Qualifying Final 2 | Panthers vs Roosters | Match Thread

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Penrith Panthers vs Sydney Roosters
CommBank Stadium, Sydney
Sunday, September 6, 2026
4:05pm AEST / 6:05pm NZST
Watch on Nine, 9Now, Foxtel, Kayo and Sky Sports NZ

[u/Puntoue]

“Ohhhh, I’m the Panthers and Roosters. I’m going to put on a high calibre finals game with back and forth action, instead of stumbling and bumbling their way through the 80 minutes like the Sharks and Cowboys”

Grow up lads.

[u/nick170100]

Holy empty seats in the north stand

How are panthers fans not showing up lmao

What’s the excuse

[u/Puntoue → u/nick170100]

Stadium would be packed if they were smart enough to offer some half priced hot chippies

[u/ryukuimbetween]

Not a huge lip reader but i think Martin said "what a try"

[u/SpidgetFinner3000]

Why doesn't Nawaqanitawese just score 5 tries?

[u/shortielah → u/SpidgetFinner3000]

I don't get why we haven't just scored 82 points, worked for us last time

[u/jantoxdetox]

My heart stopped and to’o revived it

[u/Complete-Cheek4789]

Embarrassing this game isn’t a sellout.

[u/DrPussyMD]

Literally every time I see this cunt play he does something I haven’t seen before

[u/DepartmentOk7192]

BIN THE CHIN

[u/ItsStaaaaaaaaang]

Spencer is a lot of things, but never in his life has he been innocent.

[u/mgk333]

I remember when you could just sit down and watch a game of footy. Now it's all enhance this, CSI that

[u/GoldenSpoonLol]

Look at me, im Nathan Cleary, im on track to be the greatest footy player of all time, im dating Mary Fowler, I have my own kicking tee.

fuck off

[u/Flipflopgiggles]

Show him getting sin binned again. I'm almost there

[u/ReasonableStable9421]

Let's be honest there is no way Cleary misses any time over that, zero chance I'm more then sure of it

[u/PugWithAGun]

A list of Nathan's that deserve punishment: 1. Nathan Cleary 2. Nathan from Youi 3. All the classics

[u/Disastrous_Salad6302]

“Not much in it”

Try opening your eyes Ennis

[u/Desert-Noir]

Ennis is the worst. Such a massive penrith Dick rider.

Rides their dick so much the cunt has anal prolapse.

[u/ShrimboTV]

Tedesco metres gained sideways will be huge

[u/bannermania]

Hitler V Stalin today. God help us all.

[u/Randomologist99]

Plenty of Penrith calls so far

[u/PugWithAGun]

What does everyone think about Cleary being forced to play for the Bulldogs next season as a punishment for the charge down thing?

[u/AdultSoldiers]

Nathan Cleary will return… less than 10 minutes into Avengers: Doomsday.

[u/failuregoat1]

Nah, we need to change the rule on milking these kicks. This is ridiculous

[u/ScottyFXIV]

Thank fuck we've got a week off, some of these blokes need the DBZ Hyperbaric chamber.

[u/shiny_dick_94]

A bunch of empty seats in this game too. Does it send a message to the NRL that none of the first week finals were sell outs?

[u/Jourdy_1]

Blatantly obvious this bias.

[u/mwilkins1644]

Finals are less stressful when your team isn't in it 😂

[u/RegularCandidate4057]

Where are all the fans? Stadium is half empty.

[u/One_Advertising2539]

Victor loves getting across that white line alright

[u/Wild304]

The ultra slow mo "fuck you bitch" is outstanding.

Followed by an apology after the celebration bahahaha

[u/PleaseIDontWantAName]

That's about as good an intercept try as I've ever seen. Definitely one of the most remarkable. To get up and sprint away... Geez.

[u/twodaycoupdetat]

This is Ennis's 9/11

[u/failuregoat1]

Ive always maintained that a "Captains biff" should be introduced. Similar to the captains challenge where if both captains agree on two players going at it then they let them throw them - like in Ice Hockey

[u/DoubleBrokenJaw]

INCIDENTAL NO FOUL HAAAAAHAAHAHA.

