Channel Nine’s coverage of the decider kicked off today with league legend Brad Fittler revealing he has found the missing ball Johnathan Thurston (pictured below) used to kick the winning field goal in the 2015 decider.
The Steeden disappeared soon after JT slotted it through the post to give fans one of the most dramatic finishes to a grand final ever.
‘There was a bloke from the NRL, Nathan McGuirk, who thought, “You know what, I’d better find that ball because that’s going to be important in the future”,’ Fittler said.
‘So he went over behind the goalpost and the stage was still there from the entertainment that year.
‘He went ferretting underneath it and there’s the ball just sitting there.’