2010 NRL Grand Final

2010 national rugby league match April 2015 April 2015 2010 NRL Grand Final 2010nrlgrandfinallogo.jpg 125px 2010 Grand Final logo 50pxSt George IllawarraDragons 50pxSydneyRoosters SGI St George 16 SYD Eastern Suburbs 16 6 26 32 8 0 8 3 October 2010 ANZ Stadium Sydney, NSW, Australia Clive Churchill Medal Darius Boyd (SGI) National anthem Jessica Mauboy Tony ArcherShayne HaynePaul Holland (Touch Judge)Jeff Younis (Touch Judge) 82,334 Nine Network Ray Warren Peter Sterling Phil Gould NRL Grand Final 2009 2011 The 2010 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2010 NRL season. Played on Sunday, 3 October at Sydney's ANZ Stadium, the match was contested by the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Sydney Roosters. It was the first time the two sides met in a grand final. They had played each other twice before during the season, with St. George Illawarra winning on both occasions. St. George Illawarra finished the season as minor premiers as they had the previous season. The Roosters were the previous year's wooden-spooners and only after playing and winning for five consecutive weeks were able to reach the 2010 decider. In the grand final, St. George Illawarra trailed by two points at halftime, but broke the shackles in the second half, keeping the Roosters scoreless while adding 26 points to their score.Proszenko Adrian Grand final at a glance http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/rugby-league/league-match-report/grand-final-at-a-glance-20101003-162td.html 24 July 2011 Brisbane Times 4 October 2010 The game finished with a 24-point margin in favour of St. George Illawarra,Club history https://www.dragons.com.au/club-history/ 2020-10-31 St George Illawarra Dragons en claiming their first premiership as a joint-venture club. __TOC__ Background 2010 NRL season The 2010 NRL season was the 103rd season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the thirteenth run by the National Rugby League. The season commenced on 12 March with sixteen teams competing for the 2010 Telstra Premiership whilst the third season of the National Youth Competition was also in progress. The 2010 season was marred by the Melbourne Storm's admission in April of systematically breaching the salary cap. As part of the NRL's imposed penalties, the Storm were deducted all 8 competition points earned at the time of the announcement, and were barred from receiving points for the rest of the season, guaranteeing them the wooden spoon. thumb|ANZ Stadium, where the match was played DragonsRoosters Rd.1EelsRabbitohs Rd.2BulldogsTigers Rd.3CowboysBulldogs Rd.4StormBroncos Rd.5BroncosPanthers Rd.6TitansRaiders Rd.7RoostersDragons Rd.8CronullaTigers Rd.9Sea EaglesCowboys Rd.10BulldogsKnights Rd.11Raiders Bye Rd.12EelsTitans Rd.13WarriorsSharks Rd.14ByeStorm Rd.15Sharks Bye Rd.16TigersWarriors Rd.17PanthersRaiders Rd.18 ByeRabbitohs Rd.19RabbitohsBulldogs Rd.20TitansBroncos Rd.21BroncosEels Rd.22RoostersDragons Rd.23Sea EaglesSharks Rd.24RaidersTitans Rd.25KnightsSea Eagles Rd.26RabbitohsCowboys QFSea EaglesTigers SF DNPPanthers PFTigersTitans Key: #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFBBBB Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA St. George Illawarra Dragons 2010 St. George Illawarra Dragons season St. George Illawarra qualified for the Grand Final having defeated the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and the Wests Tigers in the finals series. The club had finished the regular season as minor premiers for the second consecutive season.http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&biw=1296&bih=635&tbs=nws%3A1&q=st+george+illawarra+minor+premiers&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=ca8c52363a6de681 St. George Illawarra Dragons steeled by the lessons of last season Webster Andrew 27 September 2010 foxsports.com.au News Limited 1 October 2010 St. George Illawarra suffered a poor record in finals matches, having been knocked out of the finals series in straight sets in 2009, and having qualified for a Grand Final only once (in 1999, their first year as a joint venture) in eight finals appearances since the joint venture came into existence. It had been 31 years since the St. George Dragons side of the joint venture last won a premiership, while the Illawarra Steelers club had never won a premiership or qualified for a Grand Final.http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/chokers-tag-is-suffocating-dragons/story-e6frexnr-1225896457242 Chokers tag is suffocating Dragons Riccio David 25 July 2010 The Daily Telegraph News Limited 1 October 2010 Sydney Roosters 2010 Sydney Roosters season The Sydney Roosters entered the Grand Final from a markedly different path to that of the Dragons. The Roosters had finished the 2009 season on the bottom of the ladder. Under new coach Brian Smith, and having signed troubled star Todd Carney, the Roosters improved to finish sixth on the ladder in 2010, before consecutive finals series victories against the Wests Tigers, the Penrith Panthers and the Gold Coast Titans launched the club into the Grand Final. The Sydney Roosters were thus in a position where they could become the first club since the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1934 to win a premiership after finishing last in the previous season.http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-match-preview/the-wooden-spoon-to-premier-gold-roosters-run-recalls-league-history-20100921-15lfu.html The wooden spoon to premier gold? Roosters run recalls league history Barrett Chris 22 September 2010 Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax Media 1 October 2010 Grand final day schedule Australian rock band You Am I headlined the pre-match entertainment, which also featured Jessica Mauboy, Australian dance act Justice Crew, an ensemble of the Sydney Children's Choir, the Gondwana National Indigenous Children's Choir and the Glebe Public School Choir and a tribute to the NRL's retiring players.http://www.nrl.com/news/news/newsarticle/tabid/10874/newsid/60513/nrl-telstra-premiership-gf-day-schedule/default.aspx NRL Telstra Premiership GF Day schedule 2 October 2010 nrl.com 2 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101004191441/http://www.nrl.com/news/news/newsarticle/tabid/10874/newsid/60513/nrl-telstra-premiership-gf-day-schedule/default.aspx 4 October 2010 dead The 21 Australian soldiers killed in the war in Afghanistan also received a tribute that concluded with the traditional arrival of a Blackhawk helicopter.http://www.nrl.com/news/news/newsarticle/tabid/10874/newsid/60516/australian-soldiers-to-be-honoured-at-gf/default.aspx Australian soldiers to be honoured at GF 2 October 2010 nrl.com 2 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101006004731/http://www.nrl.com/news/news/newsarticle/tabid/10874/newsid/60516/australian-soldiers-to-be-honoured-at-gf/default.aspx 6 October 2010 dead 11:45am Gates Open 12:00pm NSW Cup Grand Final Kick Off – Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Windsor Wolves 1:45pm NSW Cup Grand Final official presentation 2:00pm Toyota Cup Grand Final Kick Off – South Sydney Rabbitohs v New Zealand Warriors 3:15pm Coin Toss 3:50pm Toyota Cup Grand Final official presentation 4:25pm Telstra Premiership Grand Final teams highlight package 4:36pm Presentation to 300-game and Retiring Players 4:45pm Ken Stephen Medalist, Andrew Ryan, and Toyota National Volunteer of the Year, Greg Carey, deliver Telstra Premiership Grand Final Trophy via the Telstra Child Flight helicopter 4:50pm Pre-game entertainment – Justice Crew, Jessica Mauboy and You Am I with Dan Sultan and Phil Jamieson 5:18pm National Anthem performed, both in Dharawal indigenous language and in English, by Jessica Mauboy with Sydney Children's Choir, Gondwana National Indigenous Children's Choir and Glebe Public School Choir 5:20pm 2010 Telstra Premiership Grand Final – 1st half – St George Illawarra Dragons v Sydney Roosters 6:05pm Blackhawk arrival and Defence tribute 6:20pm 2010 Telstra Premiership Grand Final – 2nd half 7:03pm Telstra Premiership Grand Final official presentation Match details The Grand Final commenced at approximately 5.15pm, following the grand finals of the NSW Cup between Windsor Wolves and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Toyota Cup between South Sydney Rabbitohs and New Zealand Warriors. The weather was overcast, 13 degrees Celsius, with light rain which meant the two earlier matches had caused the centre of the field to become muddy. A crowd of 82,334 was in attendance for the match.Wilson Andy St George Illawarra Dragons beat Sydney Roosters in NRL Grand Final https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/oct/03/st-george-illawarra-dragons-nrl 13 June 2011 The Guardian 3 October 2010 First half St. George IllawarraDragonsPosit.Sydney Roosters1. Darius BoydFB1. Anthony Minichiello2. Brett MorrisWG2. Joseph Leilua3. Mark GasnierCE3. Kane Linnett4. Matt CooperCE4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall5. Jason NightingaleWG5. Sam Perrett6. Jamie Soward5/8th6. Todd Carney7. Ben Hornby (c)HB7. Mitchell Pearce8. Neville CostiganPR8. Jason Ryles9. Dean YoungHK9. Jake Friend10. Michael WeymanPR20. Lopini Paea11. Beau ScottSR11. Nate Myles12. Ben CreaghSR12. Mitchell Aubusson13. Jeremy SmithLF13. Braith Anasta (c)14. Nathan FienInt.10. Frank-Paul Nu'uausala15. Trent MerrinInt.14. Martin Kennedy16. Matt PriorInt.15. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves17. Jarrod SaffyInt.16. Daniel ConnWayne BennettCoachBrian Smith After a sixth-minute penalty to St. George Illawarra helped them up into good field position, Jamie Soward from the ten-metre line kicked the ball over into the Roosters' in-goal and Mark Gasnier, racing through from the right side, leapt to catch it on the full and put it down just inside the dead ball line.Crawford Adrian Dragons romp to sweet 16th http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/03/3028251.