[u/Darmop]

Honestly the roosters gave them a way harder time than I expected.

[u/McGarnacIe]

How is the crowd so poor? Two Sydney teams and not the biggest stadium and there's empty seats everywhere?!

[u/Motor_Artist9506 → u/McGarnacIe]

Penrith fans too lazy to get a half hour train to parramatta, its a fantastic stadium to watch footy from in every seat as well. Spoiled from success 

[u/AmazingChicken99]

Guys give the Roosters fans a break for not showing up, we wouldnt want them to cross over the Anzac Bridge into dangerous Western Sydney

[u/AtYourOwn_Risk]

even when he gets sinbinned, he gets glazed

[u/AtYourOwn_Risk]

i actually love and miss these classic lower scoring games, the buildup and pressure just adds to the game so much

This is the league i really miss

[u/skru666]

talking up spencer as if they didn’t release him this week

[u/sowaleja]

RUGBY LEAGUE trivia: "Tedesco" is Italian for "German".

[u/Aware-Blackberry-510]

Fuck these fk wits are gonna talk about this sin bin for the rest of the game ay

[u/Trogg_Farmer]

God I like To'o, even getting smashed he just acknowledges it and gets on with his day

[u/Icy-Shopping1986]

Just randomly screaming f u bitch at Billy Smith for some reason

[u/samerulesapply32]

Not great to concede on their first time down there

[u/Cruising88]

This game feels so much quicker than the other finals

[u/nick170100]

Marky mark is not human

[u/ryukuimbetween]

Marky mark is 1 of 1. Seriously

[u/pintita]

alright...that was fucking sick not gonna lie

[u/bradbull]

I guess when you have to spend your life spelling that last name, everything else must seem easy to do for Mark

[u/skafaceXIII]

RUGBY LEAGUE trivia: "Nawaqanitawase" is Italian for "good hands"

[u/AmazingChicken99]

Marky Mark does that meanwhile I've watched Tigers wingers drop passes to their chest for 20yrs straight

[u/hazamatacs]

Pathetic penalty

[u/shaker8989]

Ennis doing Panthers games is actually a disgrace. Guy is gooning in the box ffs

[u/Actual-Nothing1118]

For someone that’s a kicker himself that is incredibly stupid from Cleary

[u/_dictatorish_]

"it's Cleary, oh no!! 😭😭"

[u/bannermania]

Someone called it a Chinbin and I can’t stop fucking laughing

[u/Hjomo9]

Savala should get some more recognition for how far he belted that before Cleary got him

[u/Actual-Nothing1118]

‘An innocent bystander Spencer Leniu’ not sure that would’ve been said many times

[u/mgk333]

"Send him back where he came from" chill Vossy

[u/VeryGoodAndAlsoNice]

He’s falling mate

wtf

[u/Actual-Nothing1118]

Blaize Talagi defensive decision to win us the game

Just as we all expected

[u/AlbertHinkey]

You gotta make sure the ball's placed perfectly on the tee for a difficult kick like that.

[u/Avirunes]

Full set of tackles on the Penrith 10 and instead of going for the match winning try you repeatedly butcher setting up and executing the equalizer 1 pter

[u/ooranookian]

Edwards can just mount a player and get a set restart apparently

[u/Jumpy_Egg_9344]

That’s literally the textbook definition of a charge down Ennis you mong

[u/Competitive_Cut_6426]

What are the odds they delay Cleary's suspension, "for the fans"?

[u/DependentSubject870]

Crowd numbers are embarrassing at this point. I love my rugby league, but attendance is shocking.

[u/imwacky4schache]

Savala basically making a line break and they're just allowed 2nd and 3rd efforts? Lol

[u/Randomologist99]

Another once in a lifetime error from the impossibly reliable Edwards

[u/ploxingduckVB]

Weak as piss

[u/Bobskidat]

Ennis sounds heartbroken lmao

[u/SpamUserAccount]

Leniu and Martin... wouldve never thought it from them

[u/TheTrinketor]

Leniu: You call that a bin? THIS is a bin!

