Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, which hosted the game due to COVID-19 measures in Sydney
Penrith Panthers
South Sydney Rabbitohs
14
12
1
2
Total
PEN
8
6
14
SOU
6
6
12
Date
3 October 2021
Stadium
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane[1]
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Clive Churchill Medal
Nathan Cleary
National anthem
Kate Miller-Heidke
Pre-Match Entertainment
Kate Miller-Heidke, Ian Moss, The Stafford Brothers, Timmy Trumpet, William Barton
Referees
Gerard Sutton, Todd Smith (Touch Judge) David Munro (Touch Judge)
Attendance
39,322
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters
Nine Network (Live) Fox League (Delayed)
Commentators
Ray Warren
Phil Gould
Andrew Johns
Peter Sterling
Brad Fittler
NRL Grand Final
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The 2021 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2021 National Rugby League season in Australia. It was contested between the Penrith Panthers and the South Sydney Rabbitohs on Sunday 3 October at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.[1] Penrith won the match 14–12 to claim their third premiership title, and their first since 2003. Penrith co-captain and halfback Nathan Cleary was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal as the official man of the match.
The event was held in Brisbane for the first time in the competition's history due to an ongoing COVID-19 lockdown in New South Wales which prompted the NRL to relocate it from Stadium Australia in Sydney, where every NRL Grand Final since 1999 had been hosted.[2] Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the match was attended by only 39,322 spectators because the Queensland Government limited Suncorp Stadium to seventy-five percent of its maximum capacity.[3]
The match was preceded by the 2021 Queensland Cup preliminary finals and broadcast live throughout Australia by the Nine Network, with pre-match and half-time entertainment headlined by Kate Miller-Heidke, Ian Moss, The Stafford Brothers, Timmy Trumpet, William Barton and a forty-piece Queensland orchestra.[4]
This was the last game to be commentated by long-time announcer Ray Warren.
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^Riordan, Joey (8 September 2021). "Regional Queenslanders rewarded as NRL locks in historic grand final shift". Seven News. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^Walsh, Dan (2 October 2021). "Tickets to be refunded after government caps grand final crowd at 75%". NRL New. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^"Stars headline grand final entertainment while King Wally gets royal treatment". National Rugby League. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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