Dylan Edwards has reaffirmed his status as one of the NRL's best fullbacks, crossing four times to help Penrith to a 44-12 domination of Manly.
Billed as the battle of the No.1s, Edwards had a field day while Tom Trbojevic appeared to be hampered by a hip injury on a horror night for the Sea Eagles.
Nathan Cleary also completely outgunned his State of Origin rival Daly Cherry-Evans, putting Edwards over for all three of his first-half tries before kicking for himself late to score.
But the night belonged to Edwards, who finished with 12 tackles busts, three linebreaks and put a teammate through a gap to put the Panthers on the attack.
After questions were asked about the two-time defending premiers' attack in the opening month of the season, Penrith have now scored 97 points in the space of nine days.
Manly didn't help themselves, during a first half in which Penrith had 73 per cent of possession, enjoyed 81 per cent of territory and scored 32 points to none.
Edwards' first try came when Kelma Tualagi was left clutching at thin air trying to make a regulation tackle, allowing the fullback to skip across.
His next came in bizarre fashion, with Brad Parker kicking possession back to the Panthers when he inexplicably volleyed a Cleary kick as it fell to the ground.
From the ensuing set Edwards was able to score, before his third try came in more traditional fashion off the back of a superb Cleary offload.
Edwards won last year's Clive Churchill Medal, but has never earned higher honours at NSW or Australian level.
The Sea Eagles missed 28 tackles in the first half alone, with Jason Saab accounting for six of them as Penrith terrorised Manly down the left on the winger's return from an ACL rupture.
For all Manly's woes, Penrith were still sublime.
They moved the ball freely on both edges, and showed none of the signs of missing two of their best forwards in James Fisher-Harris and Liam Martin.
Stephen Crichton was brilliant, putting Brian To'o over with a bullet pass from dummy half and producing a no-look flick to put the winger into space before Edwards' fourth.
Another try came when Soni Luke looked to the right and went left out of dummy-half to put Scott Sorenson over.
After winning their first two matches, Manly now have serious concerns on and off the field.
Reuben Garrick will miss Friday night's match against Melbourne after suffering a concussion, while Karl Lawton appeared to dislocate his shoulder.
Manly have now leaked 30 points in three of five matches this season, while they had to wait until the 60th minute for a try when Cherry-Evans grubber-kicked for Saab.
Trbojevic also crossed late from a cross-field Cherry-Evans kick, with points from the boot Manly's only answer as they failed to break the line once.
