Just when you thought Nathan Cleary’s NRL Grand Final heroics couldn’t get any better, news comes out he may well have done it on one leg.
Instead of lining up for the spot kick, Stephen Crichton took his place as a trainer looked over Cleary’s left knee.
Cleary was seen limping during Penrith’s celebrations and will be sent off for scans to determine if surgery will be required. It takes his final 20 minutes from arguably the best display ever seen to a clear frontrunner for the most absurd individual performance on the big stage. “Maybe with Origin he wants to tick a few more boxes, but in terms of club halfbacks the last bloke to do that was Sterling.
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