The Panthers enter Sunday night’s decider against the Eels targeting their second grand final win in three successive attempts
Only the seventh salary-cap-legal team to reach three consecutive deciders in the past 50 years, Penrith have won a remarkable 66 of the 77 games they have played since the start of 2020.
“It’s about going back to back right now,” five-eighth Jarome Luai said. “For us, next year is next year. But we need to make the most of this opportunity.”Of the other six teams to have reached three straight grand finals in the past 50 years, Penrith’s winning rate of 85% is by far the best, while their average winning margin of 13.34 narrowly beats out the Manly team of the mid-1990s.
“We did learn from the first one,” coach Ivan Cleary said. “I don’t know whether that was the team we were playing, the occasion, or both.”Of the Eels, only Ryan Matterson and Bailey Simonsson have played in grand finals before while coach Brad Arthur has previously featured as an assistant, in 2013, and under-20s coach in 2009.
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