LIVE: Major concern for star after sickening clash

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The Dragons are successful with a accidental present astatine Penrith with Ben Hunt cross-kicking towards a leaping Zac Lomax who scored his archetypal effort of the night.

Lomax converts to marque it 18-18. 

Jack De Belin has near the tract connected a stretcher aft a sickening collision with Lindsay Smith.

The Dragons fastener got his caput successful an awkward presumption with aesculapian unit instantly rushing to him.

Play stopped for a important magnitude of clip with the guardant being tended to. 

"Just dips a spot to aboriginal and a alteration of absorption from the shot carrier, conscionable gets his caput successful the incorrect spot," Shane Flanagan said connected Fox League. 

Sunia Turuva has scored for the Panthers but it wasn't earlier a genuinely bizarre play from the Dragons.

With the shot up successful Dragons territory, Mathew Feagai appeared to sound the shot backmost aft a footwear but Tyrell Sloan came to a halt believing it was a sound on.

The referee past encouraged him to play connected earlier it was past called backmost arsenic a sound connected by the interaction judge.

"It was backwards for your life," Warren Smith said connected Fox League commentary.

NRL adept Shane Flanagan: "Why didn't Sloan conscionable play to the whistle? It's decidedly knocked backmost - the Dragons gave themselves up with Sloan not attacking erstwhile helium picks the shot up." 

Penrith present pb 18-12. 

After an offside punishment signifier the Dragons, Penrith person gone up acknowledgment to a punishment extremity from Stephen Crichton.

14-12 with 36 minutes remaining. 

Jack Cogger has proven he's a much than susceptible replacement for Nathan Cleary, kicking to the country aboriginal successful the tackle number with Brian To'o scoring successful the corner.

"What a play, I was wondering if they had a instrumentality changeable and they definite did, a beauteous instrumentality shot," NRL adept Shane Flanagan said connected Fox League.

"it's a fantastic kick, and past To'o conscionable excessively strong, gets down debased and that's a atrocious mistake from the Dragons connected the 30m enactment and a truly astute play with the instrumentality changeable from the Panthers."

Stephen Crichton makes ite 12-12 astatine half-time. 

Mikaele Ravalawa has his 2nd effort for the nighttime - the 10th treble of his vocation - finishing successful objective manner to works it down successful the corner.

"He's a finisher, he's truthful almighty and big, loves that interaction coming into the country and conscionable finds a mode each the time. He had a batch of enactment to bash determination ... inactive finds a way, excessively beardown and powerful," Shane Flanagan said connected Fox League. 

Zac Lomax misses the kick. 

It's carnage astatine Penrith with Jacob Liddle heading into the passageway for a HIA.

With Nathan Cleary disconnected the field, the Dragons person deed the pb with an 8-6 scoreline aft a punishment goal.

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