2007 NRL Grand Final

Melbourne Storm	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
34	8

	1	2	Total
MEL	10	24	34
MAN	4	4	8

Date

30 September 2007

Stadium

Telstra Stadium

Location

Sydney, Australia

Clive Churchill Medal

Greg Inglis (MEL)

Referees

, Tony Archer

Attendance

81,392

Broadcast partners

Broadcasters

Nine Network

Commentators

Ray Warren

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The 2007 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive, premiership-deciding match of the 2007 NRL season. It was played between the first-placed Melbourne Storm and second-placed Manly Warringah Sea Eagles at Telstra Stadium on 30 September, in front of 81,392 spectators. The 2007 Grand final was the fourth to be played between the first and second placed teams, and the first in three years. The match was the last Grand Final played at night until 2013; each Grand Final in the intervention switched to a 5:00pm AEST kick-off. This match was also the most-watched television program on Australian TV for 2007.

On 22 April 2010, Melbourne were stripped of this premiership due to salary cap breaches exposed during the 2006–10 seasons.

The 2007 NRL season was the one hundredth season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the tenth run by the National Rugby League. Sixteen teams contested the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, and with the inclusion of a new team, the Gold Coast Titans, the competition was the largest run since the 1999 NRL season.

The 2007 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles season was the 58th in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and captained by Matt Orford, they finished the regular season in 2nd (out of 16) place.

The 2007 Melbourne Storm season was the 10th in the club's history. Coached by Craig Bellamy and captained by Cameron Smith, they finished the regular season in 1st place to claim the minor premiership before going on to reach their third ever and second consecutive grand final.

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