Phil MitchellUpdated August 1, 2026 — 5:36pm,first published 5:10pmPick the winner!By Latest Posts5.36pmTRY! Dream start for the RaidersBy 4 min: The Panthers’ right-edge defence is found wanting as Strange puts Timoko over. That was all too easy for the Raiders; danger signs for the Panthers. Sanders converts. Raiders 6-05.30pmGame on!By 1 min: Brian To’o (playing his 150th NRL game) leads out Penrith, who kick off. Capacity crowd in attendance.5.25pmWell done WarriorsBy The Warriors have consolidated third spot on the ladder with a thumping 42-6 defeat of the Titans in the 3pm game. See highlights below.5.05pmHow they line upBy Panthers: 1. Jaxen Edgar 2. Thomas Jenkins 3. Paul Alamoti 4. Casey McLean 5. Brian To’o 6. Jack Cogger 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Moses Leota 9. Freddy Lussick 10. Lindsay Smith 11. Isaiah Papali’i 12. Liam Martin 13. Isaah Yeo 14. Interchange: Billy Scott 15. Scott Sorensen 16. Liam Henry 17. Billy Phillips 18. Izack Tago 19. Jack ColeRaiders: 1. Kaeo Weekes 2. Jed Stuart 18. Sebastian Kris 4. Matthew Timoko 5. Xavier Savage 6. Ethan Strange 7. Ethan Sanders 8. Corey Horsburgh 9. Owen Pattie 10. Joseph Tapine 11. Zac Hosking 12. Ata Mariota 13. Morgan Smithies. Interchange: 14. Tom Starling 15. Matt Nicholson 16. Josh Papali’i 17. Daine Laurie 19. Joseph Roddy 21. Savelio TamalePinned post from 4.55pmPick the winner!By 4.48pmGood evening folksBy Thank you for joining us this evening.It’s not all that often that the 5:30 Saturday clash is the match of the round, but that will indeed be the case when top-of-the-table Penrith and 10th-placed Canberra meet again at Mudgee’s Glen Willow Oval today. Riding a four-game winning streak, the Raiders need the win to stay in the finals race; while the Panthers will remain two points in front at the top of the table if they prevail.You may recall that in the corresponding game last year – dubbed “the Miracle of Mudgee” – the Raiders pulled off a win so exciting that Cooper Cronk on Fox Sports declared it “the most remarkable finish to a golden-point game I have ever witnessed.”Penrith halfback Nathan Cleary tried to win the game in extra time, but his field-goal attempt struck an upright. Raiders winger Jed Stuart grabbed the bouncing ball and passed it to Ethan Strange, who bolted 70 metres upfield and fed Kaeo Weekes in support to score the sensational match-winning try (see video below). 1 of 1