What Melbourne Storm captain Harry Grant said late one night in June inside an empty stadium
“Harry and his hand [Katoa] Both spoke. They both said that we should try to imagine what packaging and exhaustion is like for the last game. [the grand final]; Imagine how he feels and looks when the stadium is packaged.
“Eli, a great leader for this team, not only physically, but because it is such a big body, but comes out of the field. He always has a strong message when he speaks.
Harry Grant made the opening attempt of the 2024 NRL Grand Final. It was uphill for the storm.Credit: Getty Images
“What they said was the lines that the outside world was not important and it was just [opinions of the] People in this circle are important.
“It was nice. Also, we’re sure we’ve got it out of each other.”
Halfback Jahrome Hughes said: ık We tried to connect as much as possible after the game. Sydney children like to take their families and see their families when we are here, but this was a good way to keep everyone together and enjoy each other’s company.
“It would be our last game in Accor, and next time I hope it would be the big final. It was a good moment.”
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A few weeks later, Grant, Munster, Trent Loiero, Xavier Coates, and Utocamanu, the Queensland and NSW in Accor took part in the decision of the origin. Munster, only days ago, after dealing with his father Steven’s death after the victory of Maroons was reduced to tears.
Ryan Hincliffe assistant Ryan Hincliffe came together late at night after the victory on Souths and said: ız Our leadership group spoke about it and we knew whether we had another game there, it would be the big final and we talked about it. Now we are in this position. ”
The decision on Sunday will be the only second game in six weeks that the storm played outside the Victoria capital.
The Storm has won 10 out of 13 games since that night at the Accor Stadium, including two finals in June, and will confirm the mistakes of 2024 on Sunday night.
The players completed their preparations on a sunny Saturday at Leichhardt Oval, including a camera cell from the club legend Cameron Smith and under the age of 16 in Gold Coast.
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