Fairytale finish for Melbourne rugby league legends

MELBOURNE Storm trio Cameron Smith, Billy Slater and Cooper Cronk ended their 14-year partnership in commanding style at ANZ Stadium when they spearheaded their team’s comprehensive grand final victory over North Queensland. The Storm’s Big Three were intrinsic figures – always plotting, supporting, creating and inspiring and helping to confirm the team’s status as one of the most dominant of the modern era. Cronk’s decision to move to Sydney in 2018 meant this grand final represented a parting of the ways, an end to one of the most extraordinary partnerships the game has known. And with the result assured and full-time drawing near, the trio turned on a special encore performance, combining with the precision they had developed into a trademark to set up the final try. Smith: a wide ball from dummy-half…

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Official Rugby League Annual (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2017

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