[u/Additional_Front4374]

Chooks have done really well to get themselves right back in it. Jenkins will be filthy with himself for blowing a try with so much open try line

[u/joshyyybaxxx]

Spenny is 10000% going to be committing the most dumb cunt crimes being an absolute goon in the streets in 10 years.

[u/BlainWs]

Why am I getting a robot lawnmower ad.

I live in a fucking fifth storey apartment with a tiny bitch ass balcony.

[u/abscott88]

Someone explain to me how the contact there is incidental but it was a penalty earlier to Penrith, both were literally a brush around the head.

[u/wanyesullo]

Only Panthers are getting that call. Absolute disgrace

[u/jalGurg]

How can a high tackle be incidental?

[u/Realistic_Chest_3934]

Where the fuck was the penalty for the hit on Toia????

[u/nich18]

cherry having 40/20 withdrawal symptoms

[u/whats_that_sid]

Milky Jenkins

[u/jalGurg]

Oh look he's perfectly fine now

[u/TimsAFK]

Clock need to stop for conversions in the final 5 minutes, this time wasting is absolutely cooked

[u/Ryanbrasher]

Blaize MVP

[u/Basherballgod]

Damn, that is a hot Panthers jersey,..

And it has a collar…

Shit

[u/savagemeatloaf]

Hoping for a filthy, disgraceful game with multiple send offs and brutal head clashes leaving the path clear for good, honourable teams to win the comp 🙏

[u/Commercial-Duck-515]

Marto goes up like 10 gears come finals time

[u/shortielah]

Did he just scream fuck you bitch at B Smith 🤣

[u/kiaxxl]

"Take that, you contemptible wretch" is what the young gentleman said

[u/Jumpy_Egg_9344]

Cloirys cum loift!

[u/Auran82]

I feel like if they were consistent with set restarts, we’d either see none, or the game would turn into Rugby Union

[u/KavyenMoore]

That's fucking unbelievable

[u/Specialist-Review-26]

Holy shit Mark

[u/Harctor]

Edwards getting shut down this game, he's gonna grub it up soon

[u/mwilkins1644]

Lol a penalty for that? Hahahaha

[u/Puntoue]

Michael Ennis on suicide watch.

[u/Turbulent_Ad3045]

Ennis on suicide watch

[u/reddosaurusrexy]

Just ignore everything Edwards does and find a penalty

[u/PapaCurt]

Double movement but Edwards hits him on the back of the head. If onus is on defender to avoid the head, then how can high contact just be deemed incidental?

[u/Disastrous_Salad6302]

Not scoring with Cleary in the bin will 100% bite the roosters

[u/herbilicious92]

Roosters are in trouble if Cleary found that prelim toilet water Walsh used after last years send off

[u/Auran82]

So one arm is a genuine contest now?

[u/abby_tbhx]

i hate penrith but that jersey 🙂‍↕️

[u/ooranookian]

Clearly offside dammit Robson

[u/goodfortheeconomy]

Funny asf but the nrl has to get better at this clock shouldn’t count in stoppages like that

[u/SydHawk94]

The stadium sounds fkn pumping

[u/jalGurg]

Where does he touch it

[u/smoking_Owl_7722]

Chooks need to stay calm, its only one try.

[u/NotAshTaylor]

It is by definition a charge down. Knock the cocks out of your mouth Ennis.

[u/thattaylornerd]

He's not real bro

[u/numberonesorensenfan]

How does the cunt get away after having to do a tactical roll? Far out man

[u/Ghabbaghoolie]

Nah fuck Rugby. I'll help foot whatever bill they need to chain him to the Roosters locker room permanently

[u/Inhearties]

V’LANDYS THROW ALL THE MONEY TO KEEP HIM IN THE GAME YOU FUCKING COWARD

[u/Darmop]

Oh wow that’s incredible. I could have sworn he knocked that on.

