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2020 PF2 - Storm 30-10 Raiders @ Suncorp

Finals Week 3: Storm v Raiders


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t-ba

Post Whore
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Go back over the last 20 years and how many GF's have the Roosters/ Storm been in? Or more to the point, how many deciders has NOT featured either team?

I can't recall another 20 year period in the game's history where there's been such a small concentration of GF contestants, even if you include St George's 11-peat.

"Salary-cap" my arse...

Between 1951 and 1971 every grand final featured either Souths or Saints or both and only two premierships were won by teams besides them
 

Reflector

Bench
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I'm just going over it now and for comparisons' sake:

GF's that DIDN'T feature Souths/ St George 1955-1975:

1972/73/74

GF's that DIDN'T feature Easts/ Melbourne 2000- 2020

2001, 2005, 2011, 2014, 2015

So that's 3 whole GF's in a 20 year period in the "bad old days" when it was easy to stack clubs, vs. 5 whole GF's (including the 2 stripped) in a 20 year period that's meant to be all about "parity"
 

Jordan

Juniors
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Absolutely pathetic by the Raiders tonight. No other way to go about it. Terrible. Thought they'd be more fired up after losing a grand final last year. This was a chance for redemption. I'd be embarrassed if I was a Raiders fan.
 

t-ba

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My missus just spouted that cam smith "isn"t that hot these days", which would imply that she believes he was hot at some point.

All of a sudden I feel like Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt and George Clooney all rolled into one

That's some red flag shit right there brother.
 
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