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[QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2730577, member: 1899"] [B]NRL Round 4 2000 Cronulla Sharks vs Brisbane Broncos[/B] Cronulla David Peachey, Matt Rogers, Andrew Ettingshausen, Colin Best, Brett Howland Adam Dykes, Blaine Stanley Adam Pierce, Dean Triester, Martin Lang, Nathan Long, Chris McKenna, Nick Graham Interchange: Tim Maddinson, Sam Isemonger, Paul Mellor, Shannon Donato, Paul McNicholas Brisbane Darren Lockyer, Lote Tuqiri, Ben Ikin, Michael De Vere, Wendell Sailor Kevin Walters, Ben Walker Shane Webcke, Luke Priddis, Petero Civoniceiva, Gorden Tallis, Brad Thorn, Kevin Campion Interchange: Michael Hancock, Dane Carlaw, Shane Walker, Tonie Carroll, Harvey Howard, Shaun Berrigan Brisbane came from no where to steal a 18-14 win at Toyota Park. Nothing seemed to go right for the visitors and once Brett Howland latched onto a loose pass from Walker and raced 90m it appeared as if the Sharks were home and hosed. However, with their galaxy of stars the Broncos weren't prepared to go down without a fight and once Brad Thorn broke into the clear in the 72nd minute, it appeared as if the fightback had started. However, in one of the biggest footy bloopers of all time, Brad Thorn delayed the put-down and spilled the football in an effort to put it down before the dead-ball line. Ordinarily that would be the last roll of the dice for most sides, but the Broncos would not be denied. Off the back of a lazy penalty, North Sydney recruit Ben Ikin showed his skills beating David Peachey to a shallow grubber kick from Ben Walker and planting the loose ball down in one motion. That try made it 14-12 Sharks with only four minutes left. Young Sharks five-eighth Adam Dykes was tasked with the last tackle kick, but his team-mates would have been unhappy with his effort as Dykes' wayward kick went out on the full, giving the Broncos one last crack at the Sharks line. The Broncos didn't look like scoring until the aforementioned Brad Thorn got his hands on the football. He would have been the last player Wayne Bennett would have wanted to kick on the last, but Thorn stepped up to the plate and while it wasn't the flashest kick a wonderful chase by Wendell Sailor proved effective. Sailor jumped above the pack, batting the ball back to Lockyer who flung the ball to Ben Ikin who summed up the situation and gave it to his support in Sailor to score a remarkable try. BRISBANE BRONCOS 18 (Carroll, Ikin, Sailor tries; B. Walker 3/3 goals) defeated CRONULLA SHARKS 14 (Howland 2, Stanley tries; Rogers 1/3 goals) It was a real get out of jail performance for the Broncos. Despite the obvious difference in talent, the Sharks held their own and frustrated the Broncos with their relentless style of football. They just kept hanging in and hanging in and eventually it got the better of the Broncos star players who were forcing passes to try and break free. Invariably those passes wouldn't stick and the Broncos would have to play catch-up and hope that a Locky or a Wendell could bail them out. At times, watching these old 2000's games feels like I'm watching a different sport. Just a different approach and mind-set to the game with players standing deeper, a lot less dummy half running and of course back then you had the unlimited interchange where coaches were making up to 50 changes in a single game. Like most Cronulla games, this wasn't pretty to watch but some of the highlights from Lockyer were sensational. That pass at the death maybe one of the best in Broncos history - 3 players swarming on him and he somehow finds a way to deliver the perfect pass. Just unreal stuff. [/QUOTE]
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