Hynes tries to go for the Hail Mary and Penrith survive an almighty scare in Sin City.
Cronulla need to go 90 metres in 20 seconds.
KLEIN RULED OKAY! Kenny is up over half-way.
Ramien is denied! PENRITH with the ultimate scramble in a big situation!!
ONSIDE KICK IS RECOVERED BY THE SHARKS!
No GOOD! There is still hope for black, white and blue.
That will seal it for the Panthers in this one! They held their line mere minutes ago, from the play the ball, Cole and Cleary combine nicely with Garner who finds Laurie to get a double.
Big bust from Liam Martin. Will Kennedy rolled away awkwardly there. Ball knocked down by Ramien.
Trindall goes himself and is crunched. Big effort from the Panthers defensive line!
Sharks going coast to coast from the kick return - brilliant stuff from the visitors as they are openly chasing the game!
Both sides are showing that they will be in the grind come September.
Trindall adds the extras.
AFB says "follow me lads" and charges his way to the line. Sensational effort from the big signing for the Sharks. I just said they needed a spark from somewhere and AFB goes all the way to the try-line,
Almost entering the must score territory with every set the Sharks have in the opposition 20m.
PENALTY SHARKS: High tackle.
Bad lip cut for IPap - no major concern thankfully.
McInnes loses the ball - I think the Sharks have to challenge. McInnes looked to indicate a challenge but will not.
That has turned into a full penalty - because the Sharks didn't take their advantage.
SET RESTART SHARKS: Inside 10m
Nikora goes so close to scoring. SET RESTART SHARKS: Ruck infringement.
Big goal-line stand from the Panthers and Jesse Ramien spills it! One tackle later, Daine Laurie has put it down! Here come the Sharks
Alamoti has put it down! This is a big moment for the Sharks once more.
Trindall adds the extras.
Isaiah Papali'i coming off - there's blood coming from the mouth/jaw region.
Trindall delivers an absolute peach of a pass - deep into the line and Kayal Iro goes through almost untouched to score for the visitors.
Cronulla on the attack 10m out! Can they muster something in attack.
Good take from Daine Laurie! Needed to come down with it and he does so well.
Really need to throw something at them here the Sharks.
Pass knocked down by Jack Cole! Brailey going scheming out of dummy half.
PENALTY SHARKS: HIGH TACKLE
Cronulla are in the guillotene now.
Cleary converts and Penrith are on their way.
Clinical from the Panthers. Cleary goes deep into the line, finds Edwards who sends Paul Alamoti away and scores in the corner vacated by Mulitalo.
PENALTY PANTHERS: Mulitalo shoves Martin and interferes.
Martin and Mulitalo go with a push and shove.
That is incredible from Cleary.
Penrith capitalised on a missed Sharks opportunity to open the scoring in the second half. It was a nicely worked play from Cleary and Cole to send Daine Laurie over out wide in the corner.
Cleary directing traffic and he is all okay!
PENALTY PANTHERS: Second effort.
SET RESTART PENRITH: Ruck
Nathan Cleary is DOWN ! He was absolutely crunched in the back play and is feeling sick and sorry. Looks like he is in pain.
Thomas Hazelton charges down the kick from Nathan Cleary so Penrith get a fresh set.
NO TRY: Quick referral from Liam Kennedy after viewing a couple of angles.
VIDEO REF: Braden Hamlin-Uele is reaching for the line - he is claiming it but the referee isn't so sure so we go to the Bunker.
Wilton taken short of the line.
Cronulla on the attack inside the Penrith 20.
Edwards has thrown a couple loosey gooseys out there at the moment.
Both sides through their maiden sets of the second half. Trindall looking a little worse for wear at the moment!
Back underway for the second 40! Penrith running from left-to-right to start this second half.
HALF-TIME from Sin City: Penrith 12 lead Cronulla 10.
No good from Cleary!
Cleary will have a go from the 2 pointer.
They go for the onside kick from the drop-out and the Sharks have forced an error from Isaah Yeo.
Trindall adds the extras.
Nicho spills it from the kickoff.
Cronulla capitalise on some repeat sets in the Penrith 20. Braydon Trindall held up the defence brilliantly and kicks in behind with Edwards out of the frame - Briton Nikora gets there for the Sharks.
SIX AGAIN SHARKS + PENALTY SHARKS: Back to back infringements from the Panthers in consecutive plays.
Some offloads causing Penrith trouble. Six to go called by the referee as one was touched in flight!
Cronulla slightly guilty of making far too many mistakes at the moment. Penrith capitalising on them all!
Cleary converts.
