Sad News: Panthers Defense man may not play again…..

The Panthers defeat the Storm to win the NRL for the fourth time in a row.

The Penrith Panthers defeated the Melbourne Storm 14-6 to win the NRL championship and become the first team since St George (1956–1966) to win four straight titles in a thrilling match between the two best NRL teams of the previous ten years. Nathan Cleary, the “prince of Penrith,” led the historic grand final victory in front of 80,156 spectators in Sydney. However, Liam Martin won the Clive Churchill Medal for finest player on the field.

It was time for the top 2024 teams to destroy one another after local rapper The Kid Laroi wrapped up a convoluted set with a version of INXS’s Never Tear Us Apart. Melbourne to Thunderstruck, Penrith to Hells Bells, both sides ran out to AC/DC. Two high-voltage alternating current teams ready to ride the lightning was appropriate.

Both teams turned to Plan B, which was to cause uncertainty and chaos, as the direct approach failed to break through either defensive line. Runarounds and tap-ons, grubbers and cut-outs, offloads and dink kicks. Moses Leota’s charge to within a meter of the line in the fifth minute nearly worked for Penrith, but Isaah Yeo split the inside pass. The players experienced periods of brilliant play during the breathless frenzied moments, but after 20 minutes in the midst of the chaos, exhaustion set in like a fog. Blore’s rush to the 10-meter line and quick play-the-ball began when Munster crunched Cleary and stripped. After 22 minutes of razzle dazzle, Harry Grant raced in for the snipe, and the small hooker swooped past a weary