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It was more of a celebration than a win, wasn\u2019t it?\xa0

The Knights, on a ten-game roll, were brought to a shuddering halt by a side that, if we play that way this weekend and then the final, we will win it all.\xa0

It was funny to read some of the post-game commentary about the Broncos, about how good they are, how big they are and how fast they are.\xa0

It\u2019s a signature of a small country and a small mind if the first thing you do is look ahead to what the problems next week are.\xa0

What that thinking fails to recognise is that we are big, and fast, and good as well.\xa0

We finished 4th on the table.\xa0

We are in the final four and we didn\u2019t scrape in. We didn\u2019t rely on luck, the other sides didn\u2019t play badly. We won because we are as good as anyone.\xa0

Read some of the Australian commentary because it's been some of the most uplifting coverage in the latter part of the season. The Australians are in genuine awe of what the Warriors have achieved.\xa0

They are the fairytale of the season. And that's coming from the Sydney Morning Herald.\xa0

They see Shaun Johnson as the Dally M winner and they see Webster as coach of the year.\xa0

They haven't forgotten, unlike the NRL, the price we have paid over the Covid years, stuck away from home with all those promises about making it up to us.\xa0

Saturday night was as good as you will ever see, both in atmosphere and performance. To be so dominant that you pull a couple of your best players off with time left is the stuff of dreams.\xa0

Johnson seemed untouched by his leg injury and was a reminder of just how influential and brilliant he is.\xa0

And it's because of that quality that I still maintain that unless we make the final, this will be a season and a chance lost.\xa0

The only point of competing is to compete to win. We haven't won yet.\xa0

But, unlike the other years when we have made it but fallen short, we look a better side. We look better credentialed, and we look like we belong there.\xa0

We have all we need. The rest is up to us.\xa0

If we play two more times like we played Saturday, then this really is our year.\xa0

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