Crichton bags a double as Penrith juggernaut rolls on

And that wraps up Wide World of Sports' unrecorded blog of tonight's NRL action.

Goodnight!

The Panthers did what was expected connected Thursday night, getting circular 24 underway with a triumph against the Sea Eagles astatine Brookvale Oval — but the triumph was marred by a mates of arguable tries.

The two-time reigning premiers were assisted by 2 dubious tries scored by Stephen Crichton and Sunia Turuva connected either broadside of half-time.

And that's the crippled done!

The Panthers cod a 24-12 triumph implicit the Sea Eagles astatine Brookvale Oval.

The triumph puts Penrith 1 triumph wide of Brisbane, but the Broncos volition adjacent the spread if they bushed the Eels astatine the Gabba time night, which they are expected to do.

MORE TO COME.

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.