Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett had just watched his side get out of jail against South Sydney, but he still had that losing feeling.
By all rights, his side should have had it as well.
The Broncos produced another of their trademark escapes at Aussie Stadium on Sunday, stunning the heroic Rabbitohs with a try just eight seconds from fulltime to score an amazing 22-20 victory.
"With about 30 seconds to go ... I had the losing speech ready," Bennett said.
"Nothing much has changed really. I've still got the losing feeling even though we won.
"We just never stopped believing, which is one of their great strengths. It keeps me coaching I guess."
Brisbane trailed 20-18 with less than 15 seconds remaining and South Sydney had the ball and all the momentum after an inspired performance and some desperate last-ditch defence.
But that's when Brisbane captain Gorden Tallis turned ugly sister to ruin the South Sydney fairytale.
The barnstorming second rower stripped Souths prop Paul Stringer - his side's best in an inspired performance - and the ball fell for Shaun Berrigan who fed Brent Tate to score and give the Broncos a stunning victory.
When Tate planted the ball over the line, there was eight seconds remaining on the clock.
South Sydney players fell to their knees while the Broncos celebrated as video referee Phil Cooley correctly ruled in favour of the visitors.
"I don't know what the rule was, whether you can still strip but I was going to strip it anyway," Tallis said afterwards.
"You give away a penalty with eight seconds to go...you're not going to be too worried are you? It just happened to work. You feel sorry for them."
South Sydney coach Paul Langmack didn't see the Tate try - he was on his way to the dressing room to celebrate.
Langmack thought his side was safe after winger Nathan Merritt produced a scything tackle to stop Stu Kelly only inches short of the line, forcing a turnover and winning Souths possession with time almost up.