Grand Final

Sport in Crisis

Potential for teams to lose their points, or forfeit on eve of grand final

Roy Masters Cronulla players suspected of drug violations likely to be still playing all season.

Play All Stars after grand final, says Furner

Jon Tuxworth CANBERRA are disappointed with the transparency from All Stars medical staff after young gun Jack Wighton played in Saturday night's match with a sprained wrist.

League

'It was good for rugby league,' says prop who lost testicle in Super League grand final

Paul Wood took one for the team when he suffered a ruptured testicle playing in the grand final for UK club Warrington Wolves last season,

Leeds clinch record sixth Grand Final crown

Mark Shales Defending champions Leeds won a record sixth Super League Grand Final on Saturday, beating Warrington 26-18 at Old Trafford.

Rugby League

Hawke fumes over cleanskin Tui's grand final ban

Jon Tuxworth Belconnen coach John Hawke believes the Canberra Raiders Cup judiciary system is in need of review, describing the decision to suspend prop Tsai Tui from this Sunday's grand final as ''harsh''.

Rugby League

Hard work earns Storm grand final slot

Stathi Paxinos Craig Bellamy insists that there is no place this week for any reference to Storm's recent history.

Rugby League

Grand final week 'fun' for Cronk

Stathi Paxinos Cooper Cronk reckons grand final week is an atmosphere to be taken in and enjoyed. But he hasn't always looked on it that way.

Rugby league

Grand final lives up to its name as ticket prices soar

Dominic Bossi WHEN Bulldogs member Heba Raad queued for NRL grand final tickets yesterday, she was able to secure 20 passes to league's biggest match for $1600.

Rugby League

Victorian-born Stormer to miss grand final

Stathi Paxinos Melbourne Storm winger Sisa Waqa believes that he will be fit for Sunday’s NRL grand final against Canterbury, which if correct, would leave Storm’s first Victorian born-and-bred talent Mahe Fonua on...

Unlucky duo boost Dogs' grand final pedigree

Michael Chammas IF YOU believe in omens, Krisnan Inu and Sam Perrett are Canterbury's unlucky lucky charms.

Harrigan blows whistle on past howlers with grand final appointments

Joe Barton Referees boss Bill Harrigan bristled at questions over the quality of officiating in the NRL finals series today, while announcing Ben Cummins and Tony Archer as the two whistle-blowers in charge of...

Rugby League

Bellamy praises grand final foe Hasler

Stathi Paxinos Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy has no doubt what Bulldogs mentor Des Hasler is capable of.

Grand final teams

NRL grand final teams

AAP Teams named for the NRL grand final (all times local):

Captains' tip on how to win a grand final: miss out on one first

Glenn Jackson THE saying goes you've got to lose a grand final to win one. But for some involved in today's decider, it's a case of: you've got to miss a grand final to win one.

Hey cuz: Grand final day a family affair as big Sam's cousin earns his stripes with Tigers

Adrian Proszenko Sam Kasiano won't be the only member of his family playing in a grand final at ANZ Stadium today. Sin Bin can reveal the Canterbury forward's first cousin, Cassiano 'Gus' Aiga, is the winger for...

Raider's arduous journey to grand final

Jon Tuxworth JEFF LYNCH has worked hard to make the Toyota Cup decider.

League

Former Raider takes Wests Tigers to grand final victory

Jon Tuxworth The irony certainly wasn't lost on Todd Payten.

All three grades

Live coverage of NRL grand final

Edited by Stephen Samuelson, Ben Coady, Paul Suttor and Chris Dutton Welcome to Fairfax Media's coverage of today's NRL grand final.

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League

Grand final Sin Bin: Will ARLC keep faith with pre-match shows?

Brad Walter Bon Jovi's association with the NRL may have ended with the grand final as Sin Bin understands officials are considering heading in a new direction next year.