1999 NRL Grand Final
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| Date | 26 September 1999 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Telstra Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Location | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||
| Clive Churchill Medal | Brett Kimmorley (MEL) | ||||||||||||
| National anthem | Hugh Jackman | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Bill Harrigan | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 107,558 | ||||||||||||
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The 1999 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 1999 NRL season. It was contested by the competition's two newest clubs: the Melbourne Storm, competing in only its second year (having finished the regular season in 3rd place); and the St. George Illawarra Dragons, in their first year as a joint-venture club (having finished the regular season in 6th place), after both sides eliminated the rest of the top eight during the finals.
A new rugby league world record crowd of 107,999 was at Stadium Australia for the game. The attendance, which saw 67,142 more people attend than had done so for the 1998 NRL Grand Final at the Sydney Football Stadium, broke the record attendance for a Grand Final, eclipsing the previous record of 78,065 set in 1965 when St. George defeated South Sydney 12-8 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Pre-match entertainment featured Hugh Jackman's rendition of the Australian national anthem.
The 1999 NRL season was the 92nd season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the second to be run by the National Rugby League. With the exclusion of the Adelaide Rams and Gold Coast Chargers, and the merger of the St. George Dragons and Illawarra Steelers, seventeen teams competed for the NRL Premiership during the 1999 season, which culminated in the first grand final to be played at Stadium Australia.
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