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Wed April 25, 2012
Source: www.broncos.com.auSam Thaiday once used to work picking up glasses at the Broncos Leagues Club - now his photo takes pride of place on the wall.
Today Thaiday and Bronco Leagues Club general manager Geoff Kuehner unveiled Thaiday's captain's photo in the foyer of the club.
He takes his place alongside the six great captains of the Broncos - Wally Lewis, Gene Miles, Allan Langer, Kevin Walters, Gorden Tallis and Darren Lockyer.
Thaiday said it was a great honour in an important week as the Broncos get ready to host the Gold Coast Titans at Suncorp Stadium on Friday night.
WATCH VIDEO HEREFri April 20, 2012
by ABC Sport
Source: www.abc.net.auCameron Smith celebrated his first Test as Australia's full-time skipper with the match-winning try as the Kangaroos held off a persistent but error-riddled New Zealand 20-12 at Eden Park on Friday night.
In Australia's first Test of the post-Darren Lockyer era, the Kangaroos overcame the sin-binning of full-back Billy Slater to maintain their dominance of the annual mid-year clash - the Kiwis still without a win in the Anzac Test since 1998.
Having put themselves back into the contest when Shaun Johnson marked his Test debut with a 90-metre intercept try to cut the deficit to two points, the Kiwis were unable to go on with the job, with Smith sealing the result with a short-range try 10 minutes from full-time.
"The Kiwis were never going to roll over. We had to fight all the way to the end," Sam Thaiday told Grandstand.
"That was a true Australia-New Zealand Test, there was some tough work."
The Kiwis will no doubt rue the plethora of errors which punctuated their performance, including 41 missed tackles and two kicks out on the full, though they can take some heart from the fact it was the third straight mid-year Test decided by 10 points or less.
"We stuck to our long kicking game, and turned their big fellas around and we got a couple of errors off them," Johnathan Thurston said of the second-half arm wrestle.
"It was definitely a grind. I thought we had enough gas left in the back half to give ourselves a chance. Unfortunately they scored that try with about 10 to go," he said.
"We got off to a good start but probably took our foot off the pedal a little bit in that first half.
"A couple of back-to-back errors which are also to costly against a good team like Australia."
While the fans gave him an icy reception, there was no special treatment for Kiwi-born Australian debutant James Tamou, who was the least productive of the Kangaroos front-rowers with 77 metres from 10 runs.
Fellow debutant Johnson was left writhing in pain, holding his shoulder in the opening minute before recovering for a memorable first Test.
"Certainly highs and lows. That intercept try is something I'll never forget, such as buzz running in to score, but it wasn't a good feeling when I was lying on the ground in the first minute of the game," he said.
The 21-year-old noted the step up in intensity.
"You're playing the best of the best players. If you don't come in prepared that it's going to be brutal, fast and really physical you're going to be no show," he added.
"I thought we matched them pretty well tonight."
Costly errorsDesperately needing to be the first to score after the break, the Kiwis had a shocking start to the second stanza, with Jason Nightingale taken into touch on the third tackle, Nathan Fien kicking out on the full and conceding a penalty in the first five minutes.
But their luck turned with Johnson plucking a Cooper Cronk pass in the 46th minute and racing 90 metres to drag the home side within two points at 14-12.
The Kiwi chant went up but it was the Kangaroos who went closest when Akuila Uate fumbled just short of the tryline after Justin Hodges had flung the ball infield when tackled into touch by Brisbane team-mate Josh Hoffman.
The Kiwis continued to be their own worst enemy as this time Benji Marshall kicked out on the full inside his own half, and with David Taylor starting to cause damage against a tiring defence, Smith left his mark as he swivelled over after a grubber kick bounced back into his arms.
In front of a pumped-up 35,329-strong crowd that will no doubt add weight to calls for the match to remain part of the calendar, the Kiwis charged out of the gates with Issac Luke going over after team-mate Jeremy Smith had been held up over the line.
The Kangaroos hit back as Johnathan Thurston and Greg Inglis scored four minutes apart to put the visitors in control before they lost Slater to the sin bin when he was deemed to have committed a professional foul in taking out Alex Glenn as he chased a Johnson kick near the tryline.
