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Penrith 0-10 St Helens
Boos from the home fans. That tells you something, as St Helens have upset the apple cart so far.
And there's no signs of waning, as Matty Lees returns the kick off the restart with real venom.
Summary
Super League champions St Helens beat NRL premiers Penrith Panthers after extra time in World Club Challenge
Tries from Welsby and Hurrell see Saints lead 10-0 at half-time
Tago and late To'o try for Penrith send the game into extra time
Dodd kicks winning drop-goal in golden point extra time
Penrith have won the past two NRL premierships, beating Parramatta Eels in last year's Grand Final
St Helens have won the Super League titles for four years in a row, and beat Leeds in the 2022 Grand Final
Australian sides had won seven of the previous eight World Club Challenge games
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Postpublished at 08:12 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2023
Penrith 0-10 St Helens
Luke Lewis
Ex-Australia international on ABC and Radio 5 Sports ExtraPenrith look a bit rattled. St Helens had really turned up and taken it to them, they've beaten them on the ground, they've beaten them to the punch in everything.
It was beautiful play down the short-edge and Konrad Hurrell, one-on-one, five metres out is too hard to tackle.
TRY: Penrith 0-10 St Helenspublished at 17 mins
Konrad Hurrell
Image source, Getty ImagesSaints get a second and it's a powerful surge by Konrad Hurrell to burst the line on the right and score.
It all came off the back of rapid play-the-balls from Saints, who have controlled the ruck brilliantly.
Hurrell was unstoppable.
Tommy Makinson boots wide.
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Penrith 0-6 St Helens
Saints get into Penrith faces as the rain continues to tip.
It forces a knock-on by Mitch Kenny.
Meanwhile, the only thing to stop St Helens at the moment might be the threat of lightning. It's a bit stormy in Penrith.
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Penrith 0-6 St Helens
Lewis Dodd finishes off a fine yardage set for the Saints, with a perfect kick into the corner to turn Penrith around.
The home side have not been able to overpower the Super League champions yet.
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Penrith 0-6 St Helens
Try-saving intervention by Morgan Knowles, who gets a hand-in as Nathan Cleary was grounding for Penrith.
The Panthers half-back was just centimetres away...
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Penrith 0-6 St Helens
Really impressed with the Saints line-speed. They're hunting with enthusiasm.
Mind you, that's a set-restart.
Then Nathan Cleary sets off... he's almost to the line! Is he there? Gone up to the video ref...
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Penrith 0-6 St Helens
Luke Lewis
Ex-Australia international on ABC and Radio 5 Sports ExtraSt Helens have been so good at the start of the game. They have started sharp.
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Penrith 0-6 St Helens
Saints turn up the pace as Alex Walmsley tramples forward, but in comes Moses Leota with a steamhammer of a shot.
Walmsley got one. Then he knocked-on off the play-the-ball.
That forwards battle has lived up to the hype.
Postpublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2023
Penrith 0-6 St Helens
Luke Lewis
Ex-Australia international on ABC and Radio 5 Sports ExtraFrom absolutely nowhere St Helens get a nice little play, with James Roby out of dummy half, gives it to Jonny Lomax.
They created a simple two-on-one and Jack Welsby goes over as easy as you like. What a try by St Helens.
TRY: Penrith 0-6 St Helenspublished at 9 mins
Jack Welsby, con Tommy Makinson
Brilliant try by the Saints!
James Roby jumps out of acting half after a swift play-the-ball and finds Jonny Lomax.
The playmaker smuggles a line-ball to Curtis Sironen who steams through into space, and when the covering defender trots across, he pushes into Jack Welsby to streak to the posts.
Easy boot over by Tommy Makinson.
Postpublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 18 February 2023
Penrith 0-0 St Helens
Luke Lewis
Ex-Australia international on ABC and Radio 5 Sports ExtraIt's been a great start to the game. It's been fast, frantic. The Panthers are starting to show their mojo and the players will be loving this.
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Penrith 0-0 St Helens
Jack Welsby comes up with a bellringer out wide to cut down Brian To'o after a flowing switch to the right by Penrith.
The Saints full-back used all of his physicality. Superb.
Credit in the build-up too, as Mark Percival shut down Isaah Yeo in the groove.
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Penrith 0-0 St Helens
Image source, Getty ImagesBoth sides knock out a clean set, finishing with a kick into backfield.
After the early excitement, the rain is now hammering down. It's perhaps a chance to take a pause and get some rhythm.
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Penrith 0-0 St Helens
Taylan May storms down the left touchline and Penrith get right into the Saints dangerzone.
Stephen Crichton hooks a little grubber into the space, but Will Hopoate gets down in the soppy conditions and snares the grubber brilliantly.
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Penrith 0-0 St Helens
Luke Lewis
Ex-Australia international on ABC and Radio 5 Sports ExtraWhat an amazing start from the Penrith defensive line. They are up in the face of St Helens and won't let them do anything.
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Penrith 0-0 St Helens
Konrad Hurrell makes in-roads into the Panthers defence. Bending the line.
James Roby takes on the line. Set restart for Saints!
They're playing with plenty of speed.
Jonny Lomax is stopped by Jarome Luai.
Penrith are under the pump but a ball goes loose and the home side are first to the loose ball.
What a pace being set.
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Penrith 0-0 St Helens
Alex Walmsley gets a whack as he belts into the Panthers line. Real solid. Saints keep it alive.
Sione Mata'utia skips off the back of a Lewis Dodd drop-off, and into the traffic.
Again Penrith hold firm.
Lewis Dodd looks for a grubber, it's off a Panthers leg. Another set to come...
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Penrith 0-0 St Helens
Moses Leota and Matty Lees get into each other with a bit of afters off the first kick-off.
Pushing and shoving. Didn't take long did it?
St Helens get a scrum off the knock-on.
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Penrith 0-0 St Helens
John Gibbs
Ex-Manly half-back on ABC and BBC Radio 5 Sports ExtraSt Helens are very strong, there's no doubt about that. Most of the players are backing up and there's a handful that have won the four straight premierships.
They have a strong nucleus but how can you look past Penrith?
Over the last three years the statistics they have run up are phenomenal. The last 27 games here, they have won 25 of them, and Nathan Cleary has hardly lost a game in the last three years.