John Faiumu, noted goal-kicker, nails the conversion to round out a 44-10 victory for the Panthers.
Turuva scores as the full-time siren sounds.
Matthew Milson makes a strong run into the Panthers half.
Eisenhuth comes up with a forward pass.
Broadhurst converts.
Denny gets a consolation try running onto a cut-out pass from Jack Ahearn.
Falls converts from in front.
Luke takes on the line, grubbers, Hopgood collects and crashes over for his second try.
Hopgood, how good!
Brendan Piakura is cut down close to the line.
The Panthers find touch from a short drop out.
The Devils force a repeat set.
The kick is wide of the mark.
Great work from Leivaha Pulu to tunnel ball a pass through his legs to send Tumusa over for a try.
The Devils are on the board!
Falls adds the extras.
The interchange hooker bursts through some feeble defence to give the Panthers their sixth of the day.
Thomas Jenkins comes up with possession from the short drop out.
Thomas Jenkins is tackled in-goal.
Soni Luke has been sent to the sin bin for a professional foul.
Jack Ahearn is cut down by Isaiah Iongi following a superb bust from Tony Tumusa.
Penrith hold off an attacking raid from the Devils on their line.
Penrith lose the challenge with Norths packing a scrum.
Penrith are challenging a knock-on ruling.
Denny can't get to the ball - No Try.
Rashaun Denny is claiming a try.
Matthew Milson makes a strong kick return coming off his goal line.
Eddie Blacker strips the ball inside the Devils half.
The kick is wide of the mark again.
The Panthers go the length from the kick-off and Soni Luke passes to send Robert Jennings over.
Chris Smith and Jack Cole have been ruled out of the match after failing HIAs.
Falls pushes his kick wide of the posts.
The replacement forward runs a great line off a ball from Falls to extend the Panthers lead.
J'maine Hopgood loses the ball close to the try line.
The Devils lose the ball just over halfway.
Jayden Corrigan fields a bomb from Kurt Falls to give the Devils a seven tackle set.
We're back underway for the second 40.
Jack Ahearn tries an attacking kick which goes out on the full as the halftime siren sounds.
Kurt Falls is held up over the line on the final tackle.
Sunia Turuva makes a great kick return over halfway.
No Try - Falls is deemed to have bounced the ball.
Preston Riki makes a superb run, offloads to Kurt Falls, who appears to have bounced the ball in the act of scoring.
Falls makes it 3 from 3.
Great work from Matt Eisenhuth to send Blacker over with a great pass close to the try line.
The interchange prop charges over to blow the game wide open.
The Devils lose the ball on halfway.
Forward pass from the Panthers on the last tackle.
Falls converts from in front.
Soni Luke takes on the line, throws a dummy and scores to extend the lead.
No Try - the bunker rules Gagan dropped the ball over the line.
Jacob Gagan scores off an Ahearn pass.
Chris Smith and Jack Cole are being taken from the field for HIAs.
Chris Smith is down after colliding heads with a team mate close to the try line.
Matt Eisenhuth is penalised for a strip.
The Devils get a seven tackle set after a kick from the Panthers bounced over the dead ball line.
Rashaun Denny is forced to throw a desperate pass close to the line; Sunia Turuva does well to force a turnover with his defence.
Isaiah Iongi makes an error trying to clean up a grubber from Kierran Moseley; the Devils will get a fresh set 10 metres from the line.
Kurt Falls puts in a kick which is cleaned up by the Devils.
The Devils come up with an error close to the try line.
Connor Broadhurst swoops on a misdirected pass and gets a relieving penalty on the next play.
Penrith penalty - Isaiah Iongi is held up over the line by Ahearn.
Penrith penalty - Norths are deemed offside from a kick.
Preston Riki can't hold onto a short pass which gifts the Devils a seven tackle set.
Robert Jennings attempts a flick pass intended for Christian Crichton; Jayden Corrigan intercepts the pass to give the Panthers another set of six on the Devils line.
Lindsay Smith makes a strong run to put the Panthers on the front foot.
Falls converts from next to the posts.
Soni Luke rolls a grubber in-goal; Hopgood chases through to score.
Penrith penalty - Falls finds touch 35 metres out from the Devils line.
The bunker is checking contact in the contest.
Rashaun Denny and Matthew Milson were both contesting a kick from Kurt Falls; the dropped bomb fell into the arms of Turuva to get the Panthers on the board.
No Try - the bunker deems Turuva pushed the Norths players into one another.
Jack Ahearn's kick bounces backwards but the Panthers manage to get to the ball first.
Norths forces an error with the Panthers attacking close to the try line.
Penrith get a penalty and find touch just inside the Devils half.
A strong first set from the Devils; Isaiah Iongi collects a bomb from Jack Ahearn close to halfway.
We're underway...
NSW leads the State Championship with four wins from six meetings; Queensland haven’t prevailed in the interstate fixture since 2015.
The Devils will be without their first choice playmakers with Tyson Gamble and Tyrone Roberts out. Jack Ahearn moves into the halves with Jayden Corrigan coming into the backline.
The Panthers will line up as per program; Thomas Jenkins returns in the centres as part of a reshuffle that sees Jack Cole move to the halves alongside Kurt Falls; Sean O’Sullivan will be 18th man for the NRL team.
Norths claimed back-to-back Hostplus Cup titles with a 16-10 win against Redcliffe.
Penrith secured their place with a 29-22 victory over Canterbury-Bankstown last Sunday to claim the Knock-On Effect Cup.
Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of the 2022 State Championship between the Penrith Panthers and the Norths Devils from Accor Stadium.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Darian Furner
Touch Judges: Cameron Paddy, Dan Munroe
Video Referee: Chris Butler
PENRITH PANTHERS (44)
Tries: Sunia Turuva, J'maine Hopgood (2), Soni Luke, Eddie Blacker, John Faiumu, Robert Jennings, Luke Sommerton
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Kurt Falls (5/7), John Faiumu (1/1)
Penalty Goals:
NORTHS DEVILS (10)
Tries: Tony Tumusa, Rashaun Denny
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Connor Broadhurst (1/2)
Penalty Goals: