2017 NRL Grand Final

2017 (2017) NRL Grand Final ()
2017 NRL Grand Final
34	6
Date	1 October 2017
Stadium	ANZ Stadium
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Clive Churchill Medal	Billy Slater
Australian National anthem	Ricki-Lee Coulter
Referee	Matt Cecchin; Gerard Sutton; Nick Beashel (Touch Judge); Chris Butler (Touch Judge)
Attendance	79,722
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters	Nine Network (Live); Fox League (Delayed);
Commentators	Ray Warren; Peter Sterling ; Wally Lewis ; Phil Gould; Darren Lockyer (sideline); Brad Fittler (sideline);
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The 2017 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2017 National Rugby League season and was played on Sunday October 1 at Sydney's ANZ Stadium.^[1] The match was contested between minor premiers the Melbourne Storm and the eighth-placed North Queensland Cowboys. The Melbourne club won the match 34 – 6 to claim their third premiership title. Melbourne fullback Billy Slater was awarded his second Clive Churchill Medal as the game's official man of the match.

The match was preceded by the 2017 NRL Under-20s Grand Final and the 2017 NRL State Championship. Pre-match entertainment was headlined by American rapper Macklemore, who attracted controversy for his scheduled performance of "Same Love" during the ongoing nationwide postal survey on same-sex marriage. The match was broadcast live throughout Australia by the Nine Network.

Fairfax Media described the 2017 NRL Grand final as "one of the most one-sided grand finals in the NRL era".^[2]