The 2023 Grand Final is now just two sleeps away. For rugby league fans, this is better than Christmas!
We have been blessed this year by witnessing the two best sides rolling through finals to meet on the final day of the season.
Both sides are at full fitness, both sides are in top form and both sides have cruised into the Grand Final with relative ease.
Simply put, I am fully expecting both sides to rip in for the full 80 minutes on Sunday night in producing one of the all time finales!
The more I look at it, the closer it looks. The individual battles across the park are mouth watering.
With two sides so closely matched, the season could literally come down to one battle. One moment of magic.
With a plethora of brilliant battles, on and off the park, on Sunday night, we are going to look at the five most likely to decide the decider:
2. Jarome Luai vs Ezra Mam
In one corner you have an Origin Series winning five-eighth entering his fourth Grand Final in a row.
In the other corner you have the freshly minted Dally M five-eighth of the year in his third Finals game.
The outcome of this one on one contest will go a long way to crowning 2023 Premiers.
Jarome Luai is a magnificent talent and has a history of brilliant performances in big games. He's also turned in some less than stellar efforts in big games.
Ezra Mam is a relative unknown. He has enjoyed a magical 2023, including two classy Finals performance but is yet to play a Finals game that was close.
There is almost no chance that the Broncos are going to blow away Penrith like they did the Storm and Warriors. So this will be new territory for Mam.
It's hard to build a case for Mam entering this game in the same class as Luai. A big performance on the very biggest stage will absolutely change that.
