Souths starter 'appeared to suffer stage fright'

The Panthers are the 2021 premiers aft winning a thrilling expansive last by 2 points implicit the Rabbitohs.

The Mole breaks down the NRL showpiece with his expansive last subordinate ratings, truthful who were the studs and who were the duds?

PENRITH PANTHERS

1. Dylan Edwards: Safe successful the past enactment of defence contempt coming into the crippled not 100 per cent fit.

Rating: 7

2. Stephen Crichton: Saw small cleanable shot but turned the tide with a astute intercept.

Rating: 7

Huge blunder arsenic Walker throws intercept

3. Paul Momirovski: Quiet successful onslaught but did his occupation successful defence for Ivan Cleary.

Rating: 5

4. Matt Burton: Scored the opening effort and unsafe passim successful his past crippled arsenic a Panther.

Rating: 7

Brian To'o of the Panthers celebrates with Matt Burton of the Panthers (Getty)

5. Brian To'o: Again topped the 200 metre people successful a barnstorming performance.

Rating: 7

6. Jarome Luai: His champion crippled of the finals - plentifulness of vigor and created the archetypal try.

Rating: 7

7. Nathan Cleary: Controlled play with his pin-point kicking crippled and directed his squad astir the parkland well.

Rating: 8

Nathan Cleary claimed the Clive Churchill Medal pursuing Penrith's triumph implicit South Sydney successful 2021. Cleary and Panthers manager Ivan Cleary became the 2nd father-son duo to triumph a Premiership since John Lang and Martin Lang did it successful 2003. "It's hard to enactment into words, I've dreamed of this infinitesimal since I was a small kid," Cleary said. Ivan added: "It's hard to enactment into words... I manager him each day, but erstwhile it's your son, it's a dream. "I couldn't person written that story, it's beauteous cool." (Getty)

8. Moses Leota: Didn't marque a batch of yardage with the shot but held up the mediate successful defence.

Rating: 6

9. Api Koroisau: Always a information from dummy-half against his aged nine and fantabulous walk selection.

Rating: 8

10. James Fisher-Harris: Strong up front, moving for implicit 100 metres and making immoderate captious tackles.

Rating: 7

17. Liam Martin: Given his accidental successful the starting broadside but was kept reasonably quiet.

Rating: 5

Panthers weapon drops f-bomb aft toes probed

12. Kurt Capewell: One of the club's signifier players each twelvemonth but came up with mediocre numbers.

Rating: 5

13. Isaah Yeo: Inspirational show by the co-captain - made much yards than immoderate guardant connected the field.

Rating: 8

11. Viliame Kikau: Didn't supply a batch of thrust from the seat but came up with immoderate large hits.

Rating: 6

14. Tyrone May: Struggled astatine this level, came up with a mates of errors.

Rating: 4

Tyrone May piles connected his Panthers teammates. (Getty)

15. Scott Sorensen: Ran powerfully erstwhile fixed his accidental disconnected the bench.

Rating: 6

16. Spencer Leniu: Didn't get overmuch crippled clip and had small interaction arsenic a result.

Rating: 4

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS

1. Blake Taaffe: Was fixed plentifulness of occupation by Cleary's towering bombs but wasn't phased.

Rating: 6

2. Alex Johnston: Didn't spot a batch of cleanable shot but scored his customary effort astatine a important stage.

Rating: 6

3. Dane Gagai: Made immoderate bully runs and had a effort assistance successful his past crippled arsenic a Bunny.

Rating: 7

'They've been penalties each year'

4. Campbell Graham: Produced a atrocious work successful defence to acquisition Penrith their archetypal effort but different solid.

Rating: 6

5. Jaxson Paulo: Had fewer chances with the shot successful a backline that was fixed nary country to move.

Rating: 5

6. Cody Walker: Came up with 1 of the plays of the crippled with a stunning solo effort midway done the archetypal half… past threw the intercept that mislaid it.

Rating: 6

7. Adam Reynolds: Not afloat acceptable coming into the crippled but kicked good and directed postulation with his large experience.

Rating: 7

8. Mark Nicholls: One of Souths' unsung heroes, came up with immoderate large plays successful a beaten team.

Rating: 7

9. Damien Cook: Couldn't dent the good drilled Penrith defence with his dummyhalf runs but engaged successful defence.

Rating: 6

10. Tevita Tatola: Ran powerfully and made implicit 100 metres but couldn't dent the Penrith achromatic wall.

Rating: 6

11. Keaon Koloamatangi: A standout successful the lead-up games, appeared to endure signifier fright connected the night.

Rating: 5

12. Jaydn Su'a: Worked hard and played large minutes without being capable to marque a existent impact.

Rating: 6

13. Cameron Murray: Took a mates of dense hits aboriginal connected but recovered, starring the tackle number for some sides with 51.

Rating: 7

A dejected Cameron Murray aft the Rabbitohs mislaid the expansive final. (Getty)

14. Benji Marshall: Was thrown connected successful the last 10 minutes with Souths successful hopeless request for a effort and couldn't rather enactment his magic.

Rating: 5

15. Jacob Host: A disappointment - made conscionable 36 metres and 16 tackles - good down connected his signifier successful erstwhile games.

Rating: 5

16. Tom Burgess: Gave Souths plentifulness of thrust from the seat with 116 metres - the astir by immoderate Rabbitoh.

Rating: 8

17. Jai Arrow: Saw small crippled clip owed to a HIA. His interaction was missed.

Rating: 2

For a regular dose of the champion of the breaking quality and exclusive contented from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!

Backstories and controversies down each the Clive Churchill Medal winners of the NRL era