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enrith roared back into form last weekend with an intense dismantling of the Melbourne Storm, while the Roosters eased some of the concerns their fans have had after their start to the season.

It all makes for an intriguing match-up at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday night, as the Panthers aim to stay on top of the competition and their opponents look to consolidate a top four spot.

The Panthers would have taken enormous confidence out of last week’s win over Melbourne. After the slip-up against the Eels the week prior, it was a reassurance that the side’s Premiership defence is well and truly on track.

And it also saw a couple of players return to their best form, namely Viliame Kikau and Jarome Luai. Kikau, now playing 80

SATURDAY, MAY 21 | 7.35PM | SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND | REFEREE: GERARD SUTTON minutes a week, is finally settling into a role that doesn’t just involve him getting the ball and crashing towards the line. His leap for a try in the early stages of last weekend’s game was the kind of play that will continue to devastate oppositions.

The Panthers starved Melbourne of possession last weekend, with 62 per cent of the ball and a completion rate of 81 per cent. They forced errors and frustrated the Storm, something Craig Bellamy’s side can be guilty of on the rare occasions they fall behind in games early.

The Panthers will again aim to respect the footy and dominate possession this weekend, as they have done for much of the season. In fact no side wins the possession battle more than Penrith.

After a shaky opening two months of the season, the Roosters have shown signs of

a mid-season run in the past two weeks, demolishing the Titans and never really looking in doubt against the Eels, despite a second half comeback from Brad Arthur’s team.

James Tedesco is finding form heading towards the State of Origin series, while Sam Walker and Luke Keary had one of the better games together last weekend as the Roosters strive to get that halves combination settled.

Coach Trent Robinson will be hoping there’s no backward step for Walker and Keary this weekend as they come up against the best halves in the competition, both fresh from solid performances.

In a blow for the Roosters, Victor Radley will be missing due to an ankle injury, while the Panthers will again field a full-strength side at the SCG on Saturday night.

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I’m expecting an intense forward battle.

The clash of Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Siosiua Taukeiaho with James FisherHarris and Moses Leota will be worth the admission price alone. And Kikau, who knows what he’ll do given he’s found some confidence and form.

In the end, Penrith’s defence – the best in the competition by far – will be enough to get them home here. Penrith looked sharp, in focus and switched on last weekend – and there’s no reason to think they won’t take the same attitude into this one.

The Roosters will be buoyed by the home ground advantage and last week’s solid win over Parramatta, but the Panthers are just looking too good at the moment and I can’t see them slipping up here, especially on the back of last week’s impressive win.

Tip: Panthers by 10.

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1 Dylan Edwards

10 James Fisher-Harris

1 James Tedesco (c)

2 Taylan May

11 Viliame Kikau

2 Daniel Tupou

10 Siosiua Taukeiaho 11 Angus Chrichton

3 Izack Tago

12 Liam Martin

3 Paul Momirovski

12 Sitili Tupouniua

4 Stephen Crichton

13 Isaah Yeo

4 Joseph Manu

13 Nat Butcher

5 Brian To’o

14 Mitch Kenny

5 Joseph Suaalii

14 Drew Hutchison

6 Jarome Luai

15 Scott Sorensen

6 Sam Walker

15 Fletcher Baker

7 Nathan Cleary (c)

16 Spencer Leniu

7 Luke Keary

16 Daniel Suluka-Fifita

8 Moses Leota

17 Jaeman Salmon

8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves

17 Lindsay Collins

9 Apisai Koroisau

18 Robert Jennings 19 Chris Smith

9 Connor Watson

18 Lachlan Lam 19 Egan Butcher

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CIRALDO UNLIKELY TO DEPART ! Ciro won’t be a Bulldog: The chances of Penrith assistant coach Cameron Ciraldo joining the Bulldogs as their new head coach are remote, but not totally out of the question. Ciraldo would be silly not to at least listen to a head coach job offer but I’m told his appetite for heading to Belmore just isn’t there, despite his links with several key players including Matt Burton and Viliame Kikau. Anyone coaching the side will have to do so under the scrutiny of Phil Gould, and Ciraldo knows all about that and how it impacts, and sometimes impedes, the head coach. Ciraldo would also be aware that other NRL jobs are likely to emerge in the next off-season which may have more interest and stability.

