Shane Webcke

He, he- I think you just, you get- ... he's in his 50s beating athletes.

Yeah, he gets in the tra- he gets, I mean- Shane Webcke.

Yeah, well...

No, I could've beaten Webby running backwards.

Mm.

I reckon it would've been a forward.

Yeah, Shane Webcke maybe.

Could've been.

Obviously, went up to Brisbane my year after school.

Met Kozza, I met Shane Webcke, Petro Sinanaca, Darren Lockyer, some great leaders.

Yeah.

And obviously, you know, the forefront of that was Wayne Bennett, who was our coach.

Where does he rate in all-time Broncos? And we're talking the cream of the crop here.

I think with forwards, you know, yes, you could argue, like, Webcke, Lazzo, Petro, Brad Thorn won more premierships or whatever, but at just individual performances, I think he's one of our greatest forwards of all time, no doubt, no question.

Man, asking to rank him is a, it's an impossible task.

You can't do it.

Wally Lewis, Alf.

Do you have Lazarus, like-

Let, let, let, let's talk forwards then.

He is outstanding at the moment.

Shane Webcke in the call last night said the minute your wingers can play through the middle like a front rower and take that carry-

Well that's what he does

... that's what he does, y-y-you're already there with your wingers.

I, I, mate, I, I-- Hey, Flanno, my last game was in Townsville and I always get emotional.

That's my fairy tale.

Shane Webcke went out with a grand final.

He w- he, he walked away, but for me to play my last game, 5Ks where I played my first ever game of rugby league, got dressed under a tree and I'm playing in front of 70 family and friends, playing against the Cowboys.

But when I look at Payne, like I say, and everything that he's done for that club, Germ, you think of the champion front row forwards that have ... or, or let's just say even champion forwards that have walked through the hallways and worn the Broncos jumper.

It's Glenn Lazarus, it's Shane Webcke, it's Gorden Tallis, Andrew Gee, Petro O'Toole.

Uh, there's been so many.

Brad Thorn, Tony Carroll.

Mm.

Like, you know, Lazarus, Webcke.

Lerick, Petro.

Is, is Payne Haas getting one of the starting spots of an all-time Broncos team?

So what's your Broncos all-time front row?

Oh.

Payne, Webcke, Petro.

Yeah, that's a tough, that's-

There's a good moment in Origin, though, where Danny Bedigers, um, I mean, the boys probably talk about it, but he...

The Blues kicked off, and Webcke took the first hit up, and Bedigers was just down there before anyone and just l- launched into him, and just, he just kinda bounced off him, but it was just kinda the intent that showed.

Yeah.

God, he was good, Bedigers.

Mm.

Like, could they be any more different to what's there now? Like, we're talking- [laughs]

Oh, yeah, Webcke, Petro.

And, you know-

It was Kevin Walters' last game.

I think Webcke played with a broken arm.

Was it that game? Yeah.

I think it was that, that game then, yeah.