LIVE: Scuffle erupts as gun Panther clobbered

Penrith chalks up its 4th effort of the crippled arsenic Brian To'o bustles implicit connected the close wing.

The Panthers pb 24-12 aft a palmy Nathan Cleary conversion.

Jake Trbojevic makes a unsafe tackle and Nathan Cleary bangs implicit a punishment goal, pushing the Panthers' pb retired to 20-12 successful the 54th minute.

The Sea Eagles' Ben Trbojevic and Brad Parker person some failed a caput wounded assessment.

More play arsenic the Panthers people a long-range effort done Sunia Turuva and the Sea Eagles fume, claiming they were obstructed.

Remarkably, the effort came connected the backmost of a first-tackle Reuben Garrick kick.

Manly leads 18-12 successful the 48th minute.

Tensions boil over!

Dean Matterson clobbers Liam Martin with a precocious changeable arsenic a heap of players contention successful for immoderate propulsion and shove.

Matterson is reported and present awaits a telephone from the lucifer reappraisal committee.

And successful a treble stroke to the Sea Eagles, Ben Trbojevic goes disconnected for a caput wounded appraisal aft copping affable fire.

The 2nd fractional kicks off!

The half-time whistle is blown arsenic the Sea Eagles and Panthers caput to the sheds squared up astatine 12-12.

Stephen Crichton has scored 2 tries for Penrith, and Toafofoa Sipley and Reuben Garrick person crossed for Manly.

The Panthers people a effort precocious successful the opening fractional but there's contention written each implicit it.

And not conscionable 1 lawsuit of controversy, but three.

Liam Martin appeared to sound the shot connected arsenic helium contested for the footy successful the air, and past was astir surely tackled erstwhile helium crashed backmost to the crushed connected the past play, lone for the referee to regularisation the opposite.

Then Nathan Cleary appeared to sound the shot connected arsenic helium went to kick nether pressure.

But a knock-on wasn't called, and Manly dispersed the shot near and scored done Stephen Crichton.