It was billed as the biggest game of Jett Cleary’s young career but teammate Tanah Boyd has proven the star of the Warriors’ crushing 50-20 win over Burleigh in the NRL ’s State Championship.

As father and Penrith coach Ivan Cleary watched on at a sweltering Accor Stadium, the younger Cleary brother needed to wait until the 68th minute to be injected into grand final day’s curtain-raiser.

By that time, the NSW Cup champions had sealed a resounding victory leading 50-12, having cantered to a 32-6 half-time lead over their Queensland counterparts.

Halfback Boyd had won all 16 of his NSW Cup games for the Warriors this year before being parachuted into the depleted first-grade side with mixed results on the run to finals.

But he was the undisputed star on Sunday afternoon with four try

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