NRL finals live: Penrith Panthers vs Warriors at Penrith Stadium ...

That was clinical.

This evening's 32-6 win over the Warriors sends the two-time defending premiers into their fourth straight grand final qualifier in the sort of fashion you'd expect from a team of this quality.

Nathan Cleary and James Fisher-Harris led the way yet again, with Isaah Yeo and Dylan Edwards typically impressive, but really that was a statement win for the whole team.

The Broncos were so good in demolishing the Storm last night, you could almost feel Penrith running out with a chip on the shoulder at the mere suggestion they were anything other than the team to beat.

The Warriors' attack is still so disjointed. It breaks down in the middle, with Tohu Harris and Freddy Lussick  caught harmlessly under the posts. And then the dummy-half pass from *checks notes* Addin Fonua-Blake is way too high for Te Maire Martin on the last, forcing a rushed grubber that goes straight to Dylan Edwards.

The Warriors try to put on a right-side shift, but again they just run Dallin Watene-Zelezniak into a corner and out into touch. Panthers always had that one covered.

Once again, nothing on, Nathan Cleary gets the ball, floats across field and shows, shows and goes, speeding past Adam Pompey and Marcelo Montoya to cross.

That was the sort of play you see from the greatest halves. His mere presence is simply paralysing for a terrified and hapless defence.

And that try is really all that was missing for him after a complete performance.

He even converts from out wide, although only just, scraping the back of the crossbar on its way over.

A bomb went up and Rocco Berry ran into position to get under it, but completely took his eye off the ball and it just hit his hand.

The knock-on was initially missed, but Nathan Cleary challenged to make sure the Panthers kept the ball.

No. Let. Up.

The Panthers aren't releasing the pressure despite leading by 20 points.

This is the clinical sort of performance that has led them to three straight grand finals.

We're deep into desperation time now.

And Te Maire Martin and Dylan Walker get it all wrong. Another error, another incomplete set, another missed opportunity.

Yep, it's that left-side attack again, this time Isaah Yeo to Nathan Cleary, pumping and timing the pass to Stephen Crichton, who sums it up with a ball out to his winger for his second try of the night.

Even when Penrith gets it wrong, it comes good.

The dummy-half pass on the last was wayward, missing Nathan Cleary and hitting Dylan Edwards instead, but Josh Curran can't make the tackle.

Edwards finds Cleary, who chips over the top and Dylan Walker is called for a knock-on.

It's challenged and replays are inconclusive. So the on-field call stands, but the Warriors keep their challenge.

Trying to spark a little something are the Warriors.

Dylan Walker launches a well placed bomb off the front foot, but the chasers don't contest against the relatively diminutive Sunia Turuva.

Former Panther Wayde Egan goes over after an expansive improvisational move, starting with a Mitch Barnett offload in the middle of the field.

Centre Rocco Berry unleashed Dallin Watene-Zelezniak down the right with a superb flick pass, and DWZ floated a long ball back in to the onrushing Egan.

Adam Pompey converts from right in front, and it's 20-6 with 22 minutes left.

Crazier things have happened.

The Panthers were building excellently on the sort of left-side shift we've seen yield points so many times, but this time Stephen Crichton's final pass misses Sunia Turuva and goes over the sideline into touch.

Tohu Harris and Mitch Barnett combined well to almost send Barnett over in the middle, but the following shift out to the left was just too predictable, and Adam Pompey gives Marcelo Montoya an offload with nowhere to go but out.

And another crusher tackle, this time Dylan Walker on Liam Martin, helps Penrith into the Warriors' half.

But Dallin Watene-Zelezniak earns them a penalty.

There have been a fair few of these piggyback penalties in the first two finals games and the Warriors badly needed that one.

Luke Garner accidentally ducked into a crusher-tackle position and Tohu Harris is pinged. Rough for the Warriors, but that's been a penalty for years.

It feels like this is the first period of a couple of minutes in this match without any major errors or points.

The Panthers can afford to just settle back into the contest, but the Warriors need to try to force the issue.

Dylan Walker is trying to spark them with boot and his running game, but Dylan Edwards and Luke Garner shut him down.

The Warriors hooker is down after getting awkwardly crushed while trying to tackle Moses Leota.

There's an abundance of caution out there because the injury is around the neck area. Hopefully everything is OK.

He's sitting up and looks like he'll play on.

Isaah Yeo knocks on in the play-the-ball, giving the Warriors a set starting on halfway. Can they muster anything? They've barely fired a shot today.

Nope, wasted again as Crichton slaps the arm of Wayde Egan at dummy half, forcing the forward pass.

The Warriors can't get anything going.

The young winger looked completely trapped on the left wing and almost surrendered with the ball, but juked past Dallin Watene-Zelezniak and came oh so close to scoring down the shortest of blindsides.

The Warriors survive.