SCRUM PANTHERS - Knights with a forward pass inside their own half.
Maloney with a short flat ball to Whare close to the tryline, but Whare can't hang onto it.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Gavet drops the ball on the first tackle
Ponga converts
Copy and paste getting a workout here PENALTY KNIGHTS - They'll take the tap 10m from the Panthers line. Panthers penalised 3 times in the space of almost a minute.
Ctrl+C, Ctr+V PENALTY KNIGHTS - They'll take the tap 10m from the Panthers line.
Barnstorming Barnett! He started his run off the back fence and bashed and crashed his way through the defence to score by the posts
PENALTY KNIGHTS - They'll take the tap 10m from the Panthers line.
Whare with a panicked kick at the end of a set and it goes dead in goal.
First play off the scrum and they spread the ball to the left wing and Lee gets over the line, but Maloney has miraculously managed to strip the ball out just centimetres before Lee scored a try.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - They'll have a set 10m from the Panthers line
SCRUM PANTHERS - Maloney with his third big hit of the day! Crunches Watson on his kick return and the balls comes free, 20m from the Knights line.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Maloney throws a hospital ball to Tamou and it hits the grass.
Another Knights dropped ball in the own half.
Fitzgibbon knocks on an offloaded ball by Ramien which has likely cost the Knights a try.
Cleary grubbers and Blake knocks on as he tries to plant the ball down for a try.
A near 40/20 for Maloney. Watson magically keeps the ball in play and hurries back to force the ball dead before the Panthers arrive. Drop out Newcastle.
A near try - Pearce grubbers through and Ponga has an air swing trying to ground the ball for a try. Drop out Penrith, as Cleary took the ball dead in goal.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Hetherington knocks on in the first tackle after the restart.
Cleary converts from near in front.
Yeo with a good run off a nothing inside ball from Maloney, meets the defence 7 metres from the Knights line, but Yeo just kept pushing before twisting and reach out to score next to the uprights.
PENALTY PANTHERS - Maloney with a bomb and Ponga was ruled to have taken out Edwards chasing through.
Back underway!
Ponga's kick was a long way from the mark. Let's all go have a steak at halftime.
PENALTY KNIGHTS - Penrith held down too long in the tackle. Knights to have a shot at a penalty goal after the siren has sounded, 35m out and right in front.
JFH spills his lollies in the first run off the scrum
SCRUM PANTHERS - From the scrum, Ramien knocks on.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Edwards drops the ball on halfway
SCRUM PANTHERS - Pearce gets a good long kick away and finds touch 10m from the Panthers line.
Cleary converts the try
Amazing try! Cleary grubbered and it looked to be going dead for all money, but it popped up nicely, Watene-Zelezniak leapt up and batted the ball back into the field of play for Winterstein to plant the loose ball for a try.
PENALTY PANTHERS - Knights defence offside. Penrith with a full set 15m from the Knights line.
Maloney kicks to the corner and Lee knocks on in-goal. Knights drop out.
Pearce kicks long and the ball goes dead in goal. Panthers with a 20m restart and 7 tackles.
Ponga from the left sideline, slots the conversion.
Ponga with a lovely cut-out pass puts the ball on Lee's chest and he scores in the corner.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Panthers with a knock-on at dummy half inside their own half.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Whare throws a quick pass to Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, who was in open space, but the pass went forward.
PENALTY PANTHERS - Pearce performs a 1 on 1 strip on Maloney after the tackle was completed.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Panthers drop the ball, 30m from their own line. Knights on the attack.
Cleary pushes his conversion attempt across the goal face.
Maloney feints to kick, passes to CLeary, who runs right and dumps it back behind him to JFH who ran hard and straight back in towards the posts to storm over for a good try.
PENALTY PANTHERS - Knights pinged for a flop.
Drop out Newcastle, after a Maloney cross kick is run dead.
PENALTY PANTHERS - Cleary advances the panthers 10m shy of halfway.
PENALTY KNIGHTS - Maloney with another high tackle, this time on Glasby, who has to come off for an HIA. Knights 10m from the Panthers line.
PENALTY KNIGHTS - High tackle by Maloney.
Ponga kicks a penalty goal
PENALTY KNIGHTS - Pearce grubbers and Sele again with a dumb penalty, bumps Ponga over as he was chasing the grubber.
PENALTY KNIGHTS - Sele gives away a dumb penalty after Maloney's grubber goes dead. Sele tackled and held onto Ponga, denying him a chance to take a quick tap. Knights find touch 10m shy of halfway.
Watson receives the ball on the last on the left side, steps back infield and ran through a big gap to score. But the video ref has called it back as Tamou was deemed to have been impeded by Fitzgibbon.
PENALTY KNIGHTS - A loose carry by Leota and Ponga cleans up. Yeo cops an accidental elbow onto his head and is coming off for an HIA. Knights held Ponga down too long. They find touch 30m from the Panthers line.
Knights get us underway. Conditions look spiffing for footy
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Dave Munro, Chris Sutton
Touch Judges: Nick Morel, Rickey McFarlane
Video Referee: Henry Perenara, Beau Scott
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (14)
Tries: Edrick Lee, Mitchell Barnett
Field Goals:
Conversions: Kalyn Ponga (2/2)
Penalty Goals: Kalyn Ponga (1/2)
PENRITH PANTHERS (16)
Tries: James Fisher-Harris, Frank Winterstein, Isaah Yeo
Field Goals:
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (2/3)
Penalty Goals: