Perfect Panthers in seventh heaven
The Penrith Panthers defeated the Newcastle Knights on Thursday evening to notch their seventh consecutive win of the year.
The Penrith Panthers defeated the Newcastle Knights on Thursday evening to notch their seventh consecutive win of the year.
The Penrith Panthers have been copping it left, right and centre over the past fortnight and the “arrogant” claims have left a mark.
Brad Fittler has plenty of options when he gets to picking his NSW Origin side but two men have made an almost undeniable case.
On first look, it appears an out-of-character performance. But was the Titans capitulation against Manly an ugly sign of things to come? Plus check out the Dally M votes and full leaderboard.
BOYD Cordner could not help himself cheering for the Knights last weekend. Next week he’s got to stop his old mate and matchwinner Mitchell Pearce doing it to the Roosters.
A LOT of NRL fans are feeling ripped off with no Holden Cup curtain-raisers at premiership matches this year. At least the Sydney Roosters have done something about it.
ROUND two team lists have delivered a host of changes with frustrated coaches wielding the axe following an underwhelming opening week. EVERY TEAM HERE:
LAST year’s runner-up Michael Carayannis grabbed the lead after a difficult opening round. Check out our experts’ selections for round two plus their no brainers, upsets and coin tosses.
PAUL Gallen owners faced an anxious wait but their man will start for Cronulla this week. Tune into the SuperCoach NRL Countdown Show from 6.30pm to find out.
WHEN Newcastle forked out $3 million over four years for Kalyn Ponga, most thought it was crazy cash. Not so, writes PAUL CRAWLEY.
NRL Daily: The Knights could be without co-captain Jamie Buhrer for Sunday’s showdown with the Raiders. Rolling league coverage.
ADAM Doueihi is all but certain to be named as South Sydney’s No. 7 following the injury to halfback Adam Reynolds that will keep him sidelined for up to a month — all the latest Round 2 team news.
HE’S back! Former SuperCoach NRL champion Wilfred Zee looks at the good, bad and ugly of Round One including the guns that fired, a big one who didn’t and a boom debut.
RICKY Stuart has made one major change to his line-up for the Raiders’ round one clash against the Titans with Blake Austin to replace Aidan Sezer at five-eighth.
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