“It’s been weird the last few weeks, I’ve felt more nerves going into the games, not knowing how we’re going to go,” Nathan Cleary tells Matty Johns with headphones on, microphone in hand.

Jeez Nathan. Lucky for the rest of rugby league you’re still wondering about this Panthers premiership defence.

Genuinely blessed are we, with another Sunday afternoon affair for this Penrith attack , up against a Broncos outfit that has the firepower to match it.

Sunday’s six-try, 40-minute first-half blitz of what was statistically a Bulldogs’ defence that ranked as the best of 2025, was “at least six weeks in the making” according to Ivan Cleary.

The place Penrith’s youngsters like Blaize Talagi and Casey McLean have found within an intricate, all-conquering system was plain for all to see as C

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