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GRAND FINAL: Penrith Panthers v. South Sydney Rabbitohs (Suncorp Stadium, 3/10/21, 14-12)

October 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

Tonight’s Grand Final was one of the most frustrating and heartbreaking I’ve seen in years, despite playing as an incredible arm wrestle for long passages. After almost [...]

PRELIMINARY FINAL: Melbourne Storm v. Penrith Panthers (Suncorp Stadium, 25/9/21, 10-4)

September 25, 2021 // 0 Comments

Penrith’s Grand Final heartache has propelled them through the dislocations of 2021, and they came full circle tonight with a stunning win over the Storm to complete their [...]

PRELIMINARY FINAL: South Sydney Rabbitohs v. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (Suncorp Stadium, 24/9/21, 36-16)

September 24, 2021 // 0 Comments

On paper, Friday night’s preliminary clash between the Bunnies and Sea Eagles was a hard one to call. South Sydney put in the best defensive performance of their season to [...]

SEMI-FINAL: Penrith Panthers v. Parramatta Eels (BB Print Stadium, 18/9/21, 8-6)

September 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

For the second straight week, the Panthers have only scored a single try – and this time it was enough for them to win an instant finals footy classic. With a scoreline of [...]

SEMI-FINAL: Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles v. Sydney Roosters (BB Print Stadium, 17/9/21, 42-6)

September 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

Manly decimated the Roosters as thoroughly as they were decimated by Melbourne last week when they rocked up for the first finals clash to be held in Mackay. Put that down, [...]

ELIMINATION FINAL: Parramatta Eels v. Newcastle Knights (Browne Park, 12/09/21, 28-20)

September 12, 2021 // 0 Comments

Parramatta and Newcastle hadn’t met in finals footy since the 2001 premiership when they rocked up on Sunday afternoon for an elimination backdrop that nobody would have [...]

QUALIFYING FINAL: Penrith Panthers v. South Sydney Rabbitohs (QCB Stadium, 11/9/21, 10-16)

September 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

Many critics wrote off South Sydney after they lost Latrell Mitchell to the Joey Manu hit, but they came back big on Saturday night for one of the toughest games of their [...]

ELIMINATION FINAL: Sydney Roosters v. Gold Coast Titans (QCB Stadium, 11/9/21, 25-24)

September 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

Of the four games of finals footy this weekend, Gold Coast’s loss to the Roosters was perhaps the most agonising to watch. The eighth ranked team had only beaten the fifth [...]

QUALIFYING FINAL: Melbourne Storm v. Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (Sunshine Coast Stadium, 10/9/21, 40-12)

September 10, 2021 // 0 Comments

The first match of finals footy in 2021 was the real sequel to the Battle of Brooky – Tom Trbojevic pitched against Craig Bellamy, with every key player on the park apart [...]

ROUND 25: Wests Tigers v. Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (Moreton Daily Stadium, 5/9/21, 0-38)

September 9, 2021 // 0 Comments

In its own way, Sunday’s game between the Bulldogs and the Wests Tigers was every bit as eventful as finals footy – a good segue between the regular season and the [...]