The one-man advantage did not help the Kiwis, however, with the Australians actually extending their advantage beyond a converted try with a penalty just before half-time to lead 14-6.
Australia: 20 (G Inglis, J Thurston, C Smith tries; J Thurston 4 goals)
New Zealand: 12 (S Johnson, I Luke tries; B Marshall 2 goals)
Source:
ABC SportClick here for audio interviews and other related linksInterviews with Tim Sheens, Sam Thaiday, Johnathan Thurston, Stephen Kearney, Simon Mannering, Shaun Johnson and Sam McKendry.
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 2012 State of Origin
Queensland Origin
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2012 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
10 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [02 Mar 12] W 18-6 v Parramatta (A). [PR]
[View] Round 2 [09 Mar 12] L 26-28 v North Qld (H). [PR]
[View] Round 3 [16 Mar 12] W 24-10 v Newcastle (A). [SR]
[View] Round 4 [23 Mar 12] W 20-12 v Souths (A). [SR]
[View] Round 5 [30 Mar 12] W 28-20 v Dragons (H). [SR]
[View] Round 6 [06 Apr 12] W 18-14 v Wests Tigers (A). [SR]
[View] Round 7 [13 Apr 12] W 30-6 v Canberra (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [27 Apr 12] W 26-6 v Gold Coast (H). [SR]
[View] Round 9 [05 May 12] L 20-30 v Warriors (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 10 [11 May 12] L 22-24 v Manly (H). [SR]
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2012 International Test Matches
Australia
1 games; [View] Bill Kelly Cup [20 Apr 12] W 20-12 v New Zealand (A). [SR]
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2011 State of Origin
Queensland Origin
3 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Origin [25 May 11] W 16-12 v NSW Origin (H). [SR]
[View] Origin [15 Jun 11] L 8-18 v NSW Origin (A). [SR]
[View] Origin [06 Jul 11] W 34-24 v NSW Origin (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
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2011 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
21 games; 3 tries, 12 points.
[View] Round 1 [11 Mar 11] L 14-16 v Cowboys (H). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [18 Mar 11] W 20-4 v Canberra (A). [PR]
[View] Round 3 [25 Mar 11] W 14-8 v Titans (A). [PR]
[View] Round 4 [01 Apr 11] W 18-10 v Panthers (H). [PR]
[View] Round 5 [11 Apr 11] W 17-6 v Knights (H). [PR]
[View] Round 6 [16 Apr 11] W 24-6 v Roosters (A). [PR]
[View] Round 7 [22 Apr 11] W 31-18 v Wests Tigers (A). [PR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 8 [29 Apr 11] W 20-12 v Canterbury (H). [SR]
[View] Round 10 [13 May 11] L 10-33 v Panthers (A). [SR]
[View] Round 13 [03 Jun 11] W 34-16 v Cronulla (A). [SR]
[View] Round 15 [17 Jun 11] W 21-14 v Dragons (H). [SR]
[View] Round 16 [24 Jun 11] L 12-16 v Rabbitohs (A). [SR]
[View] Round 19 [15 Jul 11] W 30-10 v Titans (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 20 [22 Jul 11] L 6-26 v Storm (A). [SR]
[View] Round 21 [29 Jul 11] W 46-16 v Cronulla (H). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [06 Aug 11] W 21-20 v Warriors (H). [SR]
[View] Round 23 [12 Aug 11] W 34-16 v Cowboys (A). [SR]
[View] Round 24 [22 Aug 11] W 26-6 v Knights (A). [SR]
[View] Round 25 [28 Aug 11] W 22-10 v Rabbitohs (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 26 [04 Sep 11] W 18-10 v Manly (H). [SR]
[View] Finals Week 3 [23 Sep 11] L 14-26 v Manly. [SR]
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2011 International Test Matches
Australia
2 games; [View] Bill Kelly Cup [06 May 11] W 20-10 v New Zealand (H). [SR]
[View] Bill Kelly Cup [16 Oct 11] W 42-6 v New Zealand (H). [SR]
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2011 Four Nations Test Series
Australia
2 games; [View] Round 1 [28 Oct 11] W 26-12 v New Zealand. [SR]
[View] Round 2 [05 Nov 11] W 36-20 v England (A). [SR]
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2010 State of Origin
Queensland Origin
3 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Origin [26 May 10] W 28-24 v NSW Origin (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Origin [16 Jun 10] W 34-6 v NSW Origin (H). [SR]
