Panthers star ignites 'we hate Parra' chant

Penrith co-captain Nathan Cleary fronted media cameras shirtless and connected nary slumber - and that was reasonably tame compared to immoderate of the celebrations that proceed to rage aft Sunday's premiership win.

Close to 3000 Panthers fans turned retired to a instrumentality time connected Monday to cheer connected the players - astir of whom were inactive wearing their playing kit from the triumph implicit Parramatta astatine Accor Stadium.

The went chaotic erstwhile each subordinate grabbed the microphone, but things escalated erstwhile Kiwi prop James Fisher-Harris stepped up.

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His teammates and members of assemblage welcomed him with chants of, "Fish! Fish! Fish!".

Penrith prima James Fisher-Harris encourages the assemblage astatine the premiership instrumentality day. (Nine)

He past capitalised connected a sledge Penrith five-eighth Jarome Luai had fired astatine the Eels successful the lead-up to the expansive final, erstwhile helium said the cross-town rivals should telephone the Panthers "Daddy".

"I conscionable privation to accidental Parra are our sons," Fisher-Harris said arsenic the assemblage went wild.

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"Right here, close now, that's conscionable a fact."

Thousands of fans past broke retired into a "we hatred Parra" chant, and immoderate of the Penrith players encouraged them by joining the chant oregon raising their arms.

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"As I said past night, we are the top Penrith squad ever," Fisher-Harris said.

Earlier successful the morning, Cleary was door-stopped by a fig of television cameras arsenic helium tried to fly the Penrith celebrations to get immoderate slumber astatine home.

The prima halfback was asked whether helium had slept yet.

"Not yet - that's wherefore I'm trying to spell home, to get immoderate sleep," Cleary laughed.

Isaah Yeo speaks arsenic Nathan Cleary (C) and Jarome Luai (L) look connected during a instrumentality time astatine BlueBet Stadium. (Getty)

"I'm looking guardant to (the instrumentality day), that's wherefore I'm trying to spell location to get an hour's sleep, truthful I tin bask it more."

The Penrith celebrations are definite to transportation connected for weeks, if not months, aft the Panthers became the 2nd squad successful the NRL epoch to triumph back-to-back expansive finals.

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