The Eels get their first attacking chance after Dylan Edwards is ruled to have knocked on in a play-the-ball, but the raid fizzles out when Kitione Kautoga spills a pass about 10 metres out from the Panthers’ line.
Now another error from Liam Martin followed almost immediately by a six-again for a ruck infringement – Penrith make a lot of these early in the tackle count, so it doesn’t hurt them too much – allow the Eels to get into their opponents half. And they get another set when Penrith are penalised after dragging Isaiah Iongi over the sideline after a tackle was ruled to have been completed.
The Eels get two more set restarts – but the second is called just as Mitch Moses puts a grubber in for Josh Addo-Carr on the left. The veteran winger gets to the ball first but he can’t ground it cleanly, with Brian To’o making an exellent tackle in his in-goal, so the Eels get a penalty for offside in lieu of that set restart.
Panthers 18, Eels 0 after 21 minutes
