{"id":818620,"date":"2026-07-23T11:44:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/818620\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T11:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:44:22","slug":"live-controversial-moment-as-panthers-hit-back-after-cheeky-pre-game-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/818620\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: Controversial moment as Panthers hit back after cheeky pre-game act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Penrith Panthers will unleash rookie fullback Jaxen Edgar as they look to cement their spot as favourites for the minor premiership when they face the Parramatta Eels on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the NRL Premiership LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/nrl?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MATCH CENTRE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/match-centre\/NRL20262101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Eels vs Panthers live scores, stats and more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Edgar comes in for Dylan Edwards, who is out of the Battle of the West after suffering a nasty head cut in last week\u2019s loss to the Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>The Eels, meanwhile, welcome back key outside back Will Penisini for the clash.<\/p>\n<p>LIVE BLOG<\/p>\n<p>Follow all the action from the Eels vs Panthers game below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Penrith Panthers will unleash rookie fullback Jaxen Edgar as they look to cement their spot as favourites&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-818620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}