| 2017 NRL Grand Final | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 1 October 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | ANZ Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||
| Clive Churchill Medal |  Billy Slater | ||||||||||||
| Australian National anthem | Ricki-Lee Coulter | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Matt Cecchin Gerard Sutton Nick Beashel (Touch Judge) Chris Butler (Touch Judge) | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 79,722 | ||||||||||||
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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.[1] The match was contested between minor premiers the Melbourne Storm and the eighth-placed North Queensland Cowboys. The Melbourne club won the match 34 – 6 to claim their third premiership title. Melbourne fullback Billy Slater was awarded his second Clive Churchill Medal as the game's official man of the match.
The match was preceded by the 2017 NRL Under-20s Grand Final and the 2017 NRL State Championship. 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. The match was broadcast live throughout Australia by the Nine Network.
Fairfax Media described the 2017 NRL Grand final as "one of the most one-sided grand finals in the NRL era".[2]
- ^ "2017 Telstra Premiership draw launched". 24 November 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ "NRL grand final 2017: North Queensland Cowboys coach Paul Green questions referee collision". October 2017.