We rate the performance of every player from Sunday night’s decider between Penrith and Brisbane.
Which players stood tallest in the first half of Sunday’s premiership decider? Here’s how we rated the first-half performance of every player from both Penrith and Brisbane in the grand final.Last year’s Clive Churchill medallist was his typical hard-working self, racking up 100 run metres within half an hour.Caught out of position for a couple of Broncos kicks, including a Billy Walters 40/20, but otherwise rock solid on the left flank.
Took the game’s first hit-up and was Penrith’s primary metre-eater in the early stages, popping a couple of offloads and busting some tackles in a terrific first stint.12. Liam Martin - 7.5 Forced a Brisbane error with a big tackle early on and was Penrith’s busiest defender in the first half.Got through a ton of work in the middle, made a try-saving tackle on Jordan Riki just before half-time and almost denied Tom Flegler his try under the posts.Penrith’s first man off the bench made 11 metres from his first carry to help keep his team on top.Had a couple of good runs after entering the field with eight minutes remaining in the half.
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