NRL Player ratings Dragons v Panthers: Dugan, Rein shine for Red V

THE Dragons have earned back-to-back wins after beating the Panthers 14-12. Find out who starred and who flopped in our player ratings.

Dragons v Panthers

THE Dragons have earned back-to-back wins after beating the Panthers 14-12 at WIN Jubilee in Wollongong.

Find out who had the goods and who couldn’t cut it in our player ratings:

	VS
Josh Dugan 9.5 Wow. The most dominant individual performance of the season bar none	FULLBACK	Will Smith 5.5 Won’t remember a thing after heavily concussed in Thompson tackle
Peter Mata’utia 6.5 Heart attack material defensively but did a job with the ball	WING	Josh Mansour 8 Another powerful game. Would have thought he scored the matchwinner
Euan Aitken 6.5 Broke the shackles with opening try before injured late	CENTRE	Waqa Blake 5 This bloke was a bit all over the shop in both attack and defence
Tim Lafai 6 Saw enough of the ball but not influential enough	CENTRE	Peta Hiku 7.5 Scored one, almost scored another. Prominent all game
Jason Nightingale 7 They peppered him all game but he never so much as sneezed	WING	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 8 Along with Mansour was the Panthers biggest threat
Gareth Widdop 7.5 A big influence on the outcome. Huge pressure conversion near the end	5/8	Te Maire Martin 5 Does Soward not like this kid? Give him the ball for God’s sake
Josh McCrone 5.5 Has some good moments but exposed defensively too often	H/BACK	Jamie Soward 6 Did very little until two big plays late but it still wasn’t enough
Leeson Ah Mau 6.5 Strong first stint and got his side on the front foot	PROP	Sam McKendry 5.5 Was busted early and wasn’t a force when he came back on
Mitch Rein 8.5 Looks like Jane but playing like Tarzan. Outstanding out of dummy half	HOOKER	Peter Wallace 6 Plenty of tackles but wasn’t the threat from dummy half he has been
Russell Packer 6.5 Awful, error-prone first shift but made amends when put back out there	PROP	Reagan Campbell-Gillard 7 Went missing early but lot to like about second half effort
Tyson Frizell 7 Always a handful charging it up and a big work-rate	2ND ROW	Bryce Cartwright 6.5 Threatened with the footy but first half dislocated thumb ended his day early
Joel Thompson 6.5 Played tough. On report for a great, front-on tackle	2ND ROW	Isaah Yeo 6.5 Great defensive effort but just steady with the footy
Jack de Belin 8 Has found another level this season. A machine in defence	LOCK	Trent Merrin 8 Penrith’s best forward against his old club
Mike Cooper 7.5 A luxury for coach McGregor to have him coming off the bench	I/CHANGE	Tyrone Peachey 5 Threatened to cut loose a few times but really well contained
Will Matthews 6 Not huge minutes but did some special things out there	I/CHANGE	Leilani Latu 7 Lifted the Panthers when he was out there
Siliva Havili 0 Must have been super-glued to the bench. No action at all	I/CHANGE	Suaia Matagi 7 One big charge and plenty of impact from the former Rooster
Jake Marketo 3.5 Was given the last 15 minutes and no real impact	I/CHANGE	James Fisher-Harris 4 Good off-load for Mansour try but not much game time
108.5	TOTAL	107.5

Originally published as NRL Player ratings Dragons v Panthers: Dugan, Rein shine for Red V