Full Time
80:00
6:00pm Fri August 24, 2018
Round 24 - Go Media Stadium, Penrose / Aotearoa - Crowd: 17195
73min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary nails the goal quickly

Warriors lead Warriors 36 - 16 Panthers
73min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Trent Merrin. Kick to come.

Merrin takes a crash ball and scores against the padding of the upright

Warriors lead Warriors 36 - 14 Panthers
72min

DROP OUT WARRIORS - Cleary makes a break and then kicks through. Kata taps it dead.

70min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary with a good sideline conversion

Warriors lead Warriors 36 - 10 Panthers
70min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Waqa Blake. Kick to come.

Merrin with a nice offload to RCG who links with May and he gets it onto Blake who crashes over for a try on the edge.

Warriors lead Warriors 36 - 8 Panthers
70min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Warriors drop it just their side of halfway

69min

Panthers with the Short restart again and Fusitua with a great take yet again

68min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Shaun Johnson.

Johnson nails the goal from touch

Warriors lead Warriors 36 - 4 Panthers
66min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Solomone Kata. Kick to come.

Warriors try their hand on the left side and Kata shrugs off a tackle and dives over to score in the corner.

Warriors lead Warriors 34 - 4 Panthers
65min

SCRUM WARRIORS - Kikau knocks on accidentally as he is making a tackle

63min

SCRUM WARRIORS - Panthers are not going forward at all and are now throwing guess passes to the flanks. Peachey knocks on one such poor pass.

62min

Panthers with a short kickoff and Fusitua takes a great catch.

61min

Penalty Goal: Warriors
Kicked by Shaun Johnson.

Johnson nails the penalty goal from practically right in front.

Warriors lead Warriors 30 - 4 Panthers
60min

PENALTY WARRIORS - Panthers again holding on too long. Warriors are 2m from the Panthers line.

58min

PENALTY WARRIORS - Egan strips the ball out after the tackle is made.

57min

Conversion: Warriors
Attempted by Shaun Johnson.

Johnson from out on the right touchline again, pushes the kick wide.

Warriors lead Warriors 28 - 4 Panthers
56min

Try: Warriors
Scored by David Fusitua. Kick to come.

Johnson explodes through a gap, tries to run around the last defender and then flings the hope ball back inside and Fusitua cleans it up and slams it down for a try

Warriors lead Warriors 28 - 4 Panthers
53min

A kick to the middle sees DWZ takes a brilliant catch and as he comes down he reaches out to score a try but the ball comes loose.

52min

SCRUM PANTHERS - The scrum will set 30m from their own line after Johnson finds touch with a good kick.

50min

Cleary kicks on the second and, just like the rest of their attack, it couldn't get through the Warriors line.

50min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Warriors have given away another on their own line.

49min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Warriors offside on the 4th tackle.

48min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Johnson's short drop out only goes forward 7 metres. Panthers take the tap.

47min

DROP OUT WARRIORS - Lovely grubber by Cleary forces RTS to tap it dead.

45min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Second tackle, and the Warriors drop it cold.

45min

PENALTY WARRIORS - a double shepherd by the Panthers.

43min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Lino in front of the kicker.

42min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Shaun Johnson.

Johnson from the right sideline, puts it over the crossbar.

Warriors lead Warriors 24 - 4 Panthers
41min

Try: Warriors
Scored by David Fusitua. Kick to come.

Kikau drops a bomb backwards, Blair scoops it off the deck to Luke who then sends the ball out to the right where Hiku draws the defence before sending Fusitua over for another try in the corner.

Warriors lead Warriors 22 - 4 Panthers
40min

Second half is all go!

39min

Egan with a kick on the second tackle, 10m from the Warriors line, and it was quite simply, disgraceful. Went gently straight into the waiting arms of the Warriors defence.

36min

Conversion: Panthers
Attempted by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary from touch fails to add the extras.

Warriors lead Warriors 18 - 4 Panthers
36min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Josh Mansour. Kick to come.

Blake grubbers on the last, the ball comes off Hiku's feet and Mansour cleans up and dives over to score a very lucky try in the left corner.

Warriors lead Warriors 18 - 4 Panthers
30min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Penrith needed that. They've struggled for most of the half.

28min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Shaun Johnson.

Johnson from near in front, slots another goal.

Warriors lead Warriors 18 - 0 Panthers
27min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Mason Lino. Kick to come.

Lino gets the offload, spins out of a tackle by RCG and then made a beeline for the tryline to score near the posts.

Warriors lead Warriors 16 - 0 Panthers
25min

PENALTY WARRIORS - Johnson gets the ball, draws the defender and passes to Fusitua who runs 50m downfield. Johnston had run through but was pulled back by Peachey. Fusitua had no support so he kicked back infield and Cleary cleaned up on his own line

24min

Conversion: Warriors
Attempted by Shaun Johnson.

Johnson's sideline conversion hits the upright and is waved away.

Warriors lead Warriors 12 - 0 Panthers
22min

Try: Warriors
Scored by David Fusitua. Kick to come.

Warriors swing the ball quickly to the right and catch the Panthers defence a man short and Fusitua dives over to score in the corner

Warriors lead Warriors 12 - 0 Panthers
21min

PENALTY WARRIORS - RTS runs it back and loses the ball in a tackle by RCG, but Warriors get a penalty for an illegal strip.

20min

Warriors throw the ball away with a silly offload on the second tackle. Penrith dive on it.

19min

PENALTY WARRIORS - Johnson held down too long near halfway and late in the set. A gift for the Warriors.

17min

SCRUM WARRIORS - Kikau gets a cheeky grubber away but Blake flying through has the ball bounce into his legs and into touch.

16min

PENALTY PANTHERS - fourth straight penalty for Penrith and fourth straight set on the Warriors line.

15min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Penrith will get their third straight set inside the Warriors 30m

14min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Johnson puts up a kick but it's found that the Warriors chase was offside.

13min

SCRUM WARRIORS - Warriors with the short drop out. Penrith bat it back. Cleary flies up to dive on it but knocks it on in the process.

13min

DROP OUT WARRIORS - Cleary with a nice grubber and he follows it through. RTS dives on the ball first

11min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Warriors pinged for an illegal strip. Panthers get to have their first full set inside the Warriors half.

7min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Shaun Johnson.

Johnson throws this one over from almost right in front.

Warriors lead Warriors 8 - 0 Panthers
6min

Try: Warriors
Scored by Agnatius Paasi. Kick to come.

Paasi picks up the ball from dummy half, dummies and then bulldozes his way over the line for a good try.

Warriors lead Warriors 6 - 0 Panthers
4min

PENALTY WARRIORS - This time JFH has his hands all over the ball. Almost 5 minutes into the game and Penrith have still not touched the ball.

3min

Conversion: Warriors
Kicked by Shaun Johnson.

Johnson kicks a penalty goal from right in front.

Warriors lead Warriors 2 - 0 Panthers
1min

PENALTY WARRIORS - RCG gives away another penalty, this time holding back a support player

PENALTY WARRIORS - RCG off his line too fast. The rain has started to sprinkle down.

Panthers kick-off and we're underway!

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Ashley Klein, Chris Sutton

Touch Judges: Kasey Badger, Nick Beashel

Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Luke Patten

WARRIORS (36)
Tries: Agnatius Paasi, David Fusitua (3), Mason Lino, Solomone Kata
Field Goals:
Conversions: Shaun Johnson (5/7)
Penalty Goals: Shaun Johnson (1/1)

PENRITH PANTHERS (16)
Tries: Josh Mansour, Waqa Blake, Trent Merrin
Field Goals:
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (2/3)
Penalty Goals: