Former Group 4 Rugby League referee and The Courier sport journalist Gerard Sutton will referee his seventh NRL Telstra Premiership grand final – and fifth in a row – when the South Sydney Rabbitohs take on the Penrith Panthers at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Sunday .
NRL announced the match officials on Tuesday, with David Munro and Todd Smith to serve as touch judges and Grant Atkins appointed as the bunker review official.
Sutton refereed the 2014 and 2015 deciders, and has since held the whistle in every grand final since 2017.
During an esteemed NRL career, which began with his debut in March, 2019, Sutton has officiated 311 NRL matches and 22 State of Origin games, and has won the Col Pearce Medal for best NRL referee of the year five times.
The NRL grand final team lists are as follows:
Panthers: 1. Dylan Edwards 2. Stephen Crichton 3. Paul Momirovski 4. Matt Burton 5. Brian To’o 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Moses Leota 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. James Fisher-Harris 11. Viliame Kikau 12. Kurt Capewell 13. Isaah Yeo 14. Tyrone May 15. Scott Sorensen 16. Spencer Leniu 17. Liam Martin 18. Brent Naden 19. Mitch Kenny 20. J’maine Hopgood 21. Charlie Staines.
Rabbitohs: 1. Blake Taaffe 2. Alex Johnston 3. Dane Gagai 4. Campbell Graham 5. Jaxson Paulo 6. Cody Walker 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Mark Nicholls 9. Damien Cook 10. Tevita Tatola 11. Keaon Koloamatangi 12. Jaydn Su’A 13. Cameron Murray 14. Benji Marshall 15. Jacob Host 16. Thomas Burgess 17. Jai Arrow 18. Taane Milne 19. Patrick Mago 20. Braidon Burns 21. Jed Cartwright.
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