Penrith Panthers 27–8 Parramatta Eels — Qualifying Final, 2022 NRL Finals Series
9 Sep 2022 · BlueBet Stadium, Penrith, NSW · Attendance: 21,863
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Final, 2022 NRL finals series: Penrith Panthers 27–8 Parramatta Eels, at BlueBet Stadium, Penrith, NSW on 9 Sep 2022.
Sourcing caveat: Exact minutes for Dylan Edwards's and James Fisher-Harris's tries, and for Moses's penalty goal, could not be independently confirmed with certainty. No official player-of-the-match award was found for this fixture.
Scoring timeline
| 12′ | Penrith Panthers — Taylan May — high shot on Will Penisini 12' |
| 16′ | Penrith Panthers — try, To'o |
| 29′ | Parramatta Eels — try, Kaufusi |
| 52′ | Penrith Panthers — try, To'o |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| Penrith Panthers | Tries: To'o 16'; To'o 52'; Edwards; Fisher-Harris Goals: Cleary (4/4 conversions) 16', 52'; Cleary — penalty goal 80' Drop goals: Cleary 39' Sin bin: Taylan May — high shot on Will Penisini 12' |
| Parramatta Eels | Tries: Kaufusi 29' Goals: Moses (1/1 conversions); Moses — penalty goal 43' |
Team sheets
| Penrith Panthers | Parramatta Eels | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dylan Edwards | Fullback | Clinton Gutherson | 1 |
| 2 | Taylan May | Wing | Maika Sivo | 2 |
| 3 | Izack Tago | Centre | Will Penisini | 3 |
| 4 | Stephen Crichton | Centre | Tom Opacic | 4 |
| 5 | Brian To'o | Wing | Waqa Blake | 5 |
| 6 | Jarome Luai | Five-eighth | Dylan Brown | 6 |
| 7 | Nathan Cleary | Halfback | Mitchell Moses | 7 |
| 8 | Moses Leota | Prop | Reagan Campbell-Gillard | 8 |
| 9 | Apisai Koroisau | Hooker | Reed Mahoney | 9 |
| 10 | James Fisher-Harris | Prop | Junior Paulo | 10 |
| 11 | Viliame Kikau | Second Row | Shaun Lane | 11 |
| 12 | Liam Martin | Second Row | Isaiah Papali'i | 12 |
| 13 | Isaah Yeo | Lock | Ryan Matterson | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Mitch Kenny | Makahesi Makatoa | 14 | |
| 15 | Scott Sorensen | Jakob Arthur | 15 | |
| 16 | Spencer Leniu | Oregon Kaufusi | 16 | |
| 17 | Jaeman Salmon | Marata Niukore | 17 | |
| Ivan Cleary | Coach | Brad Arthur | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Gerard Sutton |
Match report
Penrith Panthers opened their run to a second consecutive premiership with a 27-8 win over Parramatta Eels in the 2022 NRL Finals Week 1 Qualifying Final, played before a sold-out crowd of 21,863 at BlueBet Stadium on 9 September 2022. The match was shaped early when Panthers winger Taylan May was sin-binned for a high shot on Will Penisini, yet Penrith still struck first through Brian To'o off a Nathan Cleary bomb. Parramatta hit back through Oregon Kaufusi to level the scores, before Cleary's pre-half field goal edged the Panthers to a slender lead at the break. Mitchell Moses's second-half penalty goal briefly put the Eels ahead, but a pivotal moment arrived when Moses left the field with a head knock. Penrith capitalised, with To'o crossing for his second try before further tries to Dylan Edwards and James Fisher-Harris sealed the result, with a late Cleary penalty goal rounding out the scoring. The win secured the minor premiers a week's rest and a home preliminary final, en route to the 2022 premiership.