The 1993 Brisbane Broncos season was the sixth in the club's history. Coached by Wayne Bennett and captained by

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, they competed in the

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1993 Winfield Cup The 1993 NSWRL season (known as the 1993 Winfield Cup Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-sixth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. The New South Wales Rugby League's sixteen teams competed for the J. J. Gi ...

premiership, finishing the regular season 5th (out of 16) before going on to play in a re-match of the previous year's

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against the

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and again win, claiming consecutive premierships. In doing so they also became the first team in history to win the premiership from fifth position.

Season summary

After years of dispute with the Lang Park Trust over brewery advertising, Fourex had pouring rights for Lang Park while Powers Brewing was major sponsor of the Broncos. For the 1993 season the Broncos moved to the Council-owned

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, in suburban

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. Signs of a hangover existed with the club losing two of its first three matches, including their debut at the new home ground against the struggling

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. But the Broncos bounced back, beating the

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50-0, (the highest winning margin for the club at the time) to establish themselves solidly in the upper echelons of the competition. A last round lapse against St George relegated the Broncos to fifth spot, meaning they had to win four straight elimination games to defend their title. This match also set the club's highest home ground attendance figure with over 58,000 at ANZ Stadium. In the finals, Brisbane went on to demolish the Manly Sea Eagles' defence in a 36-10 romp. Canberra dropped dead with the loss of

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and the Broncos ran roughshod over them with a 30-12 win. Against the Canterbury Bulldogs in the preliminary final, Brisbane were trailing 16-10 at half time, but Allan Langer scored immediately in the second half to level, then potted a field goal to break the dead lock late in the game with Allan Cann sealing the win scoring under the posts winning the match for the Broncos 23-16. In the

, again against the Dragons, the Broncos were victorious once more, this time 14-6. This win was significant because it was the only time a team which had finished 5th in the minor premiership had gone on to win the competition. It was

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' fifth consecutive grand final appearance, having already played in the previous year's for

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and the three years' before that for Canberra.

Match results

*Game following a

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match

Scorers

Grand final

Brisbane Broncos vs. St George Dragons Brisbane 14 (TRIES: Johns, Matterson, Carne; GOALS: O'Neill 1/3) defeated St George 6 (GOALS: Herron 3/3) Halftime: Brisbane 10-2 Referee: Greg McCallum Stadium: Sydney Football Stadium Crowd: 42,329

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: Brad Mackay (St George)

Honours

League

*Winfield Cup Premiership

Club

*Player of the year:

*Rookie of the year:

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*Back of the year:

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*Forward of the year:

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*Club man of the year: Chris Johns

References

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