 The Premiership successes had been missing from the club since 1987, and the first and only grand final appearance in the '90s came in a loss to rivals University in the 1990 Grand Final.Brothers continued to produce quality players such as past Wallaby captain John Eales, former Queensland Reds captain and Australian Vice Captain Elton Flatley and fellow Reds players David Croft and Sean Hardman along with the recently retired Glen Panoho.In 2005, the club celebrated its Centenary and the following year after a long 16 years absence reached the Grand Final, losing 23–22 to Wests in the 2006 Grand Final.