Arthur throws it forward. That should be full-time.
PENALTY EELS! Strip against Momirovski.
Luai loses it trying to scoop it up.
Cleary converts his own effort.
Cleary gets in on the act! Rampaging run on the left from To'o back inside to Cleary to finish.
Pangai loses it and the coverage is more focused on umbrellas.
Cleary curves one over.
Panthers left side strikes again! Kikau fresh from an almost fight gets back to rugby league. He gets Burton into space before the centre kicks inside for To;o to complete his hat-trick.
PENALTY EELS! Push in the back.
Cleary misses his first.
Koroisau just weaves through some lackluster defense. The floodgates have opened.
Oh dear. Eels kick out on the full. Just getting worse for them. CHALLENGE! It is UNSUCCESSFUL. Ferguson burns the Eels challenge there. Oh dear.
Cleary adds two more to his total.
Quick passing play and Burton just strolls over.
PENALTY PANTHERS! Obstruction against Will Smith. He just kept runnin' runnin' runnin' but it was behind his own man. Panthers will get it started in here now.
Ferguson is not happy! He made a great catch and throws it forward. He is fuuuuming.
Cleary from the left. He swings it over.
Same set up as the first try and same result. Scrum play. Quick hands and To'o walks in.
Bryce Cartwright drops it like it was the vaccine rollout. Panthers might punish them here.
Dylan Edwards might have coughed one up. CHALLENGE from the Panthers. SUCCESSFUL! PENALTY PANTHERS! Strip.
We're back for the second half! Will the Panthers run away with it or will this inexperienced Eels side continue to put up a fight? Lets find out!
HALFTIME :: Panthers ahead in a tight tussle. 12-6.
Will Smith tries a kick inside and hits the post. In a skill competition it would be worth a few points. Nothing in a regular game though. Panthers rucking it away.
Crichton loses it trying to play it quick.
Panthers tried the powerplay on last. Kikau is well taken. Changeover.
Ray Stone loses it from a Cartwright offload.
Kaufusi drops it trying to charge to the line.
Burton loses it trying to counter attack.
Will Smith takes on the line and takes the collison. He tries to play it too quickly.
Arthur now gets into the action and grubbers through! Eels have their fifth straight set coming up.
PENALTY EELS! Pangai hits Arthur late.
Eels force another repeat set through Smith again.
Will Smith surveys his options and traps To'o in goal. Dropout coming up.
PENALTY EELS! Crusher.
Burton tries to fashion a kick on the fly. It goes dead. Seven tackle set for the Eels.
It is a clear tactic tonight for the Eels. Joey Lussick kicks on third and tries to trap To'o. The rampaging winger makes about 20 metres and brushed off several defenders. Panthers ruck it out and Cleary hoists it high for Perham to take.
Cleary pilots over the kick. While he sets up. Keegan Hipgrave is helped off the field after some nasty whiplash trying to make the tackle.
Lovely short pass and Pangai slams it down.
Bryce Cartwright tried to inject himself into the attack. He loses it.
Blake Ferguson is the goalkicker tonight. It is a mid range and he slots it.
Eels strike back! Jake Arthur kicks early and Opacic plants it down!
PENALTY EELS! High shot.
Will Smith with a wonderful kick and it gets a result! Michael Oldfield chases the kick down and takes Dylan Edwards over the sideline. Parramatta scrum.
Parramatta survive! It was a bulleted kick from Cleary which went through Dunster's hands then knocked on by the chasing Panthers. Seven tackle set.
Oh dear. Perham drops it trying to get to a fourth tackle kick.
Cleary has his first kick from the left hand side. He hooks it over.
Uh oh, it's To'o. Scrum play was set up well. Quick passes left and Brian is too strong for his opposite number.
Dunster knocks the pass down as the Eels were stripped for numbers on the right. Panthers scrum.
PENALTY PANTHERS! Cheap metres for the Panthers after a ruck infringement.
Both sides through their first sets, getting to their kick comfortably.
KICK-OFF! Here we go.
Both sides are onto the field for tonight's clash! A good crowd still here at Robina. Here we go!
Welcome to the second game of our Gold Coast doubleheader! Nothing is riding on this game but pride! Two Western Sydney powerhouse sides going head-to-head. Panthers are locked into second spot while an Eels win whilst unlikely can lift them into the top four. It is a much changed Eels line-up which gives us an insight into Brad Arthur's thinking about tonight while the Panthers are at full-strength and ready to maul their competition.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Adam Gee
Touch Judges: Peter Gough, Jon Stone
Video Referee: Ashley Klein
PARRAMATTA EELS (6)
Tries: Tom Opacic
Conversions: Blake Ferguson (1/1)
PENRITH PANTHERS (40)
Tries: Brian To'o (3), Nathan Cleary, Tevita Pangai Junior, Matt Burton, Apisai Koroisau
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (6/7)