GAME OF THE WEEK
PANTHERS MAKE IT A STRAIGHT SIX
PENRITH PANTHERS 26 MELBOURNE STORM 6
TOM SMITH
PENRITH playmakers Nathan Cleary and Jarome Luai steered the Panthers to a comfortable win over Melbourne Storm, cementing their status as the NRL’s team to beat.
Cleary has returned to top form after seven weeks out with a torn hamstring, while Luai finished a week of intense contract speculation by reminding potential suitors of his value.
Prolific winger Brian To’o collected two tries - bringing his tally to nine from his last six games - as the Panthers breezed past one of the few teams capable of stopping Penrith’s march to a third straight NRL crown.