Penrith will host Canterbury in an elimination final at Allianz Stadium after climbing into sixth spot with a 36-6 thumping of the Manly Sea Eagles, whose season of woe has finally come to a close.

Penrith forward Reagan Campbell-Gillard has been discharged from a Gold Coast hospital after breaking his back in a tackle from Titans prop Ryan James on Saturday night.

Parramatta have continued their recovery mission, adding rugby league's most decorated trainer, 65-year-old fitness guru Ronnie Palmer, to their training staff for next season.

​Call them the NRL's cardiac kids but Penrith's playmaking young guns are fast mastering the art of putting opposing sides to the sword at the death.

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Panthers forward Reagan Campbell-Gillard is in a Gold Coast hospital, in a lot of pain, with two fractured vertebrae, following a tackle from Titan's forward Ryan James.

Penrith players have declared the tackle that ended Reagan Campbell-Gillard's NRL season a cheap shot.

It is only considered an outside chance, but the NRL could revive the concept of a finals doubleheader which has western Sydney rivals the Bulldogs and Panthers on a collision course to meet in the city's east.

Gold Coast's Ryan James has escaped sanction from the NRL's match review committee after ending the season of a second player in as many weeks.

Penrith's Matt Moylan has kicked a match-winning field goal two minutes from fulltime to give the Panthers a 15-14 victory over Gold Coast and confirm a berth in the NRL playoffs.

SYDNEY, Aug 26 AAP - Gold Coast star recruit Jarryd Hayne has put injury concerns aside and will play for the Titans in Saturday's crucial home NRL clash with Penrith.

The Panthers will lobby the NRL to play its first finals match on a Sunday in order to be given adequate rest after wrapping up the regular season, in a move which could create scheduling havoc for potential finals opponents the Bulldogs.

Jarryd Hayne is in doubt for Gold Coast's vital NRL clash with Penrith due to a calf injury.

Sitaleki Akauola was so shy he decided to switch from rugby union to rugby league because he was worried too many people would be watching him playing for his school in the 15-man code. But there have been some lonely times since for the man who grew up in a family of 15 kids.

Penrith Panthers have all but booked their place in the NRL finals after hammering Wests Tigers by 30 points to claim the battle of the west.

At some point in the not-too-distant future, there is every chance that Nathan Cleary and Mitchell Moses will be playing alongside each other in sky blue jerseys.

​Penrith are searching for their third chief executive in a year after Corey Payne left the NRL club role after just four months in charge.

Tim Simona grew up in Panthers territory and, had they not overlooked him for their Harold Matthews team, would be on the other side of Friday's derby between the western Sydney cats.

After struggling all season against teams with older, more experienced players, Newcastle get a chance to play in their own age division when they take on Penrith on Sunday.

Where James Fisher-Harris is from if you're not fishing you're pig hunting. And when pig hunting is done you usually go back to fishing.