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7:35pm Sat August 8, 2020
Round 13 - BlueBet Stadium, Penrith / Dharug - Crowd: 3468
80min

Penalty Goal: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary maintains his perfect night with the boot and that'll do us for super Saturday round 13.

Panthers lead Panthers 28 - 12 Raiders
80min

They're taking the kick at goal to try and make it a 16 point win

80min

Penalty Panthers with around 30 seconds to go

78min

Terrible kick by John Bateman on the 3rd sees Penrith come up with possession and a bit of a scuffle ensue

77min

Challenge unsuccessful

77min

Penalty Raiders for a hand on the ball, Penrith are challenging it though

76min

The ball bounces right off Liam Martin and Canberra hang on

76min

Jordan Rapana puts the ball down close to his own line

74min

Panthers debutant Daine Laurie is about to come on for his first taste of NRL football

73min

A fairly average set from Canberra ends with a hail mary to Papalii on the last and then an error. It's be a deadset miracle if the Raiders could get home from here

71min

James Tamou puts it down on play 1!

71min

Jack Wighton tries a chip in behind, Croker toes it ahead but Josh Mansour gets there first

70min

Superb kick from Cleary under pressure, he put boot to ball on the 30 and the Raiders are playing it 10 metres out from their own line

69min

Josh Papalii is back out there for the Raiders

67min

Kick off is allowed to bounce and Ryan Sutton pins the ears back to just get out of the in goal

66min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Croker splits the black dot in two

Panthers lead Panthers 26 - 12 Raiders
65min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad. Kick to come.

It's a try, and the second one of the night for CNK! He took on the line and used a combo of strength, determination and the slippery grass to slide over the line. Game not over yet

Panthers lead Panthers 26 - 10 Raiders
65min

Going upstairs, but the on field ref has no try

65min

Penalty to the Raiders after Brent Naden illegally strips the ball

64min

6 more tackles for the Raiders

63min

Penalty Raiders for a high shot

63min

Set restart for CBR

62min

Scrap that, challenge successful. Ruled the Panthers second defender in was an illegal one and contributed unfairly to Rapana going over. Penalty CBR

62min

Challenge unsuccessful, PEN ball

62min

CBR are challenging this, they're of the view Jordan Rapana got the ball back infield before going over the sideline

62min

Jordan Rapana took off down the left touchline but Nathan Cleary was there in cover defence and took him into touch

61min

Liam Martin puts the ball down after having 3 or 4 juggles

60min

George Williams goes right through the Penrith defence but it's ruled that Corey Harawira-Naera took Viliame Kikau out in the leadup. Penalty Penrith

59min

Penalty to the Raiders for a Penrith obstruction

57min

Penalty Goal: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Nathan Cleary extends the lead beyond 3 converted tries. A real uphill battle for Canberra here

Panthers lead Panthers 26 - 6 Raiders
56min

Panthers will take the two here

56min

Penalty to the Panthers for the Raiders being offside

55min

Tackle count restarts as Josh Mansour is held up over the line

53min

Jarrod Croker takes the ball dead. Repeat set coming up for PEN

52min

Williams' kick is allowed to bounce but Aekins still takes possession cleanly

51min

Jordan Rapana makes amends for his earlier effort and takes this bomb cleanly

50min

George Williams drills a kick into touch and gives the players a breather

49min

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad wrapped up 13 out from his own line

48min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Jarrod Croker narrows the gap to 18

Panthers lead Panthers 24 - 6 Raiders
48min

Going upstairs and it appears against all the odds that Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad has got to the line!

47min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad. Kick to come.

Try confirmed! Nicoll-Klokstad carried 4 Panthers players to the line and somehow got the ball down! The locals don't like it but the Raiders are finally on the board!

Panthers lead Panthers 24 - 4 Raiders
46min

Caleb Aekins drops the ball in the tackle on the kick return. CBR with their first opportunity of the half

44min

Just as the Raiders were looking threatening, Siliva Havili just drops it cold while trying to pass

44min

Jack Wighton knocks the ball out of Apisai Koroisau's hand and streaks away to play it on the Panthers 40 metre line

43min

Penrith try a shortside scrum play but the Raiders are up to it in defence

42min

Cleary kicks from the Raiders side of halfway and Rapana drops it cold

41min

Moses Leota makes the opening hit up and his side gets a set restart straight away

40min

Players are back out on the field ahead of the second 40

40min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Nathan Cleary nails it from the sideline

Panthers lead Panthers 24 - 0 Raiders
40min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Brent Naden. Kick to come.

