Overview

• Brisbane beat Melbourne 26-22 in the NRL Grand Final to end a 19-year premiership drought after rallying from 10 points down at halftime.
• Reece Walsh won the Clive Churchill Medal with a try, three try assists and multiple try-saving tackles in a decisive all-round display.
• Australia named Walsh in a 24-player squad for the three-Test Ashes series in England later this month, his first senior national call-up.
• The NRL fined Walsh A$3,000 for a high tackle on Xavier Coates during the decider, with no sin-bin issued on the night.
• Storm coach Craig Bellamy blasted his side’s inability to contain Walsh as Melbourne reviewed defensive lapses following a second straight grand final loss.