After a turgid first 40, the second half was actually pretty exciting! Josh Dugan was the only outlet for the Dragons for most of the day and it was telling that he landed the killer blow. Penrith will be gutted not to have held on after taking a late lead, but only have themselves to blame after letting that kick-off bounce over the sideline. That's all from me, we'll see you tomorrow for a triple header of NRL action!
The run it on the last 10m out, it goes all the way out to Waqa Blake on the right wing who throws an ill-advised cutout pass 30m back across field and it's intercepted by Matthews! Game over!
Mike Cooper with a needless grapple tackle and Penrith kick for touch - they're on halfway with a minute to go!
McCrone drills a grubber into touch 10m out. The Panthers have to go 90m in 90 seconds.
The short kick is taken by Will Matthews, who offloads to Dugan who comes away with it - the Dragons can milk at least a minute here. Two to go!
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Widdop kicks it from out wide! 14-12 to the Dragons!
JOSH DUGAN!!! We're all level - he gets the ball out the back, has a great matchup with Soward and Hiku the only ones near him, he dummies which gets rid of the latter and then runs through the little playmaker and slams it down! All square again!
The short kick-off towers in the air for an age and then bounces over the sideline! Saints get the scrum 20m out!
Soward pushes the kick just wide. 12-8 it stays!
Back to topGreat movement from the Panthers. #NRLDragonsPanthers
— Michael (@Michael5594) March 27, 2016
Mansour's in the corner!!! Penrith in front - great speed from Wallace to Martin to Soward before the winger had an acre of space down the left and planted it down!
Soward forces a dropout with a neat grubber - Penrith building pressure as we enter the final eight minutes of the game.
Joel Thompson smashes Watene-Zelezniak and he's being stretchered off - there were arms in the tackle but the shoulder collided with the winger's head and it's on report!
Josh Dugan down in back play. Drink.
#NRLDragonsPanthers 8-8 70' "I think it's fatigue for Dugan." - Johns. #9WWOS pic.twitter.com/Ic3WvfgStt
— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) March 27, 2016
Mata'utia is held up! He tries to step back on the inside when he was one-on-one with Soward on the wing but the cover came across to hold him up - I think he'd have been better served running straight!
Back to top15 to go and it's anyone's game. A deep kick from Widdop pins Smith near his own try line, a good defensive set here is badly needed for the Dragons.
Great run from Merrin and then that ball from JFH was top class #NRLDragonsPanthers
— Josh (@joshrobbo44) March 27, 2016
Soward makes no mistake and it's all square again!
Hiku goes over!! Brilliant work - they run it on the last after a burst from Merrin, then there's some great hands from him and Fisher-Harris before Hiku gets it, dummies to Mansour and scores!
Did Jarryd Hayne and my nan just become best friends? I think so.
Haha that's awesome 👌🏽 https://t.co/j7DT0i6KGF
— jarryd hayne (@JarrydHayne) March 27, 2016
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