An understrength Penrith has held out a determined Dolphins outfit to retain prime spot on the NRL ladder, with Izack Tago and Tom Jenkins scoring doubles within the 24-14 win.
The Dolphins fought again from a 12-0 half-time deficit to guide with 12 minutes to go at Redcliffe earlier than winger Jenkins crossed twice.
The star for the Panthers was centre Tago, who scored his third double in 4 video games and arrange Jenkins with two precision passes.
Nathan Cleary’s return from a hamstring damage was placed on ice for one more week and the Panthers rested their NSW Origin quartet of Isaah Yeo, Stephen Crichton, Brian To’o and Liam Martin.
The win took the Panthers to 30 factors and equal with the Broncos.
It’s a exceptional effort by Ivan Cleary’s males who’ve emerged from Origin with a 3rd premiership in a row on the playing cards.
Panthers prop Moses Leota acquired the guests on the scoreboard early with a charge-down attempt.
Tago then went on a scintillating 70m zigzag run to the road, beating three Dolphins defenders together with half Sean O’Sullivan twice.
He was in once more off a precision Jack Cogger bomb and the Panthers led 12-0 after 16 minutes.
The Dolphins made 4 line breaks and had different close to misses within the first half however the Panthers scrambled to snuff out possibilities.
It was no shock when Cogger was sin-binned after a number of ruck infringements by the guests close to their tryline.
Dolphins fullback Kodi Nikorima burrowed over to chop the defending premiers’ result in 12-4 on the break.
Dolphins second-rower Connelly Lemeulu had the sold-out crowd of 10,065 in raptures when he grubber-kicked for himself to attain within the 51st minute.
The mantra of “Redcliffe, Redcliffe” was in full voice when centre Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow charged over 4 minutes later to provide the Dolphins the lead.
The Panthers refused to relent underneath the Dolphins onslaught and Tago held up the ultimate go to perfection to place Jenkins over within the nook within the 68th minute.
When he repeated the dose on the loss of life it was recreation over and certain season over for the Dolphins so far as finals soccer is anxious.
On 20 competitors factors, 4 outdoors the highest eight, they need to win 5 of their remaining six video games to have a shot at finals.
Dolphins prop Jarrod Wallace was placed on report for a shoulder cost on Spencer Leniu.