It was the game that was most people's pick for the Grand Final, only for the Warriors' win in Melbourne to bring the combatants together a couple of weeks earlier than expected.
It was a spectacle that lived up to its billing though, with the Storm taking the win courtesy of Greg Inglis's try on the last play of the game in front of 50,000 fans in the Queensland capital.
There was plenty of incident in the previous 79 minutes too, including a combined 'chicken wing' and grapple tackle that has scrubbed Storm pair Jeremy Smith and Cameron Smith from tomorrow's date with the Sharks, and in Cameron's case the final too.
To paraphrase, it was the best game I have seen all year. And if you ever get a chance to beg, steal or borrow a copy, take it because it won't disappoint.



END of season 'dream teams' are always a bit of a subjective matter.
One pundit's meat is another's poison, and so on.
But there were a couple of glaring omissions from the National League One line up unveiled at the National League awards night at Elland Road on Tuesday.
The first is close to home, in the shape of Halifax's super-consistent back rower Paul Smith.
Quite how Smith didn't make it into the top 13 after a brilliant year is anyone's guess and was the source of some consternation in the Fax camp.
The second is a player who has consistently excelled in 2008, Salford's rookie loose forward Jordan Turner.
The Oldham-based youngster was edged out by Celtic's Neale Wyatt, a fine player but also one who has missed significant chunks of the season through injury.
Turner, on the other hand, has been one of the Reds' best all year and was, arguably, an even more glaring omission than Smith.



THE decidedly unofficial award for acceptance speech of the night on Tuesday went to Barrow forward Dave Armistead.
The 24-year-old Australian, who picked up the National League Two Player of the Year title, admitted he had ended up on the Furness peninsula after "running short of cash" on a back packing trip.
Things have worked out nicely since then, with Armistead helping the Cumbrians to promotion this year.
That led nicely into the next question: "Dave, it's going to be a great challenge for Barrow in National League One next season. You must be looking forward to it?"
Armistead, grinning sheepishly, replied: "It will be for them, mate. I've been given the bullet."
Cue three hundred people laughing hysterically. It looks like Leigh - Armistead's rumoured destination in 2009 - are about to get their hands on a genuine character.