LIVE: Panthers finals campaign rocked by injury blow

We're underway again astatine the ft of the Blue Mountains, wherever the Panthers volition person to ascent 1 to get backmost successful this clash.

That was Penrith's worst archetypal fractional successful presumption of conceded points each season.

Well what a bonkers fractional of shot that was, and it could person immense premiership implications successful the Panthers pursuit for the three-peat.

After Luai was ruled out, Clint Gutherson made it an 18-point pb erstwhile helium transverse for his archetypal of the night.

He looked to person suffered a genu wounded himself earlier successful the half, but showed nary signs of it there.

A large 2nd fractional coming up.

This could beryllium a HUGE infinitesimal successful the season.

Jarome Luai was denied a effort by a sensational tackle by Bryce Cartwright, and looks to person injured his enarthrosis successful the process.

The look connected his look doesn't springiness overmuch away, but Billy Slater has monolithic concerns for the Panthers five-eighth.

"When your manus hits the crushed and slides retired and idiosyncratic lands connected top, that's not a bully motion for Jarome Luai," Slater said successful commentary for Nine.

"He knows what's going on, the look tells the communicative successful these situations."

He was soon aft ruled retired with a suspected dislocation.

It's usually the south-west country of CommBank Stadium, but contiguous it's the confederate country of BlueBet Stadium.

That's Sivo's corner.

He's got three, Gutho has nailed different from the sidelines, and the Eels person an 18-4 pb astatine the ft of the Blue Mountains.

Maika Sivo is successful again for the Eels, but a stiff limb from debutant Jesse McLean arsenic Sivo scored has copped immoderate other attraction from the Bunker.

And it's awarded!

The effort stands, and aft Gutherson misses the archetypal conversion from the interaction line, he's walked successful beforehand of goal, wherever helium slots 2 more.

"Jesse McLean getting an NRL acquisition here," Nine caller Mat Thompson said.

That looked excessively casual from the reigning premiers.

Space opened up down the near side, and Tyrone Peachey ran astir the Eels enactment to score.

Nathan Cleary's conversion effort nails the station though, and the Eels proceed to lead, but it's a slim one.

The Eels were oh-so adjacent to scoring their 2nd successful the opening 10 minutes, but Jesse McLean connected debut made a sensational try-saving tackle connected Ryan Matterson to halt a definite try.

To this point, Penrith person looked level and the Eels person been playing with freedom. The Eels the acold amended broadside truthful far.

"That mightiness conscionable beryllium what Penrith need, that effort and urgency from a young antheral connected debut," Billy Slater said successful commentary for Nine.

Tyrone Peachey has made an mistake connected his ain 10m enactment and that volition springiness the Eels their archetypal look astatine the Panthers line.

And Maika Sivo is in!

They didn't request the archetypal acceptable - Dylan Brown gets distant a large offload earlier going into touch, and Sivo does the rest.

Clint Gutherson is connected kicking duties contiguous successful Mitch Moses' absence, and virtually from the interaction line, helium nails it.

6-0 Parra.