Penrith pressure too much as they go switch direction and go over again, credit to Cleary. Storm set up on the other side of the field, lacked adequate coverage.
Just seemed inevitable.
Couldnāt hang on. Penrith pressure is unrelenting. Storm need to soak up some time in possession.
Great vision by Luai and Cleary results in an easy try to Martin
Didnāt need that just before half time
Luai is so dangerous
Cleary converts this time.
1/2 time
Penrith 10
Storm 6
Weāre clearly in this, but weāll need to find another gear if we want to come away with the win.
Storm are in it but Panthers have looked better tbh
The entire Penrith team is. Donāt know who cracks first, Penrith or Storm but they are not maintaining that pace in the second half.
For how dominant they were, youād have expected them to have 2-3 more tries
ANNOUNCE HALF TIME BAKE
Going to need some Munster magic. The hard part atm is getting near that Penrith line.
The Papenhuyzen error hurt.
Weāre not in it anywhere but the scorecard right now. Feels like weāre all waiting for someone to stand up. Need more from Hughes
just goes to show how pivitol repeat sets are, storm couldnāt recover from that 3 reset in the middle of the half.
hopefully storm realise they just held them for a half despite all the evidence suggesting they should be 2-3 tries down.
If we get field position, weāre a big show.
We have the try scorers, but theyāre not going to do it from the back half.
Howarth has been ordinary tonight
Iād be embarrassed to barrack for the pink team
Just doesnāt seem to be Melbourneās night.