NRL PREMIERSHIP - ROUND TWENTY FOUR
GENIUS GRANT GOES FOR GOLD
TOM SMITH CommBank Stadium, Thursday
PENRITH PANTHERS 18
MELBOURNE STORM 22
HARRY GRANT’S golden-point genius secured Melbourne’s cliffhanger victory over Penrith in golden-point, snapping the Panthers’ nine-game winning streak.
The Storm trailed by eight before Xavier Coates’ second try in the 53rd minute swung the momentum and Marion Seve’s late score led to a flurry of field-goal attempts.
Then 90 seconds into extra time, the Panthers’ defence rushed off their line to block the next shot, but the quick-thinking Grant spied his opportunity, strolling through from dummy-half to claim the match-winner without a hand laid on him.