“He pulled up well after the Brisbane run – you wouldn't think he'd gone around.”
Mick Hicks
“If you look at the first morning in Brisbane when we were 4-111, I think their intensity was up pretty high then,”
Ricky Ponting
“It does make the job tougher playing a big pack like Brisbane but it gives a number of young blokes the opportunity now.”
Ricky Stuart
“The 747 can land with no problem, but depending on their destination, if they're going nonstop to Brisbane, they have to put on so much fuel that they increase their weight. This means they need more runway. But they can go to London, Paris, or Tokyo. And we have every day corporate airplanes like the Gulf Stream Five that take off for international destinations.”
Dave Miller
“I wasn't going to die wondering why we didn't win, like we didn't win (when competing with) Brisbane or Melbourne. We needed to get our fair share of votes out of Africa.”
John Coates
“One of our focal points going into the game was the boards against Brisbane and to stay competitive. And I thought Benny Knight was absolutely outstanding with 16 boards - I can't remember him playing a better game than that for us.”
Brian Goorjian
“Our assessment was that the factors that led to the introduction of the allowances had changed. If Brisbane weren't as successful as they are, I believe the decision would be the same.”
Andrew Demetriou
