Penrith have signed Paul Alamoti and Brad Schneider.
2023 NRL grand final fulltime score: Penrith Panthers vs Brisbane Broncos
The Panthers are champions again after a thriller.
One of the all-time great grand finals has seen the Penrith Panthers come from behind, scoring three tries in the final 18 minutes of the game to take their third-straight premiership.
It means Penrith are the first team in the NRL era to win three straight grand finals, but for a long period, it looked as if it simply wasn’t going to happen.
After a first half where the Panthers controlled the action but couldn’t push away on the scoreboard, an Ezra Mam hat-trick put the Broncos well ahead heading into the final 20 minutes of the game.
At that point, Penrith’s body language was poor and the game looked all but over.
A critical error from the Broncos though saw Penrith able to march down the field and score in the next set with Nathan Cleary looking to begin his redemption after missing two tackles for tries.
He put Moses Leota away for the first of those tries, before a spread to the left-hand side minutes later saw Stephen Crichton, in his final game for the Panthers, burst through for a try.
The Panthers were still behind, but with only three minutes remaining, Nathan Cleary broke through to score an amazing try on his own, and Penrith held on for another Provan-Summons trophy.
The early second-half reversal occurred after Brisbane had spent most of the first half on the back foot, turning the ball over frequently.
The Panthers’ sloppy first-half effort meant the score was still 8-6 at the interval, but Thomas Flegler broke Brisbane’s tie only two minutes later.