Try confirmed. Brent Naden was on the end of some slick backline movement and executed the putdown to perfection. Big second half coming up for the Raiders if they want to come close to this juggernaut

Panthers lead Panthers 22 - 0 Raiders
40min

Going upstairs but looks like Naden has scored

39min

Repeat set for PEN

37min

Raiders will do well to hold Penrith out here

37min

Six more for PEN after CBR played at the ball

36min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

In an event that comes as absolutely no surprise, Nathan Cleary nails the kick

Panthers lead Panthers 18 - 0 Raiders
35min

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

Try confirmed. Jarome Luai put in a perfect grubber and Stephen Crichton beat Cotric to the ball to ground it for his 12th try this year

Panthers lead Panthers 16 - 0 Raiders
35min

Going upstairs but it looks like Stephen Crichton has scored for Penrith

35min

John Bateman with a try-saving effort on Stephen Crichton

35min

Set restart for PEN

34min

Mansour gets held up

33min

Repeat set coming up for Penrith

32min

Panthers advance upfield against the run of play, Stephen Crichton plays it 40 out from the CBR line

32min

Zane Tetevano absolutely levels Curtis Scott in a big hit

31min

Jack Wighton'r grubber is played at with the feet by Cleary and Kikau dives on the ball. Panthers survive

31min

No try confirmed, the Panthers defence is truly something to behold this year

31min

Going upstairs again for CBR but it's been ruled on the field that Josh Papalii has been held up

29min

Siliva Havili with a good kick on the 4th and the Raiders trap Josh Mansour 4 metres out of his own line. 2 tackles later and Stephen Crichton puts it down

26min

Cleary's kick is near perfect and Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad only just gets it back into the field of play. Canberra under a lot of pressure here

26min

No try, but not for the reason that was first thought, with Rapana taking possession of the ball in an offside position. Penalty Panthers

25min

Going upstairs for the Raiders but Sutton has ruled no try

23min

James Fisher-Harris makes a rare Panthers mistake while on the attack

22min

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad again leaves the bomb behind without even making an effort. The ball looked to be sitting up for Stephen Crichton but Cotric came out of nowhere and knocked it dead

21min

John Bateman hands possession right back to Penrith

20min

Set restart for CBR

20min

Brent Naden makes a mess of the play the ball and you get the feeling the Raiders have to take advantage of this opportunity

19min

James Tamou runs it back from the kickoff

18min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Nathan Cleary converts once again

Panthers lead Panthers 12 - 0 Raiders
18min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Liam Martin. Kick to come.

Apisai Koroisau feigns to go one way out of dummy half and then goes the other and puts Liam Martin over untouched.

Panthers lead Panthers 10 - 0 Raiders
17min

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad this time puts the bomb down and the Panthers have 6 more tackles on the Panthers line

14min

Caleb Aekins easily takes care of Jack Wighton's bomb

12min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Nathan Cleary slots his first conversion attempt

Panthers lead Panthers 6 - 0 Raiders
11min

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

Viliame Kikau makes a trademark run off the back fence and the Raiders had no chance! Panthers score the opening try of the match

Panthers lead Panthers 4 - 0 Raiders
9min

The Panthers muscle up in defence and drag Jarrod Croker over the sideline

8min

Viliame Kikau puts the ball down and the Panthers decline to challenge

7min

Penrith hang on! Nathan Cleary is able to just make it out of the in goal and about a tackle later the Panthers receive a penalty

6min

Set restart for CBR

5min

Another line dropout, George Williams put in a well weighted grubber and Josh Mansour was caught in goal

4min

VERY ugly tackle from Brent Naden, he coat-hangered Jarrod Croker and the Raiders receive a penalty

3min

Jarome Luai is caught in goal and the Raiders will get a repeat set. Penrith yet to touch the ball

2min

Jack Wighton gets the Raiders on the front foot early with a 40/20

1min

Cleary gets us underway and Dunamis Lui takes the opening run of the night

Players are out on the field now, kickoff imminent

Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of the match of the round and we're at Panthers stadium to see if Penrith can continue their outstanding run of form against the in-form Raiders. The Panthers have made one late change, with Daine Laurie coming into the side to make his debut in place of Malakai Watene-Zelezniak. His inclusion sees Tyrone May start in the centres and Naden push back to the wing. The Raiders are 1-17. Kick-off in about 10 or 15 minutes

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Gerard Sutton

Touch Judges: Chris Butler, Todd Smith

Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Bryan Norrie

PENRITH PANTHERS (28)
Tries: Viliame Kikau, Liam Martin, Stephen Crichton, Brent Naden
Field Goals:
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (4/4)
Penalty Goals: Nathan Cleary (2/2)

CANBERRA RAIDERS (12)
Tries: Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad (2)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jarrod Croker (2/2)
Penalty Goals: