NRL 2025 LIVE: Storm survive late surge from Cleary-less Panthers
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WATCH: Collision that ends Cleary’s night
WATCH: Papenhuyzen try
What it all means
After a match both coaches are sure to find plenty of room for improvement, Melbourne are now 2-0 this season and Penrith 1-2.
Melbourne lost their way for large parts of that match. Craig Bellamy will hate that. Penrith also looked a bit messy at times but they have a great excuse. Their main man Nathan Cleary didn’t last long before a concussion ended his night.
Come the business end of the season, both these teams should be in the thick of it. Hopefully they meet again and that match has all the drama of this one (minus the injuries).
Time runs out – Storm win
Penrith are throwing everything at the Storm, but an error ends their last attacking raid. This has been a great night of NRL action. If only it was all like this. Storm win 30-24
Hold the phone. Penrith won’t stop
Brian To’o scores a similar try to his earlier effort and the margin is back to six points. Three minutes remain. What a game. Golden point looming large. Storm lead 30-24 after 77 minutes
Hughes, Munster, Papenhuyzen. TRY
A perfect kick from Cameron Munster bounces up perfectly for Ryan Papenhuyzen to score and re-establish a 10-point lead. Great planning, great players and great execution. Penrith will have won a few more friends with their plucky performance on this night, but it doesn’t look like it will be enough. Storm lead 30-20 after 75 minutes
No quit in these Panthers
Brian T’o scores in the corner and we officially have a grandstand finish. Some excellent resilience from Penrith gets a fitting reward. A great sweep to the left end with To’o diving over. Storm lead 24-20 after 71 minutes.
Jack Cole in action for Penrith.Credit: Getty Images
Four pointer
Paul Alamoti’s second try against Melbourne.Credit: Getty Images
WATCH: Wishart try
Cleary and Anderson injury updates
In somewhat positive news, reports out of the Penrith camp are that Nathan Cleary was feeling good after his first half concussion.
As for Grant Anderson, he has returned to the Storm bench under his own steam. I wouldn’t say he’s out of the woods as far as injury goes, but early signs suggest it isn’t a super-serious knee injury. But then again, I’m not a doctor. Storm lead 24-16 after 54 minutes
Wishart the winger scores
It isn’t four points for the Illawarra Steelers. It’s another try for the Storm who now have a bit of a lead once again. Tyran Wishart didn’t have a lot to do, but that’s pretty common for a lot of winger’s tries. Storm lead 24-16 after 60 minutes
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