Week One of the 2023 Finals is upon us. We've been presented with three mouth-watering clashes, as well as an expected Newcastle win over Canberra.
Week One of the Finals can be very hit or miss.
Sometimes, you get game of the year contenders. Other times, unfortunately, the pretenders are separated from the contenders in a brutal fashion.
Everyone remembers the Grand Finals. Prelims too. Sometimes, though, games that take place in the weeks prior fall away from our memory.
Today is a day to revive some of those Week One classics.
In the spirit of the Top Eight battling it out this weekend, we've narrowed it down to our top eight games from Week One of the Finals since 2013:
3. Cowboys 32 def Cronulla 30 - 2022
As a Sharks fan, this one hurts, but you cannot deny how entertaining a game this was.
Both seemed to enter into a pre-match agreement not to tackle. It was strange for a Finals game, which are usually won on defence, but it made for a fun night in the Shire.
The Sharks looked to have this match won until Jason Taumalolo's 79th-minute try allowed Valentine Holmes to send it to Golden Point extra time.
Holmes, a Sharks 2016 Premiership winner, came back to haunt his old club by nailing the most perfect 42 metre drop goal you'll ever see.
This game swung in momentum countless times.
The Cowboys opened the scoring before the Sharks took the ascendancy. Tom Dearden then changed the game for the Cowboys before a second half charge saw the Sharks run clear.
Then the aforementioned Taumalolo try and Holmes field goal send the Cowboys through to the most unlikely of Prelims.
Ah Dan, how I envy your memory. The only one I can recall is Sharks v Cows.
Comes of being old, I guess.