Penrith Panthers 24–8 New Zealand Warriors — Elimination Final, 2025 NRL Finals Series
13 Sep 2025 · Go Media Stadium, Auckland (NZ) · Attendance: 24,524
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Elimination Final, 2025 NRL finals series: Penrith Panthers 24–8 New Zealand Warriors, at Go Media Stadium, Auckland (NZ) on 13 Sep 2025.
Sourcing caveat: Exact scoring minutes for two of Penrith's tries (Papali'i, McLean) and New Zealand's only try (Halasima) aren't consistently recorded in the sources found — they're listed here without a minute rather than guessed, so they appear in the Scorers table but not the timeline below.
Scoring timeline
| 46′ | Penrith Panthers — try, Schneider |
| 71′ | 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: Papali'i; Schneider 46'; McLean; To'o 71' Goals: Cleary (2/2 conversions); Edwards (2/2 conversions) |
| New Zealand Warriors | Tries: Halasima Goals: Boyd (1/1 conversion, 1/1 penalty goal — minutes unconfirmed) |
Team sheets
| Penrith Panthers | New Zealand Warriors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dylan Edwards | Fullback | Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad | 1 |
| 2 | Paul Alamoti | Wing | Dallin Watene-Zelezniak | 2 |
| 3 | Izack Tago | Centre | Adam Pompey | 3 |
| 4 | Casey McLean | Centre | Kurt Capewell | 4 |
| 5 | Brian To'o | Wing | Roger Tuivasa-Sheck | 5 |
| 6 | Blaize Talagi | Five-eighth | Chanel Harris-Tavita | 6 |
| 7 | Nathan Cleary | Halfback | Tanah Boyd | 7 |
| 8 | Moses Leota | Prop | James Fisher-Harris | 8 |
| 9 | Brad Schneider | Hooker | Wayde Egan | 9 |
| 10 | Lindsay Smith | Prop | Jackson Ford | 10 |
| 11 | Scott Sorensen | Second Row | Selumiela Halasima | 11 |
| 12 | Liam Martin | Second Row | Marata Niukore | 12 |
| 13 | Isaah Yeo | Lock | Erin Clark | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Luke Sommerton | Te Maire Martin | 14 | |
| 15 | Liam Henry | Demitric Vaimauga | 15 | |
| 16 | Isaiah Papali'i | Tanner Stowers-Smith | 16 | |
| 17 | Luke Garner | Samuel Healey | 17 | |
| Ivan Cleary | Coach | Andrew Webster | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Grant Atkins |
Match report
Played in poor Auckland weather, this was a tight, error-affected contest that Penrith's control gradually pulled away with. Isaiah Papali'i put the Panthers ahead in the first half, and although the Warriors stayed competitive through Leka Halasima's try (playing out of position at centre) plus a Tanah Boyd penalty and conversion, Penrith's kicking game under Nathan Cleary told in the second half as Brad Schneider, Casey McLean and Brian To'o crossed to complete a 24-8 win. The result ended the Warriors' season and kept Penrith's bid for a fifth straight premiership alive.