Alamoti it is to have a shot at goal after the siren sounds. And he slots it.
PENALTY PANTHERS - Cleary to take a shot at goal
PENALTY ROOSTERS - they find touch 10m shy of halfway
This time Cleary grubbers on the last and forces another drop out
Fast set by the Panthers, put the Roosters under the pump and forced a drop out
Cleary on the left side, converts again
McLean on the left side slips through a gap and then stretches out to score.
PENALTY PANTHERS - A piggy back out of their own half. They find touch 12m short of halfway
Watson with pop up ball to the forehead of Foketi, who knocks on.
Set Restart Roosters - 35m from the Panthers line
Cleary from wide on the left side, adds the deuce
Penrith shift the ball left with a fast passing movement. The ball gets to Talagi who catches and then throws a glorious behind the back flick pass to Edwards, and the fullback slips between the sliding defenders to score
Roosters with a short drop out and its about 5m too short
Cleary from right in front, converts.
Yeo gets a rushed grubber away that hits the padding on the upright and Talagi following through gets his hand on the ball and forces it for a try.
Smith converts
From the scrum, the Roosters go to the shortside and then turn the ball back in to Toia who streaks into a huge gap and scores a clever try.
SCRUM ROOSTERS - 22m from the Panthers line. Edwards loses the ball on the first tackle.
Panthers defence cutting off the Roosters attack on that set.
Panthers have finally found the 'On' switch for their defence. Only took 2 months.
Cleary from almost in front, adds the extras.
Kenny from dummy half, 7m from the Roosters line, puts in a grubber into the Roosters ingoal and Papali'i grounds it.
PENALTY ROOSTERS - They find touch 5m shy of halfway
Cleary kicks the penalty goal
PENALTY PANTHERS - Obstructing kick chase. Cleary to have a shot at 2
Cleary converts and he passes Ryan Girdler as the greatest point scorer for the Panthers club
Cleary sees the Roosters are short on the right, so he gets the ball to Edwards, who draws the winger and passes to Alamoti who scores a soft try.
PENALTY PANTHERS - They find touch 30m from the Roosters line
Panthers mixing it up and doing the panic stuff near their own goal line now.
Papalii with a big ouchy on his head
Young finds space, then kicks infield and Tedesco very nearly regathered but Edwards got to him and helped force a knock on. Edwards saved a certain try there.
PENALTY PANTHERS - McLean with a phenomonal catch on his own line. And the Panthers get a penalty to boot
Set restart Roosters, 5m shy of halfway
Talagi drops it
SCRUM PANTHERS - 35m from their own line
PENALTY ROOSTERS - They find touch 2m shy of halfway
Cleary from wide on the right side, nails the goal and he's 1 point away from equalling the record for most points scored by a player for the Panthers.
Panthers shift the ball right to Edwards who performs a good draw and pass to the unmarked Alamoti who runs in and scores
Set Restart Panthers, on the last tackle, 10m from the Roosters line
PENALTY PANTHERS - They find touch 5m shy of halfway
Mark Nawaqanitawase passes inside and it hits Cleary's arm accidentally. Tedesco toes it forward. He then collides heavily with Edwards as the ball goes into the Panthers in goal. Panthers with some panic play in their own ingoal, just get back into the field of play. Bunker having a look to see if Tedesco was illegally denied. They rule no.
Garner fumbles a low pass.
Another simple set by Penrith but they get the Roosters pinned down 3m from their own line.
Nat Butcher ruled out with a knee injury
Penrith played straight up the middle on the set and then put up a mildly contested bomb. Their best set so far.
SCRUM ROOSTERS - Young with a knock on when fielding a drop out.
Jenkins waved his foot about a foot above the ball. Didn't even get a chance to panic on that set before turning it over.
Penrith have decided that panic is the best form of attack.
Cleary ran it on the last, directly into a defender, flicked the ball to Yeo who puts in a panicked kick and the Roosters clean up.
Leniu decided to throw it away again. The result didn't get better the second time.
PENALTY ROOSTERS - Penrith with more chaotic panic on the last. They were also offisde.
Leniu tries a new tactic of throwing the ball away before getting tackled. It was about as good as those crappy cheap chocolate easter eggs that taste more like sugary candles.
Set restart Roosters, 35m from the Panthers line
Smith nails the sideline conversion
Tupou receives a flick and he dives over the corner and gets the ball down for a try, somehow!
Edwards gets held up near the sideline, he tries to offload but the ball doesn't want to be away from him and he goes into touch with the ball. Roosters 35m from the Panthers line
Weird last tackle play by the Panthers there. Put it through the hands on the left side, ignoring the overlap and yawning gaps in front of them, instead opting for panic passes and a rushed kick. Interesting tactic Cotton, lets see if it pays off.
The choccy soldiers boot the big egg first
Doing Easter right - with a pie. Lets do this!
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gerard Sutton
Touch Judges: Drew Oultram, Jon Stone
Video Referee: Wyatt Raymond
SYDNEY ROOSTERS (12)
Tries: Daniel Tupou, Robert Toia
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Sandon Smith (2/2)
Penalty Goals:
PENRITH PANTHERS (40)
Tries: Paul Alamoti (2), Isaiah Papali'i, Blaize Talagi, Dylan Edwards, Casey McLean
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (6/6)
Penalty Goals: Paul Alamoti (1/1), Nathan Cleary (1/1)