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:

2. Roosters 25 def Titans 24 - 2021

This was total and utter Rugby League chaos!

Titans fans would have wiped this from their memories. "Why didn't he pass?" they scream to this very day, when reminded.

The game itself was super entertaining, but all everyone will remember is the finish.

The Titans were gone. The mighty Chooks had them dead to rights with 15 minutes to go.

Jarrow Wallace would score with 10 minutes to go and set up a grandstand finish. Sam Walker seemed to have sunk the Titans with a field goal with two minutes to go.

Then, with under a minute left on the clock, trailing by a point, Beau Fermor would run 80 metres and set up an attacking raid with 30 seconds left.

The Titans went right and if Patrick Herbert passes that ball to an unmarked Corey Thompson, the Titans deliver an all time Finals finish.

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