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They're taking the kick at goal to try and make it a 16 point win

Penalty Panthers with around 30 seconds to go

Terrible kick by John Bateman on the 3rd sees Penrith come up with possession and a bit of a scuffle ensue

Challenge unsuccessful

Penalty Raiders for a hand on the ball, Penrith are challenging it though

Jordan Rapana puts the ball down close to his own line

Panthers debutant Daine Laurie is about to come on for his first taste of NRL football

A fairly average set from Canberra ends with a hail mary to Papalii on the last and then an error. It's be a deadset miracle if the Raiders could get home from here

Jack Wighton tries a chip in behind, Croker toes it ahead but Josh Mansour gets there first

Superb kick from Cleary under pressure, he put boot to ball on the 30 and the Raiders are playing it 10 metres out from their own line

Josh Papalii is back out there for the Raiders

Kick off is allowed to bounce and Ryan Sutton pins the ears back to just get out of the in goal

Going upstairs, but the on field ref has no try

Penalty to the Raiders after Brent Naden illegally strips the ball

6 more tackles for the Raiders

Penalty Raiders for a high shot

Set restart for CBR

Scrap that, challenge successful. Ruled the Panthers second defender in was an illegal one and contributed unfairly to Rapana going over. Penalty CBR

Challenge unsuccessful, PEN ball

CBR are challenging this, they're of the view Jordan Rapana got the ball back infield before going over the sideline

Jordan Rapana took off down the left touchline but Nathan Cleary was there in cover defence and took him into touch

Liam Martin puts the ball down after having 3 or 4 juggles

George Williams goes right through the Penrith defence but it's ruled that Corey Harawira-Naera took Viliame Kikau out in the leadup. Penalty Penrith

Penalty to the Raiders for a Penrith obstruction

Panthers will take the two here

Penalty to the Panthers for the Raiders being offside

Tackle count restarts as Josh Mansour is held up over the line

Jarrod Croker takes the ball dead. Repeat set coming up for PEN

Williams' kick is allowed to bounce but Aekins still takes possession cleanly

Jordan Rapana makes amends for his earlier effort and takes this bomb cleanly

George Williams drills a kick into touch and gives the players a breather

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad wrapped up 13 out from his own line

Going upstairs and it appears against all the odds that Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad has got to the line!

Caleb Aekins drops the ball in the tackle on the kick return. CBR with their first opportunity of the half

Jack Wighton knocks the ball out of Apisai Koroisau's hand and streaks away to play it on the Panthers 40 metre line

Penrith try a shortside scrum play but the Raiders are up to it in defence

Moses Leota makes the opening hit up and his side gets a set restart straight away

Players are back out on the field ahead of the second 40

Going upstairs but looks like Naden has scored

Repeat set for PEN

Raiders will do well to hold Penrith out here

Six more for PEN after CBR played at the ball

Going upstairs but it looks like Stephen Crichton has scored for Penrith

John Bateman with a try-saving effort on Stephen Crichton

Set restart for PEN

Mansour gets held up

Repeat set coming up for Penrith

Panthers advance upfield against the run of play, Stephen Crichton plays it 40 out from the CBR line

Zane Tetevano absolutely levels Curtis Scott in a big hit

Jack Wighton'r grubber is played at with the feet by Cleary and Kikau dives on the ball. Panthers survive

No try confirmed, the Panthers defence is truly something to behold this year

Going upstairs again for CBR but it's been ruled on the field that Josh Papalii has been held up

Cleary's kick is near perfect and Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad only just gets it back into the field of play. Canberra under a lot of pressure here

No try, but not for the reason that was first thought, with Rapana taking possession of the ball in an offside position. Penalty Panthers

Going upstairs for the Raiders but Sutton has ruled no try

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad again leaves the bomb behind without even making an effort. The ball looked to be sitting up for Stephen Crichton but Cotric came out of nowhere and knocked it dead

Set restart for CBR

James Tamou runs it back from the kickoff

Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad this time puts the bomb down and the Panthers have 6 more tackles on the Panthers line

Caleb Aekins easily takes care of Jack Wighton's bomb

The Panthers muscle up in defence and drag Jarrod Croker over the sideline

Viliame Kikau puts the ball down and the Panthers decline to challenge

Penrith hang on! Nathan Cleary is able to just make it out of the in goal and about a tackle later the Panthers receive a penalty

Set restart for CBR

Another line dropout, George Williams put in a well weighted grubber and Josh Mansour was caught in goal

VERY ugly tackle from Brent Naden, he coat-hangered Jarrod Croker and the Raiders receive a penalty

Jarome Luai is caught in goal and the Raiders will get a repeat set. Penrith yet to touch the ball

Cleary gets us underway and Dunamis Lui takes the opening run of the night

Players are out on the field now, kickoff imminent

Hello and welcome to LeagueUnlimited's coverage of the match of the round and we're at Panthers stadium to see if Penrith can continue their outstanding run of form against the in-form Raiders. The Panthers have made one late change, with Daine Laurie coming into the side to make his debut in place of Malakai Watene-Zelezniak. His inclusion sees Tyrone May start in the centres and Naden push back to the wing. The Raiders are 1-17. Kick-off in about 10 or 15 minutes