On this day, the South-East Queensland Crushers enter the competition; the NRL fines the Roosters for salary cap breaches the year after their 2002 title; and Israel Folau tops a public poll for inclusion in the inaugural NRL All Stars team.
On this day, teen idol Greg Inglis bursts onto the Test scene, fans rally in their thousands to try and save the Rabbitohs and a broom goes through the Brisbane Broncos.