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Penrith Panthers 28-26
And the panthers survive! A kick across field goes into touch when it looked like if Gray could have gotten it he might have been away! Panthers win 28-26
Penrith Panthers 28-26
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS: Conversion attempt by Cody Walker successful.
Kick is good! 28-26! 49 seconds left!
Penrith Panthers 28-26
TRY SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS: Scored by Sam Burgess. Kick to come.
Too Little too late for Souths! Burgess slices through and scores after a break by walker.
Penrith Panthers 28-24
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS: Conversion attempt by Cody Walker successful.
Walker reduces the margin to 8. 28-20
Penrith Panthers 28-20
TRY SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS: Scored by Sam Burgess. Kick to come.
TRY! Burgess keeps the game alive for the Rabbits with a try for a grubber. Surely not?
Penrith Panthers 28-18
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PENRITH PANTHERS: Conversion attempt by Nathan Cleary successful.
Cleary makes no mistake and the Panthers lead 28-14. Game over.
Penrith Panthers 28-14
TRY PENRITH PANTHERS: Scored by Chris Grevsmuhl. Kick to come.
Grevsmuhl scores against his former club! Cartwright is again in the thick of it with a nice break and then a great pass to Grevsmuhl who slams it down and celebrates!
Penrith Panthers 26-14
Panthers get a unlucky break and Peachey's try is disallowed for Mansour pushing Gray in the back. souths still alive... just...
Penrith Panthers 22-14
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PENRITH PANTHERS: Conversion attempt by Nathan Cleary successful.
Cleary converts his own try and the Panthers now lead 22-14
Penrith Panthers 22-14
TRY PENRITH PANTHERS: Scored by Nathan Cleary. Kick to come.
Bang bang!! They're in again after Cartwright slices through and sends Cleary away who slides over!
Penrith Panthers 20-14
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PENRITH PANTHERS: Conversion attempt by Nathan Cleary successful.
Cleary hammers this over and it's the panthers leading 16-14!
Penrith Panthers 16-14
TRY PENRITH PANTHERS: Scored by Leilani Latu. Kick to come.
Too much pressure after back to back to back sets and Latu steamrolls over under the sticks! They're back the Panthers!
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This match well and truly in the balance, Penrith unable to build pressure with too many errors. Souths making good metres when they have the ball.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 14-10
But another error by Penrith lets the Rabbits off the hook!
South Sydney Rabbitohs 14-10
A glorious offload by Merrin leads to easy metres by the Panthers and they get a penalty right in front of the sticks 10m out.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 14-10
But a loose carry by Souths leads to an error and the Panthers breath a sigh of relief.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 14-10
A smart kick on the last by Keary who is under pressure and Peachey can't handle it and is tackled in goal, more pressure...
South Sydney Rabbitohs 14-10
And now the Panthers give away another silly penalty for hands in the ruck, Souths move back on the attack.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 14-10
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS: Conversion attempt by Cody Walker successful.
Walker has a rather easy conversion and makes no mistake with his 3rd goal of the night
South Sydney Rabbitohs 14-10
TRY SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS: Scored by Greg Inglis. Kick to come.
After an error by the Panthers, Inglis gets the ball and steps back against the grain and slices through some ordinary defence by the mountain men
South Sydney Rabbitohs 12-10
Penrith come out with a solid set of 6 and Cleary drills it low into the corner. Souths bring it out from their own end
Penrith Panthers 10-8
We are back for the 2nd stanza here at Penrith. What will the second 40 minutes hold in store for these two sides? Can Souths keep their season alive?
Penrith Panthers 10-8
Some late ab lib attacking footy nearly catches Souths short but the ball is kicked into touch.
Penrith lead 10-8 at Half time in what is a topsy turvy game. Join us in 15 minutes for the 2nd half
Penrith Panthers 10-8
Wallace commits a cardinal sin and kicks out on the full from his own 30! Big chance for the rabbits
Penrith Panthers 10-8
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PENRITH PANTHERS: Conversion attempt by Nathan Cleary unsuccessful.
Kick hits the upright and bounces away!