[View] Origin [07 Jul 10] W 23-18 v NSW Origin (A). [SR]
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2010 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
21 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 1 [12 Mar 10] W 30-24 v Cowboys (H). [SR]
[View] Round 2 [22 Mar 10] L 14-22 v Raiders (A). [SR]
[View] Round 3 [28 Mar 10] L 16-48 v Warriors (H). [SR]
[View] Round 4 [02 Apr 10] L 6-25 v Roosters (A). [SR]
[View] Round 5 [09 Apr 10] L 16-34 v Dragons (A). [SR]
[View] Round 6 [18 Apr 10] W 44-16 v Sharks (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 7 [23 Apr 10] L 18-36 v Bulldogs (A). [SR]
[View] Round 8 [30 Apr 10] L 22-30 v Knights (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 9 [09 May 10] W 36-14 v Storm (A). [PR]
[View] Round 10 [14 May 10] W 28-6 v Titans (H). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [29 May 10] W 20-4 v Sharks (A). [SR]
[View] Round 13 [06 Jun 10] W 22-6 v Sea Eagles (A). [SR]
[View] Round 15 [18 Jun 10] L 12-22 v Panthers (H). [SR]
[View] Round 16 [26 Jun 10] W 10-6 v Eels (A). [SR]
[View] Round 19 [16 Jul 10] W 24-10 v Titans (A). [SR]
[View] Round 20 [26 Jul 10] L 30-34 v Roosters (H). [SR]
[View] Round 21 [01 Aug 10] W 10-6 v Dragons (H). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [06 Aug 10] W 34-26 v Cowboys (A). [SR]
[View] Round 23 [13 Aug 10] L 14-30 v Eels (H). [SR]
[View] Round 24 [20 Aug 10] L 18-44 v Knights (A). [SR]
[View] Round 26 [03 Sep 10] L 16-18 v Canberra (H). [SR]
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2010 International Test Matches
Australia
1 games; [View] Anzac Test Match [07 May 10] W 12-8 v New Zealand (H). [SR]
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2010 Four Nations Test Series
Australia
4 games; [View] Round 1 [24 Oct 10] W 42-0 v PNG (H). [SR]
[View] Round 2 [31 Oct 10] W 34-14 v England (H). [SR]
[View] Round 3 [06 Nov 10] W 34-20 v New Zealand (A). [SR]
[View] Final [13 Nov 10] L 12-16 v New Zealand (H). [SR]
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2009 State of Origin
Queensland Origin
3 games; [View] Origin [03 Jun 09] W 28-18 v NSW Origin. [SR]
[View] Origin [24 Jun 09] W 24-14 v NSW Origin (A). [SR]
[View] Origin [15 Jul 09] L 16-28 v NSW Origin (H). [BE]
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2009 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
23 games; 3 tries, 12 points.
[View] Round 1 [13 Mar 09] W 19-18 v Cowboys (H). [SR]
[View] Round 2 [20 Mar 09] W 16-14 v Storm (H). [SR]
[View] Round 3 [28 Mar 09] W 26-10 v Warriors (A). [SR]
[View] Round 4 [03 Apr 09] L 12-25 v Dragons (H). [SR]
[View] Round 5 [10 Apr 09] W 28-24 v Roosters (A). [SR]
[View] Round 6 [17 Apr 09] W 38-18 v Panthers (A). [SR]
[View] Round 7 [24 Apr 09] W 40-8 v Eels (H). [SR]
[View] Round 8 [02 May 09] L 12-28 v Knights (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 9 [10 May 09] L 20-22 v Sea Eagles (H). [SR]
[View] Round 10 [15 May 09] W 32-18 v Titans (H). [SR]
[View] Round 11 [22 May 09] W 20-18 v Tigers (A). [SR]
[View] Round 13 [05 Jun 09] L 4-48 v Storm (A). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [12 Jun 09] L 22-44 v Bulldogs (H). [SR]
[View] Round 16 [28 Jun 09] L 14-21 v Eels (A). [SR]
[View] Round 17 [03 Jul 09] W 28-14 v Warriors (H). [SR]
[View] Round 22 [10 Aug 09] W 30-10 v Sharks (H). [SR]
[View] Round 23 [16 Aug 09] W 58-24 v Panthers (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 24 [21 Aug 09] W 12-2 v Dragons (A). [SR]
[View] Round 25 [28 Aug 09] W 16-10 v Cowboys (A). [SR]
[View] Round 26 [06 Sep 09] W 22-10 v Raiders (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Finals Week 1 [12 Sep 09] W 40-32 v Titans. [SR]
[View] Finals Week 2 [19 Sep 09] W 24-10 v Dragons. [SR]
[View] Finals Week 3 [26 Sep 09] L 10-40 v Storm. [SR]
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2008 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
22 games; 8 tries, 32 points.
[View] Round 1 [16 Mar 08] W 48-12 v Panthers (H). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [21 Mar 08] W 20-14 v Roosters (A). [PR]
[View] Round 3 [28 Mar 08] W 36-2 v Cowboys (H). [PR]
[View] Round 4 [04 Apr 08] L 8-28 v Storm (A). [PR]
[View] Round 5 [13 Apr 08] W 34-22 v Knights (A). [SR]
[View] Round 6 [18 Apr 08] L 24-26 v Gold Coast (A). [SR]
[View] Round 7 [25 Apr 08] W 32-18 v Rabbitohs (H). [SR]
[View] Round 8 [03 May 08] W 34-22 v Tigers (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t (25)
[View] Round 9 [11 May 08] L 12-30 v Sea Eagles (H). [SR]
[View] Round 12 [30 May 08] W 30-26 v Eels (H). [SR]
[View] Round 14 [15 Jun 08] L 16-34 v Raiders (A). [SR]
[View] Round 15 [20 Jun 08] W 19-18 v Tigers (H). [SR]
[View] Round 18 [13 Jul 08] L 18-26 v Bulldogs (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 19 [18 Jul 08] W 32-18 v Cowboys (A). [SR] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 20 [25 Jul 08] W 18-12 v Sharks (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 21 [03 Aug 08] W 34-6 v Raiders (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [15 Aug 08] L 20-24 v Dragons (H). [SR]
[View] Round 24 [22 Aug 08] W 25-21 v Gold Coast (H). [SR]
[View] Round 25 [31 Aug 08] W 36-22 v Bulldogs (A). [SR] 8 Pts; 2t
[View] Round 26 [05 Sep 08] W 24-2 v Knights (H). [SR]
[View] Finals Week 1 [12 Sep 08] W 24-16 v Roosters (A). [SR]
[View] Finals Week 2 [20 Sep 08] L 14-16 v Storm (H). [SR]
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2007 World Club Challenge
Brisbane Broncos
1 games; [View] WCC [23 Feb 07] L 14-18 v St Helens (A). [BE]
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2007 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
16 games; 1 tries, 1/2 goals, 6 points.
[View] Round 1 [16 Mar 07] L 16-23 v Cowboys (H). [BE]
[View] Round 2 [25 Mar 07] L 14-24 v Warriors (A). [SR] 6 Pts; 1t (22nd), 1/2g
[View] Round 3 [30 Mar 07] L 28-29 v Panthers (H). [SR]
[View] Round 4 [06 Apr 07] W 32-10 v Roosters (A). [SR]
[View] Round 5 [13 Apr 07] L 16-28 v Gold Coast (A). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [22 Apr 07] W 20-16 v Knights (A). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [27 Apr 07] L 18-28 v Storm (H). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [04 May 07] W 8-4 v Rabbitohs (H). [BE]
[View] Round 19 [23 Jul 07] L 16-20 v Eels (H). [BE]
[View] Round 20 [29 Jul 07] W 30-16 v Cronulla (H). [BE]
[View] Round 21 [05 Aug 07] L 8-21 v Sea Eagles (H). [BE]
[View] Round 22 [12 Aug 07] L 6-14 v Storm (A). [LK]
[View] Round 23 [17 Aug 07] L 24-25 v Bulldogs (H). [LK]
[View] Round 24 [26 Aug 07] W 30-19 v Canberra (H). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [02 Sep 07] L 22-68 v Eels (A). [BE]
[View] Finals Week 1 [09 Sep 07] L 0-40 v Storm (A). [F8]
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2006 Tri-Nations Test Series
Australia
2 games; [View] Tri-Nations Match 2 [21 Oct 06] W 20-15 v New Zealand (H). [BE]
[View] Tri-Nations Match 4 [04 Nov 06] L 12-23 v Great Britain (H). [BE]
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2006 State of Origin
Queensland Origin
3 games; [View] Origin [24 May 06] L 16-17 v NSW Origin (A). [BE]
[View] Origin [14 Jun 06] W 30-6 v NSW Origin (H). [BE]
[View] Origin [05 Jul 06] W 16-14 v NSW Origin. [BE]
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2006 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
20 games; 2 tries, 8 points.
