Newcastle have gone from the wooden spoon just 12 months ago to a spot in the grand final, a fairytale return towards the pinnacle of rugby league.
Underdogs in every game throughout the finals series, the Knights have fought valiantly to beat South Sydney, the Warriors and now Penrith on their path to a first grand final in 25 years.
Their job against Penrith got even tougher when hooker Phoenix Crossland was sent off for the hip-drop tackle that broke Nathan Cleary's ankle.
Justin Holbrook had already been praised for his remarkable turn around in the steel city, but the half-time speech to will his men to victory will go down as the stuff of legend.
The steely performance epitomised everything that Novocastrians pride themselves on, with a gutsy, workhorse team performance to get over the line.
Newcastle has not held their opponent scoreless in a second half all season. On Sunday, they did it with 12 men.
Perhaps the 13th came from the crowd, which was a raucous sea of blue and red that was vocal for all 80 minutes, and then celebrated long after the final whistle.
The supporters faced adversity even on the journey down to Sydney, with long train delays and bumper to bumper traffic on the M1.
But now the Knights fans will get to do it all again in a weeks time, booking the return to Accor Stadium for next Sunday's grand final.
The Novocastrians will be hoping for one more fairytale finish when they take on the Sydney Roosters, where Holbrook was recently an assistant until this year.