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20101005233229/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/03/3028251.htm dead 5 October 2010 13 June 2011 ABC News 4 October 2010 The video referee Bill Harrigan awarded the try and Soward's conversion was successful, so St. George Illawarra was leading 6-0 after eight minutes. However, video replays showed that in the lead up to the try, St. George Illawarra winger Brett Morris had passed the ball with a foot outside the touch-line so play should not have been allowed to continue.Read Brent Wayne Bennett's Dragons blow away critics to end 31-year drought http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/dragons-blow-away-critics-to-end-31-year-drought/story-e6frg7mf-1225933577023 13 June 2011 The Australian 4 October 2010October 2026 medicmedic Later, in the sixteenth minute, the Sydney Roosters had made their way up into better field position when Todd Carney, twenty metres from the opposition try-line's right side, kicked high to the left corner. His winger Joseph Leilua caught the ball, crashed over the try-line, and while attempting to put it down had it knocked from his outstretched hand by Jamie Soward's knee, but Roosters captain Braith Anasta was there to ground it.Madame H Bennett's Boys End Finals Drought http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/sport/nrl/news/blog/bennetts-boys-end-finals-drought/20101004-a1ff.html 13 June 2011 Triple M Sport 3 October 2010 The video referee was again called upon to award the try, and with Carney's kick going wide the score was 6-4 in favour of the Red & Whites. Less than two minutes after the restart of play St. George Illawarra knocked on in their own half and the Tricolours, after getting within fifteen metres of the try-line, moved the ball through the hands from the left side of the field to the right where Mitchell Aubusson crashed over near the corner.Jancetic Steve Dragons break drought with huge win http://www.coolum-news.com.au/story/2010/10/04/dragons-break-drought-with-crushing-win 13 June 2011 Coolum & North Shore News 4 October 2010 Carney again missed the conversion but his side was now in the lead 8-6 with a quarter of the match gone. In the twenty-sixth minute St. George Illawarra were awarded a penalty in a goal-kicking position but Soward missed.Wang Chris Dragons rain on Roosters grand final parade Wide World of Sports 3 October 2010 At the thirty-minute mark St. George Illawarra prop Michael Weyman was helped off the field after getting a swinging arm to the head from Daniel Conn which was placed on report.Nicolussi Christian Rooster says Weyman may have conned ref http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/rooster-says-weyman-may-have-conned-ref/story-e6frep5x-1225933554373 12 June 2011 The Daily Telegraph 3 October 2010 The third quarter of the match was played in both ends of the ground with neither side able to turn their opportunities into points, so the teams left the field with the Sydney Roosters leading 8-6.Dragons burn Roosters http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12040_6424111,00.html 12 June 2011 Sky Sports 3 October 2010 Second half Less than six minutes after the break and having forced the Sydney Roosters to do a goal-line drop-out, St. George Illawarra got their first try of the half. On the second tackle and twenty metres out, the ball made its way through their hands to right winger Jason Nightingale who stepped around his defender and dove over in the corner.Robertson Greg Dragons NRL champs: winner, winner chicken dinner http://www.3news.co.nz/Dragons-NRL-champs-winner-winner-chicken-dinner/tabid/415/articleID/179489/Default.aspx 13 June 2011 3 News 3 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20121004095203/http://www.3news.co.nz/Dragons-NRL-champs-winner-winner-chicken-dinner/tabid/415/articleID/179489/Default.aspx 4 October 2012 dead Soward's kick from the sideline added the extra two points, so St. George Illawarra led 12 - 8. The rain had started falling heavily when the Red & Whites scored another similar try, with a long cut-out pass going to ground but Nightingale was able to pick it up and cross in his corner again.Russell Glenn NRL GF: Score by Score http://www.sportal.co.nz/league-news-display/nrl-gf-score-by-score-99411 13 June 2011 sportal.co.nz 3 October 2010 Soward again kicked the extras, pushing his side's lead out to 18 - 8 with a quarter of the match remaining. About two minutes later St. George Illawarra had again worked the ball up into an attacking position when Nathan Fien, less than ten metres from the uprights, darted ahead from dummy half before passing to Dean Young who juggled the ball as he crashed through the defence and over the line.Brent Read Tears flow as Dragons break drought with win over Roosters in NRL grand final http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/tears-flow-as-dragons-break-drought-with-nrl-grand-final-win-over-roosters/story-e6frg7mf-1225933517689 