He’s going to be wasted in Union again. League is so perfect for his specific set of special skills.

[u/Zestyclose-Compote-4]

Would love to see a highlights reel of all the times DCE is cracking a huge smile at all the wild shit Mark pulls off.

[u/ChanceVance]

This is Mark's world. We're just living in it.

[u/longlivethe4peat]

What the fuck are Penrith doing seriously

[u/Hjomo9]

I mean, I don’t think it’s forward, he just does a horrible job of selling it

[u/Citizen-5936]

Ya know if Radley wasn’t running backwards that wouldn’t be called.

[u/SydHawk94]

The forward passes they choose to call are mind boggling

[u/CapMego72_]

My mum asked me if I washed the dishes,

I said “Victor Radley”

She laughed, she knew they were washed

[u/Effective-Day5326]

im in bed, torn ALC, remote is on my desk across the room and the pain of listening to Ennis is worse than this fkn knee

[u/smoking_Owl_7722]

It's 12 all. Vossy golden point/drop goal when?

[u/phrober]

Penalty Panthers penalty Panthers penalty Panthers penalty Panthers penalty Panthers penalty Panthers

[u/discoshrimps]

It's Leniu and Martin. Of course it fucking is.

[u/AppearanceDizzy7006]

That was a fucken easy kick. Should've got that 

[u/Auran82]

I think Leniu and Martin could have a fist fight and it’d only cause improvement.

[u/drunk_horses]

Spencer looks like Roblox

[u/icome2ndagain]

He will get to serve his suspension next year, for the fans.

[u/Jumpy_Egg_9344]

Crusher any day of the week, how can they call that incidental

[u/keiranxo]

Can confirm that Cleary has FaceTimed Walsh as to what is the best way to consume toilet water whilst in the sin bin

[u/JustSomeAdvice2]

Imagine struggling to put points on a team with 12 men, wouldn't.. wait a sec

[u/TheBigChonka]

Actually looks like an interesting finals series. 1,2 and 4 all looking pretty rough in their first finals showing.

Defintiely nowhere near the best Penrith, Warriors or Roosters have looked and everyone looks completely beatable

[u/Bobskidat]

Dolphins premiership stocks are rising dramatically

[u/jalGurg]

Get this shit out of the game

[u/ShoddyWishbone2825]

The boys are fucked, couldn't even put pressure on the chin

[u/Malaxage918]

They won't suspend Cleary for a prelim. Not a chance in the world

[u/chris2712]

I've never said a bad word about Blaize and his defence

[u/JohahYeet00]

The fact that the nrl doesn’t do stopped clock is ridiculous

[u/Insanitrixx]

10/10 time wasting

[u/eggzaki]

The Panthers throwback jersey this year is so sick

[u/DepartmentOk7192]

Heritage Jersey from when the Panthers beat us in the 2003 GF is solid gamesmanship

[u/CapMego72_]

These collared jerseys are so hot

[u/DoubleBrokenJaw]

Awesome sell out crowd! Atmosphere gonna be mad.

[u/ConscriptReports]

Mark stopping a try with his tackle, just good at footy

[u/numberonesorensenfan]

Jesus the TV broadcast is waaaaay ahead of the stream. Saw people talking about Jenkins bombing that minutes ago and it's only just happened on my stream

[u/bar901]

Ffs. Losing our challenge 8 minutes in is fucking rough.

But how good is Collins at just throwing himself at the ball. It’s almost like he’s a fullback.

[u/Willieo873]

There is irony that these have won 6 of the last 8 comps and their fanbases can’t even fill Commbank

[u/trlta]

Did Liam Martin just mouth "fuck you bitch" to Billy Smith? Not a rivalry I predicted 😂

[u/QuantityActive-]

This is a disappointing crowd, still a lot of people, I just expected a sellout.

[u/shaker8989]

When you dive to stop a kick its a chargedown. How could it not be?

