Eight Panthers ran more than 100 metres, Peter Wallace topped the tackle count while Sione Katoa came away with two try assists in the narrow four-point loss to the Sharks in Cronulla.
The key stats are as follows:
MOST METRES
Dylan Edwards: 160m (15 runs)
Isaah Yeo: 139m (14 runs)
Viliame Kikau: 137m (15 runs)
Tyrone Peachey: 133m (15 runs)
Reagan Campbell-Gillard: 111m (10 runs)
James Fisher-Harris: 110m (15 runs)
James Tamou: 103m (9 runs)
James Maloney: 102m (13 runs)
POST-CONTACT METRES
Viliame Kikau: 62m
Isaah Yeo: 52m
Dylan Edwards: 49m
Tyrone Peachey 42m
Trent Merrin: 39m
MOST OFFLOADS
Viliame Kikau: 3
Trent Merrin: 2
Corey Harawira-Naera: 1
James Maloney: 1
TACKLE BREAKS
Viliame Kikau: 6
Dean Whare: 5
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak: 3
Corey Harawira-Naera: 3
Dylan Edwards: 2
MOST TACKLES
Peter Wallace: 34
Isaah Yeo: 33
James Fisher-Harris: 30
Viliame Kikau: 25
James Tamou: 24
TRY ASSISTS
Sione Katoa: 2
Dean Whare: 1
Trent Merrin: 1
CONVERSIONS
James Maloney: 3/4
TEAM STATS
RUN METRES - Panthers: 1570m | Sharks: 1282m
POSSESSION - Panthers: 53% | Sharks: 47%
COMPLETED SETS - Panthers: 32 | Sharks: 28
COMPLETION RATE - Panthers: 84% | Sharks: 78%
TACKLE BREAKS - Panthers: 29 | Sharks: 34
TACKLES - Panthers: 294 | Sharks: 342