2001 SG Ball Cup Grand Final
Date: Saturday 5 May 2001
Referee: Brad Rye
Venue: Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Newcastle Knights 34–26 Penrith Panthers
Michael YOUNG 1 FB 1 Steve TURNER
Joel FORSTER 2 WG 2 Damien BLANCH
Matt LANTRY 3 CE 3 Fred TAUFUA
Patrick CURRY 4 CE 4 Luke LEWIS
Todd MULVILLE 5 WG 5 Darren PEACHEY
Brad TIGHE 6 FE 6 Tim HOWARD
Robert DUFFY 7 HB 7 Brett SCOTT
Anthony TUPOU 8 PR 8 Steve O’BEIRNE
Michael ENNIS 9 HK 9 Glen LEMON
Michael SMALL (c) 10 PR 10 Junior PAULO (c)
Greg BIRD 11 SR 11 Manu ASOAVA
Mark JAQUES 12 SR 12 Netani SUKA
Darryl GORDON 13 LK 13 Frank PRITCHARD
Shaun WALLACE 14 BE 14 Brad RUSSELL
Mitchell RODWAY 15 BE 15 George ROSE
Dane THOROGOOD 16 BE 16 Tim HORAN
Luke MERCER 17 BE 17 Colin REDPATH
Shaun SKUTHORPE 18 18 Clay WINDLE
Steven GILBERT 19 19 Dean CALLAGHAN
Ben HAGAN 20 20 Nathan SAHYOUN
21 Shane RODNEY
22 David VELLA
23 Nathan WILSON
Grant HUGGINS Coach Col VAN DER VOORT
Michael ENNIS (2) Tries Steve TURNER (2)
Todd MULVILLE (2) Damien BLANCH
Robert DUFFY Darren PEACHEY
Darryl GORDON Colin REDPATH
Shaun SKUTHORPE (5) Goals Tim HOWARD (3)

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