very nicely to make a break and sends it inside to Hancock who goes over under the sticks untouched, Matterson converts and it's 26-12. Langer makes a trademark break up the middle, Currie supports him on the outside and looks certain to score but just brought down. Raiders lucky not to be penalised for being offside on the last tackle, Steve Walters especially lucky not to be binned for making the tackle and he was still getting back onside! Not long after it looks like Kevin Walters will make a break up the middle but knocks it on and the match is over. Final score 26-12. What could have been an electrifying match from both sides was hampered by poor ball control and sloppy passes. But to be fair it was only round 3 of the competition and you could hardly expect either side to be at their peak. Currie, Hancock, Tessmann were probably the best 3 for the Broncos. While for the Raiders I would say Meninga, Lazo and Walters were their best in a beaten side. I don't think I'll forget seeing Langer attempting penalty and conversion attempts! Trust me people, there has been worse then Parker in our history as a club when it comes to kicking goals! [/QUOTE]

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