Penrith Panthers

Follow all the action from the 2021 grand final rematch as local hero Nathan Cleary makes his first appearance of the season for the Panthers.

Wonderful hands from Taane Milne, who has moved from the wing to the centres, to put Johnston away too. Something has to give soon surely.Latrell Mitchell kicks off to get the second half under way. They just seem to be on another level to the rest of the competition frankly and their playing depth is the envy of the competition. And, to make matters worse for Souths, it’s ruled an eight-point try after illegal contact by Lachlan Ilias on the tryscorer. Thank you for joining us, goodnight.TRY! Liam Martin scores after a wonderful little kick into the in-goal by Luai. Cleary makes no mistake with the conversion to secure victory for the Panthers. Penrith 26-12.Kikau’s night could be overThe big Fijian is off for a HIA. Souths won’t be too disappointed by that ruling.Souths aren’t done with yetCody Walker backs up a break from Alex Johnston and scores to get Souths back into the game. It’s going to take a very, very good team to beat the Panthers anywhere this season.

With star playmaker and co-captain Nathan Cleary playing his first match since last year's grand final after undergoing a shoulder reconstruction and James ...

Taylan May's second try in the 49th minute was the result of quick hands by Panthers playmakers Nathan Cleary and Jarome Luai to get the ball to strike second-rower Viliame Kikau but the rookie winger still had a lot of work to do himself. We're not going to be at the top end of where we want to be if we don't tidy that up": Souths coach Jason Demetriou. * May made amends just three minutes later when he scored in the corner after Viliame Kikau held up a pass near the Rabbitohs line. I thought we started pretty well and Souths came us pretty hard tonight. At the moment we're a team who is chasing when we're behind. "I thought it was a good night and good game for our community.

Superstar Panthers halfback Nathan Cleary returned from a lengthy injury battle to lead his side to a 26-12 win over the Rabbitohs tonight, as the reigning ...

it was just good to be back out there." "I felt like I did all the preparation to get it right. "It felt really good," Cleary said of his shoulder on Nine's post-match coverage.

Penrith have won the grand final rematch, downing the Rabbitohs 26-12 in a game that featured an eight-point try. The Panthers haven't lost at home since ...

If I’m a Souths fan, I’m really disappointed because he still makes the play,” he said. It’s so easy to use the wrong shoulder here. “(Jaxson) Paulo was jamming in and May had plenty to do. Tallis: What if the defender just uses his outside shoulder. But the 21-year-old also conceded a penalty, made an error and had two missed tackles. We could have no decoys and it’ll be 2-2 like last night. I don’t care where you are just catch it on the full.” But he also had two errors and conceded penalty. Marshall: I understand what you’re saying but the letter of the law, and you get taught it, you can’t run to the outside shoulder as a lead runner and he did, so it’s a no try. Flanagan added: “A lot of work to do, to get his head down so close to the ground and not worry about getting kicked in the head which he eventually ended up doing, some good football.” Ilias made the score an eight-point try due to leading his cover tackle with his legs and collecting May in the head. Ilias gave away an eight-point try and was put on report in the second half for leading his cover tackle with his legs and collecting try-scorer May.

Penrith Panthers have suffered their first defeat of the 2022 NSW Cup season with a 20-18 loss to South Sydney Rabbitohs at BlueBet Stadium.

Soon after it was Peter Mamouzelos who extended the Rabbitohs’ lead as he took the line on from close range. It was the away side who had the better of the field position in the opening half, however the Panthers pounced on an opportunity just shy of the break. Penrith Panthers have suffered their first defeat of the 2022 NSW Cup season with a 20-18 loss to South Sydney Rabbitohs at BlueBet Stadium.

Penrith have welcomed back Nathan Cleary for his first NRL game of the season as they brushed aside South Sydney 26-12 in their Grand Ginal rematch.

To add insult to injury, Ilias left a boot on the Panthers winger as he touched down which caused referee Ashley Klein to give Penrith a penalty which Cleary converted from right in front. After Penrith trapped them in goal, the Rabbitohs took a short dropout which failed to pay off before May slid in out side on the next Panthers set to open up a comfortable buffer, with Cleary adding the extras. Luai sparked the Panthers' fast start as he skipped down the left and set up Tago for the opener before Cleary sent Crichton in untouched on the other flank.

