Predicted Finish: 2nd
Actual Finish: 2nd
Every season I predict that the Storm are going to fall. This year I learned my lesson and was, for once, spot on. Cameron Smith is ageless, Cam Munster is elite while their young fullback emerged as a genuine superstar in 2020. This was perhaps their best win yet.
2. Lowlights
- Sin Bins In Grand Final: What it is it about the Storm and two sin bins in a Grand Final? Cameron Munster was famously sent to cool off twice in their Grand Final loss to the Roosters, and in the final ten minutes of their win over the Panthers, the Storm were forced to defend with nine men in the line.
The late brain snaps, both of which the referee got spot on for the record, made the game not only close but actually allowed the Panthers a Hail Mary shot at sending this game to extra time. It never looked likely but the fact was the Storm made it a possibility with horror discipline with the game well and truly won.
As much as Penrith may have been given in the second of the grand final. The Storm were given every decision their way in the first half. To make sure that they won. Sure, there were some glaring mistakes that Penrith made themselves in the first half.
Why did the Storm have to get all the first half decisions their way to make sure they won? Who knows ? Ask the NRL that one .