SNAPSHOT OF THE SECOND ELIMINATION NRL FINAL:

* Result: South Sydney 46 bt Newcastle 20 at ANZ Stadium.

* Key moment: Having fought back from 14-0 down to level, the rare state of parity was broken when Damien Cook scooted from dummy-half to set up Cameron Murray for the go-ahead try in the shadows of half time.

* Key stat: South Sydney have scored 106 points in their last two games, their most in back-to-back games since 1910, while their 46 points was their most in a finals game.

* Injuries/suspensions: Nil.

* What’s next? Newcastle’s season is over while South Sydney live to fight another day, taking on the Eels next weekend.

* They said it: “We just weren’t good enough … we knew what we had to do but too many errors coming out of our own end and they’re a team that loves that stuff,” Knights fullback Kalyn Ponga.