Looking to attack the blind side the ball is unfortunately knocked and and the Panasonic attack comes to nothing
Just five meters out from the Eagles try line and a big blind side to exploit
Eagles steal the ball off the Panasonic line out feed but, the ball is knocked on by the Eagles and its Panasonic who have an attacking scrum
Panasonic remain patient and are awarded a penalty just as they are back to a full compliment of players with the return of Heenan from the sin bin
Panasonic under some early second half pressure as the Eagles look to exploit the extra man advantage
The kick is good and the Eagles on the board early in the second half
Eagles with the restart and are awarded an early penalty
A dominant first half display from the defending champions who came out all guns blazing to an early lead.The Eagles have not had much opportunity to get back into the game until the dying moments of the half when Panasonic were reduced to 14 men with the sin binning of Daniel Heenan. The player being binned for not rolling away. The Eagles attack with pace to try and make the extra man count but, excellent defense from the home side manage to keep the attacking intentions from the visitors at bay. The second half moments away.
Parker makes no mistake and sends his side into the half time break with a 20 point lead
48 meters to the posts and a big effort from the Panasonic fly half is needed to convert this kick into points