Liam Martin was getting ready to cop it from his Panthers teammates after a couple of bombed tries, but he went from zero to hero in the blink of an eye to seal the minor premiership for Penrith with a late try against Souths after a major medical recovery.
The edge forward failed to ground a grubber in the first half and then spilt his lollies over the line, and it looked like he and Rabbitohs winger Jaxson Paulo were having their own private battle to see who could botch the most tries.
There was something poetic about the final few minutes as Paulo unfortunately dropped a kick that gifted Penrith the field position for Martin to make amends with a crash play close to the line off...