Cameron Caldwell (Fadden, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

As for my friend here, the member for Casey, sadly, his Collingwood Magpies were defeated in the prelims. But we went on to win back-to-back premierships—to Lachie Neale and Harris Andrews, coach Chris Fagan and, of course, Will Ashcroft, the Norm Smith medallist on the day. On the weekend, we saw the Brisbane Broncos, who are now the NRL champions. I've been on the Broncos bandwagon since they started back in 1988, and it was a classic decider against another Melbourne team. Sorry about that to all my Melbourne friends! The captain is Adam Reynolds, the coach is Michael Maguire and, Gold Coaster born and bred, the Clive Churchill Medal winner is Reece Walsh.

But that wasn't enough. The women, earlier that day—the Brisbane Broncos NRLW team—also won the premiership. To coach Scott Prince, captain Ali Brigginshaw and Karen Murphy, congratulations on what you did. Of course, earlier this year, to complete it all, we won another State of Origin series. So Queensland really is the sporting capital of Australia.

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