2019 | NRL Grand Final|||||||||||||
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Date | 6 October 2019 | ||||||||||||
Stadium | ANZ Stadium | ||||||||||||
Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||
Clive Churchill Medal | Jack Wighton | ||||||||||||
Australian National anthem | Natalie Bassingthwaighte | ||||||||||||
Referee | Ben Cummins Gerard Sutton Nick Beashel (Touch Judge) Chris Butler (Touch Judge) | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 82,922 | ||||||||||||
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The 2019 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2019 National Rugby League season and was played at Sydney's ANZ Stadium.[1][2] The match was contested between defending premiers the Sydney Roosters and the Canberra Raiders. The match was won by the Sydney Roosters 14–8 in a tight contest to claim their 15th premiership title, making them the first club in 26 years to win consecutive premierships in a unified competition since the Brisbane Broncos in 1993, and the first Sydney Roosters side to win consecutive titles since 1975. The Clive Churchill Medal was awarded to Raiders five-eighth Jack Wighton as the game's man of the match.
The game is one of the most controversial grand finals, infamous for a reversed "six again" decision by referee Ben Cummins which preceded the winning try.[2]