After their history-making fourth straight Premiership, the Panthers have returned to the heartland to celebrate with their supporters. Thousands packed into the Penrith Leagues Club to see their team add yet another trophy to the growing collection.
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:00A chilly morning at the foot of the mountains couldn't stop the Panthers diehards from
00:07gathering for their record-breaking side.
00:13In front of thousands of supporters at the Penrith League's club, from behind sunglasses,
00:18the four-time victors were all smiles as they added the newest addition to their collection.
00:24With five grand final appearances in as many years, Panthers support runs through generations.
00:29I was in my mum's tummy when I was a member, like two months before I was born I was a
00:36member.
00:37For the young Panthers, there's a clear favourite.
00:39Like Toto.
00:40Toto.
00:41Toto.
00:42Toto.
00:43For the club's departing players, the day marked the end of a journey.
00:49It's been a crazy journey, man, and obviously a life after Penrith is a bit unknown for
00:54me but I've loved every minute of it.
00:56We're mates before teammates and we always want to be a family.
00:59The word surreal was being thrown around by both the community and the players today,
01:04still in disbelief even days after the game that they managed to pull off the history-making
01:10feat.
01:11Many in Penrith believe the club could cinch a fifth straight title next year.
01:16So I think we've done it four times but we can do it a fifth time.
01:20And playmaker Jerome Luai is even more confident in the long-term future of the club.
01:25A lot of us have a few sons in this team and it'd be pretty cool if they all sort of come
01:30through and start something up again so that's the dream for me.
01:34For the time being, however, there's no end in sight for the Panther pride.