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053739/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/tears-flow-as-dragons-break-drought-with-nrl-grand-final-win-over-roosters/story-e6frg7mf-1225933517689 dead 4 March 2016 10 October 2011 The Australian 3 October 2010 The video referee awarded the try 'benefit of the doubt' and with Soward adding the extras the Dragons were now leading 24 - 8. The Roosters, still unable to get the ball out of their danger zone conceded another penalty in front of their posts and Soward added another two points for his team, making it 26 - 8. Further errors from the Tricolours led to another White & Red attacking wave and another close-range try, with Fien pushing through the goal-line defence from dummy half. After another simple kick for Soward, St. George Illawarra lead 32 - 8, and with no more points in the remaining eight minutes this was the full-time score to secure St. George Illawarra their first premiership as a joint-venture side. The premiership also ended 31 years of hurt for St. George fans as the club had previously lost finals in 1985, 1992, 1993, 1996 and 1999.AP St. George Illawarra wins NRL http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/st-george-illawarra-wins-nrl/373974.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101006175723/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/st-george-illawarra-wins-nrl/373974.html dead 6 October 2010 10 October 2011 IBN Live News 3 October 2010https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-10-03/dragons-romp-to-sweet-16th/2283388/ Dragons romp to sweet 16th ABC News 3 October 2010 It was the third time in the 2010 season that St. George Illawarra had trailed the Sydney Roosters at halftime before keeping them scoreless in the second half to win. St. George Illawarra fullback Darius Boyd was judged by Australian selectors to be awarded the Clive Churchill Medal for man of the match. Chammas Michael 2010 Clive Churchill winner Darius Boyd Illawarra Mercury Australia Fairfax Media 4 October 2010 http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/2010-clive-churchill-winner-darius-boyd/1958382.aspx?storypage=0 4 October 2010 Boyd became the fourth fullback to win the Clive Churchill, after Newcastle's Robbie O'Davis (1997), former Brisbane teammate Darren Lockyer (2000) and Melbourne's Billy Slater (2009). Boyd had a hand in both of Nightingale's tries and made 111 metres from 13 hit-ups.http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/unwanted-boyd-inspired-to-perform/story-e6frexnr-1225933585145 The Daily Telegraph Unwanted Boyd inspired to perform Peter Badel 3 October 2009 This was Boyd's second premiership win, having won with the Brisbane Broncos in his debut season in 2006. Scoreboard 2010 NRL Grand Final Sunday, 3 October 17:15 AEDT (UTC+11) St. George Illawarra Dragons St George 16 5Nightingale 46 60Gasnier 8Young 63Fien 70 6Soward 9 47 61 64 pen 67 71 (6/7) 32 – 8 6–8 26–0 Report Easts 16 Sydney Roosters 2Anasta 16Aubusson 20 0Carney (0/2) ANZ Stadium, Sydney 82,334 Tony Archer Shayne Hayne Paul Holland, Jeff Younis Clive Churchill Medal Darius Boyd (St. George Illawarra) Audience Australia's national television audience for the match was over 3.1 million and up on the previous year's decider in Sydney and Brisbane.NRL grand final telecast attracts 3.1 million viewers http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl-grand-final-telecast-attracts-31-million-viewers/story-e6frep5o-1225933872747 13 June 2011 The Courier-Mail 4 October 2010 A further 197,000 people watched the game live in New Zealand.https://web.archive.org/web/20101007123345/http://www.throng.co.nz/ratings/tv-ratings-3-october-2010 7 October 2010 Telecast Details Australia - Nine Network (live from 5pm AEST with coverage beginning at 12pm) also simulcast on Gem HD. A replay of the game will be played on Fox Sports at 8pm AEST on the same night. New Zealand - Sky Sports (live from 6:30pm NZ time), Prime (Delayed Coverage) Asia-Pacific - Australia Network (includes China, Hong Kong/Macau, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Palau, Malaysia, Cambodia, Burma/Myanmar, Laos, Brunei, Fiji, Western Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Tuvalu, East Timor, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Micronesia, Kiribati) Indian subcontinent - Australia Network (includes India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan) Ireland and the United Kingdom - Sky Sports (live from 7am), Premier Sports (Delayed Coverage) Middle East - Australia Network and ShowSports United States - America One (live from 9pm ET/PT)America One https://web.archive.org/web/20100917070854/http://www.americaone.com/schedule/1_e01003.htm 17 September 2010 October 2010 Canada- Setanta Sports (Canada) (live) 2011 World Club Challenge 2011 World Club Challenge Having won the NRL grand final, St. George Illawarra had earned the right to play against 2010's Super League XV Champions, the Wigan Warriors in the following February's World Club Challenge, which they won 21-15. 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