Which players stood tallest in Sunday’s premiership decider? Here’s how we rated the performance of every player from both Penrith and Melbourne in the grand final.
The 21-year-old artist put on a polished performance in the lead-up to the NRL grand final.
Olivia Kernick capped off her 2024 Dally M Medal win with an NRLW title after scoring two tries in the Roosters’ 32-28 victory against the Sharks.
Not only did he miss his teammates in action in the biggest game of the season,Tyrone Peachey also brushed the NRL tribute to the group of players retiring this year – of which he is one.
Raised in a small village in Tonga,24-year-old Eliesa Katoa has made a big impact at Melbourne Storm,and will be centre stage in the NRL grand final.
Best mates Brian To’o,Jarome Luai,Stephen Crichton and Spencer Leniu couldn’t believe it when they won a premiership together for the Panthers in 2021. They wanted to play together forever. Come full-time in Sunday night’s grand final,To’o will be the only one left.
And on grand final day,the immortal sports commentator nominates the greatest ever NRL player – and the one who might yet seize that crown.
He lost his mother at the age of seven,but Paul Alamoti knows she will be looking down at him with pride on grand final day.
John Singleton could have won big if Newtown had prevailed in the 1981 grand final. ‘Singo’ will win more if the Panthers triumph against Melbourne in this year’s decider.
Harry Grant’s loan spell with Wests Tigers in 2020 was revolutionary at the time. But it has paid off handsomely for the Storm.
The boyish charisma and quick tongue are partly what made Mount Druitt trendy,but the Panthers five-eighth will take a new maturity with him to Wests Tigers.