Penrith Panthers vs Manly Sea Eagles Prediction – Round 8 2025

Are four-time reigning premiers Penrith back on track? Perhaps. While they did win in fine style over Easter, there’s still plenty of work left to be done.

They’ll look to begin that work and gain further momentum when they host the struggling Manly Sea Eagles at CommBank Stadium on Saturday night.

Speaking of work to be done, Manly are in desperate need of a confidence boost after three consecutive losses, all of which have come in the absence of superstar fullback Tom Trbojevic.

In a major boost for the Sea Eagles, Trbojevic has been named to return from injury early, although his brother Jake has been ruled out.

Turbo and his Sea Eagles will be looking to defeat the Panthers away from Brookvale for the first time since 2018, will his inclusion be enough to end this seven season drought? Let’s find out.

Here are the full line ups for these two teams, as well as some betting tips for the H2H, first try scorer and over/under markets. This is our Panthers vs Sea Eagles prediction.

 

Panthers vs Sea Eagles Teams

 

Penrith Panthers

1. Dylan Edwards

2. Paul Alamoti

3. Izack Tago

4. Casey McLean

5. Tom Jenkins

6. Blaize Talagi

7. Nathan Cleary

8. Moses Leota

9. Luke Sommerton

10. Liam Henry

11. Scott Sorensen

12. Liam Martin

13. Isaah Yeo

14. Brad Schneider

15. Isaiah Papali'i

16. Lindsay Smith

17. Mavrik Geyer

 

Manly Sea Eagles

1. Tom Trbojevic

2. Jason Saab

3. Tolu Koula

4. Reuben Garrick

5. Lehi Hopoate

6. Luke Brooks

7. Daly Cherry-Evans

8. Josh Aloiai

9. Jake Simpkin

10. Siosiua Taukeiaho

11. Haumole Olakau’atu

12. Ben Trbojevic

13. Jazz Tevaga

14. Tommy Talau

15. Corey Waddell

16. Ethan Bullemor

17. Nathan Brown

Panthers vs Sea Eagles Prediction and Betting Tips

 

Head-to-Head Prediction

Are we about to witness the return of the real Penrith Panthers? Based on last week’s performance it would appear so.

The reigning quadruple champions managed to stop the rot of five straight losses with a dominant win over the Roosters.

It’s no surprise their return to the winner’s list coincided with the return of gun No.1 Dylan Edwards.

This week they face a Sea Eagles side in free fall mode. Last week’s loss to St George was their third in a row and we can see it becoming four in NRL round 8, particularly when you take into account that Penrith have won nine of its last 10 matches against Manly.

Betting tip: Penrith Panthers.

 

First Try Scorer Prediction

While all the talk will be about one fullback, the returning Tom Trbojevic, we’re looking at his opposite number for this market.

Penrith and NSW No.1 Dylan Edwards recently returned from injury and the Panthers are a different team when he’s in their ranks.

Known more for his hard running and positional play than his try scoring prowess, we’re going to seek a little bit of value and back him to be the first try scorer in this one.

Betting tip: Dylan Edwards.

 

Over/Under Prediction

The form line shows that each of Manly's last eight away matches have gone over the total match points line and seeing as Penrith piled on 40 points on their own last start, we very much like the look of the overs here.

Betting tip: Over total match points.

Panthers vs Sea Eagles Match Details

 

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025.

Kick-off: 7:35pm AEST.

Location: CommBank Stadium, Sydney.