The Panthers were relentless in a high-quality season-opening 28-6 win over the Sea Eagles, comfortably covering the loss of star half Nathan Cleary to start their premiership defence in style. After two early no-tries due to obstruction, Penrith finally made some early dominance count when young centre Izack Tago carried four defenders over the line in the 19th minute. His centre partner Stephen Crichton crossed in the 31st but with a 12-0 halftime lead in the offing Penrith clocked off for a moment on the stroke of half time and Tom Trbojevic capitalised on some broken play to set up Ethan Bullemor for his first try in Manly colours. Jarome Luai profited from a Viliame Kikau offload to make it 18-6 early in the second half and Api Koroisau burrowed over from dummy-half in the 56th minute. With full-time looming, the Panthers cracked Manly once more with Liam Martin bagging a well-earned try two minutes from full-time. Source - NRL.com.au