I received several emails from the RFL a couple of months ago offering Grand Final tickets for £10. No idea how many they sold at that price but rlGroupon flogged over 2000 tickets @£10rl.

Who do we want to win the [ireal[/i grand final?

Canterbury for me. Screw the burgi, Graham is the king. What a player.

I would like to see the Bulldogs do it.Done it tough and Graham has been awesome he deserves a winners ring.

Wouldn't mind if Souths did it though, think its 40 odd Years since they last cracked it and they seem to have a true and loyal fan base who have put up with a lot of crap down the years.everyone is entitled to their opinion on Sam Burgess but you can't deny he is a special player and deserving of some honours to show for his RL career.will be great to see him up against Graham one last time.

It's been a while since a Pom has earned a winners medal in the Grand Final down under. Last one was Adrian Morley in 2002 which was quickly followed up by two Grand Final losses in 2003 and 2004. Then there was Harvey Howard in 2000. Lee Jackson in 1997. Kevin Ward in 1987. Gary Stephens, Knocker Norton and Phil Lowe in 1976. Malcolm Reilly in 1972 and 1973. I think Dave Bolton and Dick Huddart collected winners medals in the 60's.

Gareth Widdop?

I'm not inclined to include Gareth Widdop in that list because I regard him as an Australian product, just like Ian Roberts and Bob Fulton. The same would apply to Jack Reed if he is ever successful with Brisbane or any other NRL team.

Translation = "I forgot about him"

Edited for honesty...

On a more serious note, and since you seem to know your onions when it comes to the NRL, how have the various Brits Abroad got on down under this year?

Correct -

Dick Huddart (St George) Winner 1966

Dave Bolton (Balmain) Loser 1966, Winner 1969

Can't think of anymore Brit winners but here's a few more losers - Mervyn Hicks (Canterbury) 1967, Ken Batty (St George) 1971, Brian Lockwood (Canterbury) 1974, Ellery hanley (Balmain) 1988, Andy Currier and Shaun Edwards (both Balmain) 1989

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How many Brits are likely to be in this year's final? I haven't been following but is it going to be four - Sam, Tom and George Burgess plus James Graham. That would I think equal the record set in 1973 when Malcolm Reilly won with Manly - defeating Tommy Bishop, Cliff Watson and Bob Wear with Cronulla - lucky omen for Canterbury perhaps.

Three Burgess Bros (twins on the bench probably) and Graham makes 4 so that equals the record of Pom participation in an Aussie GF.

Not particularly a fan of either Souths or Canterbury but if I were to choose then Canterbury, if only because James Graham has earned one after (is it five?) GF losses in succession.

That's right on Graham. He won in 2006 then lost the next five 2007 to 2011. That makes him one of four players with the same one win to five loss record (along with Meli, Roby and Wilkin) while Pryce, Wellens and Gilmour also have the same number of GF losses they have a better win record of four, four and two respectfully.

I'm actually wrong because I was including an NRL Grand Final loss in 2012 on James Graham's CV. He's therefore lost six Grand Finals in a row which is more reason to side with his team at the weekend.