Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton were forced to hang out together during Sunday’s grand final.
Say what you will about the NRL, but it takes itself a whole lot less seriously than that Victorian code.
Unlike the AFL Grand Final weekend, with its champagne breakfasts and self-important pomp, rugby’s league’s showpiece has fewer pretensions at being some kind of networking event for the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge set.Still, the league did manage to get a few big names out to Accor Stadium, that charmless suburban concrete bowl named after a mid-range hotel conglomerate.
On Sunday night, the Penrith Panthers made history, both by winning an absurd four-peat, while also remaining the neutral’s favourite because their opponents were the perennially irritating Melbourne Storm, finals fixtures for what feels like forever.were guests at the Accor Stadium’s President’s Suite, and both backed the Panthers before Sunday night’s game. The politically astute move, we think.
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