Just making sure you read that right. Tigers win
Tigers win
They don't. Tigers win
Panthers get a 7 tackle set but 6 seconds to score.
SCRUM PANTHERS - Klemmer drops the ball as he was playing it.
PENALTY TIGERS - Peachey ruled to have pushed Bula off the ball. Tigers find touch 35m from their own line
Bunker looking at a possible Panthers try. Basically we're looking at who grabbed the cake of soap out of the puddle
PENALTY PANTHERS - Penrith inside the Tigers 10m
Tigers penalised for taking out a Panthers kick chase. Tigers challenge. Fail
Klemmer barges over on the last but is held up
PENALTY TIGERS - They find touch 10m inside the Panthers half
Drop out Panthers - They go short and Bateman with a brilliant pick up claims the ball.
Wakeham takes a shot at penalty goal, but it's wide. Panthers with a 25m drop out
PENALTY TIGERS - Luke penalised for a hip drop and sent to the sin bin
Salmon holding his neck. Ref stops play for the bunker to have a look at a potential crusher. None found. Wonder what Ricky Stuart thought of that?
First tackle and Kenny drops the ball, 5m from the Tigers line
PENALTY PANTHERS - Tigers with the short drop out and it doesn't go 10m
Peachey with a grubber into the Tigers ingoal and earns his side a drop out
And the Tigers turn it over on the last
SCRUM TIGERS - Simpkin with a good tackle on Luai forces a dropped ball.
Bula grubbers into the Panthers ingoal. Edwards regathers but can't get back into the field of play. Panthers drop out
PENALTY TIGERS - To'a makes a break down the right side and then cops a slap across the face by Peachey.
Cleary gets into space and races for the line. Bula tackles him but Cleary's momentum carries him to the line, but as he hits the ground, before the tryline, the ball squirts out.
Wakeham from the right sideline , grazes the upright and is waved away
Tigers send the ball to the right and Nofoaluma races to the corner and slides in for his 100th try
Brooks bags his second 40/20 for the match
SCRUM TIGERS - 25m from their own line
Set restart Panthers - 5m from the Tigers line
SCRUM PANTHERS - Tigers with a dropped ball in the hit up. A bit of a scuffle afterwards. No one really cared though
Koroisau with a line break
Tigers get the second half underway
Wakeham lands the penalty goal
Set Restart and a Penalty at the same Time for the Tigers.
Set Restart Tigers
Tigers end the set with a pass behind Tupou that very slowly rolls into touch
Panthers attempt to kick early but its charged down. Papali'i regathers, passes to Naden who is then tackled from out of nowhere by Edwards.
Koroisau grubbers for himself and very nearly scores, but the ball just evades his hand and then rolls dead, but, it touched Edwards' hand. Drop out Panthers
Set restart Tigers - just 5m from the Panthers line
Drop out Panthers
SCRUM TIGERS - Good tackle by the Tigers forces a knock on by the Panthers
Crichton kicks a penalty goal
PENALTY PANTHERS - Tigers were inside the ten.
Off to the bunker to check a possible Panthers try. No dice
PENALTY PANTHERS - Nofoaluma with a poor tackle effort on Turuva's forehead.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand its gone. Penrith turn it over on the first tackle.
Set Restart Panthers - 10m from the Tigers line
Crichton grubbers infield on the last and Brooks cleans up but is also tackled in his own ingoal. Tigers drop out.
Crichton then goes on a run and makes 50 metres before being tackled
Brooks with the kick on the last and it's charged down. What a fizzer.
SCRUM TIGERS - Tigers with a stray pass and Crichton fumbles it, 30m from the Panthers line.
PENALTY PANTHERS - Koroisau hit with a push on Cleary before he kicks the ball. Tigers challenge. Challenge successful
This unrelenting rain is ensuring that this will be a game full of one-outs
SCRUM TIGERS - Panthers with a dropped ball deep inside the Tigers half
PENALTY PANTHERS - Naden flies up in defence with his arms up, not sure if he was trying to use his forearm, elbow or shoulder. He failed with all 3, but the intent was clear that he was fully committed to making a moronic decision. He's been sent to the naughty corner to think about what he did for 10 minutes.
Meek end to the set by the Tigers
Play stopped and Eisenhuth is coming off with an arm/shoulder injury
Tupou gets out of the tackle and then makes another 7 metres before he's stopped. Then the Tigers get a set restart and then a peanlty
PENALTY PANTHERS - Tigers just keep Penrith cheap metres upfield in heavy conditions. They are just inviting the Panthers into their half
Crichton adds the extras.
its taken 10 minutes for the Panthers to finally get into the Tigers 20m. And on the next play, Cleary grubbers, the ball bounces perfectly for Peachey and he scores
PENALTY PANTHERS - Tigers high tackle
PENALTY PANTHERS - They find touch 20m shy of halfway
Is it fulltime yet?
Wakeham from right in front, slots the conversion
On the next play, Wakeham scores when a Brooks grubber is missed by Edwards and Wakeham plants the loose ball in the slush
Koroisau almost scores
Set Restart Tigers
Brooks first kick is a 40/20
Penrith kick off in the rain
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Adam Gee
Touch Judges: Phil Henderson, Cameron Paddy
Video Referee: Ashley Klein
PENRITH PANTHERS (8)
Tries: Tyrone Peachey
Conversions: Stephen Crichton (1/1)
Penalty Goals: Stephen Crichton (1/1)
WESTS TIGERS (12)
Tries: Brandon Wakeham, David Nofoaluma
Conversions: Brandon Wakeham (1/2)
Penalty Goals: Brandon Wakeham (1/2)