2001 Harold Matthews Cup Grand Final
Date: Saturday 5 May 2001
Referee: Gerard Sutton
Venue: Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Cronulla Sharks 28–8 Penrith Panthers
Scott PORTER 1 FB 1 McConkie TAUASA
Ian TOY 2 WG 2 Chris CONDON
Jess CAINE 3 CE 3 Mitchell HETERICK (c)
Wade BARRETT 4 CE 4 Scott RUSSELL
Stan TUIONUKU 5 WG 5 James TEWATA
Russell AITKEN 6 FE 6 Keith PETERS
Grant SMITH 7 HB 7 Brad SCOTT
Keith GALLOWAY 8 PR 8 John NUUMAALII
Ricky CORBETT 9 HK 9 Luke SALIBA
John WOOD 10 PR 10 Dale BROCKBANK
Reece WILLIAMS 11 SR 11 Greg BRAIN
Kris PYPER 12 SR 12 Steve SMITH
Ben KILLALEA (c) 13 LK 13 Adam SCHUBERT
Craig MADDEN 14 BE 14 Jeff LEMON
Norm ESTAFIN 15 BE 15 Michael CARL
Adrian TAPPING 16 BE 16 Ina PAPERA
Paul KARAM 17 BE 17 Danny KADIR
Adam HARTUP 18 18 Joel PATON
Reece HALTERS 19 19 Matthew LOFTUS
Matt RAUICAVA 20 20 Murray EGAN
21 Ben ROGERS
Kurt WRIGLEY Coach Brad IZZARD
Russell AITKEN (3) Tries Mitchell HETERICK
Kris PYPER (2) Scott RUSSELL
Ben KILLALEA (4) Goals

Match notes
The teams listed were squads named during the week of the game, not the final team list.