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Penrith Panthers
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Tries Brian Toâo, Stephen Crichton, Josh Mansour, Jarome Luai, Viliame Kikau, Brent Naden. Goals Nathan Cleary (4/6)
* Changes to NRL rules regarding bunker decisions has resulted in a reduction of video referee official from two to one. See the NRL Media Release for more information
There has been a changes to Video Referee Bunker effective from Round 19 announced by the NRL on Tuesday. The primary change is the reduction of Video Referee Officials from two to one.
Oh, I thought they were going to change the coin they toss to decide try/no-try or Captains Challenges to one with 2 heads, so they get a âconsistentâ outcome. It made me think of some years back when I did a Panther Stadium tour with Phil Barber & he pointed out the coin that was in the video-ref box.
I understand the other options considered by head clown Annesley were eenie meenie miney moe or rock/scissors/paper.
If the rumour about Tamou going to the Tigers is true, thereâll be a front row spot up for grabs. Tonightâs a good opportunity for Hetherington to show he can fill it.
Gotta say, no where near as confident with tonightâs game as I was last week. Given itâs Coops last season and home game, they will be up for it. Although the young blokes in their team wonât give a toss about it lol.
TBH, Iâm less concerned with the win tonight and more how the team performs in terms of maturity, game management etc. Resting Tamou, Koroisau & Tetevano means thereâs a huge chunk of experience & steadying influence thatâs gone from the side, replaced by two young blokes in Hetherington & Kenny and Capewell.
I hope Kevâs right and the Cowboys are up for the game and take it to us. Itâll be a really good test and lesson in keeping composure for a very young & inexperienced side on the eve of the finals campaign. It could be a very valuable experience to put in the bank.
Itâs going to be a long day for our boys, up & back on the same day.
I suggest it will be similar to some recent games, where the opposition will come out firing in an effort to beat us & if we meet them with our usual game, weâll get on top and get the win.
Iâll be set up in front of TV ready to cheer them on.
we have left points on the field again but my concern is for the shaft we are getting
a guy BLATANTLY tackles Crichton in the act of scoring a try, REF says its a penalty try and refers to the bunker.
Sauce gets awarded the try, no penalty try and the grub who tackled Crichton didnât even get binnedâŠHUH?
We are getting hit high almost every tackle, guy throws a punch at Yeo and Kikau goes on report for a lazy arm, which was a penalty at best but oh noâŠhe goes on report
Looks like we are playing 15 on the field. them plus the ref and video ref
We look very good and when we are interested we look amazing, its the in between which needs addressing
Woo hoo, minor premiers and well deserved.
MOM ??? Where do you start. Great to see Capewell, Hetherington, Kenny
get a run. Kenny in particular deputised for API with aplomb.
The emergence of Luai is a revelation, heâs taken his game to another level and in so doing has taken the pressure off Nathan Cleary.
A few errors creeping into our game last night (dropped balls) and some hi risk manoeuvres that phew came off, like short dropout and out the back flick passes. Kikau, Crighton and Isaiah Yeo et all played well.
From a depth perspective, a good team/squad performance with finals footy beckoning. We are in the middle of a âPENdemicâ . Bring it home boys!
i think Luai is our most improved player through all facets of his game and has added the dimension of âxâ factor and there are not many players who rarely can harness and display the x factor and maybe smarter minds then mine will write about Luai in the coming years and his importance to the team and club.
To say his game is a revelation may be a passing comment because plenty on here knew about his talent and ability, what is the revelation is how he has changed his game to harness this talent.
He now knows when to unleash the mad side-step or his deft in goal grubbers and he can now put this back in the box and focus on really great defence and as you touched on is now a great foil for Cleary and is allowing Cleary more time
Pretty exciting times for us mad Panther fans when we have such talent in the team at a given point in time.
And Cleary the coach touched on it in his presserâŠStorm and Roosters have in the main been the top dogs for the past number of years and to be in the same company says a lot about this squad.
Now the real job begins, this has just been the warm up for the main game.
A home final to start our campaign is a just reward, its a damn shame we couldnât have 20k mad Panther fans to witness the event
Maybe Panthers should put up some giant screens on the club ground , Howell Oval, Jamison Oval etc and allow fans to see the game and be heard by the playersâŠwhat an enormous feeling that would provide for the team.
You could beam on the grounds big screens in our warm up of the fans outside the ground and could send up a huge roar before they warm up to know they were there
What a marketing pay off this would be and still be within Covid guidelines
Well it really is great to be a Panther! So proud of the boys in what is an incredible season. Not much good has happened in 2020, but what our Panthers have done is fantastic.
In a match that had the potential to be a hard one for us, with the travel required, Coopers last game, & the cows last home game in a disappointing season for them. But we again shut a team down from being any real challenge, thru both attack and defence.
Our boys are truly a real team, with whatever 17 we put out on the park each week performing. Each week it is so hard to make votes for MOM, as many could get votes.
I look forward to being at the dogs game and seeing the boys presented with the trophy next week. I hope we get a large contingent of Panther fans to the game.
Do we dare to dream of being there to see them presented the ultimate trophy on 25th Oct. I think they deserve it.
Our first 20 minutes produced a grin from ear to ear. All I could think to myself was âYep we are ready for this finals campaignâ.
Congrats to all involved re the minor, maintain the focus for the Major !
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