2017 NRL Grand Final
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. 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.
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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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".