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NRL Grand Final Preview

While the Cowboys are searching for their maiden premiership, the Broncos are no strangers to proudly holding aloft the J.J. Giltinan Shield.

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Renouf said the Cowboys should be written off in Sunday’s season decider against Brisbane in Sydney if Thurston can’t shake off groin and calf niggles that have plagued the halfback for the past month.

Munster had 26 runs, more than twice that of any of his teammates and made the most metres, 227, of any player on the field. Shane Webcke, Brad Thorn, and young players like Justin Hodges, Sam Thaiday, Corey Parker and Darren Lockyer.

As anyone who has tried to rekindle an old relationship will know there’s no guarantee you’ll get back what you had.

“It is all about Queensland, and people are divided on the two teams with one north and one Brisbane”, he said. You can also try your luck with the NRL Livestream web app.

Tallis: I was up there for their final against Cronulla and the buzz around the town was unbelievable.

Channel Nine is the official free-to-air broadcaster of the National Rugby League and will provide coverage of this week’s final. It’s in the whole region.

It is not just football memorabilia that the local business sports, with various other Queensland sporting champions littering the walls.

Despite who wins, he planned to keep a few of the fun and colour in the butcher shop.

Here are three more to stoke the memory bank – the final three will be revealed tomorrow.

Furner didn’t want to discuss the circumstances around the loss of a player viewed as the future of the Raiders after the sackings of Dugan and Blake Ferguson but he said Milford was not only a good player but “absolutely a good kid”.

“He hadn’t really played fullback before, he was in the halves as a junior and when he came into our SG Ball he was in the halves”, Canberra chief executive Don Furner said. The first final game, to watch that live, “Gus” [Phil Gould] was excited, everybody was excited.

“You can’t shut the great players down”. Head to Ticketek to get tickets before they sell out.

Dodds has played 13 games straight off the bench, part of an interchange unit which has been unchanged for the past six games.

NRL.com: and what about Thurston?

Tallis: I think it would be huge for him.

Last year, Boyd’s own struggle with the silent enemy and the dark places it took him, finally broke him.

“He will have to fire for them to win”. I always said Geoff Toovey was the toughest. I’m sure if I try real hard I’ll find a way to enjoy myself…

NRL.com: he pretty much sparked their season in Round 4 against Melbourne…

While the odds are against the match going ahead next season, the fact it is again being discussed shows the NRL is moving closer to staging a premiership fixture in the northern hemisphere.

“Not at grand finals obviously, but there’s not a hell of a lot of difference”. But that’s what Johnathan Thurston brings.

Johnathan Thurston will lead the Cowboys in the clash, just days after he received his fourth Dally M medal.

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COP THAT Aidan Guerra of the Roosters is hammered by Broncos prop Joe Ofahengaue. Big Joe will come off the bench in tomorrow’s NRL grand final