Penrith will become the first team to wear a pink jersey in an NRL grand final if results fall as expected in the third week of the play-offs.
The Panthers have donned their black home jersey in the past four grand finals, but things will be different if hot favourites Melbourne and Penrith respectively defeat the Sydney Roosters and Cronulla this weekend.
In that case, this year's grand final would be the first of the past five that the Panthers enter as the lower-seeded team, meaning they will be unable to wear their jersey of choice.
If they progress, minor-premiers Melbourne would likely pick their dark purple home strip for the decider as they did in the 2017, 2016 and 2009 deciders - the last three when they had preference.
The Panthers' home strip would create a colour clash with the Storm's dark purple, as would their Pasifika-inspired alternate strip.
Given teams must wear one of their home, away or alternate strip in the grand final, the situation would leave the Panthers to don the pink strip they debuted for Women In League round in 2009.
The jersey has since garnered enough popularity to become the full-time away jersey, serving as such for the club's ongoing one during the five-year period of premiership dominance.
The Panthers would become the first team in the premiership's 117-year existence to wear a wholly pink strip on grand final day.
Wests Tigers-bound winger Sunia Turuva looked forward to the possibility of wearing the iconic shirt in his final game for the Panthers.
"The pink jersey's pretty mad. We'll see how it goes," he said.
But first, the Panthers will sport their Pasifika strip for Saturday's clash with the Sharks at Accor Stadium, having also donned it in the qualifying-final win over the Roosters.
Club legends and former Samoa internationals Frank Puletua and Joe Galuvao designed the jersey for this season, with team manager Jason Wrigley also playing a big role in its creation.
The chance to wear the Pasifika jersey in finals is especially significant for Maori All Star James Fisher-Harris, Samoa representative Jarome Luai and Fijian international Turuva, all bound for rival clubs next year.
"It's special," Luai said.
"I think it's a great touch from 'Ive' (Cleary, coach), especially to wear it in a finals series. I don't think anyone's really done that before.
"It's a big part of 'Fish''s life, my life, Tito's (Turuva's) life as well. I think it's just a celebration of all of our cultures and what Penrith is like. It's a multicultural place, community."
