Just nowThu 14 Aug 2025 at 10:04amLive score: Penrith Panthers vs Melbourne StormJust nowThu 14 Aug 2025 at 10:04am11′ TRY: Panthers score the first try
Just nowThu 14 Aug 2025 at 10:04am11′ TRY: Panthers score the first tryThe Penrith Panthers have scored the first try of the match.
4m agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 10:00am
6′ Panthers looking sharpe in the opening minutes
This contest has started conservatively from both teams, but it is fast.
The speed of the play-the-ball, notably from Penrith, has been quick.
ABC Sport caller Matthew Elliott says the final minutes of this half will be tough for the players, if this intensity and speed are maintained.
“This is going to be a game of attrition,” he says.
7m agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 9:57am
3′ An early bomb kicked to Munster
Cam Munster is playing his first match at fullback since round seven, 2023.
Penrith halfback Nathan Cleary send up an early bomb to test Munster’s high-ball catching.
The Storm fullback takes the footy, uncontested, but is then driven back by Penrith forwards Lindsay Smith and Isaiah Papali’i.
11m agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 9:52amKICK-OFF: Panthers vs Storm
The referee’s whistle sounds, and Melbourne’s Cam Munster kicks the ball.
The Panthers will have the first use of the footy. The Panthers will run to the left of your screen.
It was a solid set from the Panthers, who got to halfway and kicked clear.
13m agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 9:50am
Listen to the ABC Sport live call, while following the blog
You can listen to the live call of tonight’s big match between the Penrith Panthers and Melbourne Storm.
Brett Sprigg, Matthew Elliott and Michael Carayannis are on the call this evening.
17m agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 9:47am
Royce Simmons speaks to ABC Sport
Royce Simmons joined the ABC Sport NRL team from Western Sydney Stadium just two days into The Big Walk, raising money for dementia research through the Royce Simmons Foundation.
Over the next 10 days, Royce will walk from the Blue Mountains to Mudgee, hoping to raise in excess of $400,000 to fund at least one research program.
19m agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 9:45am
Kick-off is five minutes away
Hello Mick, as much as I like Strom, I reckon the Panthers will take advantage of the home crowd and win a tight one.
– Mike
23m agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 9:41am
Munster playing fullback for the first time since 2023
In case you missed the news, Cam Munster will play fullback for the Melbourne Storm tonight.
This will be the first time Munster has played fullback since round seven 2023.
On that night, the Storm were defeated by the Sea Eagles, in Manly, 18-8.
33m agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 9:31am
Facts ahead of Panthers vs Storm
Here are some interesting statistics ahead of tonight’s blockbuster clash between the Penrith Panthers and the Melbourne Storm.
Melbourne has won 14 of their past 15 matches on Thursday. Melbourne has won three of their past four matches against Penrith. The one loss was last year’s grand final.Penrith has won its previous six matches at Western Sydney Stadium.Penrith winger Brian To’o has scored eight tries in his past seven matches against Melbourne.53m agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 9:11amTEAM LISTS: Panthers vs Storm
The Melbourne Storm have shuffled the deck.
Cam Munster (number 6) moves from five-eighth to fullback.
Nick Meaney (number 1) moves from fullback to centre.
Jonah Pezet (number 14) will start at five-eighth, in just his fifth NRL match since his debut in 2023.
Joe Chan (number 3) moves from centre to the interchange bench.
The Penrith Panthers are as advertised.
(NRL)1h agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 9:00amCameron Munster moves to fullback in Melbourne shake-up
There is big news out of the Melbourne Storm camp.
Cam Munster. (AAP)
Cam Munster has been listed at fullback, after being named in his usual position of five-eighth earlier in the week.
Munster has played fullback in the past.
It comes after Ryan Papenhuyzen was ruled out with injury.
1h agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 8:52amABC radio caller Andrew Moore recovering after surgery following heart attack
ABC Sport commentator Andrew Moore is recovering in hospital after a heart attack.
Moore suffered a heart attack and underwent a successful surgery on Wednesday.
He is resting in hospital in Sydney and said he is grateful to his “amazing doctors and nurses”.
ABC radio caller Andrew Moore. (ABC Sport)
Moore will be replaced by Brett Sprigg for tonight’s NRL grand final rematch between Penrith and Melbourne at Western Sydney Stadium.
Moore joined the ABC from 2GB in 2015 and has been ABC Sport’s chief rugby league radio caller ever since.
“Andrew Moore is one of the most respected and loved broadcasters in the country,” ABC Sport content director Tim Verrall said.
“The ABC Sport team are enormously relieved that our valued colleague is getting the care he needs.
“We look forward to welcoming him back when he’s recovered and we send our thoughts to Andrew and his family.”
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1h agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 8:35am
ANALYSIS: The most improved players of the 2025 NRL season
When Kaeo Weekes faced his former club for the first time in 2025, he had one of the toughest nights of his career.
He finished the rematch as one of Canberra and the NRL’s newest and most dazzling stars.
ABC Sport’s Nick Campton has taken a look at the most improved players of the 2025 NRL season.
1h agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 8:25amNRL Round 24 fixtures1h agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 8:10amPayne Haas reported defection to Samoa to boost international rugby league for World Cup
Outgoing Australia coach Mal Meninga says Payne Haas’s call to defect to Samoa will make international rugby league more competitive.
Reports on Thursday linked the NRL’s best prop with a change in eligibility, with 25-year-old Haas set to begin preferencing his Samoan roots over the Kangaroos in future international fixtures.
It comes after months of speculation that Haas could join the likes of Brian To’o, Stephen Crichton and Jarome Luai as superstar players to have chosen Samoa over Australia in recent years.
Under international rugby league rules, a player eligible for a tier-one nation like Australia and a tier-two nation such as Samoa can change allegiance provided they do not represent both teams in the same calendar year.
The Brisbane Broncos star is of Samoan, Swiss and Filipino descent. He has played four Tests for Australia, scoring one try.
Four months ago, Haas told the media that he was considering changing his allegiance from Australia to Samoa.
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2h agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 8:02amWhat time does the NRL start tonight?
Tonight’s match between the Penrith Panthers and Melbourne Storm will be played at Western Sydney Stadium.
Here is the kick-off time, wherever you are across Australia:
7:50pm AEST: NSW, Vic, Qld, ACT, Tas7:20pm ACST: South Australia, Norther Territory5:50pm AWST: Western Australia2h agoThu 14 Aug 2025 at 8:00amWelcome to the ABC Sport NRL live blog
Good evening, Australia.
Welcome back to ABC Sport’s live digital coverage of the 2025 NRL premiership season.
Round 24 begins tonight with a proper blockbuster: Penrith vs Melbourne.
The Panthers and Storm played in last year’s grand final, and they gave us a thrilling contest in round three of this season.
Tonight, a win for the Panthers will solidify them in fourth on the NRL ladder.
A win for the Storm will solidify them in second on the NRL ladder.
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