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NRLW grand final 2024: Sydney Roosters beat Cronulla Sharks – as it happened
- Roosters win second premiership with 32-28 victory over Sharks
- Tarryn Aiken named player of the match in thriller at Accor Stadium
A little bit of pre-match entertainment happening now – it’s strangely low key, with a very small stage on the 10m line where Coterie is playing Slice of Heaven.
It’s been 25 years of rugby league grand finals at Stadium Australia – I was at the very first one, back in 1999. I will opt to say nothing about the result of that game, but it felt pretty cool to be in that crowd. The stadium was in its Olympic configuration back then, so there were just under 108,000 people in and it was loud and intense.
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