Sunday 24th May at Penrith Park
Penrith 25: B. Broad (2), G. Moran (1); Goals: Landers (6); Field goals: Steele (2) | North Sydney 12
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The Panthers opened the scoring with a Bob Landers penalty conversion in the eighth minute and was doubled to 4-0 at the midway point of the first half with a second penalty.
A two try burst in as many minutes, the first to Bob Broad and then to Grahame Moran gave the home team a 12-0 lead after 17 minutes.
North Sydney struck back with two unconverted tries to reduce the lead to 12-6, but Penrith pushed ahead again with a third penalty conversion to Landers and then a Ray Steele field goal with six minutes remaining in the half for the hosts to hold a 16-6 lead at the break.
Two minutes after the resumption, yet another penalty conversion made it 18-8. A second try to Broad six minutes later and then a fifth penalty conversion to Landers had the Panthers hold a 23-6 lead after 59 minutes.
Two quick tries to the Bears had it at 23-12 heading into the final 10 minutes but a second Steele field goal at 74 minutes iced the contest for the Panthers.
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