<Li> James Bracey (telecast host) Ray Warren (match caller) Peter Sterling (commentator / analysis) Wally Lewis (commentator / analysis) Phil Gould (commentator) Andrew Johns (analysis) Darren Lockyer (analysis / sideline) Brad Fittler (sideline) </Li> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> NRL Grand Final ← 2016 2018 → </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 Storm won the match 34--6 to claim their third premiership title, and became the first team since the Sydney Roosters in 2013 to win a minor premiership and a premiership title in the same season . Melbourne fullback Billy Slater was awarded his second Clive Churchill Medal as the game's official man of the match . </P> <P> 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 . Fairfax Media described the 2017 NRL Grand final as "one of the most one - sided grand finals in the NRL era". </P>

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