[View] Round 5 [08 Apr 06] W 30-12 v Rabbitohs (H). [BE]
[View] Round 6 [14 Apr 06] W 24-6 v Roosters (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 7 [23 Apr 06] W 30-6 v Panthers (H). [BE]
[View] Round 8 [29 Apr 06] W 30-28 v Raiders (H). [BE]
[View] Round 9 [07 May 06] L 30-32 v Knights (A). [BE]
[View] Round 10 [13 May 06] W 32-10 v Sea Eagles (H). [BE]
[View] Round 12 [27 May 06] W 25-6 v Bulldogs (H). [BE]
[View] Round 13 [04 Jun 06] W 23-18 v Warriors (A). [BE]
[View] Round 15 [16 Jun 06] L 16-18 v Dragons (H). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [25 Jun 06] W 16-10 v Sea Eagles (A). [BE]
[View] Round 18 [07 Jul 06] L 4-10 v Storm (A). [BE]
[View] Round 22 [06 Aug 06] L 18-30 v Raiders (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 23 [13 Aug 06] L 12-18 v Storm (H). [SR]
[View] Round 24 [18 Aug 06] W 30-0 v Bulldogs (A). [SR]
[View] Round 25 [27 Aug 06] W 23-0 v Eels (A). [SR]
[View] Round 26 [03 Sep 06] W 36-12 v Warriors (H). [SR]
[View] Finals Week One [09 Sep 06] L 4-20 v Dragons (H). [SR]
[View] Finals Week Two [16 Sep 06] W 50-6 v Knights (A). [SR]
[View] Finals Week Three [22 Sep 06] W 37-20 v Bulldogs. [SR]
[View] Grand Final [01 Oct 06] W 15-8 v Storm (A). [SR]
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2005 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
13 games; 1 tries, 4 points.
[View] Round 2 [19 Mar 05] L 12-24 v Warriors (H). [SR]
[View] Round 3 [25 Mar 05] W 40-22 v Roosters (A). [BE]
[View] Round 4 [02 Apr 05] L 4-50 v Storm (A). [BE]
[View] Round 7 [23 Apr 05] W 16-12 v Sharks (A). [BE]
[View] Round 12 [28 May 05] W 36-12 v Souths (H). [BE]
[View] Round 14 [11 Jun 05] W 20-12 v Raiders (A). [BE]
[View] Round 15 [18 Jun 05] W 40-22 v Tigers (H). [BE]
[View] Round 16 [26 Jun 05] L 18-30 v Warriors (A). [BE]
[View] Round 17 [03 Jul 05] W 22-10 v Sharks (H). [BE]
[View] Round 25 [26 Aug 05] L 10-17 v Roosters (H). [BE]
[View] Round 26 [02 Sep 05] L 14-28 v Eels (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t (35th)
[View] Finals Week One [10 Sep 05] L 18-24 v Storm (H). [BE]
[View] Finals Week Two [18 Sep 05] L 6-34 v Tigers. [BE]
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2004 NRL Telstra Premiership
Brisbane Broncos
1 games; [View] Round 1 [14 Mar 04] W 28-20 v Warriors (H). [BE]
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