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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2548921, member: 1899"] What about our first ever championship victory? The 1989 Panasonic Cup Now, this game happened before I was even born but it's impact on the club shouldn't be ignored. For those who don't know/can't remember, the Panasonic Cup was a mid-week elimination style competition played adjacent to the NSWRL competition. Brisbane had been knocked out in the first round of the previous tournament and went into the final as heavy favourites looking to make ammends for the earlier disappointment. Standing in their way stood the Illawarra Steelers, the perrenial underdogs who had only won one game in the competition proper and would go onto take the wooden spoon. As you can imagine, the Broncos went in as heavy favourites and at quater time, the boys held a 16 point lead. It had been a typical Broncos performance which featured some well executed exchanges of passes which created space down the right fringe and some great plays from our slew of stars. Then the Steelers came roaring back. Smokin' Joe Kilroy spilled a probing grubber from English import, Andy Gregory, inside his own in-goal allowing Rodwell to pounce and put the Steelers on the board. Then flying centre, Jeff Hardy, intercepted an ill-conceived bat on pass from Brett Le Man to race away and link up with Wishart and before you knew it, the Steelers were back in the contest 16-14. The game then turned into a torrid affair where defence reigned supreme. After some very tense moments, the Broncos were able to take the match when Jacko ran the perfect line off a nice pass from Materson which cut the Steelers to pieces before finding Miles on the inside. To this day, Steelers fans still declare the pass forward but it doesn't matter as the Broncos held onto win 22-20. Then things turned ugly. Since the game was played at Parramatta stadium, the bulk of the audience was made up of Steelers fans and Sydney supporters. Clearly, Brisbane winning didn't sit well with them and so they resorted to hurling abuse and projectiles at the players. To make matters worse, despite winning the match, the man of the match award went to Andy Gregory, a shock choice that didn't add up, especially to the Broncos. In the end, the scene at Parramatta stadium was such an embarrassment that NSWRL chairman Ken Arthurson personally visited the Broncos dressing room post-game and apologised on the game's behalf. However, in a moment that would define the club, the Broncos reported back in Brisbane and in a moment that only the King could get away with, he told the Sydney fans they could all kiss their... then all the players turned around and pointed to their backsides. It was a moment that told the Rugby League community that the Broncos were about to accept abuse lying down and boy did we make some enemies in the process. [/QUOTE]

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