A GUIDE TO THE NRL GRAND FINAL BETWEEN PENRITH AND MELBOURNE:-
WHEN: Sunday, 7.30pm AEDT
WHERE: ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Head to head: played 35, Melbourne won 26, Penrith won 9
Premierships: Penrith 2 (1991, 2003); Melbourne 3* (1999, 2012, 2017) *Retrospectively stripped of 2007 and 2009 premierships for salary-cap breaches
Grand finals: Penrith 3, won 2 (1991, 2003), lost 1 (1990); Melbourne 9, won 5 (1999, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2017), lost 4 (2006, 2008, 2016, 2018)
2020 form
Penrith: played 20, won 18, drawn 1, lost 1 = 1st
Melbourne: played 20, won 16, lost 4 = 2nd
Attack: Penrith 2nd (537 points scored); Melbourne 3rd (534 points conceded)
Defence: Penrith 1st (238 points conceded); Melbourne 2nd (276 points conceded)
Tries scored: Penrith 90 (3rd); Melbourne 92 (1st)
Tries conceded: Penrith 44 (1st); Melbourne 46 (2nd)
Penalties conceded: Penrith 100 (8th); Melbourne 110 (13th)
TEAMS
PANTHERS: Dylan Edwards, Josh Mansour, Brent Naden, Stephen Crichton, Brian To’o, Jarome Luai, Nathan Cleary, James Tamou (capt), Apisai Koroisau, James Fisher-Harris, Viliame Kikau, Liam Martin, Isaah Yeo. Interchange: Tyrone May, Kurt Capewell, Moses Leota, Zane Tetevano. Reserves: Mitch Kenny, Dean Whare, Matt Burton, Spencer Leniu.
STORM: Ryan Papenhuyzen, Suliasi Vunivalu, Brenko Lee, Justin Olam, Josh Addo-Carr, Cameron Munster, Jahrome Hughes, Jesse Bromwich, Cameron Smith (capt), Christian Welch, Felise Kaufusi, Kenneath Bromwich, Nelson Asofa-Solomona. Interchange: Brandon Smith, Tino Faasuamaleaui, Dale Finucane, Nicho Hynes. Reserves: Tom Eisenhuth, Paul Momirovski, Tui Kamikamica, Ryley Jacks.
Referee: Gerard Sutton.
Betting: Penrith $2.30, Melbourne $1.67