'Six million dollar man' stuns in thrilling rematch

Mitchell Moses - instrumentality a bow.

Hours aft reports surfaced stating he had signed a caller declaration with Parramatta worthy upwards of $1.2 cardinal a year, the marquee antheral delivered.

The Eels had mislaid the opening 3 games of the play by 4 points each, and the unit was mounting connected Moses successful peculiar to crystal a adjacent result.

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Last week he lamented immoderate errant kicking disconnected the tee, leaving six points connected the array arsenic the Sea Eagles bushed them by four.

Mitchell Moses of the Eels celebrates aft kicking a field-goal successful other clip to bushed the Panthers. (Getty)

But connected Thursday nighttime astatine CommBank Stadium, successful the expansive last rematch, it was the bluish and golden No.7 who slotted a tract extremity successful other clip to unafraid an epic triumph implicit Penrith.

"That's wherefore you get the large bucks," Phil Gould proclaimed successful the Nine commentary box.

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Moses has been the taxable of aggravated media scrutiny successful caller weeks, owed to the information helium was dilatory successful accepting a caller woody from the Eels.

This week, legendary hardman Gorden Tallis said connected Fox League, "he hasn't won, and that's a winner's cheque".

Moses played successful his archetypal NRL expansive last past year, and mislaid to the Panthers.

But connected Thursday helium was the antheral of the infinitesimal aft his one-pointer sunk the two-time reigning premiers.

"It's a bully moment," a relieved Moses told Nine.

"We person been chasing that show each year, spot what happens erstwhile we clasp the shot (and) person antiaircraft efforts similar that, past we've got bully capable players to travel up with plays similar that.

"It was big."

His captain, Clint Gutherson, joked astir the shiny caller declaration his halfback has supposedly signed.

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"That's what Mitch gets paid to do," Gutherson joked to Nine.

It was a bona fide thriller successful Sydney's westbound arsenic the 2 teams could not beryllium separated aft 80 minutes of play.

The Eels led by 8 until a Zac Hosking effort and Nathan Cleary conversion narrowed the shortage to 2 with a fewer minutes remaining.

Cleary past pulled disconnected 1 of the champion plays of the past century, banging a long-range two-point tract extremity with seconds near connected the timepiece to level the scoreboard and unit aureate point.

But it was Moses who recovered himself successful bully presumption to sound implicit the victor minutes later.

It volition surely beryllium a alleviation for the halfback and his teammates.

"We felt similar we were unlucky the archetypal 3 weeks. Results could person easy gone our way," helium said.

"We astir apt stuffed up aureate constituent successful circular 1 (against Melbourne). I conscionable wanted to enactment calm, get maine to the near station and enactment the shot over.

"It's bully that we held our head, got down determination and came up with a infinitesimal similar that."

The Eels adjacent instrumentality connected the Roosters successful circular five, portion Penrith travels to Canberra.

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