LIVE: Rookie's nightmare start fuels Panthers

The warfare of words is implicit and it's clip for the existent conflict to begin.

That's the script arsenic the second-placed Panthers and third-placed Rabbitohs quadrate disconnected successful a bitter qualifying last successful Townsville tonight.

South Sydney manager Wayne Bennett unleashed connected Penrith earlier this week implicit their alleged usage of artifact plays to support halfback Nathan Cleary aft kicking.

"They're mounting up blocks. The bottommost enactment is we haven't been capable to get adjacent Nathan and his kicks due to the fact that we're getting blocked," Bennett said.

"Our footwear chases are getting blocked by amerciable blockers.

"I've asked for immoderate absorption from the NRL successful caller times arsenic to what our presumption was and what was allowed and what wasn't allowed.

"There's nary uncertainty it's amerciable what they do.

"You request to spell look astatine the vision; it's determination for each to see."

Panthers

2. Stephen Crichton 20. Charlie Staines 3. Paul Momirovski 4. Matt Burton 5. Brian To'o 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 18. Matthew Eisenhuth 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. James Fisher-Harris 17. Liam Martin 12. Kurt Capewell 13. Isaah Yeo 11. Viliame Kikau 14. Mitch Kenny 15. Spencer Leniu 16. Tevita Pangai Junior 19. Izack Tago

Rabbitohs

1. Blake Taaffe 2. Alex Johnston 3. Dane Gagai 4. Campbell Graham 5. Jaxson Paulo 6. Cody Walker 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Mark Nicholls 9. Damien Cook 10. Tevita Tatola 11. Keaon Koloamatangi 12. Jaydn Su'A 13. Cameron Murray 14. Benji Marshall 15. Jacob Host 16. Thomas Burgess 17. Jai Arrow 21. Patrick Mago