Gutherson shanks the kick badly. Panthers drop out
PENALTY EELS - Gutherson to have a crack at penalty goal, wide out and just over 30 metres back
Penrith challenge a referee decision for a knock on, the Bunker then finds that Cleary obstructed the kick chase from the kick off. Challenge successful, but not how Penrith wanted.
Cleary from wide on the right side, to give the Panthers the lead, converts the try
Panthers go right on the second tackle from the kick off. Laurie shows and passes, makes a break, links with Tago, who gets tackled, but the defender falls off. Tago gets back up and plants the ball down for a spectacular 70 metre try
Cleary from the left sideline fails to convert
Eels lose the ball from an attacking Panthers kick. Cleary receives the ball and sends a great long pass out to Turuva, who dives and scores in the corner
Cleary on the right side quickly lands the goal
To'o shrugs off a weak tackle and then steps through two even worse tackle efforts and then runs 10 metres to score
Set restart Panthers 25m from the Eels line
PENALTY PANTHERS - They find touch on halfway
PENALTY EELS - 10m from the Panthers line
Gutherson converts
Lane gets put into space via anice ball from Asi, draws Laurie and then sends Gutherson in to score
Cleary from the sideline adds the extras
Despite being down a man, CLeary and Luai combine to create an overlap and Turuva slides over to score in the left corner
Set restart Panthers
Gutherson lands the penalty goal
PENALTY EELS - Liam Martin attempting to charge down and he runs through and hits the leg of Asi. Martin gets 10 in the bin
SCRUM EELS
SCRUM EELS
Panthers with a knock on 3m from the Eels line
Cleary with a long ball gets touched by Russell and goes into touch. Panthers with a fresh set 10m from the Eels line
SCRUM PANTHERS - 20m from the Eels line
Challenge failed. Its getting a bit warm out there
SCRUM EELS - 25m from the Eels line - and off the back of the scrum the Eels turn it over. Eels challenging
SCRUM PANTHERS - 20m shy of halfway
PENALTY EELS - Penrith doing everything they can to lose this game emphatically. Eels find touch just shy of halfway
Gutherson from the right sideline, fails to convert
Russell gets sent down the right sideline, but is met in a great tackle, however he gets a brilliant ball back inside to Gutherson who simply catches and then bends over to score.
PENALTY EELS - They take the tap 10m from the Panthers line
Gutherson converts
Luai fields the ball in his own in-goal, gets into the field of play, grounds the ball in the field of play in a 2 man tackle, but the ball bounces out of his hand and rolls back into the Panthers in-goal and Penisini puts his hand on the loose ball to score.
Off to the bunker to see if Eels have scored
SCRUM EELS - 10m inside the Panthers half. Laurie makes a half break then attempts a flick pass but it goes forward
SCRUM EELS - Penrith channelling their inner Wests Tigers there. Turned the ball over in good field position via silly risky play.
Back into it!
SCRUM EELS - Panthers with a knock on inside the Eels 30
Off to the Bunker and they find that Talagi knocks on, denying the Eels a try
Gutherson fails to convert
Eels shift the ball right, draw the final few defenders, leaving Russell unmarked and he slides over in the corner
PENALTY EELS - They find touch 20m from the Panthers line
Eels went left but a forward pass ends their raid
Set restart Eels, 30m from the Panthers line
Gutherson ruled to have knocked on, Parra challenges and win. Eels play the ball 3m from their own line
Cleary kicks a penalty goal
PENALTY PANTHERS - Cleary will take a shot at 2
To'o with a chip and chase but the ball beats him over the Eels dead ball line
Cleary converts from the sideline
Cleary puts in a little grubber which pops up nicely for Tago and he regathers and dives over to score.
Gutherson converts from the sideline again
Eels go back to the well, producing some nice draw and pass to put Tago over in the left corner
PENALTY EELS - They find touch on halfway as Sorensen walks off the field and up the tunnel
Cleary from the sideline adds the extras
Crisp Panthers draw and pass creates an overlap and To'o scores in the right corner
PENALTY PANTHERS - Cartwright with a high tackle. Penrith find touch 37m from the Eels line
Gutherson from the left sideline, converts the try
After cleaning up the loose ball from Laurie, Eels send the ball left on the first play and Talagi juggles the pass before scoring
Laurie loses the ball bringing it back off his own line
Panthers kick off at the Wests Tigers home ground
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Peter Gough
Touch Judges: Damian Brady, Matt Noyen
Video Referee: Liam Kennedy
PARRAMATTA EELS (34)
Tries: Blaize Talagi, Clinton Gutherson (2), Jake Tago, Sean Russell, Viliami Penisini
Conversions: Clinton Gutherson (4/6)
Penalty Goals: Clinton Gutherson (1/2)
PENRITH PANTHERS (36)
Tries: Brian To'o (2), Izack Tago (2), Sunia Turuva (2)
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (5/6)
Penalty Goals: Nathan Cleary (1/1)