Canberra try the short kickoff and it doesn't stick. Penalty Penrith. Game, set, match.
Cleary adds the extras and Penrith hit 40 in one of the more entertaining games of season 2018. With very little time left, Penrith will finish winners by nine points.
Maloney crashes over under the sticks and the Penrith Panthers will finish this one with the two competition points!
Time off with Josh Mansour down after copping an accidental stray arm from Jordan Rapana. Huge moment here with Penrith picking up a penalty with just under three minutes remaining.
A nothing set from Canberra on the attack. Penrith come away with it.
Cleary nails this one for a three point lead! Will Penrith go on with it now!?!
Mansour dummies down the left side and Canberra crumble! ANOTHER amazing comeback!
Cleary misses and it's 3 points the difference.
DWZ is in! A pearler of a ball from Tyrone Peachey and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak is over n the corner! GRANDSTAND FINISH INCOMING!
Too early? Williams makes the buffer 7 points.
Time off after a head clash between Josh Papali'i & Viliame Kikau. Now THAT is a collision.
The frenetic pace of this one has cooled a bit for now and Canberra have it mid-field. They pick up a penalty one play off a scrum, and tap & go.
Canberra have saved a certain try with Sezer grabbing an intercept just as Penrith looked certain to level things up! Relief for the Green Machine
Cleary adds the extras and the margin shrinks to six points!
Canberra not great with the ball and Penrith have possession, and Peachey goes right to score a solid try. Game back on?
Williams misses for the first time this afternoon.
Joey Leilua benefits - again - from some Rapana brilliance and trots along the touchline to score Canberra's fifth try.
Canberra make a break then lose the ball in a good position at the end of the set. No luck and Penrith get it back in their own danger zone.
Penrith with repeated penalties on the Canberra line. Huge moments in the context of this game right now.
Cleary with a pearler of a kick mid-set and Penrith go on the attack!
Cleary adds the extras to the Whare try.
Whare wrongfoots Cotric off a nice outside ball which sends him into a gap, one on one with the fullback and bang, that's exactly what Penrith need.
A few errors early in this half, neither side holding the ball well after the break.
Canberra go down the left side and they look like they're about to score and ... oh no it's a forward pass!
Underway for the second forty. Canberra first use.
Williams with a superb conversion and it's 14 points the lead for Canberra at halftime.
Rapana has taken the ball from a Penrith loose carry in a tackle, skirted to the right flank, then stayed *just* in the field of play... and run 90 metres to score!
Off to the Bunker for a possible Raiders try to Rapana. He's run 90 metres. Checking knock on and touchline.
Time off with Rapana's jersey shredded in a tackle! His replacement jumper is now on and we resume. A couple of plays later and we have some push and shove happening, and Penrith get a penalty.
Suddenly the visitors are ahead by eight as we push toward the break!
PERFECT KICK! It finds Rapana from Sezer's boot... and then as he's tackled he offloads cleverly to Leilua and it's a try!
Williams converts for a two-point lead for the visitors.
Whitehead goes over from a good, simple short ball and slams it down despite the attention of three Penrith defenders.
Peachey drops a huge kick right in front of his own posts, handing Canberra a big attacking set.
Penrith look to be in through Whare, but the flick pass in from Dallin Watene-Zelezniak was forward. Canberra scrum 10m out from their own line.
Cleary converts and it's a four-point lead after the quarter-mark of the match.
The pressure tolls for Canberra and Peachey slices through the gap to grab Penrith's second!
Penrith survive and find themselves with the footy up the other end, and Canberra concede another penalty. Great chance for the hosts inside the Raiders' 20m.
A solid set on the back of a penalty sees the Raiders steam up-field and they force a repeat set on the last with a clever kick, Peachey forced to bat it dead.
Canberra choose to slow things down, Williams takes the penalty goal attempt and fires it into the southern hill with no issues.
The Peach can't hold the ball after Cleary provides him an offload... then proceeds to deliberately falcon himself after the error.
Penrith pick up a handy penalty and march up-field.
Sam Williams converts the try to level the scores.
Tap for a penalty... Leilua takes advantage, catches Penrith unawares and gets it down!
Canberra settling into this one now after a horrid start. They're on the attack deep in Penrith territory.
Cleary converts with no trouble.
Tamou reaches out beside the posts and BOOM! Great start by Panthers.
Huge break from Penrith early, courtesy of Kikau... OH BOY! Cotric has dragged down Blake and then stole it... nope. Penalty Penrith. Great early chance for the hosts.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Phil Henderson
Touch Judges: Brett Suttor, Peter Gough
Video Referee: Ashley Klein, Ben Galea
PENRITH PANTHERS (40)
Tries: James Tamou, Tyrone Peachey (2), Dean Whare, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Josh Mansour, James Maloney
Field Goals:
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (6/7)
Penalty Goals:
CANBERRA RAIDERS (31)
Tries: Joseph Leilua (3), Elliot Whitehead, Jordan Rapana
Field Goals: Sam Williams (1/1)
Conversions: Sam Williams (4/5)
Penalty Goals: Sam Williams (1/1)