FT: Panthers 8 d Bulldogs 6.
JENKINS WITH THE GAME SAVING PLAY!
They're going for the try.
Dogs will have to get to the 40 metre line or there abouts.
Burton has lost it... NO BULLDOGS... NO!!!!
They don't go for goal...
Hang on - CHALLENGE WIPED - TO'O ON REPORT... THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
Touched in flight by the Panthers... Panthers will have to challenge this.
Edwards' strike is off the upright and no good...
Panthers are going for goal.
PENALTY PANTHERS: Strip.
Crichton's pass goes forward and he knows it.
Good take from Tracey
Burton with a long kick - if he's smart here he might need to have a crack for a 2 point field goal. Needs to think of it as he kicks from one side of the world to another!
Nice kick from Hayward - didn't get the bounce though.
Big take from Stephen Crichton.
Montoya with the temu Nawaqanitawase play there - just no execution.
Crichton kicks early, Montoya goes the tight rope and kicks ahead but it just goes dead.
Galvin's first real attacking kick is regained by Crichton - finds Sexton but he is tackled mere metres from the tryline
Talagi's had his pocket picked by Bailey Hayward.
Canterbury are just panicking feeling that they have to chase the game now.
Penrith are happy to play possession footy.
Bulldogs again with another blink - right idea from the Dogs but Xerri was caught thinking way too far ahead.
I say that and Lindsay Smith loses it - good shot from Crichton to force it out.
Penrith might have the knock out blow in this set.
PENALTY PANTHERS: High shot.
Bulldogs show their first flinch - Jacob Kiraz had a look.
To'o takes the ball and was easily able to bump off Xerri.
This game is offload city out here.
NO TRY - Penrith loses it in attempting to catch the bomb
Nails it and Penrith are in front.
Penrith opened the fight to start the second half. The warning shots were fired in the set before when Cleary picked out fresh replacement Lachlan Galvin to break away down the sideline. In defence, the NSW halfback charged down an early Matt Burton punt to break away and tie the game up at 6-6.
Cleary picks out Galvin and goes straight through him. Now Penrith go the other side, To'o beats a couple before being taken 30 metres out.
Nice take from To'o
Lachlan Galvin is on - Sexton has gone to hooker.
Luron Patea - struggling with some cramp
Good kick defusal from Jenkins. Montoya does contest for it - so it is not a penalty.
Kick is charged down by the Dogs - resets the count - and then Yeo loses the ball on the ground.
Nice play from the Panthers to get up field.
To'o crunches Connor Tracey!
Good shot on Blaize Talagi by Viliame Kikau.
Penrith called held on the last - change over occurs.
To'o cleared to continue - but Ciraldo says to execute and execute.
Cheap error from Montoya.
Great take from Connor Tracey - easily the best in the first half.
Both sides through their sets to start the second half.
For the second time tonight - Connor Tracey has launched himself out of a cannon to stop a try.
PANTHERS CHALLENGE: Successful Challenge
Penrith with the chance but the ball is lost by Isaiah Papali'i into contact. That is a big win for the Dogs but we are challenging.
Pass comes off Xerri - Cleary has gone deep into the line several times tonight but has been well handled.
Edwards wanted NO BIT of that Burton bomb and he's bailed out by the offside penalty.
Great set from the Dogs post points.
Conversion successful
It took a while for the defence of either side to be broken and it was coincidentally broken play that caught the Panthers out. It was the most talked about half on the open market that helped to break the game open. An inside pass from Toby Sexton that sent Connor Tracey away before finding Reed Mahoney in the clear, he lined up Jacob Preston in support who sprinted away for the opening try of the contest.
This is such a frantic game played at an amazing pace - very much a Panthers v Panthers clone performance we predicted.
That was one heck of a bomb from Burton
Great set post points from the Panthers as Jenkins crushes Montoya.
Edwards adds the penalty goal
Penrith going for goal
PENALTY PANTHERS: High tackle on Cleary
Looks like To'o is back okay.
SIX AGAIN PANTHERS: Ruck infringement.
To'o getting some strapping on his knee and with the trainer.
PENALTY PANTHERS: High tackle
Burton put Preston in a gap and then he lost the ball...
SIX AGAIN BULLDOGS: Slow peel
Montoya has committed the cardinal sin - put his foot on the line and that is a great call from Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski.
Principal Atkins hauls Cleary and Crichton in for an old-fashion chat about referee communication.
PENALTY PANTHERS*: Crowding - Bulldogs are challenging and it is successful
This has been such a frantic game - end-to-end but terrific on both sides from both teams.
Tago jams in and stops Bronson Xerri
Xerri and Burton are denied.
SIX AGAIN: Inside 10m
Ball was touched by defender there - good play from Jenkins to stop the break !
PENALTY BULLDOGS: Slow peel
TWO GREAT PLAYS IN ONE! How did Luke Garner get that pass away to Blaize Talagi but he was stopped by a brick-wall named Tracey
Penrith looking for first points!
SIX AGAIN PANTHERS: Flop
Leota is picked up and dumped!
PENALTY PANTHERS: Inside 10m.
Burton goes straight through - but that is a cracking tackle by Tago and Edwards!
PENALTY BULLDOGS: High tackle by Thomas Jenkins.
It's got the feeling of a semi-final style environment tonight.
Good defusal from Montoya - atoning for that early mistake.
Good kick defusal from Edwards
Penrith kick it semi-long from the dropout.
Mahoney went to pass from dummy half and the ruling is touched by the Panthers. Now Burton goes for the early kick - and Edwards takes no chances.
PENALTY DOGS: Slow peel.
Great short dropout from the Dogs and the ball breaks the plane.
Cleary's kick wasn't caught on the full... Montoya let it bounce completely, strong chase from Garner saw possession kept - good kick from Talagi and Critta takes it dead.
Very much a you can do I can do better start. As a Cleary kick turns momentum.
Was a strange sequence that Suluka-Fifita cat 1 call - the independent doctor would've looked at the stumble post the initial contact then the fact he stumbled and landed head-first on the turf.
Kiraz taken on the last and it'll be a change over
SIX AGAIN PANTHERS: Ruck infringement
Update - Nathan Cleary was not doing goal-kicking practice - Dylan Edwards or Blaize Talagi will kick. Daniel Suluka-Fifita has been deemed a category 1 from the independent doctor.
Daniel Suluka-Fifita has been called off by the independent doctor - he was involved in the next two tackles but for player safety he has been taken off.
Underway from CommBank!
Onto team news, Luke Garner will start the game on the edge with Isaiah Papali'i coming onto the bench. The Dogs are as per program. Referee is Grant Atkins in game number 302. Touch judges are Matt Noyen and Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski while Ashley Klein is in the Bunker.
Round 17 gets underway from Sydney's West for the clash that could be season-defining for Penrith Panthers and the Canterbury Bulldogs from CommBank Stadium. AJ Lucantonio is on deck this evening for all the action.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Grant Atkins
Touch Judges: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski, Matt Noyen
Video Referee: Ashley Klein
PENRITH PANTHERS (8)
Tries: Nathan Cleary
Conversions: Dylan Edwards (1/1)
Penalty Goals: Dylan Edwards (1/2)
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (6)
Tries: Jacob Preston
Conversions: Stephen Crichton (1/1)