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

[ColdWetPanther]

Loving us playing in pink!!

 

[taste2taste]

The 2 times these teams met during the season were snoozefests and the GF will be the same.

5 hit ups, kick to the corner and wait for the opposition to make a mistake.

Wow ! Riveting stuff.

 

[Marshall_magic]

To be fair, every single player in the NRL is one tackle away from a shoulder injury.

 

[Warrimoo3]

I want Wayne Bennett to coach Newtown for the day just so the ground announcer can play “Benny and the Jets”

 

[Warrimoo3]

NAS won’t be getting off. The only defence they will have is the grading is too big, they will argue comparing hits that received a cat 1 vs this one that got a cat 3 and argue the inconsistency if they find any. Worth a shot but will come up empty I reckon

Need a reworked version of “Free Nelson Mandela “ by The Specials . Changed to “Free Nelson Solomona”. Molly Meldrum make it happen.

 

[Rising from the Ashes]

Panthers 13+

 

[kdalymc]

Surely Penrith don't wear f**king pink in a gf

 

[Iamback]

Surely Penrith don't wear f**king pink in a gf

It is true sadly

 

[chrisD]

Congratulations Melbourne on being part of our special day.

 

[Foldthec*%#t]

Edwards on one leg, Cleary shoulder is cooked, Martin 2 head knocks last week and played like it, limping to the end

Paps back to 2020 form, Hughes the best half in the game right now, Grants ruck speed, Munster……

storm by 12+

 

[Chins get the wins]

Edwards on one leg, Cleary shoulder is cooked, Martin 2 head knocks last week and played like it, limping to the end

Paps back to 2020 form, Hughes the best half in the game right now, Grants ruck speed, Munster……

storm by 12+

Paps is more likely to go down than Nathan

 

[League Unlimited News]

 

[moffla]

Glad the hearing is tonight. Get it out of the way so we can focus on the week, regardless of outcome

 

[Chins get the wins]

Glad the hearing is tonight. Get it out of the way so we can focus on the week, regardless of outcome

Theirs is only one outcome here but I do hope he gets off because I don't want any excuses.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

The last 9 grand finals have been contested by brand new GF combinations. With this being a rematch of the 2020 GF, that cool lil run comes to an end.

 

[Sime_11]

not the GF the neutrals want, but its the one we deserve - the 2 best teams of the season competing.

if NAS gets off - the NRL may as well announce a policy that suspensions occurring during Finals games can be postponed to the following season. he will get it downgraded which he should - but i cant see it being a double downgrade - a very dangerous precedent.

that said - i hope he plays, because you want to play the best possible team on the day.


whilst a 13+ scoreline wouldnt surprise me, i think this will be another EPIC - a tight competitive contest, thats what you want - you want drama and pressure, you dont want the trophy sealed at HT (unless its your team thats ahead)

Panthers in a close one to close the chapter on a very successful era. they need to win this more than Melbourne do, whilst the 3 in a row is an amazing achievement - 2 GF losses to Melbourne during this period will be the Achilles heel that any neutral fan will bring up to Panther fans.

Its been a helluva Journey Panther fans, lets hope we can 4 peat and overcome the 2020 GF loss.

may the best team win

and the refs - stay the f**k out of it and let the players decide. penalise the obvious penalties - stay out of the 50/50 bs calls

 

[Frankus]

as defending premiers we need to wear pink jerseys. There needs to be investigation into this shit.

 

[Blues Riff]

A lot of ‘us’ and ‘we’ being bandied about here. Didn’t realise we had so many Panthers and Storm ex-players on this forum.

Maybe some of "us" are coaches, administrators, trainers, groundsmen, physio, security, tea ladies, hospitality workers or any of the hundreds of others who contribute to the success of these great clubs. Perhaps "we" are just long-term members and supporters who financially back these organisations year after year.
Sad for you scooter, that you've never felt like a part of something great.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

as defending premiers we need to wear pink jerseys. There needs to be investigation into this shit.

Agree. Start at Penrith front office and ask who made the decision to use the pink jersey as the away/alternative.

 

[BxTom]

The Storm beaten by a team in pink? Sounds good to me!!