Michael Jennings of the Eels celebrates scoring a try against his former club the Panthers. The Panthers threatened to repeat last year's famous round-one comeback when they whittled a 14-point deficit to be within two on Sunday. GETTY IMAGES Nathan Cleary flanked by his Panthers team-mates appear resigned to their fate against the Eels. GETTY IMAGES Nathan Brown of the Eels is assisted from the field with an injury during the round one NRL match. GETTY IMAGES The only way is down for Blake Ferguson of the Eels when he meets a flurry of Panthers defenders.

Source: Stuff March 17, 2019 08:26 UTC