LIVE: Roosters cop big blow with star ruled out

The Roosters wounded situation has got adjacent worse with Joey Manu leaving the field.

As Sitili Tupouniua was pushed backmost by the Panthers defence, Manu was caught up and appeared to injure his ankle.

"A soiled nighttime for the Roosters has conscionable got worse," Nine commentator Matt Thompson said.

NSW Blues manager Brad Fittler believed the wounded was a nonstop effect of the Panthers intent successful defence.

"They've been brutal each nighttime the Panthers defence, fast-moving assertive - Joey Manu's ankle gives mode to the unit of the defence," helium said.

Roosters manager Trent Robinson nary uncertainty would've been frustrated with his side's effort successful the archetypal fractional and was successful a temper to isolate himself with the playing radical astatine half-time.

"Robinson asked each of his enactment unit to permission the dressing rooms truthful it was conscionable himself successful there, his adjunct coaches and the players arsenic helium had immoderate stern words to accidental to them," Nine's sideline newsman Danika Mason said.

There was besides confirmation astatine half-time that Jared Waerea-Hargreaves has succumbed to his pectoral wounded and won't instrumentality to the field. 

Roosters with plentifulness of enactment to bash arsenic they footwear disconnected for the 2nd half.

The Panthers are up 24-0 and the Roosters are successful superior occupation astatine Penrith.

"We've stuck to the program truly well, we wanted to determination them astir past play backmost done and marque them bushed successful the middle," Isaah Yeo said astatine half-time of Nine's coverage.

"We conscionable wanted to get a spot of joyousness and the backmost of that fractional which is nice."

Jarome Luai has been successful everything contiguous and the Panthers five-eighth broke the enactment for the Panthers 4th try.

Luai stepped done the defence earlier uncovering Tyrone Peachey successful enactment who went connected to score.

Cleary converts. 

Scott Sorensen strolls implicit for his 2nd effort of the night, uncovering a spread to tally done the Roosters defence and going implicit untouched.

Nathan Cleary converts to marque it 18-0. 

After Roosters prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves near the tract 16 minutes into the game, determination were concerns the enforcer whitethorn person suffered a superior wounded to his pectoral muscle.

However, the hard antheral could return.

"Roosters unit person confirmed it is simply a pec strain, but they are saying they're going to marque a telephone astatine half-time whether helium volition instrumentality to tonight," Nine's sideline newsman Danika Mason said.

Panthers second-rower Zac Hosking has besides near the tract for a Head Injury Assessment, but it's classified arsenic showing class 3 symptoms. 

The Penrith Panthers person scored a effort of the twelvemonth contender!

A play that started 40 metres from the effort enactment saw Tyrone Peachey fool the defenders adjacent to the enactment with Dylan Edwards successful enactment and scoring.

"Dylan Edwards with the effort to headdress disconnected immoderate dazzling passing," Nine commentator Mat Thompson said.

Brad Fittler: "How galore players tin accidental they had a effort assists with their pants down?"

"Tyrone Peachey, you are each people brother."

Nathan Cleary converts the try.