2024 GF | PREMIERS - Penrith 14-6 Melbourne @ Accor

[DIOGENES]

No offence, but I wouldn't rule out the Roosters of 1935-37. In that 3 year period, they won 3 premierships, and did so by only losing 1 match in those 3 seasons (admittedly, a season was shorter back then).

And there were 9 teams with the furtherest away at Canterbury which joined in 1935. In 1937 Country beat City in both matches
So in 1935-7 Easts won the inner Sydney competition which was not even the strongest in NSW.

 

[soc123_au]

No offence, but I wouldn't rule out the Roosters of 1935-37. In that 3 year period, they won 3 premierships, and did so by only losing 1 match in those 3 seasons (admittedly, a season was shorter back then).

Highlight vid links or it didn't happen...

 

[footy75]

Congrats Penrith.
What they have done is amazing. Doubt we ever see it again.

 

[Munky]

At what point does the media start questioning Bellamy's coaching in big games?

In the last three finals against Penrith the Storm have scored sixteen points. Averaging less than a converted try!

2021 and 2024 his side were the best point scorers in the league.

He's had two generational hookers and the entire attack pivots around them. Opposition teams know this and the good ones make the hooker make tackles.

Flanno did a number on Smith in 2016 while Penrith battered Grant for eighty minutes. If the riff still had Spencer there would be a chalk outline on the turf surrounded by police tape.

Every single person with a remote interest in the NRL knew the Penrith pack would go all in for the first fifteen minutes. They bashed the shit out of Parra's pack in 2022 which had much better players than the plod the Storm fielded. Importantly Ivan benched Api for those fifteen minutes.

While Harry is the captain he should never have started. They needed him with fresh legs against the Penrith reserve middles yet he could barely move by the second half.

 

[OVP]

Just wanted to congratulate Penrith and their fans. Brilliant team you have there and the coaching setup is first class. Well done.

 

[yobbo84]

Lots of talk about how the past 8 years have been dominated by 3 teams...

One thing forgotten about St George's 11-in-a-row is that Souths won 5 of the 6 premierships preceding it, and 4 of the 5 premierships following it.

From 1949 to 1971 (23 seasons!), either Souths or St George (or both) were premiers or runners up.

In that 23 year period, St George won 12 premierships, Souths 9, Wests 1 and Balmain 1.

Basically imagine 15 more seasons of only Penrith or Melbourne winning....