{"id":174716,"date":"2025-09-28T08:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T08:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/174716\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T08:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T08:14:07","slug":"2025-nrl-finals-brisbane-broncos-end-panthers-dynasty-book-spot-into-2025-grand-final-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/174716\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NRL Finals: Brisbane Broncos end Panthers dynasty, book spot into 2025 Grand Final – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A second-half blitz from the Brisbane Broncos<\/a> has ended the Penrith Panthers’ run of four consecutive premierships and five straight NRL<\/a> Grand Final appearances.<\/p>\n

Over 700 days since losing the 2023 NRL<\/a> Grand Final, the Broncos managed to pull off a remarkable comeback in the second half after being kept scoreless in the opening 40 minutes.<\/p>\n

Down by 14 points, tries to centre Kotoni Staggs<\/a> and forward Xavier Willison<\/a> got them back into the contest, before winger Deine Mariner<\/a> scored a try in the final five minutes, tying the score-line.<\/p>\n

Aiming to take the lead, Adam Reynolds<\/a> stepped up to the kicking tee and managed to slot it between the two conversion posts – something he failed to do half a decade ago in 2021, which began the Penrith Panthers<\/a> dynasty.<\/p>\n

With Reynolds standing up when the Broncos needed it the most, fullback Reece Walsh<\/a> was among their best performers with his attacking skill, as well as front-rower Payne Haas<\/a>, who had another big stint in the middle with 165 metres and 39 tackles.<\/p>\n

Sweating on the availability of Willison, who was charged with dangerous contact, the Broncos will now face the Melbourne Storm<\/a> in the 2025 NRL<\/a> Grand Final and will get a massive boost in Patrick Carrigan<\/a> – outside back Sewlyn Cobbo is also available for selection but unlikely to be in the mix.<\/p>\n

\"NRLBRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – SEPTEMBER 28: Josiah Karapani of the Broncos celebrates after scoring a try during the NRL Preliminary Final match between Brisbane Broncos and Penrith Panthers at Suncorp Stadium, on September 28, 2025, in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Chasing a historic fifth consecutive premiership, Penrith set the tone early through winger Paul Alamoti<\/a>, who continued his finals try-scoring streak with a brilliant dive in the right-hand corner to score the opening try in the 10th minute before crossing for another before the half-time break.<\/p>\n

Recalled by Ivan Cleary<\/a> ahead of the 2025 NRL Finals<\/a> after being axed due to his form and being overlooked in favour of Tom Jenkins, Alamoti finished with 228 running metres, nine tackle busts and two line-breaks but it wasn’t enough to get his side to their sixth consecutive NRL<\/a> Grand Final.<\/p>\n

However, they were unable to finish strongly in front of a packed crowd of 52,491. Nathan Cleary<\/a> had a chance to level things in the final minute with a two-point field goal but decided to run the ball due to the pressure put on by him by the opposing defenders.<\/p>\n

Match Summary<\/p>\n

Brisbane Broncos 16 (Tries: Deine Mariner<\/a>, Kotoni Staggs<\/a>, Xavier Wilison; Goals: Adam Reynolds<\/a>, Reece Walsh<\/a>) defeated Penrith Panthers 14 (Tries: Paul Alamoti<\/a> 2; Goals: Nathan Cleary<\/a>; Conversions: Nathan Cleary<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A second-half blitz from the Brisbane Broncos has ended the Penrith Panthers’ run of four consecutive premierships and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-174716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}