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From Sydney’s west, the Penrith Panthers are going for their third consecutive title.ADAM HARVEY: Standing in the way of both teams - Brisbane.
You don't want an upstart team coming along and thinking can they make it from sixth place or something like that because the two dominant teams in the year are playing off in the grand final. NORMAN HERMANT: Of course, on the week the codes go head-to-head, how do they compare when it comes to how many are watching?ADAM HARVEY: And for rugby league, there were about 19,000 in the average crowd.ADAM HARVEY: And 1.6 million watched the rugby league version but more than 3 million tuned in for State of OriginROY SLAVEN: It was echoes of the Olympic Games really. There was a general mood. Everyone got behind the Matildas. It was a wonderful thing.
NORMAN HERMANT: When Angry Anderson belted it out in the AFL grand final 32 years ago even those part of the half time show looked thoroughly unimpressed.Well, who could forget the cast of Neighbours singing the national anthem.
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