Four years ago, Craig Bellamy and the Melbourne Storm were hoisting the NRL Premiership at Accor Stadium after defeating the Penrith Panthers.
They faced off against Penrith once again in the big dance last night, but this time a now battle hardened Panthers put the Storm into submission and won an incredible fourth straight premiership in a row.
It marks Bellamy's fifth defeat in Grand Finals and a failure to do the double after winning the minor premiership.
But what did he have to say after the match?
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Bellamy admits Storm veered from game plan
Speaking to media after the 14-6 defeat, Bellamy admitted the better side won on the night, despite being proud of his players' efforts.
"They [Penrith] were too good for us," Bellamy said after the game.
"They really know what they're good at, and they just stick to it. They're relentless at sticking to what they plan to do, [and] we sort of got a little bit off the beaten track tonight, and [we paid] the price."
He said the Storm went away from the game plan they had worked on during the week, and it showed when contrasted to Penrith's efforts.
"There's errors that are forced, and errors that are, I don't really know how to describe that, but we just didn't really get into our plan for long enough periods [of the game].
"That's not an excuse - they were too good for us tonight - and they've been there and done that and they're relentless at doing what they know works for them.
"We probably weren't prepared to go as far as they were or as far as they did with our game plan."
Bellamy also lamented the absence of Nelson Asofa-Solomona, who missed the game due to suspension.
"[We missed] his power, and I guess the way the game played out territorially, yeah, I think we did miss him," Bellamy said.
"We were struggling to make metres early, and I think that's one of his real strengths, so we certainly missed him without a doubt.