It's just four rounds into the NRL season but already it's unclear whether anyone will be able to beat the Penrith Panthers.

Penrith Panthers fullback Dylan Edwards pulled off an incredible chase-down tackle in his side's win over t...

"Just walking down through the crowd – they're ecstatic. Great ball-and-all tackle." "That is terrific.

Follow all the action from the 2021 grand final rematch as local hero Nathan Cleary makes his first appearance of the season for the Panthers.

Wonderful hands from Taane Milne, who has moved from the wing to the centres, to put Johnston away too. Something has to give soon surely.Latrell Mitchell kicks off to get the second half under way. They just seem to be on another level to the rest of the competition frankly and their playing depth is the envy of the competition. And, to make matters worse for Souths, it’s ruled an eight-point try after illegal contact by Lachlan Ilias on the tryscorer. Thank you for joining us, goodnight.TRY! Liam Martin scores after a wonderful little kick into the in-goal by Luai. Cleary makes no mistake with the conversion to secure victory for the Panthers. Penrith 26-12.Kikau’s night could be overThe big Fijian is off for a HIA. Souths won’t be too disappointed by that ruling.Souths aren’t done with yetCody Walker backs up a break from Alex Johnston and scores to get Souths back into the game. It’s going to take a very, very good team to beat the Panthers anywhere this season.

Penrith's ability to recruit from the bush has underpinned the club's climb to the top with Dylan Edwards, Liam Martin and Matt Burton some of their best ...

The bad blood between Penrith and South Sydney is set to worsen after Spencer Leniu and Jai Arrow had to be separated after full-time on Friday night.

Milne was overheard giving Penrith players plenty of lip most of the night.Souths enforcer Jai Arrow engages in a verbal exchange with the Panthers.Cleary said after the game about the bad blood between the two competition heavyweights: “The [grand final] rematch was always going to have a lot of feeling.”Souths skipper Cameron Murray added: “There’s a lot of emotion because of the short history we’ve had and the big games we’ve played against each other.”South Sydney No.7 Lachlan Ilias was charged with dangerous contact for clipping a diving Taylan May in the face with his right boot as he scored a try.The Panthers were awarded a penalty try, which gave the home side an all-important 14-point lead – more than two converted tries – early in the second half.Ilias, who impressed in just his fifth career NRL game, can escape with a $1000 fine, while May said the rookie halfback made a point of apologising to him.“He didn’t mean it, it was an accident, he said ‘sorry’, and I didn’t even feel it, probably because of all the adrenaline,” May said.Penrith are the only undefeated team after four rounds, and do not look like dropping a game any time soon. The bad blood between Penrith and South Sydney reignited after full-time on Friday night after Panthers forward Spencer Leniu and Jai Arrow had to be separated in the middle of BlueBet Stadium.Leniu refused to shake hands with the Rabbitohs firebrand and TV footage captured a fired-up Arrow dropping some expletives and pointing his finger at the young Panthers front-rower.Leniu told The Sun-Herald he regretted not shaking hands with his Souths counterpart, but was angry with him for disrespecting Panthers halfback Nathan Cleary in the media in the lead-up to the clash.“I thought he spoke too much about Cleary [during the week],” Leniu said. After losing that 2020 grand final, it gave us some ruthlessness, and we didn’t want to take a backward step with anyone.”Arrow’s run-in with Panthers back-rower Viliame Kikau in last year’s grand final was a big talking point leading into Friday’s 28-16 win by the premiers.Spencer Leniu and Jai Arrow had to be separated after full-time on Friday night.Queensland Origin forward Arrow was also happy to stir the pot about targeting Cleary in his comeback game from shoulder surgery, telling the Herald: “I’ll be trying to get at Nathan. I’m happy to run at the little fellas than head to the middle where the big boys are.”The cameras continued rolling on Leniu and Arrow as players got in between the pair, as did touchie Dave Munro. Munro was later asked by referee Ashley Klein what caused the flare-up.The Arrow and Leniu clash will be raised when the clubs meet again in round 23.Arrow and Jarome Luai were involved in a melee in the second half, while Cleary admitted to spraying centre Taane Milne after Stephen Crichton’s first-half try. ‘He spoke too much about Cleary’: Panther targets Arrow after fiery build-up to grand final rematch, register or subscribe to save articles for later. We’re working to restore it. We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable.