The last time a Brisbane rugby league side entered the topflight, Broncos founding father Barry Maranta offered the club s inaugural playing roster a then-unprecedented $1500 each per win.
The winning bonus was more than double any other going around in the NSWRL competition of 1988, but was offset with a $50 pay packet if the team lost. That will pay for petrol to get you to training and give you a strong incentive to win next week, Maranta told the players 33 years ago.
With the majority of Queensland s State of Origin side on the books and a monopoly on the Sunshine State s capital, the Broncos struck success rarely seen in the modern game, with mileage and then some too.