Tina Turner rocked rugby league within the Nineteen Nineties and the NRL grand last will go retro in 2023 with a musical tribute to the late famous person set to headline the pre-show leisure.

The NRL household felt the passing of Turner in May as a lot as anybody on the planet given the rock icon’s lasting impression on the game by way of arguably one of many biggest advertising and marketing campaigns in Australian sport, rugby league‘s “Simply the Best” campaign in 1990.

Turner died in May at the age of 83 after a long illness and on grand final day the cast of Tina – The Tina Turner musical, which is playing in Sydney, will sing some of her greatest hits before the match.

“Thirty years on, Tina Turner’s 1993 efficiency stays one of many nice Grand Final moments,” NRL CEO Andrew Abdo mentioned:

“This collaboration is a perfect way for Rugby League to pay tribute to Tina and everything she did for our game and it will be a special moment for fans amongst the outstanding entertainment on offer on grand final day.”

The musical options iconic songs together with “Simply The Best”, “Nutbush” and “Proud Mary” which shall be blasted out once more on grand last day.

The NRL and NRLW premiership matches mark 30 years since Turner‘s celebrated efficiency on the 1993 grand last when she sang with Jimmy Barnes.

The leisure line-up on grand last day contains two performances from Northern Territory rock band King Stingray which performs in English and YolNGu Matha languages.