Justin Yeo was a pretty fair schoolboy footballer, who turned his passion into an 11-game first grade career with the North Sydney Bears and the Balmain Tigers in the old Sydney rugby league competition.

However, his and Amy’s son, Isaah has overtaken the dozen-game “veteran’s” record by more than 234 matches, after leading Penrith Panthers to victory over the Melbourne Storm on Sunday in the NRL decider .

Justin, his parents Pat and Kier and many of the Yeo’s were in Sydney for the Panthers epic semi-final win over Cronulla, and many backed up to see Isaah, Blayney born Liam Henry, and Temora’s Liam Martin celebrate a record-breaking fourth successive grand final win on Sunday.

Our photo shows Justin and Isaah as the bookend’s to young Xavier who was enthralled after the Panthers had outlasted Sharks in the lead-up to their fairytale finish to season 2024.