The game returned to its true self on the biggest stages in Brisbane on Sunday night as Penrith secured a third premiership
Rugby league, like much of the world, endured a strange and difficult 2021. The pandemic, outside the game’s control, saw the game moved to Queensland and the first grand final take place outside Sydney. Mid-season rule changes and short-lived crackdowns sent the game spinning like a flipped car careening down a cliff. A great grand final can cure all ills though and that is exactly what the game got though with a classic finale that saw Penrith crowned premiers in a 14-12 victory over a gallant South Sydney.
Rugby league’s enduring strength is that the game itself is so brilliant, compelling and brutal that it can overcome the drama, hysteria and incompetence that so often surrounds it. There was no better example of that than Sunday night’s decider that ranks right up there with the finest of the NRL era.
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