The allegation marred a tremendous contest in which the Panthers once again showed their class in front of 80,156 at Stadium Australia.
“They’re all special but we worked hard for that one,” Dylan Edwards told ABC Sport.
“We did it for them [departing players James Fisher-Harris, Jarome Luai and Sunia Turuva].
“They’ve been a part of this whole journey and we did it for those guys.”
Storm skipper Harry Grant scored the opening try, but the Panthers hit back through Sunia Turuva and Clive Churchill medallist Liam Martin to take a narrow lead into the half-time break.
The Storm had a potential try from Jack Howarth ruled out by the Bunker, before Alamoti scored in the corner to confirm the Panthers’ premiership
