Queensland captain Stuart Law has paid tribute to the depth of his state's resources and the quality of its emerging players in the wake of its 235-run victory over Tasmania in the 2001-02 Pura Cup Final here in Brisbane today.

"The new guys that came in (to our eleven) really stuck their hands up; they really wanted to win badly and they produced," said Law after watching a side deprived of the services of Matthew Hayden, Jimmy Maher, Andy Bichel, Nathan Hauritz and Adam Dale hand its state its third successive first-class title and its fifth in the space of eight seasons.

In the lead-up to the game, Law had stressed that his squad had been persistently faced by adversity this summer, highlighting the problems posed by injuries and the absence of an unusually large number of players to international commitments.

And, in its aftermath, he could barely have been more fulsome in his praise of how his players had responded to the challenge.

"We're just over the moon with what the young guys coming into the side have achieved.

"They did the job; they had to learn different methods and the way that we wanted them to play the game instead of fitting in with their natural, aggressive tone.

"To go through 20-odd players for the summer is something new to Queensland. And to still come out on top at the end of the summer (represents) a fantastic effort.

"I'm really proud of our guys."

"It's to do with the whole culture that we've created," added Law of the Bulls' extraordinary string of successes over the course of the last decade.

"No-one's more important than the next person (in our squad). You might have a guy who has played for 10 years but he's no more important than a guy who's playing his first game.

"You've got a guy (like Daniel Payne) who's coming in and playing his second game - which happens to be a Pura Cup Final - and he doesn't score the runs that he wanted to score but he takes two of the greatest catches you'd want to see.

"And not have any fear whatsoever in his body.

"That says a lot for this cricket team and the way that (coach) Bennett King, and John Buchanan in years gone by, have set it up."

Queensland's win ensured that there is now no captain in Australian domestic history who has led a state to more first-class titles than Law. Richie Benaud, who was at the helm during a golden period for New South Wales cricket, remains the only other leader with five victories to his name.

Today's triumph also sealed the first ever run of three consecutive title victories by a Queensland team, adding even further lustre to the run of success that has emphatically broken a 63-year championship drought.

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