NRL 2025 LIVE updates: Penrith Panthers v Canterbury Bulldogs at Commbank Stadium

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NRL 2025 LIVE updates: Penrith Panthers v Canterbury Bulldogs at Commbank Stadium

By Dan Walsh and Christian Nicolussi
Updated June 26, 2025 — 7.48pmfirst published at 7.29pm

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7.47pmJoey: Canterbury will win a title soon. We’re about to find out when
7.40pmLate Mail: Panthers switch up pack
7.35pmPoll: Who wins tonight?
7.35pmThe forecast: Dry, fast conditions
7.35pmWelcome sports fans
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On the ground: Eels cheeky Panthers jab

Joey: Canterbury will win a title soon. We’re about to find out when

The Bulldogs will win a competition in the next two or three years, I have no doubt whatsoever.
Can they win the whole thing this year, though? We’re about to find out.

Bulldogs No.7 Toby Sexton.Credit: Getty Images
Canterbury’s signing of Lachlan Galvin adds real X-factor to a style of play that is modelled on Penrith’s champion teams, with former Panthers assistant coach Cameron Ciraldo now in charge of the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs obviously have a big chance of winning the premiership this year. The question mark I still have though is around their spine and their halves.

Not just who plays in the No.6 and No.7, and how Toby Sexton, Matt Burton and Galvin all fit into the one side. That’s a big factor, too. But does this Bulldogs spine have the experience to go up another gear in the biggest games of the year?
When I look at Melbourne’s playmakers – Cameron Munster, Harry Grant, Jahrome Hughes and Ryan Papenhuyzen – you just know they’ve got another level on the biggest stage.
For the Bulldogs spine, Thursday night will be a great test of how they perform when the whips are really cracking.
Read Andrew Johns’ full column here.

Late Mail: Panthers switch up pack

Never in doubt, Nathan Cleary’s playing. Is he goalkicking? No he’s not, Dylan Edwards to take the tee.

Canterbury are 1-17, while the Panthers have shuffled Isaiah Papali’i back to the bench for Luke Garner to start.
Panthers: 1. Dylan Edwards 2. Thomas Jenkins 3. Izack Tago 4. Casey McLean 5. Brian To’o 6. Blaize Talagi 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Moses Leota 9. Mitch Kenny 10. Lindsay Smith 17. Luke Garner 12. Liam Martin 13. Isaah Yeo Bench: 11. Isaiah Papali’i 14. Brad Schneider 15. Liam Henry 16. Luron Patea 18th man: 18. Paul Alamoti
Bulldogs: 1. Connor Tracey 2. Jacob Kiraz 3. Bronson Xerri 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Marcelo Montoya 6. Matt Burton 7. Toby Sexton 8. Max King 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Daniel Suluka-Fifita 11. Viliame Kikau 12. Jacob Preston 13. Bailey Hayward Bench: 14. Kurt Mann 15. Harry Hayes 16. Josh Curran 17. Lachlan Galvin 18th man: 19. Kurtis Morrin

Poll: Who wins tonight?

The forecast: Dry, fast conditions

Welcome sports fans

Greetings one and all,
Live rugba leeg coming at ya from Commbank Stadium, potentially one of the best games of the season just quietly.
Penrith are into the top eight for the first time this season. Canterbury are top of the table for more than three months straight now. Tipping it’ll be much closer than that suggests though.

Just how fit is Nathan Cleary?Credit: Getty Images
Nathan Cleary’s groin injury is the big talking point for this one – Origin implications and all that, Brian To’o’s hammy too. And for both sides, it’s a fine litmus test of where they’re at.
Christian Nicolussi will make it through traffic to be on the ground sometime during the second half, I’ll be on the keys all night and we’ll have kick-off at 7:50pm sharp.