Alex Johnston has crossed for five tries in South Sydney's win over Penrith, after the Tigers won a battle of the cellar-dwellers in Newcastle
The stunning display by Johnston led Souths to a 42-14 win over the Panthers in one of the Rabbitohs' most complete performances of the season.
Johnston had a hat-trick in the bag in the first half and made it five before the hour mark, aided by brilliant performances by Adam Reynolds, Cody Walker and Sam Burgess.
It appeared the former Kangaroo had a sixth late in the piece, which would have put him alone at the top of the club's single-game try-scoring list, but the bunker rightly found a knock-on in the lead-up.
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Tigers take down Knights in bottom-of-the-table showdown
Wests Tigers took a step towards avoiding their first NRL wooden spoon, beating Newcastle 33-12 on Sunday.
The win puts the Tigers two points above the Knights at the bottom of the ladder with a bye in hand.
The Tigers' attack looked the most cohesive it has at any point under new coach Ivan Cleary as Luke Brooks and Tuimoala Lolohea combined well.
Moses Suli had the best game of his young career.
New South Wales State of Origin prop Aaron Woods was also in form with four offloads and 161 metres in a dominant display.
Suli, 19, busted through seven tackles and had one try assist at left centre as Tigers fans got their best glimpse of the future of the club at Hunter Stadium.
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