NRL Grand Final
Sunday, October 25th 2020
About the NRL Grand Final
The NRL Grand final is one of Australia’s major sporting events. 26 rounds make up the season and three weeks of finals footy follows and on Grand Final day only two teams are left.
Around three million Aussies watch it on TV and traditionally 82,000 ticket holders make their way to Sydney’s ANZ Stadium to see who'll take home the Provan-Summons trophy.
The NRL Grand Final had traditionally been played on Sunday afternoons until the year 2000. In 2001 the game shifted to an evening start. In 2008 a compromise was reached between official broadcaster Nine Network's preferred starting time of 7 pm and the traditional starting time of 3 pm, with the Grand Final beginning at 5 pm AEDT. In 2013 the evening start resumed, the match commencing at 7:15 pm
At the end of the Grand Final there is a presentation ceremony where the winning team are awarded premiership rings. The player judged to be the man-of-the-match by the Australian national team selectors is awarded the prestigious Clive Churchill Medal.
In the last few years we've seen some historic feats in the Grand Final. In 2014, the Rabbitohs ended their long time premiership drought, winning the title for the first time in 43 years. In 2015, we saw one of the greatest matches in Grand Final history when North Queensland beat the Broncos in Golden Point extra time after Johnathan Thurston failed to convert from the side line on the buzzer. And in 2016 we saw the Cronulla Sharks claim their first ever premiership since having entered the comp in 1967.
The Sydney Roosters are the current premiers having claimed back-to-back premierships in 2018-19. No team has ever won three premierships in a row, a feat the Roosters will be out to conquer in season 2020.
NRL Grand Final Betting
BlueBet provide a huge range of Rugby League odds, prices and markets for the NRL grand Final. Head-to-Head, Margins, Total Score, First and Last Tryscorer and even Live Betting are just some of the options available.
Another market that is popular with punters on Grand final day is the Clive Churchill medal winner. This award is given to the player who is judged, by the Australian selectors to be the best player on ground in the Grand Final.
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Past NRL Grand Final Winners
| Year | Winners | Score | Runner Up | Crowd | Clive Churchill Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Newcastle Knights | 30-24 | Parramatta Eels | 90,414 | Andrew Johns |
| 2002 | Sydney Roosters | 30-8 | New Zealand Warriors | 80,130 | Craig Fitzgibbon |
| 2003 | Penrith Panthers | 18-6 | Sydney Roosters | 81,166 | Luke Priddis |
| 2004 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 16-13 | Sydney Roosters | 82,127 | Willie Mason |
| 2005 | Wests Tigers | 30-16 | North Queensland Cowboys | 82,453 | Scott Prince |
| 2006 | Brisbane Broncos | 15-8 | Melbourne Storm | 79,609 | Shaun Berrigan |
| 2007* | Melbourne Storm | 34-8 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 81,392 | Greg Inglis |
| 2008 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 40-0 | Melbourne Storm | 80,388 | Brent Kite |
| 2009 | Melbourne Storm | 23-16 | Parramatta Eels | 82,538 | Billy Slater |
| 2010 | St. George-Illawarra Dragons | 32-8 | Sydney Roosters | 82,334 | Darius Boyd |
| 2011 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24-10 | New Zealand Warriors | 81,988 | Glenn Stewart |
| 2012 | Melbourne Storm | 14-4 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 82,976 | Cooper Cronk |
| 2013 | Sydney Roosters | 26-18 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 81,491 | Daly Cherry-Evans |
| 2014 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 30-6 | Canterbury Bulldogs | 83,833 | Sam Burgess |
| 2015 | North Queensland Cowboys | 17-16 | Brisbane Broncos | 82,758 | Jonathan Thurston |
| 2016 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 14-12 | Melbourne Storm | 83,625 | Luke Lewis |
| 2017 | Melbourne Storm | 34-6 | North Queensland Cowboys | 79,722 | Billy Slater |
| 2018 | Sydney Roosters | 21-6 | Melbourne Storm | 82,688 | Luke Keary |
| 2019 | Sydney Roosters | 14-8 | Canberra Raiders | 82,922 | Jack Wighton |