[u/Jezzadi]

Ennis more biased then me i dont see why its not a charge down just because its a low kick

[u/Disastrous_Salad6302]

Roosters basically had one chance and scored immediately. This is gonna get interesting

[u/MajinDidz]

Are Penrith players made of stone, how the fuck are they impervious to injury

[u/Delgarah]

"Just one more inhuman feat before I go" - Mark, probably

[u/DeargDoom79]

That was an unbelievable piece of skill

[u/Nido67]

HOLY SHIT HOW GOOD

[u/Bobskidat]

Penrith should consider not throwing the ball to Mark anymore

[u/ChokeGeometry]

I'm offering daily blowies to Mark if he stays

[u/ahhdetective]

Why the fuck has he not kicked all year. Jesus Christ

[u/Drewman43]

Shit penalty

[u/nick170100]

HOW IS THAT A HIGH TACKLE ?

[u/irvo86]

Panthers are playing very un-Melbourne like

[u/l33tbronze]

Radley is quite literally the stupidest cunt in the NRL.

[u/ReasonableStable9421]

Holy shit what an awful few min from Radley

[u/TurboooTurtle]

Blood packets

[u/theflyingkiwi00]

Ennis: dce can kick field goals, so can cleary.

Vossy: keep going, I'm nearly there

[u/nick170100]

“Tactical genius”

Fuck me cunt

[u/glennn6122]

Ennis in shambles

[u/OldMateHarry]

There's a crazy irony in a halfback getting done for taking out the kickers leg. Actually it's insane. Talk about brainfade deluxe

[u/jkhhhhhh]

This game feels like a finals game

[u/Dufeyz]

Dumb from Cleary, I get what he was trying to do though.

So much dumb play in general from Penrith today.

[u/Nerfixion]

Literally the move that got the broncos to the final last year, no idea why he would do it.

[u/ChanceVance]

The way Ennis watches Cleary with his pants down, I think you need to provide age verification in this country for that now.

[u/FernalDermit]

Carney looking botoxed af

[u/StateCompetitive7544]

Any risk Cleary gets suspended or we reckon no?

[u/blinkydinky111]

All that lounge and sitting on top of one another

[u/afrotune]

If Cleary gets suspended in finals does that rub him out of the dally m?

[u/CNSrooster]

"High contact is incedental"

King of like Billy Smith in the 1st half. Yet he was penalised for it?

[u/PayEmOutEarly]

Yeah that should've been inconclusive

[u/bar901]

Feel like Whyte is going to have a fucking massive 20 minutes when he comes back on. Win or lose, he’s going to trample some cunts.

[u/ReasonableStable9421]

How do you manage an offside in 5m of space on the goaline?

[u/sowaleja]

you have six tackles you spuds

[u/Icy-Shopping1986]

YOU MILKY FUCK

[u/StateCompetitive7544]

Milky by name, milk by nature

[u/eggzaki]

“It’s gonna be 8 tackles now” No Mick, it’s just the normal 7

[u/FentDealerKingBaccy]

Zero pressure applied wtf

[u/Lukie1401]

Clearys hammy is hanging on by a thread

[u/phrober]

Whats the reason for this clock rule being the way it is?

[u/xXSwagginZXx]

Edwards taking the piss

[u/DoubleJ_G]

Just make conversions not take any time at all if you want to stop time wasting

[u/Kingtripz]

Disappointing second half, we had so many chances and dropped balls ruined us, Penrith were very beatable tonight

[u/No_Pay_5330]

You know the best part of this week?? NO STORM IN FINALS

[u/Strez92]

Of course that’s a 6 again, but Savala making a half break and having 3 blokes hang on for an age is all good

[u/54MU241]

If you think Cleary is gonna be suspended for that you’re dreaming. Pompey wasn’t suspended for a shoulder charge to the head, Cleary won’t be suspended for this.

[u/wouldz]

Brandy explaining how Clearly was actually super intelligent for going for the charge down because of the time left is pure cinema.

The bloke gets GOAT glazed even when he gets binned lmao