Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett has heralded halves pairing Ben Hunt and Anthony Milford as the new Allan Langer and Kevin Walters after a blistering performance against Wests at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday.

Milford received the three Ultimatesportsmemorabilia.com.au Player of the Year points while Hunt setup one of the tries of the year which started from the Broncos own quarter.

We struggled and it cost us a couple of premierships in the 2000s without a halfback,” Bennett said.

“We always had ‘Locky’ [Darren Lockyer] but he was made into a five-eighth in the end, a very, very good one so that wasn’t the issue but we did really struggle in the halves.

“We had Scott Prince who had a tragic injury here and that never worked out for us and we always battled to get the halfback and five-eighth combinations right.

“When [Milford and Hunt] came together this year I thought the Broncos have seven or eight years in front of them knowing that they’ve got a very stable halves combination.

“I’m not saying they will but the hallmark of the 1990s was Kevin [Walters] and ‘Alf’ [Langer] and these two guys are extremely talented in different ways to Kevin and Alf but they bring a lot to the team.

“They aren’t at their prime yet and are only starting to get an idea for it.”