While Panthers fans will be watching replays of last week’s grand final long into the offseason, most Eels supporters will simply want to forget Sunday’s blowout loss.
But even if it may not be much of a consolation right now, Parramatta did score one win earlier in the day.
J’Maine Hopgood has long been earmarked as a future first-grader, having starred in Penrith’s pathways system since the Hervey Bay Seagulls junior made the move from Queensland.