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Cleary takes on the line and pokes his nose through the line but is just tackled in time.

SCRUM PANTHERS - Hodkinson finds touch deep in the Panthers half.

PENALTY MANLY - Tauapu taken in the air as he fields a kick. Yes, you read that right.

Kikau being helped off the field. He can't put any weight on his knee. This looks bad for Kikau

Kikau braced to tackle Fainu and the little rake ducked under and his head collided with Kikau's knee and the big man hit the deck in serious pain.

DCE kicks the ball out on the full

Penrith go short side on the last and Peachey falls over as a pass is thrown his way and Manly recover it.

SCRUM PANTHERS - Taupau spills another pass.

DROP OUT PANTHERS - DWZ and Crichton have let another bomb bounce. DWZ runs back and cleans up but is tackled ingoal.

PENALTY MANLY - Cleary goes to the bin.

Parker taps a kick back over his head to DCE, who then quickly grubbers again, but is then blocked by DCE.

SCRUM PANTHERS - DCE finds touch with another low kick.

SCRUM MANLY - Cleary has the ball stripped out by Manly and is ruled to have lost it forward.

DROP OUT MANLY - The bomb is allowed to bounce and Suli forces it dead.

PENALTY PANTHERS - RIght in front, 1 metre from the line. Maloney will take a shot at leveling the scores.

SCRUM MANLY - DWZ gets an inside ball from Maloney, but it is just behind him and he knocks it on.

SCRUM PANTHERS - Suli knocks on into a Panthers player, as he tries to regather a grubber on his own line.

PENALTY PANTHERS - Panthers starting to rip in a bit. Momentum is swinging.

A rare good set from Penrith

Tanginoa charges onto a short ball and loses it.

SCRUM MANLY - Walker gets outside his man and flicks to Suli who loses it into touch. Walker is down with a left leg injury and is not looking good. He looked to clutch his quad/hamstring. He's being carried off the field now. Matt Wright looks to have recovered from a shoulder injury after scoring his try.

PENALTY MANLY - Hetherington pinged for holding on too long in the tackle.

Penrith completed a set

SCRUM PANTHERS - DCE grubbers for touch

Second half is underway and Fisher Harris takes the first hit up and you wouldn't believe it, he's lost the ball.

What a messy first half. 13 first half scrums (1 from a kick, 1 from a player in touch, 1 from a pass into touch, 10 from knock-ons) and 11 penalties.

Best player this half: Anyone who hasn't had a knock on. Drops the contenders down to a very small few. Lets hope the second half is immensely better.

PENALTY PANTHERS - Obstruction

Parker got over for what looked like a try but it's disallowed for obstruction.

SCRUM MANLY - Peachey loses the ball 10m from his own line

PENALTY MANLY - Panthers a bit too keen to get off their line. Manly now start their set on halfway.

PENALTY PANTHERS - Manly will again get a gift penalty to advance into the Manly half.

DCE kicks to the left and the ball is passed back to Kelly who is caught, then he loses it. Penrith regather and knock on as well. Ref rules a change over. to Penrith.

SCRUM MANLY - Phillips knocks on in the first tackle, coming off his own line.

SCRUM MANLY - Peachey with a nice pass to the touchie.

PENALTY PANTHERS - Penrith get a piggy back off their own line.

SCRUM MANLY - Tom Trbojevic makes half a break down the left wing and then grubbers infield. Crichton dives on the ball and loses it.

Walker getting a warning for his chit chat

SCRUM MANLY - Katoa fumbles the ball off the deck at dummy half.

PENALTY PANTHERS - They will start their set on halfway

SCRUM PANTHERS - DCE finds touch with a great kick to end a great set.

Panthers turn the ball over again and Walker takes away, almost breaking through the line.

PENALTY PANTHERS - Cleary hit high. Manly then get penalised again for backchatting.

SCRUM PANTHERS - Maloney rushes up on Walker and the Manly half loses the ball forward into Maloney.

PENALTY MANLY - Late in the set, Manly with a piggy back into the Panthers half.

DCE puts in a good kick and Wright goes up for the ball and it just comes off his hand forward into DWZ and the ball goes loose.

PENALTY MANLY - Panthers taking too long to get off the tackled player.

SCRUM MANLY - Great passing by the Panthers to get the ball to DWZ, who then throws a poor pass to Phillips who is pushed into touch shy of the tryline

PENALTY PANTHERS - Manly off their line too quickly.

SCRUM PANTHERS - Taupau takes the first hit up from the restart and then he botches the play the ball.

SCRUM MANLY - Manly finally complete a set. DCE's kick bounces and Crichton knocks it on.

And Taupau knocks it on in a hit up

SCRUM MANLY - Peachey now fumbles a regulation pass.

PENALTY PANTHERS - Looks like Maloney will take the gift two.

SCRUM PANTHERS - aaand Manly turns it over again. This time Lane loses it on the third tackle, 35m from their own line.

Cleary kicks and Suli takes it well on the Manly line.

SCRUM PANTHERS - Manly swing it wide on the second tackle but Walker loses it in the tackle. Panthers with a full set 20m shy of the tryline

Panthers get us underway