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Lively Nathan Cleary engraved his name on big NRL halftone, inspired by Penrith's heartbreak in 2020 to plan the biggest comeback in big final history. Cleary made two attempts and scored another goal and returned to Brisbane on Sunday evening with a score of 24-8 in the 62nd minute. As a result of his effort, Penrith's 26-24 victory made him first team to win three championships in a row since Parramatta between 1981 and 1983, and the only team to achieve this during NRL period. However, 25-year-old player said that if there were some hard lessons he took on big final day three years ago, he would never have brought Panthers back to competition. The 2020 Panthers lost only one match on road to club's first major final in 17 years, but was left behind by clinical Melbourne team on big stage. That day, Storm took lead 22-0 in circuit, while Cleary and Panthers struggled between circuit, they left series too late were defeated 26-20. "I think my past experience, especially 2020 Storm grand finale, helped me be in the game at end," said Cleary. Cleary's ingenious show became even more impressive as Penrith's co-pilot Jarome Luai was injured by his shoulder while he was 24-8 behind. In the same order, co-captain Isaah Yeo and second rower Scott Sorensen also left the field for head trauma assessments. This trouble fell into the hands of Cleary and backup playmaker Jack Cogger. “ Honestly, I felt like a kind of free throw. We had nothing to lose. "We were in a big final, we'd better play," said Cleary. "'I deserve 'Cogs, he came with a mindset." Cleary has now won more major finals than Andrew Johns and Jonathan Thurston, and has been the first to win three prime ministers before the age of 26 since Peter Sterling. Cleary, who won Clive Churchill Medal after first of three championships Penrith won in a row, became third person to win Clive Churchill Medal more than once. He joins Bradley Clyde and Billy Slater in an outstanding club. "I feel what he was doing in this time frame, there was no other halftime that did this," said Penrith's co-captain, Isaah Yeo. "I think if you compare his statistics with any other circuit at this point, he is 25 years old and nobody did what he did. “O put the team on his back in 20 minutes and earned us our third final in a row. Playing with it is a privilege." Cleary warned that Penrith "still started" while receiving Clive Churchill Medal on stage, and then made it clear that the end of club's dynasty would not come. The magnificent St George team, which won 11 championships in a row only between 1956 and 1966, achieved more than three consecutive wins. And since the launch of limited interventions in 1966, none of them in the rugby league has been able to do so as it is today. Penrith's victory also allowed Ivan Cleary to win three championships in a row by joining Jack Gibson and Norm Provan five seasons after returning from Wests Tigers to Pen