The new and infinitely more exciting Melbourne Storm are finding out just how hard it is to play their exciting brand of footy when the tension is at its peak.

The Warriors have made a statement of intent ahead of the next NRLW season by luring champion Broncos five-eighth Gayle Broughton home on a two-year deal. Stuff sports reporters

Craig Bellamy admitted his side’s plan to stop Reece Walsh didn’t work and conceded his team didn’t learn the lessons from their 2024 Grand Final defeat after losing the 2025 decider to the Broncos.

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Broncos superstar Reece Walsh has revealed the Mad Monday phone call he shared with Adam Reynolds and the pledge he gave to skipper to deliver a premiership to Red Hill.

They could play another 117 years of grand finals, and still not see another performance like it, which we thought we said about Nathan Cleary a couple of years ago.

The Brisbane Broncos are flash and have never made apologies for it but as the dust settles on their premiership win they've also proven they have the true steel of champions.

The Melbourne Storm have lost their second straight grand final after a heartbreaking defeat at the hands of the Broncos.

Storm skipper Harry Grant led the praise as 10 years after the lowest point of his career Ben Hunt capped his remarkable story with an elusive Broncos premiership in a true moment of rugby league redemption.

The Broncos have broken a 19-year premiership drought and Michael Maguire has a title in his first season at the helm of the Red Hill club.