Dubbed The Entertainers , the Canterbury side which went all the way in 1980 to deliver the club its third premiership featured the three Mortimer brothers and the three Hughes boys.
Steve, Peter and Chris Mortimer joined forces with Graeme, Mark and Garry Hughes to create a special piece of rugby league history as a brash young Canterbury side charged from eighth at the halfway point of the season to win 13 of their last 15 games and take the title.
Canterbury arrived at a sun-drenched SCG on September 27, 1980 brimming with confidence after beating Easts 13-7 in the major semi-final a fortnight earlier to earn a week off and they made the perfect start when sharp shooter Steve Gearin landed an early penalty goal after Roosters forward Des O Reilly was pinged for a swinging arm.
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