A call to treasure for Vossy

PREMIER rugby league caller Andrew Voss has rated the Storm-Roosters epic on Thursday night as one of the greatest matches he’s called in 29 years of commentary.

Describing the 84-minute thriller as “better than any movie”, the lead caller for Fox League said Melbourne’s 27-25 win over the Roosters in golden-point extra time at Suncorp Stadium was undoubtedly a career highlight.

“It wasn’t two field goals to win it — it was two field goals in the final 40-seconds.

“Like seriously, that doesn’t happen,’’ Voss said.

“I know they (Storm and Roosters) play great games and they’ve got great history, the last 15 games they’ve scored the exact same number of points. But you still couldn’t have predicted that.

“With the greatest respect to the Warriors, that happens to them, they lose games when they lead by 10 — that doesn’t happen to the Roosters. But then for the Roosters to fight back through Flanagan’s goal kick, the pressure he was under and then Cameron Smith, the pressure he was under.

“Where do I rank it? I’ve never seen it before.

“I’ve called lots of great finishes, but I’ve never seen two field-goals in the final 40 seconds, one of which was kicked by a bloke (Ryan Papenhuyzen) for the first time in his career from 35-metres out and off centre.’’

Alongside Fox League analysts Greg Alexander and Cooper Cronk in commentary, Voss conceded the absorbing finish left him emotionally charged and compelled to watch the replay early Friday morning.

“I just wonder if there are people out there watching rugby league for the first time because they’d be thinking, ‘wow - what is this?’,’’ Voss said.

“The bloodshed, how brutal it was, the try put down from Josh Morris — put that in slow-motion. As a fan, getting to commentate with Cronk and Alexander and their analysis, it was amazing.

“The wife said she’d watch every game of rugby league if they were all like that.”