A thrilling encounter at the newly named Aussie Stadium has seen the Broncos prevail with two late tries to Darren Lockyer sealing a 22-8 victory. Despite losing Brad Fittler, Simon Bonetti and Adrian Morley, the Roosters dominated the first half, but stellar defence from the Broncos saw them trail just 2-0. a runaway try to Stuart Kelly put the Broncos on the board but the match hung in the balance at 10-8 until the brilliance of Lockyer told. The dynamic fullback sent Chris Walker through with 10 minutes to go, backing up to score behind the posts, and then Walker started it again running off Allan Langer with Lockyer again in support, bamboozling Shannon Hegarty and Anthony Minichiello to score the try of the night and put the Broncos back on top of the ladder for 24 hours.

Brisbane 22 defeated Sydney Roosters 8 at Aussie Stadium, Sydney