BY STAFF WRITERS

Brisbane Broncos legend Shane Webcke has revealed on the Top of the Props podcast how a half-time sledge from rival Willie Mason fired the Broncos into a second stanza onslaught that bundled the Bulldogs out of the 2006 premiership race.

Webcke had already announced 2006 would be his final season and may have thought it was all over with Canterbury leading Brisbane 20-6 after 40 minutes at the SFS in the grand final qualifier.

As the players were heading up the sheds at half-time, Mason bellowed: “We’re going to the grand final!”.

From that moment… everything changed.

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