Beware the Ides of September for the rugby league gods can give and they can taketh away.
The 2025 NRL Finals are here.
Eight clubs, one dream.
For here lies the most fascinating of playoff series.
While the mighty Penrith Panthers are just four wins away from an incredible fifth-straight title, there is the very real possibility this weekend that the New Zealand Warriors could finish the greatest, modern, rugby league streak we have.
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What better time to rank the Panthers that have been part of the first Sunday in October since 2021:
**Named 18th man, did not play
*Named on bench, did not play
32: BRENT NADEN**
31: SEAN O’SULLIVAN**
30: TYRONE PEACHEY**
29: MATT EISENHUTH**
28: BRAD SCHNEIDER*
27: PAUL MOMIROVSKI
26: TYRONE MAY
25: PAUL ALAMOTI
24: LIAM HENRY
23: CHARLIE STAINES
22: JAEMAN SALMON
21: LUKE GARNER
20: JACK COGGER
19: LINDSAY SMITH
18: MATT BURTON
17: KURT CAPEWELL
16: SPENCER LENIU
15: SUNIA TURUVA
14: IZACK TAGO
13: MITCH KENNY
12: VILIAME KIKAU
11: STEPHEN CRICHTON
10: API KOROISAU
9: SCOTT SORENSEN
8: MOSES LEOTA
7: LIAM MARTIN
6: JAMES FISHER-HARRIS
5: JAROME LUAI
4: BRIAN TO’O
3: DYLAN EDWARDS
2: ISAAH YEO
1: NATHAN CLEARY
