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Message: [QUOTE="Broncoman, post: 2548285, member: 7803"] The first premiership was obviously one of the greatest moments for Rugby League in Queensland and for the club but it's always sweeter to win against all odds and silence the critics like we did in 93. According to Wayne Bennett's memoir this is how the 1993 season went; Team attitude at the start of the year was poor as after the success of 92 the players had the belief they only had to turn up to win. Lost 2 of the first 3 games scrapping home against Cronulla and losing to Canterbury and Parramatta (The game against the Eels was the first game at QE2). Turned it around with a win against Canberra in Round 4 followed by wins against Balmain, Penrith and St George. Origin hit stalling the campaign and after a win against the Sharks which we led by 38-12 before almost being run down had us 4th on the table with 6 rounds to go. Everything than went smoothly till the last round which we were beaten 16-10 by St George which left us in 5th spot with sudden death finals all the way. Bennett considers after the St George game we were at our very best with the commitment and authority outstanding. Began the finals giving Manly a hiding which gave the team a lot of confidence and we ended up beating the Raiders to stay alive. Had a great win against the Bulldogs one of the best in the clubs history and won the grand final over St George by 14-6. Chris Johns apparently backed us $5000 and 4-1 to win the premiership before the finals and ended up winning $20,000. [/QUOTE]

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