R5 Panthers v Storm - Game Day Thread

Game Day
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Penrith Panthers
Melbourne Storm
Telstra Premiership Round 5
Commbank Stadium
April 3 8:00 PM
Penrith Panthers
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 Telstra Premiership
Round 5
Melbourne Storm
Commbank Stadium
April 3 8:00 PM

Game Day Information
:rugby_football: Match Penrith Panthers v Melbourne Storm
:stadium: Venue Commbank Stadium, Parramatta NSW
:clock10: Time Friday, 3 April 2026 8:00pm
:tickets: Tickets Tickets via Ticketmaster
:rugby_football: Other Matches NSWCUP Penrith Panthers v Melbourne Storm 3/4 12:00pm
JFLEGG Penrith Panthers v Melbourne Storm 4/4 2:00pm1
:sun_behind_rain_cloud: Weather
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:desktop_computer: NRL Live Pass [LIVE]
:radio: ABC Sydney 702AM [LIVE]
:radio: 2GB Sydney 873AM [LIVE]

(1) Jersey Flegg Cup to be played at Parker Street Reserve

:rugby_football: Telstra Premiership | Full Time
/50px Penrith Panthers 50 Tries Thomas Jenkins (2), Liam Martin, Freddy Lussick, Nathan Cleary, Casey McLean, Brian To’o, Luke Garner, Dylan Edwards.
Goals Nathan Cleary (7/8), Paul Alamoti (1/1)
/50px Melbourne Storm 10 Tries Manaia Waitere, Sualauvi Faalogo.
Goals Nick Meaney (1/2)

Postgame Media

MATCH REPORT

PRESS CONFERENCE

HIGHLIGHTS

FULL MATCH REPLAY

+ Coming Soon

PANTHER PRIDE PLAYERS RANKINGS

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Teams & Match Officials

Telstra Premiership

Penrith Panthers Melbourne Storm
TEAM
Dylan Edwards 1 FB 1 Sualauvi Faalogo
Thomas Jenkins 2 WG 2 Will Warbrick
Paul Alamoti 3 CE 3 Jack Howarth
Casey McLean 4 WG 4 Nick Meaney
Brian To’o 5 CE 5 Siulagi Tuimalatu-Brown
Blaize Talagi 6 FE 6 Cameron Munster
© Nathan Cleary 7 HB 7 Jahrome Hughes
Moses Leota 8 FW 8 Stefano Utoikamanu
Freddy Lussick 9 HK 9 Harry Grant ©
Lindsay Smith 10 FW 10 Josh King
Isaiah Papalii 11 SR 11 Joe Chan
Liam Martin 12 SR 12 Alec MacDonald
© Isaah Yeo 13 LK 13 Trent Loiero
INTERCHANGE
Jack Cogger 14 IN 14 Tyran Wishart
Billy Phillips 15 IN 15 Davvy Moale
Scott Sorensen 16 IN 16 Jack Hetherington
Luke Garner 17 IN 17 Cooper Clarke
Izack Tago 18 IN 18 Lazarus Vaalepu
Kalani Going 19 IN 19 Manaia Waitere
RESERVES
:red_triangle_pointed_down: Tom Ale 20 RS 20 Angus Hinchey
Billy Scott 21 RS 21 Trent Toelau
:red_triangle_pointed_down: Jack Cole 22 RS 22 Preston Conn
COACH
Ivan Cleary HC HC Craig Bellamy

NSWRL Matches

Knock on Effect NSW Cup Jersey Flegg Cup
:rugby_football: Panthers v Storm :rugby_football: Panthers v Storm
:clock3: Friday 3/4 5:25pm :clock3: Saturday 4/4 2:00pm
:stadium: Commbank Stadium :stadium: Parker Street Reserve
TEAM TEAM
1. Jaxen Edgar 1. Isaiah Cochrane
2. Jesse Mclean 2. Harry Wald
3. Sione Fonua 3. Hunter Bell
4. Patrick Moimoi 4. Josh Debritt
5. Jirah Liddiard 5. Cameron Kanaan
6. Jack Cole 6. Harrison Bull
7. Kurt Falls 7. Haami Loza ©
8. Jakeb Vailalo 8. Hokafonu Lemoto
9. Lufusi Tapa’Atoutai 9. Ryan Goodsell
10. Tom Ale 10. Isaiah Scanlan
11. Zakauri Clarke 11. Tyson Sangalang
12. Delahia Wigmore 12. Harry Armstrong
13. Kalani Leuluai-Going 13. Kye Raven
INTERCHANGE INTERCHANGE
14. Nick Murphy 14. Jack Ewer
15. Toby Crosby 15. Danny Johnstone
16. Josh Ruxton 16. Lucas Rossi
17. Elie El-Zakhem 17. Judah Galuvao
RESERVES RESERVES
18. Josiah Vahaakolo-Fifita
19. Jesse Charman
COACH COACH
HC TBA HC Scott Thompson

:small_red_triangle::small_red_triangle_down: Promoted/Relegated | :small_orange_diamond: Positional Change

Match Officials

Telstra Premiership K.O.E NSW Cup Jersey Flegg Cup
Referee Ashley Klein TBA TBA
Sideline Official Michael Wise TBA TBA
Daniel Luttringer TBA TBA
Video Referee Chris Butler - -

Referee Success Rate

Referee Active Since 2026 Overall Pen. For Pen. Against Ratio
Ashley Klein 2009 (1/0) 100% (28/57) 49.12% 243.5 242 1.01
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This game will be a tester. We have overcome one of our bogie teams. Now to overcome the other.

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Mitch Kenny has taken the early guilty plea for his Grade 2 Dangerous Contact.

He will not be available for this match.

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That is probably the safer decision. Unlikely that Cleary QC (or is it KC) would win another one so soon.

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Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery to Tui Kamikamica. A real shock to see a such a young, fit man have a stroke. Thinking of him and his family and wishing them all the best.

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:mega: Teams and Match Officials have been updated.

TELSTRA PREMIERSHIP

OPPOSITION TEAM

KNOCK ON EFFECT NSW CUP

JERSEY FLEGG CUP

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Late Mail

Panthers coach Ivan Cleary has finalised his squad for the Good Friday showdown against Storm at CommBank Stadium.

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Another dominant display. I like Lussicks kicks from dummy half, gives us yet another option in attack.

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:mega: Submit your Panther Pride Player Ratings! Ratings poll for Round 5 open now here.

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I am still in a state of shock after that performance.

How could I call out anyone individual? So many impressive performances, players showing skill we have not seen before.

All in all we played as a team, that end pile on to prevent a Melbourne try said it all.

Having Freddy on the bench to give Mitch a rest will make us even better - such a scary thought.

Melbourne certainly competed. Despite the score it wasn’t due to them playing poorly.

The only teams that can beat us is ourselves, the referees, the bunker or the Judiciary.

Even after the 4 recent premierships - I am in awe

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Or injury, like Souths suffered last year. This surely is as good as it gets. For the first time, I could not fault any of the 17. So many highlights, but it’s hard to go past the Sorensen pass for Garner’s try. And I can’t remember giving so many player ratings of 8 or better. Don’t wake me up, I want to stay in the dream!

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And State of bloody Origin. Looks like we could lose more players with the new eligibility rules.

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From what I can tell, Papali’i is the only player in our top 19 not eligible for NSW!!!

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Just listening to ABC radio, they are talking at least 11 panthers in the NSW team, and for the NRL to maximise profit and fan interest by playing 3 Panthers v the world games at seasons end :joy:

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