Full Time
80:00
7:30pm Sat May 26, 2018
Round 12 - BlueBet Stadium, Penrith / Dharug - Crowd: 21565
80min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by James Maloney.

Maloney converts from right in front.

Panthers lead Panthers 28 - 2 Dragons
79min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Reagan Campbell-Gillard. Kick to come.

A sneaky grubber by Egan from dummy half and Campbell-Gillard plants it to score on full time.

Panthers lead Panthers 26 - 2 Dragons
77min

Peachey with a nice kick on the fly which sits up in the Dragons in-goal. Dufty cleans up and gets back into the field of play.

75min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Kikau gets a short ball close to the line but he can't hold onto it.

74min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Dragons again handing Penrith possession and field position. Panthers have been camped in the Dragons half for some time now.

73min

De Belin has come off the field in pain, clutching his hip

73min

DROP OUT DRAGONS - Maloney grubbers and Penrith players fall over each other getting to the ball. Dragons knock it dead.

72min

Kikau with a great offload send Phillips on a 20 metre run down the sideline.

71min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by James Maloney.

Maloney nails the conversion from the left side.

Panthers lead Panthers 22 - 2 Dragons
70min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Viliame Kikau. Kick to come.

Kikau gets a crash ball 15 metres out from the line and he carries the Dragons side over the line for a powerful try.

Panthers lead Panthers 20 - 2 Dragons
69min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Dragons getting frustrated and very ill-disciplined here.

67min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Nightingale gets tackled into touch. Dragons have been emphatically outplayed in the second half so far.

67min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Penrith players trying to work the tackled player. A small scuffle ensues, everyone exchanges phone numbers and insurance details and we move on.

65min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Dragons offside.

63min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Maloney tackled in the legs as he's kicking the ball by Lawrie.

62min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Fisher-Harris with a heavy tackle forces the ball loose.

59min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Panthers spill a kick with not a soul in sight. Dragons start their set 40m from the Panthers line.

58min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Egan tries to burrow over for a dummy half try, but Tamou acts as a driver.

54min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by James Maloney.

Maloney from the right sideline is spot on with his kick.

Panthers lead Panthers 16 - 2 Dragons
53min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Christian Crichton. Kick to come.

Whare gets the ball to Crichton who gets caught in the corner, but he reaches out and slams it down for a try.

Panthers lead Panthers 14 - 2 Dragons
51min

Penalty Goal: Panthers
Kicked by James Maloney.

Maloney slots the gift 2 pointer to take the lead back out to 8

Panthers lead Panthers 10 - 2 Dragons
51min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Latimore gets penalised after the previous penalty for backchat

50min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Dragons slowing down the play the ball.

48min

Penalty Goal: Dragons
Kicked by Gareth Widdop.

Widdop throws the penalty goal over.

Panthers lead Panthers 8 - 2 Dragons
47min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Maloney guilty of blocking the Dragons kick chase. Dragons to take the 2.

46min

Kurt Mann comes onto the field for Ben Hunt, who has a slight limp.

45min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Panthers defence with a high tackle.

44min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Cleary feints left then turns it inside to Yeo on the right. The big fella loses the ball in the tackle right on the Dragons line.

42min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Widdop with a sloppy high tackle on Maloney. Panthers get a piggy back out of trouble.

42min

McInnes with a sneaky short flat ball to Sims on the loine, but he can't get across the stripe.

41min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Widdop finds touch 30m from the Panthers line.

40min

Penrith get us back underway. Lets see what the Dragons fightback is like!

40min

A spectaculr final set sees Penrith throwing the ball around before a final pass is knocked on.

38min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Widdop chipped for his winger, but the ball goes dead, just past halfway.

37min

Frizell hammers Maloney!

35min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by James Maloney.

Maloney from just to the left side of the posts, adds the extras.

Panthers lead Panthers 8 - 0 Dragons
34min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Nathan Cleary. Kick to come.

Cleary gets across the stripe with a great solo effort. He got the ball at second receiver, changed direction, then stepped at the line and got through the defensive line to score to the left of the posts.

Panthers lead Panthers 6 - 0 Dragons
33min

Peachey makes a break down the left wing and picks up 35m.

31min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Panthers let the Dragons walk into their half.

27min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Maloney butchers the play the ball.

26min

DWZ with a stunning low take at the end of a long kick by Hunt.

22min

Penalty Goal: Panthers
Kicked by James Maloney.

Maloney from 21m out and to the left of the posts

Panthers lead Panthers 2 - 0 Dragons
21min

PENALTY PANTHERS - De Belin holding down in the tackle. Panthers set to have a shot at the two.

20min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Dragons lose the ball in a heavy tackle. Panthers right back on the attack.

19min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Panthers on the last attempt a bit of second phase/razzle dazzle/throw it around and hope before Peachey's attempted quick tap on goes forward.

17min

DROP OUT DRAGONS - Yeo goes himself and almost scores. On the next play Maloney grubbers for himself and very nearly gets to the ball for a try, but Widdop kicks it dead.

16min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Phillips throws himself into the Dragons retreating defence and catches them offside. Panthers now with a full set inside the Dragons 30m

14min

Whare with a great one handed scoop from dummy half and then makes 20m, getting Penrith up near halfway.

13min

Dragons defence not giving the Panthers an easy inch so far.

12min

Good kick by Widdop which is cleaned up equally good by DWZ, who manages to both stay in field and not go into touch.

11min

DROP OUT PANTHERS - Hunt with another grubber which Phillips bats dead. Dragons with a mountain of possession right now.

10min

DROP OUT PANTHERS - Hunt juggles a pass and then cleverly turns it into a grubber which the Panthers back kick dead.

9min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Campbell-Gillard hits Sims high and then holds down too long in the tackle. Dragons now inside the Panthers 30m

8min

PENALTY DRAGONS - First tackle off the scrum is high. Dragons take the quick tap.

8min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Panthers ruled to have a loose carry.

7min

DROP OUT DRAGONS - Cleary grubbers on the last and Widdop is forced to kick it dead.

6min

Maloney nearly puts Yeo over.

5min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Campbell-Gillard throws a pass to Maloney, but it goes behind his head and he drops it.

4min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Dragons offside and Panthers walk up to halfway.

3min

SCRUM PANTHERS - McInnes tries a dummy half grubber, but the Panthers block it. McInnes regathers, passes to Dufty who quickly got it to Lafai. Lafai flicked it to Macdonald who knocked it on.

1min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Harawera-Naera runs back to take the catch over his shoulder. DWZ is standing there and bobbles the ball but is ruled to have knocked it on into CHN

The top 2 teams after 11 games get underway. Penrith receive first.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Gerard Sutton, Chris Sutton

Touch Judges: Nick Beashel, Rickey McFarlane

Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Ben Galea

PENRITH PANTHERS (28)
Tries: Nathan Cleary, Christian Crichton, Viliame Kikau, Reagan Campbell-Gillard
Field Goals:
Conversions: James Maloney (4/4)
Penalty Goals: James Maloney (2/2)

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (2)
Tries:
Field Goals:
Conversions:
Penalty Goals: Gareth Widdop (1/1)