The current Penrith Panthers side has joined the legendary teams of rugby league history, becoming the first side in 40 years to win three straight premierships.
Only eight teams have ever won three straight titles, while only two, the 1925-29 South Sydney Rabbitohs with five straight and the 1956-66 St George Dragons with 11 straight, have ever won more than three in a row.
But as the dust settles on their achievement, there is one thing that the Panthers have in their favour over the teams that have gone before them — their streak is still current. “To the Broncos boys, absolute beast team … very young. Shoutout to Ezra Mam as well. You’re a freak.“To our boys it’s nothing but love. We work so hard for this.”“We are still getting started,” Cleary said.The Panthers have made themselves a dynasty and done so in an era where successful teams are usually torn apart as premiership players who command higher pay packets are forced to move on.
But in the case of Cleary, NRL content lead Dan Talityre said it perfectly after full-time the era of dominance the league could still be facing: “Nathan Cleary is 25. Cam Smith played ANOTHER 12 YEARS.”While you’d expect the club to start falling off a cliff, the Panthers have won three of the past four minor premierships — the side finished the regular season in second in 2021 to the Storm only on points differential.
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