Penrith Panthers 10-8
TRY PENRITH PANTHERS: Scored by Josh Mansour. Kick to come.
TRY! Mansour puts it down after Cartwright pops a lovely ball out the back. Cleary puts in a grubber and Cartwright scoops it up and Mansour finishes it off! Panthers in fine touch
Penrith Panthers 10-8
A few errors in a row by both sides sees Souths with a scrum feed just 10m out from the Panthers line
South Sydney Rabbitohs 8-6
Panthers look slick as they run it on the last, although it comes unstuck when Waqa Blake is caught with it 25m out, changeover!
South Sydney Rabbitohs 8-6
SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS: Penalty goal attempt by Cody Walker successful.
Walker knocks this kick over with consummate ease
South Sydney Rabbitohs 8-6
And now another penalty for not being square and Souths will have a shot at goal.
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Penalty to Souths and the come on to the attack 30m out from the Penrith line
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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION PENRITH PANTHERS: Conversion attempt by Nathan Cleary successful.
Cleary is up for goal kicking duty and ties proceedings up at 6-6 with a nice strike
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TRY PENRITH PANTHERS: Scored by Dallin Watene Zelezniak. Kick to come.
Slick work by the Panthers here! They move the ball easily and Moylan hits a great cut out pass to watene Zelezniak who strolls over! Bang!
South Sydney Rabbitohs 6-4
UNFORCED ERROR SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS: Aaron Gray makes an unforced error.
They spread the ball out to the right with a block play and Gray drops it after some tight pressure, nice defence there.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 6-0
That was very ordinary defence from the Panthers, they need to lift their game. They have given away a penalty from the kick off though and they have to absorb more pressure
South Sydney Rabbitohs 6-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS: Conversion attempt by Cody Walker successful.
Walker nails the kick and Souths lead 6-0!
South Sydney Rabbitohs 6-0
TRY SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS: Scored by Kyle Turner. Kick to come.
They'll score! That's what they'll do! Soft defence after a ball is popped inside to Turner who smashes through a big hole! TRY!
South Sydney Rabbitohs 4-0
Penalty to Souths for accidental offside, Souths with a full set inside the Panthers 20, what can they do?
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Souths have a definite ploy to kick to Mansour's wing but he has come up trumps so far with two brilliant takes.
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Souths starting to work themselves into the game with some strong defence. Penrith struggling to make metres out of their own end.
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A misguided kick on the last by the Panthers takes a favourably bounce and then they get 6 again, it's wasted though as Yeo drops the ball cold on the last!
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Decent opening set by Souths, make about 45 m and then Keary puts it up high, Moylan has no issues with it however.
Here we go folks!!
Here come both sides!!
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Both these sides have top 8 aspirations and you would fancy that a loss by Souths tonight could put a dagger through their finals hopes, they have been poor of late and need a real attitude shift and spike in their intensity to cause the upset here tonight.
The Panthers have been a tad inconsistent this year and have lost a few games by less than a try. They would like to consolidate their top 8 hopes as they sit in 9th and this is a huge game tonight. they'll hope the ab lib style of footy created by Trent Merrin and Bryce Cartwright will help them get the win.
Hello and welcome to League Unlimited's live coverage of the Penrith Panthers vs South Sydney Rabbitohs at a very chilly Penrith Park!
In some brief team changes the Panthers have just the one change with Sione Katoa scratched and James Fisher Harris returns in jumper 20.
Souths have a fair few changes with Joe Burgess making his club debut on the wing in jersey 20, Ed Murphy starts at half back. Tautalatasi Tasi goes back to the bench after earlier being named on the wing.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gavin Badger, Chris Sutton
Touch Judges: Tim Roby, Phil Henderson
Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Luke Patten, Jared Maxwell
PENRITH PANTHERS (28)
Tries: Dallin Watene Zelezniak, Nathan Cleary, Josh Mansour, Leilani Latu, Chris Grevsmuhl
Field Goals:
Conversions: Nathan Cleary (4/5)
Penalty Goals:
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (26)
Tries: Kyle Turner, Greg Inglis, Sam Burgess (2)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Cody Walker (4/4)
Penalty Goals: Cody Walker (1/1)