So we're having another scrum instead
PENALTY RAIDERS - Panthers offside
SCRUM RAIDERS - 25m from the Panthers line
Luair drops the ball. Panthers challenging. Challenge fails
Luai kicks, Martin catches and then flicks it forward into the Raiders ingoal. 7 tackle set for the Raiders
Laurie catches a bomb, skips out of a tackle and runs 30m up to halfway
There's pushing around going on
Fogarty from wide on the right side, converts
Panthers pressing the Raiders line and then Timoko takes an intercept, runs 45m and then passes to Savage who flies the final 45 metres to score
SCRUM PANTHERS - 15m from the Raiders line
Geyer with an offload near the Raiders line and Savage intercepts, saving a try
Luai grubbers and forces a drop out
Fogarty converts from in front
Kris makes a break down the left sideline before turning it inside to Hopoate who races 30 metres to score.
Horsburgh loses the ball, 5m from the Panthers line. It's enough to make you cry....
Tapina barges over but is held up
PENALTY PANTHERS - They find touch 10m inside the Raiders half
Edwards from in front adds the extras
Yeo makes a break and then gets a ball away to Fisher-Harris who picks up a low ball with great hands and then runs 25 metres to score under the posts
Penaltypalooza continues
Weekes with a niuce grubber and Laurie is forced to tap it dead. 40 seconds left in the half
SCRUM RAIDERS - Laurie drops it cold 30m from his own line
Edwards nails the penalty goal from in front
PENALTY PANTHERS
Luai grubbers into the Raiders ingoal and James Fisher Harris gets to the ball but drops it as he is hit in the head by Rapana. Bunker rules that JFH had lost control before he got hit.
Off to the bunker to see if Penrith have scored.
Set restart Panthers
Edwards from the right sideline just misses
Schneider floats a ball out to Laurie who dives for the corner and scores
SCRUM PANTHERS - On halfway
Fogarty from in front, converts
Raiders get a second set Restart but they don't need it, as Kaeo Weekes backs up on the inside, receives an offload and strolls in to score
Raiders get a set restart on the last tackle
From the back of the scrum, Panthers go right to Laurie who gets outside Kris and dives to score. But the bunker notices that Laurie's foot was dragged into touch by the tackle effort from Kris, just before he grounded the ball.
SCRUM PANTHERS - 22m from the Raiders line
Kris drops the ball deep inside his own half
Its been a whole minute since the last penalty
PENALTY PANTHERS
No try. Garner obstructed.... here it comes ...
Raiders look to have scored. Ref wants to check with the bunker
PENALTY RAIDERS -
PENALTY PANTHERS - Sorry, PENALTY RAIDERS - muscle memory took over.
PENALTY PANTHERS - Panthers get their 5th straight Penalty, still camped on the Raiders line
Set restart Panthers
PENALTY PANTHERS - second tackle, Raiders offside
PENALTY PANTHERS - Rapana gets his brain snap out of the way early. Panthers take the tap 20m from the Raiders line
Edwards from almost in front, converts
Sommerton at dummy half, shapes to pass left, scoots right and barges over to score
PENALTY PANTHERS - They find touch 5m shy of halfway
Fogarty from touch and the wind blows it to Yass.
Savage catches the bomb by Fogarty, near the right sideline, spins out of a tackle and then sprints 20m down the sideline and reaches out to score a brilliant try
Challenge successful
Panthers ruled to have knocked on. Panthers challenging
Raiders get this game started
The last time Ivan Cleary lost against Ricky Staurt at GIO Stadium was in 2015
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Grant Atkins
Touch Judges: Daniel Luttringer, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
Video Referee: Adam Gee
CANBERRA RAIDERS (22)
Tries: Xavier Savage (2), Kaeo Weekes, Albert Hopoate
Conversions: Jamal Fogarty (3/4)
PENRITH PANTHERS (18)
Tries: Luke Sommerton, Daine Laurie, James Fisher-Harris
Conversions: Dylan Edwards (2/3)
Penalty Goals: Dylan Edwards (1/1)