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There was muchmore than passing British interest in the 2019 Australian NRL Grand Final as three former greats of Super League; John Bateman, Elliott Whitehead and Josh Hodgson were looking to win the ultimate prize wearing the lime green of the Raiders.
These two sides finished second and fourth during the regular season with both sides beating the side one place above them in last weekends semi-finals.
The Roosters were looking to retain their title, and were the favourites with the bookies for the win at the ANZ Stadium, fifteen miles up the road from their base in the eastern suburbs. But the Grand Final is a strange beast and the supporters who'd made the 170 mile trip north were full of hope and expectation that they would win their first grand final since 1994.
There was muchmore than passing British interest in the 2019 Australian NRL Grand Final as three former greats of Super League; John Bateman, Elliott Whitehead and Josh Hodgson were looking to win the ultimate prize wearing the lime green of the Raiders.
These two sides finished second and fourth during the regular season with both sides beating the side one place above them in last weekends semi-finals.
The Roosters were looking to retain their title, and were the favourites with the bookies for the win at the ANZ Stadium, fifteen miles up the road from their base in the eastern suburbs. But the Grand Final is a strange beast and the supporters who'd made the 170 mile trip north were full of hope and expectation that they would win their first grand final since 1994.