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Penrith Panthers
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Match Complete
Brisbane Broncos
24
| N. Cleary |  | 78 | ||
| N. Cleary |  | 76 | ||
| N. Cleary | | 68 | ||
| S. Crichton | | 67 | ||
| N. Cleary | | 63 | ||
| M. Leota | | 62 | ||
| 56 | | A. Reynolds | ||
| 54 | | E. Mam | ||
| 53 | | A. Reynolds | ||
| 52 | | E. Mam | ||
| 45 | | A. Reynolds | ||
| 44 | | E. Mam | ||
| 39 | | A. Reynolds | ||
| 38 | | T. Flegler | ||
| N. Cleary |  | 29 | ||
| S. Crichton | | 18 | ||
| M. Kenny | | 17 |
| 4 | Tries | 4 | ||
| 4 | Conversions | 4 | ||
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
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The NRL premiership gets decided tonight when the Penrith Panthers take on the Brisbane Broncos at Accor Stadium in Sydney. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 7:30pm (AEST).
For once, the NRL finals went roughly to script and we get the Grand Final we have been talking about for months. Penrith and Brisbane have been the standouts in the 2023 season and deserve their place tonight.
The Storm started brightly enough against the Panthers, however once a few errors crept into their game, Penrith pounced. They are a clinical team that punish mistakes. In the end, the 38-4 was a fair indication of the Panthers’ dominance.
The Panthers are relentless. Their game is centred around a hard working back 3, a pinpoint kicking game and stingy defence. When they get field position, that’s when the halves and forward pack get the time to create attacking sets. Over time, oppositions simply break.
Ivan Cleary has named the same 17, with Jarome Luai and Izack Tago better for the run against the Storm. Nathan Cleary seems to have overcome his finger injury and will definitely play.
If there is a team that can match James Fisher-Harris, Moses Leota and Isaah Yeo, it is Brisbane. Payne Haas, Pat Carrigan and Thomas Flegler all provided the platform in the 42-12 win over the Warriors.
Adam Reynolds kicking game was again on song but it is Reece Walsh who is rightly getting the headlines. He was electric against the Warriors, who failed to contain him the way they had contained Kalyn Ponga the week before.
Kevin Walters also has the luxury of naming an unchanged team. Jesse Arthars has again been confirmed over Corey Oates. The one question mark is over Herbie Farnworth but he is expected to play.
The key to this is Walsh. If the Panthers can limit his impact, they will win. The Broncos punched holes in the Warriors defence but they won’t get that luxury tonight.
Penrith will be happy to get into the grind for as long as they need to and I don’t think this will be a high scoring game.
It will be more a war of attrition and the Panthers are the masters in this area. Nathan Cleary is in career best form and he may prove the difference. It will be tight but Penrith will claim their right as one of the best teams in the modern era by claiming 3 in a row. Panthers by 2
Venue: Accor Stadium, Sydney
Kick-off: 7:30pm (AEST)
TV: Nine, Fox Sports
Streaming: Kayo Sports, Foxtel
Odds: Panthers $1.60 Broncos $2.40 – odds via PlayUp
Panthers: 1. Dylan Edwards 2. Sunia Turuva 3. Izack Tago 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Brian To’o 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Moses Leota 9. Mitch Kenny 10. James Fisher-Harris 11. Scott Sorensen 12. Liam Martin 13. Isaah Yeo 14. Jack Cogger 15. Lindsay Smith 16. Spencer Leniu 17. Luke Garner 18. Tyrone Peachey 19. Matt Eisenhuth 20. Zac Hosking 21. Luke Sommerton 22. Thomas Jenkins
Broncos: 1. Reece Walsh 2. Jesse Arthars 3. Kotoni Staggs 4. Herbie Farnworth 5. Selwyn Cobbo 6. Ezra Mam 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Thomas Flegler 9. Billy Walters 10. Payne Haas 11. Kurt Capewell 12. Jordan Riki 13. Patrick Carrigan 14. Tyson Smoothy 15. Brendan Piakura 16. Kobe Hetherington 17. Keenan Palasia 18. Corey Oates 19. Martin Taupau 20. Corey Jensen 21. Jock Madden 22. Tristan Sailor
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