The Broncos wound the clock back and blew the Storm out of the game.
There's been 100 different names for it since Aussie league legend Duncan Thompson came up with his "contract football" in the 1920s.
Thompson would get his forwards hitting the tackle, spinning and then support players coming through were under contract to take the ball off him, keep it alive and open up space out wide.
And if you asked Broncos coach Wayne Bennett after last night's grand final he'd be the first to acknowledge Thompson's contribution to the game plan.
Sure the offloads weren't there but it was that short passing game up the middle that pulled in the Melbourne defence and swung it for the Broncos.
It allowed Brisbane to get a roll on and took Melbourne away from what they've done all season.
That contract football style allowed Darren Lockyer to sit on the edges move the game around the park as he wanted to.
He hardly seemed involved at times but his presence was their to guide the final pass or kick and keep the Broncos rolling on.
And the Broncos defence was outstanding, they were on the rack a few times but didn't flinch.
It was a hugely disappointing game from the Storm.
Tactically they were just blown out of the water.
Man for man Melbourne have shown all season they are the better side.
But they fell into Bennett's trap last night and tried to take the Broncos on at their own game.
It just didn't work for them.
The Storm outsmarted themselves by playing dumb football.
They should have been running out of dummy-half and running the Broncos ragged.
The Broncos will look back at this one and wonder why Melbourne didn't drag them from sideline to sideline.
Player for player Brisbane should never have won, because the Storm had the better players. But Brisbane stuck to contract football.
It's dull to watch and gives the opposition an inflated ego of themselves.
They think, "Geez. we can do the same thing and try to take the Broncos on at their own game".
It won't go down as one of the great grand finals. But those who know the contract football system will sit back and smile.
<i>Graham Lowe:</i> Bennett laid a trap and it worked
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