The biggest smiles of the night for Penrith came in the final minute when Jaemon Salmon put a bookend on last year's "weak-gutted dog" saga with an emphatic message to sledging fans at Canberra Stadium.
"I just said 'weak-gutted dog'. I think it was pretty obvious. Just a bit of fun," Salmon said of his emotional bark after scoring a try to put the Panthers beyond 50 points.
Salmon said Raiders supporters on Friday night had been reminding him of last year's dramatic Ricky Stuart press conference that led to the coach being fined and suspended one match.