Full Time
80:00
4:05pm Sun September 8, 2019
Round 25 - BlueBet Stadium, Penrith / Dharug - Crowd: 12027
80min

The match ends with a forward pass.

79min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Hunt drops the ball after a failed 1-on-1 strip attempt.

79min

He's staying on and will play out the last 60 seconds.

79min

Play stopped as Fitzgibbon clutches at his shoulder.

75min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - They'll have to work it out from inside their 20m

70min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Klemmer drops the ball, 12m from the Panthers line.

70min

Egan makes a good tackle to save a try, but has got injured in the process. Play has stopped while he gets treated.

69min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Panthers finally give the Knights a play with the ball.

68min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary converts from right in front.

Panthers lead Panthers 54 - 10 Knights
67min

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

Tamou makes a bust through the middle before passing to his right to Cleary and the halfback races away to score his 4th try of the game

Panthers lead Panthers 52 - 10 Knights
65min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary converts from right in front.

Panthers lead Panthers 48 - 10 Knights
65min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Billy Burns. Kick to come.

Luai steps inside, sends a great ball to Egan who then draws and passes to Burns and he races away to score under the posts.

Panthers lead Panthers 46 - 10 Knights
64min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary from the left, nails the extras.

Panthers lead Panthers 42 - 10 Knights
62min

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

Cleary bags a hat trick of tries! He receives a pass off the back of a good offload close to the line, dummies and then darts through a gap to dive over on the left side.

Panthers lead Panthers 40 - 10 Knights
61min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Knock on by the Knights inside their own half.

59min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary nails the goal from right in front.

Panthers lead Panthers 36 - 10 Knights
58min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Moses Leota. Kick to come.

Leota receives a nice short ball close to the line and walks through a big gap to score under the sticks.

Panthers lead Panthers 34 - 10 Knights
57min

PENALTY PANTHERS - They take the tap 25m from the Knights line.

57min

Crichton makes a break but is brought down by Watson, who then holds down in the tackle too long.

55min

Luai goes close to the tryline on the left side, but his foot goes into touch before he gets to the line.

53min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary nails the sideline conversion

Panthers lead Panthers 30 - 10 Knights
51min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Wayde Egan. Kick to come.

In the first set from the restart Cleary's kick is charged down and the Panthers regather, Penrith then makes a break down the left through Burns, who then passes to Kikau down the wing. Kikau tiptoes down the sideline, avoids going into touch despite two tackle attempts, then casually flicks a pass behind his back that finds Egan perfectly and he strolls over for an easy try.

Panthers lead Panthers 28 - 10 Knights
50min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary from wide on the left side, nails another goal.

Panthers lead Panthers 24 - 10 Knights
49min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Billy Burns. Kick to come.

Luai kicks across the field and Burns, fresh on the field, is in the right place at the right time as the ball lands in his arms, despite not jumping for it, he then falls over the line for a try.

Panthers lead Panthers 22 - 10 Knights
48min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Illegal strip against Saifiti. Penrith now starts their set inside the Knights half.

46min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Newcastle gets a piggy back out of their half.

44min

Conversion: Knights
Kicked by Mason Lino.

Lino converts

Panthers lead Panthers 18 - 10 Knights
44min

Try: Knights
Scored by Herman Ese'ese. Kick to come.

First hit up off the penalty tap goes to Ese'Ese who barges through a tackle and looked to be tackled in the field of play, but he reached out and planted on the line

Panthers lead Panthers 18 - 8 Knights
42min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - They'll keep the pressure on the Panthers here with a full set inside their 20m

41min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Kikau's tackle is a bit high

41min

Panthers kick is too big and the Knights get a 7 tackle set.

40min

Second half underway

38min

Both sides, especially in the opening 25 minutes, were very good defensively, but with the ball in hand, they've been sloppy.

37min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Penrith with a dropped ball 8m their side of halfway

37min

Play stopped as Kurt Mann gets some attention after copping a head clash into his mouth.

37min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary from almost right in front, converts

Panthers lead Panthers 18 - 4 Knights
37min

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

Cleary gets the ball at second receiver, brushes off one defender who rushed up on him, he then stepped past Ponga and scored beside the posts.

Panthers lead Panthers 16 - 4 Knights
36min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Hunt drops a bad pass, 23m from his own line

35min

Panthers making big easy metres down the Knights edges

33min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary from the right of the posts, adds another goal

Panthers lead Panthers 12 - 4 Knights
32min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Brian To'o. Kick to come.

To'o with a powerful, barnstorming try. Stepped inside 3 defenders, coming back against the grain and then defies the attempts of 4 tacklers to get across the stripe. Brilliant!

Panthers lead Panthers 10 - 4 Knights
31min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Spencer Leniu makes a beeline for the tryline but has the ball stripped illegally 2m shy

30min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Ponga ruled to have taken advantage of an obstruction. Penrith finds touch almost near halfway

29min

Pearce grubbers into the Panthers ingoal but To'o takes it dead. Panthers drop out.

27min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - A towering bomb by Cleary is dropped by Ponga, however Egan is ruled to have been in front of the kicker.

26min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary nails the easy goal.

Panthers lead Panthers 6 - 4 Knights
25min

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

Cleary takes on the line, steps inside Ponga and dives over for a try near the posts.

Tied up at Panthers 4 - 4 Knights
24min

Tamou grubbers for himself, Ponga cleans up but submits in the tackle ingoal. Knights drop out.

23min

Penrith with a semi short restart and get the ball back through Edwards.

22min

Conversion: Knights
Attempted by Mason Lino.

Lino from out wide on the right side hits the upright and misses

Knights lead Panthers 0 - 4 Knights
20min

Try: Knights
Scored by Starford Toa. Kick to come.

Toa takes an intercept and the streaks down the sideline to score his first try on debut.

Knights lead Panthers 0 - 4 Knights
17min

Edwards takes a clean catch...

12min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Penrith finds touch just inside the Knights half.

10min

SCRUM PANTHERS - Knights drops it stone cold deep in their own half. Panthers on the attack.

7min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Panthers offside. Knights take the tap. It's their 4th set in a row inside the Panthers 20m

7min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Edwards knocks on the kick on his own line.

5min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - They take the tap 12m from the Panthers line.

4min

Ponga grubbers and Edwards cleans up before he gets cleaned up in-goal. Panthers drop out.

4min

Lino almost gets a try but is pulled down by Kikau

2min

PENALTY PANTHERS - Knights trying to work the tackled player over. Panthers find touch 25m from the Knights line.

1min

SCRUM PANTHERS - 25m from their own line.

1min

Play stopped early as Mata'utia gets treated for a leg injury.

Panthers kick off

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Adam Gee, Jon Stone

Touch Judges: Nick Morel, Phil Henderson

Video Referee: Ashley Klein, Bryan Norrie

PENRITH PANTHERS (54)
Tries: Nathan Cleary (4), Brian To'o, Billy Burns (2), Wayde Egan, Moses Leota
Field Goals:
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (9/9)
Penalty Goals:

NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (10)
Tries: Starford Toa, Herman Ese'ese
Field Goals:
Conversions: Mason Lino (1/2)
Penalty Goals: