GOING TROPPO - STATS AHEAD OF FIRST ALL QUEENSLAND NRL GRAND FINAL BETWEEN BRISBANE AND COWBOYS
- It is just the second NRL grand final not to involve a NSW team (in 2006 Brisbane beat Melbourne 15-8)
- Six time premiers Brisbane (6-0 in grand finals) tackle a Cowboys outfit facing their second grand final and first since 2005 (lost 30-16 to Wests Tigers)
- North Queensland lost their opening finals clash 16-12 to Brisbane; the last team to lose their first finals match and win the premiership was the Broncos in 2006 (no team has lost a finals match but reversed the result against the same opponent in the grand final since Melbourne against St George Illawarra in 1999)
- The Cowboys have been the best finishers in the league, scoring 252 points in the final 20 minutes of their matches - 65 more than the next best team, the Roosters (187)
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- North Queensland have also conceded the second fewest points in this period (97) behind the Broncos (87)
- The Cowboys enter this match having averaged the most points and tries over the season (24.8 points and 4.3 tries per game)
- Brisbane have conceded the fewest penalties (4.9 per game) and made the equal fewest errors (9.7 per game)
- North Queensland made the most run metres of any team in 2015, averaging 1592m per game.