Penrith take full advantage of the kick going out on the full. Cleary chips over the top into the arms of Izack Tago and the Panthers have their second in as many minutes.
PENALTY PANTHERS: Brailey boots it out on the full.
Cleary converts - Penrith lead in Sin City.
Yeo gets the ball out of first receiver - he beats the clutches of Hazelton and AFB to score the Panthers maiden try of the 2025 season.
Will Kennedy is honestly the best player on the park at the moment, saving the bacon of the Sharks... but was his foot on the line. Matt Noyen was a fair bit back from the play on that side of the field.
Some debate around that no-try - to us it looked like Kennedy was making a genuine tackle!
Lindsay Smith reaching out for the line and it looks like William Kennedy has saved A SPECTACULAR TRY! Amazing stuff from the Sharks fullback!
Mulitalo spills the bomb as the 45,000+ crowd joins in on John Denver's "Country Roads Take Me Home" - an approximate 5,000 improvement on 2024.
Isaiah Papali'i has come on for his first touches as a Panther.
Official attendance from Allegiant Stadium - 45,209
Penrith looking disjointed out there at the moment. Just as I write that - Dylan Edwards has a roll ball.
That was well read by the Sharks. Edwards over-playing his hand - a rare miscue from Edwards.
Early on you can tell that the Panthers are sorely missing Brian To'o and the carries he generates out of his own end. Really struggling to make early ground.
Stonesteet's ahead! Over the halfway line but is brought down by Dylan Edwards
Good mark from Will Kennedy - correcting myself on the penalty from the 12th minute - Sorensen was ruled to have his hands on the ball.
Kick there just a touch too long. Stonestreet nearly grounded it but Kennedy's grubber sails over the dead ball line.
PENALTY SHARKS: Facial on the ground from Scott Sorensen.
Penrith rushing proceedings here. Kenny kicked early, not played at, they spread it left and Cole chips it straight into the arms of a Shark.
PENALTY PENRITH: Klein making his presence felt with the whistle. Bit of a leg-pull by Jesse Ramien. At least the stop-start suits the American audience!
Penrith trying to win the physical battle. They are holding and driving the Sharks powerful set of outside backs backwards.
Lara Pitt on the sideline confirms that Casey McLean will be sitting on the sideline for the remainder of the night after having Cat 1 concussive symptoms in his incident early in the first half.
Smith loses it trying to offload and that is a MAJOR win for the Sharks defence right there!
SET RESTART PANTHERS: Slow peel against the Sharks.
SET RESTART PANTHERS: Inside 10m
Penrith will get the scrum 10m out.
PENALTY SHARKS... Hang on a moment they are challenging this ruling claiming offside and they have it. CHALLENGE BY PENRITH is successful.
Good bomb from Jack Cole but Mulitalo cannot come down with it on the first grab and then gets it.
Cronulla look to have these Panthers a little rattled early on. Good set post points.
Trindall fails to convert
A beautiful pass from Nicho Hynes and Jesse Ramien runs straight at that new look left edge of the Panthers. Great deception at the line from Hynes and Ramien runs a line as good as any centre in the competition.
PENALTY SHARKS: Inside 10m from the scrum - fortunate there for the Sharks as they spilled the ball from the scrum.
Oh no... Nicho has not found touch and the Panthers are let off the hook. Meanwhile Casey McLean is down on the ground here. As he falls, he accidentally catches the knee of William Kennedy.
PENALTY SHARKS: Lindsay Smith is caught inside 10m
Here we go! Ash Klein blows time on and we are underway for the final game of the NRL's Las Vegas expedition! Cronulla with first use running from left to right.
Here come the teams out onto Allegiant Stadium.
Referee tonight is Ash Klein who is in NRL game number 403. Touch judges are Wyatt Raymond and Matt Noyen. Liam Kennedy will be in the Bunker - kickoff approaching at 3:30.
NRL Sunday from Sin City continues with the final game of our Las Vegas quadruple header with the Penrith Panthers taking on the Cronulla Sharks. AJ Lucantonio will take you through all the action as the Sharks look for revenge after Penrith eliminated the Sharks from last year's finals series. Both sides are as per programmed that was named earlier in the week.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein
Touch Judges: Wyatt Raymond, Matt Noyen
Video Referee: Liam Kennedy
PENRITH PANTHERS (28)
Tries: Isaah Yeo, Izack Tago, Daine Laurie (2), Paul Alamoti
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (4/5)
CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (22)
Tries: Jesse Ramien, Briton Nikora, Kayal Iro, Addin Fonua-Blake
Conversions: Braydon Trindall (3/4)