Full Time
80:00
8:05pm Thu April 1, 2021
Round 4 - 4 Pines Park, Brookvale / Cammeraygal - Crowd: 6076
80min

Penalty Goal: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary makes the margin 40 points and that's full time. Next week, Manly will make the trip up the M1 to face the Warriors on the Central Coast, while Penrith will host the Raiders on Friday night

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 6 - 46 Panthers
80min

A bit of ad lib play here from Penrith as Staines grubbers for himself before linking up with Cleary, who himself grubbered but was held back without the ball. it'll be a penalty to Penrith and they'll take the two in what will be the last play of the game

80min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary converts this one easily

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 6 - 44 Panthers
78min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Paul Momirovski. Kick to come.

Charlie Staines came midfield and created an overlap with his speed, setting up Momirovski and Crichton with a 2 on 1 against Walker, but Momirovski decided to go himself and ended up reaching out to score

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 6 - 42 Panthers
76min

Spencer Leniu gets tackled on the last and it will be a handover

75min

Set restart for PEN

74min

Penrith looked to be about to score their 8th try as Luai and Burton combined to make a break downnfield before getting it inside to Cleary, who dropped it cold.

73min

Daly Cherry-Evans' kick goes dead. 7 tackles coming up for the Panthers

73min

Manly in good field position here

71min

Set restart immediately followed by a knock on, however it's against Penrith for a failed strip attempt

71min

Set restart for MAN

70min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Nathan Cleary converts from in front

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 6 - 38 Panthers
68min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Kurt Capewell. Kick to come.

Nathan Cleary decided to grubber through for himself on the last before putting in a nice chip kick that was gathered by Kurt Capewell to touch down for a try

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 6 - 36 Panthers
65min

Penrith get a penalty to help them out of their own end

64min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Just putting the conversion into the system

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 6 - 32 Panthers
64min

Nathan Cleary gets converts from out wide

63min

Try: Panthers
Scored by Matt Burton. Kick to come.

Matt Burton got the ball in a relative passive position but was able to dummy and beat Jason Saab on the way to the line. Penrith get another

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 6 - 30 Panthers
61min

Dylan Walker takes the ball into touch and Penrith will have another set in attacking position

60min

Set restart for PEN

59min

Dylan Walker knocks on

58min

Kieran Foran's grubber is well weighted and it will pull up in goal, forcing Staines to ground it. Repeat set coming up for Manly

58min

Manly will get the penalty as a result

58min

Mitch Kenny has been placed on report for an earlier crusher tackle on Reuben Garrick

57min

Daly Cherry-Evans' kick is charged down and he manages to regather, however it is a penalty against Manly as Kikau is ruled to have been taken out off the ball

56min

Cleary bunts it into touch on the last as Moses Suli appears to be in some sort of trouble and leaves the field

55min

Double knock on called, first one Manly

53min

Challenge is successful as Luai is ruled to have illegally stripped the ball. Manly get a penalty

53min

Dylan Walker puts it down in the tackle and Penrith survive. Manly are challenging the call however

52min

Morgan Boyle confirmed to have suffered a right shoulder dislocation

52min

Stephen Crichton is dragged back into the in goal area and Manly get a repeat set

51min

Sean Keppie is collected high by Isaah Yeo and Manly will get a penalty

49min

Conversion: Panthers
Attempted by Nathan Cleary.

Nathan Cleary doesn't compensate enough from the sideline as Morgan Boyle leaves the field

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 6 - 26 Panthers
48min

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

Viliame Kikau is on the end of a good short-side run form Luai and runs over about 3 Manly defenders to score his second

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 6 - 26 Panthers
47min

Matt Burton makes a good run of about 20 metres to get Penrith on the front foot while Morgan Boyle is down in backplay

44min

Both sides going set for set to start the half

41min

Kickoff is allowed to bounce before it is picked up by DCE and handed off to Josh Aloiai

40min

Players are back out there ahead of the second 40. Kikau has passed his HIA

40min

Brian To'o outleaps Jason Saab and the Panthers have the ball and that'll be half time

39min

Daly Cherry-Evans' kick from inside the 40 can't be handled by Stephen Crichton and it sails into touch for a 40/20, giving Manly the final say of the half

38min

Viliame Kikau has come from the field with an HIA

37min

No try, ruled that Sean Keppie knocked on in goal

37min

Going upstairs to have a look at a possible Manly try. On field call of no try

36min

The kick is knocked on by To'o and Manly will have another attacking opportunity

35min

Josh Aloiai hits it up from the kickoff

34min

Conversion: Sea Eagles
Kicked by Reuben Garrick.

Reuben Garrick converts from right in front

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 6 - 22 Panthers
34min

Try: Sea Eagles
Scored by Cade Cust. Kick to come.

Sean Keppie was able to get a late offload away to Cade Cust, who streaked away down the middle for about 15 metres and got to the try line. Manly finally on the board

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 4 - 22 Panthers
32min

Foran's grubber is knocked dead by Stephen Crichton. Repeat set coming up

32min

Staines knocks the kick on and Manly will have 6 more tackles in Penrith territory coming up

31min

Dropout overturned, it's ruled Momirovski knocked on in goal and Manly will therefore have a 7 tackle set starting from the 20

30min

Goal line dropout to be taken by Manly in a second

29min

Daly Cherry-Evans' kick was a shocker and picked off in the air by Momirovski, who took off down filled before linking up with Staines, who ran about 30 metres before getting it to Capewell, who got it to Cleary who then got tackled about 40 metres out from the line. Penrith on the attack

27min

Set restart for MAN

27min

Matthew Eisenhuth knocks on trying to play the ball on tackle 1

26min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary makes it 22-0 after just 25 and a half minutes

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 0 - 22 Panthers
25min

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

Brian To'o goes over for his second as he receives the ball on the end of a nice sweeping play and uses Dylan Walker as a speed bump

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 0 - 20 Panthers
24min

Lachlan Croker passes it forward from dummy half.

23min

Paul Momirovski makes a mess in the play the ball

22min

DCE kicks on the 3rd and Penrith will start the set on their own 30

21min

Brad Parker drops it in the tackle and Cleary cleans up.

18min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Nathan Cleary converts the try

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 0 - 16 Panthers
17min

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

Jarome Luai's kick deflects off Cherry-Evans' leg and Kikau is there to clean it up and he strolls over. This scoreline is already starting to look ugly

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 0 - 14 Panthers
16min

Josh Schuster's pass to Garrick is ruled forward. Penrith will have another opportunity

15min

Cleary's kick goes into touch just outside the 20

15min

Dylan Walker's cutout pass to Jason Saab is way too shallow and sails over the sideline. Penrith off the hook immediately

14min

A pass from Penrith goes to ground and Reuben Garrick is able to clean up, giving Manly some good attacking position

12min

Conversion: Panthers
Kicked by Nathan Cleary.

Cleary improves to 1/2

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 0 - 10 Panthers
11min

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

Penrith rolled up the field very very easily and the Manly forwards were simply too tired in the end. . Yeo put James Fisher-Harris through a hole, who was able to get an arm free and find Moses Leota, who couldn't be stopped that close to the line

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 0 - 8 Panthers
10min

Taniela Paseka came steaming out of the line looking to put a hit on To'o but he didn't fully connect. On the next play, Penrith get a set restart

9min

Saab makes the catch and is brought down by Matt Burton on his own 10 metre line

7min

Leota again takes the run from the kickoff

6min

Conversion: Panthers
Attempted by Nathan Cleary.

Nathan Cleary hooks it left from the sideline

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 0 - 4 Panthers
5min

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

This is ominous for the Gullies, Brian To'o has gone over on the play right after the scrum win.

Panthers lead Sea Eagles 0 - 4 Panthers
4min

Brad Parker can't handle Cleary's shallow punt. Panthers will have a full attacking set

3min

Set restart for PEN

2min

Cleary forced to kick from inside his 40 and Jason Saab will return the ball and play it about 35 metres out from his own line

1min

Manly kick off and Moses Leota will take the opening hit up for Penrith

Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of Round 4 of the NRL and to start off we are at LottoLand where the Sea Eagles will look to get their first home win since Round 10 last year against the high flying Penrith Panthers, who themselves are looking to start a season 4-0 for the first time since 1997. Both sides are 1-17 from the sides named on team list Tuesday, with Nathan Cleary confirmed to be returning the head knock that ruled him out of last week. Just under 7 minutes until kickoff in this one.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Matt Cecchin

Touch Judges: Peter Gough, Liam Kennedy

Video Referee: Henry Perenara

MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (6)
Tries: Cade Cust
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Reuben Garrick (1/1)
Penalty Goals:

PENRITH PANTHERS (46)
Tries: Brian To'o (2), Moses Leota, Viliame Kikau (2), Matt Burton, Kurt Capewell, Paul Momirovski
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (6/8)
Penalty Goals: Nathan Cleary (1/1)