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
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
Cleary converts this one easily
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
Spencer Leniu gets tackled on the last and it will be a handover
Set restart for PEN
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.
Daly Cherry-Evans' kick goes dead. 7 tackles coming up for the Panthers
Manly in good field position here
Set restart immediately followed by a knock on, however it's against Penrith for a failed strip attempt
Set restart for MAN
Nathan Cleary converts from in front
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
Penrith get a penalty to help them out of their own end
Just putting the conversion into the system
Nathan Cleary gets converts from out wide
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
Dylan Walker takes the ball into touch and Penrith will have another set in attacking position
Set restart for PEN
Dylan Walker knocks on
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
Manly will get the penalty as a result
Mitch Kenny has been placed on report for an earlier crusher tackle on Reuben Garrick
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
Cleary bunts it into touch on the last as Moses Suli appears to be in some sort of trouble and leaves the field
Double knock on called, first one Manly
Challenge is successful as Luai is ruled to have illegally stripped the ball. Manly get a penalty
Dylan Walker puts it down in the tackle and Penrith survive. Manly are challenging the call however
Morgan Boyle confirmed to have suffered a right shoulder dislocation
Stephen Crichton is dragged back into the in goal area and Manly get a repeat set
Sean Keppie is collected high by Isaah Yeo and Manly will get a penalty
Nathan Cleary doesn't compensate enough from the sideline as Morgan Boyle leaves the field
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
Matt Burton makes a good run of about 20 metres to get Penrith on the front foot while Morgan Boyle is down in backplay
Both sides going set for set to start the half
Kickoff is allowed to bounce before it is picked up by DCE and handed off to Josh Aloiai
Players are back out there ahead of the second 40. Kikau has passed his HIA
Brian To'o outleaps Jason Saab and the Panthers have the ball and that'll be half time
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
Viliame Kikau has come from the field with an HIA
No try, ruled that Sean Keppie knocked on in goal
Going upstairs to have a look at a possible Manly try. On field call of no try
The kick is knocked on by To'o and Manly will have another attacking opportunity
Josh Aloiai hits it up from the kickoff
Reuben Garrick converts from right in front
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
Foran's grubber is knocked dead by Stephen Crichton. Repeat set coming up
Staines knocks the kick on and Manly will have 6 more tackles in Penrith territory coming up
Dropout overturned, it's ruled Momirovski knocked on in goal and Manly will therefore have a 7 tackle set starting from the 20
Goal line dropout to be taken by Manly in a second
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
Set restart for MAN
Matthew Eisenhuth knocks on trying to play the ball on tackle 1
Cleary makes it 22-0 after just 25 and a half minutes
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
Lachlan Croker passes it forward from dummy half.
Paul Momirovski makes a mess in the play the ball
DCE kicks on the 3rd and Penrith will start the set on their own 30
Brad Parker drops it in the tackle and Cleary cleans up.
Nathan Cleary converts the try
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
Josh Schuster's pass to Garrick is ruled forward. Penrith will have another opportunity
Cleary's kick goes into touch just outside the 20
Dylan Walker's cutout pass to Jason Saab is way too shallow and sails over the sideline. Penrith off the hook immediately
A pass from Penrith goes to ground and Reuben Garrick is able to clean up, giving Manly some good attacking position
Cleary improves to 1/2
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
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
Saab makes the catch and is brought down by Matt Burton on his own 10 metre line
Leota again takes the run from the kickoff
Nathan Cleary hooks it left from the sideline
This is ominous for the Gullies, Brian To'o has gone over on the play right after the scrum win.
Brad Parker can't handle Cleary's shallow punt. Panthers will have a full attacking set
Set restart for PEN
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
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)