sentences:  Former Australian representative Brisbane Rugby League player John Ribot was appointed the club's first chief executive officer.As the people of Brisbane got more and more behind the club, interest in the NSWRL competition increased and the Bronco took up some of the best players from the Brisbane Rugby League competition, and the BRL soon entered a phase of decline.The Broncos' first year of 1988 was the first time no player from the BRL was chosen to represent Queensland in the State of Origin.