The Panthers became the first side this season to win coming off a Monday night game, but only after surviving a Tigers onslaught when fatigue threatened to rob them of a deserved two competition points.

The visitors locked it up at 22-all with 17 minutes left before the Panthers found life and then some, piling on three tries in the last eight minutes to make it eight wins from the last nine contests between the sides.

It was enough to have Elliott gushing.

''I guess what the coach should do now is be pretty cool and talk about what we need to do, all that stuff that bores you guys to tears, but I'm just over the moon for them,'' Elliott said.

''It's such a pleasure to work with these guys and I'm excited I'm excited because we're starting to get some rewards for the hard work we're putting in.

''There was a bit of fatigue out on the park tonight ... I saw plenty of Monday night out there tonight.

''While our execution was down, our character and our commitment for each other was there in bucket loads.''

The Tigers were left seeing red, not at their own ineptness in defence, but at a 9-2 penalty count which they claim gave them no hope of victory.

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