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Joel Gould

Sliding door: Broncos bash brothers nearly joined Storm

Broncos duo Pat Carrigan and Payne Haas have been the club's best forwards of the 2020s. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Brisbane's gun forwards Pat Carrigan and Payne Haas are aiming to bring down a Melbourne side in the NRL grand final that they could have been playing for but for quirks of fate.

Both have been courted by the Storm in the past. Lock forward Carrigan was actually in the Storm academy at Easts Tigers, and prop Haas was set to sign with Melbourne before former Broncos coach Wayne Bennett intervened.

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