'Unbelievable' Edwards teaches Walsh a lesson amid Broncos star's ...

Dylan Edwards gave Reece Walsh a masterclass in how to stay involved and limit your errors according to Fox League experts after another brilliant and consistent performance from the Panthers fullback.

The battle of the No.1’s was always going to prove pivotal to the result and while Walsh grew into the contest he was slow to get going and guilty of far too many errors.

Edwards finished with 271 run metres to go with three tackle busts, an offload and seven tackles, with just one miss.

Walsh finished with 102 metres, 10 tackle busts, an offload, two linebreaks and a try assist, but he also had three errors and some poor defensive lapses.

Corey Parker believes Edwards gave exactly what he always does in a consistent display, but was left wanting more out of Walsh in the biggest game of the season.

“He was unbelievable,” Parker said of Edwards.

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“We talk about Nathan Cleary for what he did and rightly so, but for Edwards 25 hit-ups, close to 300 run metres from the No.1.

“We spoke about how Ivan Cleary doesn’t have to worry about what Edwards is going to do. He knows exactly what he is going to turn up with.

“We spoke about Reece Walsh and understanding the enormity of the game that he was in and to be fair he was pretty quiet in the first half.

“He had some moments in that second half where he really opened up and you thought Reece is really going to loosen the game up.

“He set up a beautiful try for Ezra Mam and he came up with a linebreak down the right.

“But he would be sitting there going could I have done something a little bit more?”

Michael Ennis agreed that Walsh was guilty of ball watching at times after picking up an injury early and will feel he missed some assignments in defence, while he struggled to get into the game in the first half.

“You’re right I thought he had some brilliant touches in the second half and really ignited them when they got going and he was a big part of why they did get going,” Ennis said.

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“But I think there will be some moments particularly defensively. He picked up that little leg injury and was caught in back play with Allan Langer on that short dropout that Kenny scooped up and scored.

“He came across when Crichton scored and wasn’t able to get a grasp on Stephen Crichton.

“Then he hesitated for a moment when Cleary found him back on the inside from marker.

“He has had a hell of a year Reece and he is such a superstar but you are right, had they been able to hold on you don’t dwell on those moments.

“The adulation of winning a grand final just erases all the mistakes that you made, but when you lose it and it just seeps into your soul.”