Panthers run riot
The Panthers thrashed the Storm 50–10 at CommBank Stadium in front of 20,204 in Round 5. They led 26–6 at half-time and never looked back. It was their 6th straight win.
Thomas Jenkins scored 2 tries. Nathan Cleary (Panthers) was the standout with 80 fantasy points, 148 run metres and 1 try. The Panthers won the metres battle 1,958 to 1,184.
Our Final Tip had the Panthers at 68% (a Lean) and got it right.
Panthers
WWWWW
Storm
LLWWL
Game flow
Panthers · above
Storm · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4' | Panthers | Liam Martin | Try | 4–0 |
| 6' | Panthers | Nathan Cleary | Conversion | 6–0 |
| 10' | Panthers | Freddy Lussick | Try | 10–0 |
| 14' | Storm | Manaia Waitere | Try | 10–4 |
| 15' | Storm | Nick Meaney | Conversion | 10–6 |
| 21' | Panthers | Thomas Jenkins | Try | 14–6 |
| 24' | Panthers | Nathan Cleary | Try | 18–6 |
| 26' | Panthers | Nathan Cleary | Conversion | 20–6 |
| 39' | Panthers | Casey McLean | Try | 24–6 |
| 39' | Panthers | Nathan Cleary | Conversion | 26–6 |
| 42' | Panthers | Brian To'o | Try | 30–6 |
| 44' | Panthers | Nathan Cleary | Conversion | 32–6 |
| 58' | Panthers | Luke Garner | Try | 36–6 |
| 60' | Panthers | Nathan Cleary | Conversion | 38–6 |
| 66' | Storm | Sualauvi Faalogo | Try | 38–10 |
| 71' | Panthers | Dylan Edwards | Try | 42–10 |
| 72' | Panthers | Nathan Cleary | Conversion | 44–10 |
| 76' | Panthers | Thomas Jenkins | Try | 48–10 |
| 77' | Panthers | Paul Alamoti | Conversion | 50–10 |
Team stats
Better on the day
PanthersStorm
55%
Possession
45%
86%
Completion rate
94%
1,958
Run metres
1,184
688
Post-contact metres
489
10
Line breaks
2
34
Tackle breaks
19
11
Offloads
5
631
Kick metres
766
92.4%
Effective tackle %
88.8%
19
Missed tackles
34
8
Errors
5
5
Penalties conceded
4
| PEN | MEL | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Ball Strip | ||
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Flop | ||
| Hip Drop | ||
| Holding Back | ||
| Holding Down | ||
| Marker Not Square | ||
| Pressure on Kicker | ||
| Total | 9 | 9 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
PEN 70-41
Edwards
Faalogo
243
Run metres
153
104
Kick return metres
38
6
Tackle breaks
6
0
Line breaks
1
Halves
PEN 106-85
Talagi, Cleary
Munster, Hughes
1
Try assists
2
4
Line-break assists
2
452
Kick metres
704
0
Errors
0
Hookers
PEN 55-39
Lussick
Grant
35
Tackles
38
29
Run metres
7
76
Passes
90
0
Errors
0
Middles
MEL 132-113
Leota, Smith, Yeo
Utoikamanu, King, Loiero
376
Run metres
252
166
Post-contact metres
110
83
Tackles
95
6
Missed tackles
4
Back row
MEL 87-69
Papali'i, Martin
Chan, MacDonald
176
Run metres
110
1
Tackle breaks
2
42
Tackles
77
3
Missed tackles
3
Outside backs
PEN 200-29
Jenkins, Alamoti, McLean, To'o
Warbrick, Meaney, Tuimalatu-Brown
719
Run metres
242
6
Line breaks
0
4
Tries
0
5
Errors
3
Best performers
PEN
Nathan Cleary
80
PEN
Dylan Edwards
70
PEN
Thomas Jenkins
64
PEN
Isaah Yeo
56
PEN
Casey McLean
55
MEL
Manaia Waitere
55
PEN
Freddy Lussick
55
PEN
Luke Garner
50
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Cleary | Panthers | 80 | 148 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Dylan Edwards | Panthers | 70 | 243 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Thomas Jenkins | Panthers | 64 | 260 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaah Yeo | Panthers | 56 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Casey McLean | Panthers | 55 | 184 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Manaia Waitere | Storm | 55 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Freddy Lussick | Panthers | 55 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| Luke Garner | Panthers | 50 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
Head-to-head
2025 R24Panthers home
PEN
18
22
MEL
Storm by 4
2025 R3Storm home
PEN
24
30
MEL
Storm by 6
2024 GFStorm home
PEN
14
6
MEL
Panthers by 8
2024 R24Panthers home
PEN
22
24
MEL
Storm by 2
2024 R1Storm home
PEN
0
8
MEL
Storm by 8
How we tipped it
Chance each model gave the Panthers · right of 50% = tipped the winner
Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:16:09 UTC