NRL grand final to remain at Suncorp Stadium

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The NRL is breathing a immense suspiration of alleviation aft ARL Commission president Peter V'landys confirmed that the expansive last volition spell up arsenic primitively planned astatine Suncorp Stadium connected Sunday night.

A caller COVID-19 outbreak during the week had thrown the NRL's showpiece lawsuit successful uncertainty successful the days starring up to the lucifer between the Penrith Panthers and South Sydney Rabbitohs, but it appears the NRL has dodged a monolithic bullet.

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Despite much vulnerability sites being named connected Sunday morning, V'landys confirmed to Nine's NRL newsman Danny Weidler that the expansive last venue would not beryllium shifted.

"It's large alleviation for the fans," helium said. "It volition beryllium a crippled for the ages."

V'landys' telephone came aft the Queensland suburbs North Lakes, Kippa-Ring and the country of the Brisbane Airport were named arsenic the latest vulnerability sites, though each were classified arsenic "moderate to debased risk".

The NRL expansive last volition proceed arsenic planned astatine Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium connected Sunday nighttime (Getty)

With the crippled confirmed for Brisbane, Queensland autochthonal and Broncos fable Sam Thaiday called it the state's "time to shine".

"This is thing that each Queenslanders person been talking astir about apt since that 2015 expansive last erstwhile we had 2 Queensland teams playing, and that was down successful Sydney," helium told Nine's TODAY.

"We person our accidental and accidental present to big what is 1 of the champion games wrong the rugby league calendar.

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"It's our clip to radiance and if we bash this close determination should beryllium that enactment successful the aboriginal to possibly bring immoderate finals and expansive last footy present successful the aboriginal arsenic well.

"It's been large to spot the full NRL up present successful Queensland and Queensland has decidedly benefitted from it. Some of the determination areas excessively that person hosted games, Towoomba, Mackay, Rockhampton, those places person perfectly loved having the NRL up present this year."

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