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The NRL Grand Final is the most watched NRL all season and it did not disappoint this year. The game was between Melbourne Storm and the North Queensland Cowboys.  Image source Melbourne Storm who were the hot and in-form favourites to win the premiership showed that they were a class above the rest on the weekend with their 34-6 thumping over the Cowboys. At the end of the first half the score was already 18-0 and the Cowboys looked like they didn't have much of a chance to get back into the game. The Cowboys only try came just after the half time break. This filled the Cowboys and their supporters with hopes of a comeback, but these hopes were soon after diminished when the Storm went on to score another three tries.  Image source The Clive Churchill medal is the medal that is presented to the man of the match of the Grand Final. This year's Clive Churchill medallist was Billy Slater who plays at Fullback for the Melbourne Storm. This is the second time that Slat...

Last week the preliminary finals for 2017 were played out and they did not disappoint with both games proving to be thrilling matchups. Image source To kick off the round the Melbourne Storm played the Brisbane Broncos. Melbourne who are strong premiership favourites proved just how good they are with a 30-0 win over the Broncos. The first half saw a tough match between the two with only a penalty goal and a late try to Melbourne separating the teams at the break. The second half however was dominated by the Storm as they stacked on another 3 converted tries and 2 penalty goals to finish 30-0. The storm now progresses through to the Grand final and remain the favourites to win the competition. Image source The second game of the round saw the North Queensland Cowboys face off against the Sydney Roosters. Cowboys who have been the underdogs throughout the duration of the finals series so far were again upset winners against the Roosters defeating them 29-16. The Roosters w...

NRL finals week 2 review The second round of the finals brought about much controversy over some questionable decision  making from the referees and the huge upset win from the North Queensland Cowboys over the  Parramatta Eels. Both matchups provided strong competition with the week kicking off with the  Brisbane Broncos defeating the Penrith Panthers 13-6 in a hard-fought nail-biter, Saturdays game  provided an upset 24-16 win for North Queensland Cowboys over the red-hot Parramatta Eels. The Penrith vs Broncos game sparked major debate due to some of the referees decisions in particular, the referees decision to hold up the play after Broncos plater Corey Oates was knocked unconscious after running into his own team mate Anthony Milford. The ball was dropped and a Penrith player picked up the ball and was almost certainly going to score a runaway try when the referee blew his whistle and call the play back. It was an extremely difficult decision for the ref...