IT was a fair night last night for Greg Inglis.

Carrying his extra six kilos through a game for the first time, he started proceedings by sending Dragon five-eighth Jamie Soward into orbit when he scored his and his team's first try.

Inglis ran into him head-on and sent him reeling like he was a bag at training.

Inglis showed last night he is still a superstar on the NRL

Then he proceeded to step and shove in attack while also dipping his shoulders hard into anyone who came near him in defence for the rest of the match.

His first 80 minutes were pretty good, even for a star like Inglis.

But then he went and put the cherry on top in his first season outing by kicking a field goal, in extra time, to win the game.

It was only the second time in his 75-game career that Inglis had kicked a field goal - adding yet another string to a bow quickly running out of room.

"I was just standing back there in position, ready. Smithy (Cam Smith) got his eyes up and it came to me," Inglis said.

"It was only the second one I have ever kicked. But there's plenty at training. . . they come in handy."

As for his try, which created such a roar the crowd watching the NBL final over the road would have looked over their shoulders, Inglis again played the modesty card.

"It was practiced during the week to attack the left side," was all he said. Even his coach Craig Bellamy put it down as just another Inglis try.

"He's scored a lot of tries like that, pushing guys out of the road. That's nothing new for Greg," the coach said.

It may have been nothing new, but it was significant. It was the stamp of a superstar, a worrying sign for the rest of the NRL, and enough to make everyone at Storm smile very, very broadly.