! West hard to beat: It’s no surprise that Stephen Crichton has been linked to a possible switch to NRL newcomers the Dolphins, but clubs wanting to raid Penrith’s Premiership winners have a stumbling block bigger than big-money contracts: the ties so many of these players have to their community. It’s why the likes of Crichton, Brian To’o and Jarome Luai are all likely to take slightly less cash than what rivals are offering if it means they can stay in greater western Sydney. That’s not to say the money won’t be tempting enough to sway someone along the line, but the Penrith / Mount Druitt connection will keep plenty of players at the foot of the Mountains in the years to come.

! Barrett return not on the cards: Many fans automatically jumped to the conclusion that Trent Barrett could find his way back to Penrith in an assistant role now that he’s parted ways with the Bulldogs. I’m told there’s more chance of Clive Palmer joining the Penrith coaching staff than Barrett, who has been at the club twice before.

! Fans over the top: Your writer has started exiting some of the Facebook groups dedicated to the Panthers out of pure frustration. The ridiculous accusations that the referees are against Penrith, that there’s some NRL and media conspiracy against the team and the slagging off of other teams has reached fever pitch. It is very rare, despite what one-eyed fans like to believe, that a referee has all that much influence over the result of a game, and even rarer that a referee “has it out” for a certain team. Some of Penrith’s fans need a lesson in humility and maybe a copy of the NRL rule book. It’s embarrassing. And let’s not forget – the Panthers have lost only a handful of games in the past three seasons and made two Grand Finals. To suggest there’s some sort of conspiracy against them is bordering on lunacy.

! Martin looks for big deal: Second rower Liam Martin wants to stay at Penrith but the 25-year-old would be silly not to put himself on the open market and see where his value sits, especially if he plays Origin again this year. Martin is off-contact at the end of the 2023 season and would be free to talk to rival clubs on November 1. This new deal could well be the biggest Martin will ever sign and he’ll do the right thing and trust the process to find him the best deal. Don’t rule the Panthers out – they know Martin is not easily replaced, particularly given his versatility in the pack.

! Luai battled on: It won’t be talked about but I’m told it was nothing short of remarkable that Jarome Luai played against the Eels a fortnight ago. He was so sick that some officials expected him to miss the game. It won’t go down in rugby league folklore but it was a mighty effort from the five-eighth. ! Cleary back in the box: Panthers coach Ivan Cleary is finally expected to return to the coach’s box this weekend at the SCG after his troublesome knee saw him miss a second consecutive game last weekend. Cleary was hoping to receive a medical clearance to fly to Brisbane on

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Saturday but instead was forced to stay in Sydney with Cameron Ciraldo in charge at Suncorp Stadium. Cleary addressed the team post-match via video chat.

was 30 per cent up on the round nine Fox League game average. It’s an impressive result given Channel Nine also took the game live, with an average audience of 457,834.

! Election time: Penrith officials sent details of pre-polling to the playing group some weeks ago to ensure there’s no extra game day distraction.

! Spotted: This very impressive Masked Panther impersonator in the crowd at Suncorp Stadium for Magic Round.

! Cleary’s record: Nathan Cleary is now the second highest point scorer in Penrith’s history, edging past 1991 Premiership winner Greg Alexander last weekend. He’s still got a while to go before he goes past Ryan Girdler, but given he’s still likely got a decade of football to go, Cleary is set to break every Penrith record imaginable in the years to come. !

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lection night this Saturday won’t just be about the battle for the top job in Canberra, it will also see two old foes lock horns when the top of the table Panthers take on a resurgent Sydney Roosters at the SCG. Both teams are coming off strong last start victories, with the Roosters taking care of business against an in-form Parramatta, while Penrith dealt Melbourne their largest defeat since 2014.

After dismantling the Storm with relative ease during the NRL’s Magic Round, Panthers prop Scott Sorensen said their 26-point victory came down to preparation and outsmarting their opponent.

“The Melbourne Storm are Premiership heavyweights. Their results over the last month of footy has seen them come up with some big wins,” he told Extra Time.

“For us, it wasn’t necessarily focusing on the result, it was more focusing on our process and what we do well. Obviously we prepared really well for them, we came up with a few things in attack and defence that we thought would be smart and it seemed to work for us.

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well, you’re going to give yourself the best chance against such a good team.”

Making Penrith’s performance against the 2020 Premiers even more remarkable was the fact they did it without their inspi-

rational coach Ivan Cleary, who missed his second straight game with a knee infection.

Sorensen said while Cleary was missed on game day, he was there in spirit through his very capable assistants and co-captains.

“You always love having your head coach there, for sure, but under the circumstances he couldn’t be,” Sorensen said.

“The group dealt with it really well though, obviously led by our assistant coaches Cameron Ciraldo and Andrew Webster and the staff, they did an amazing job to make sure we were prepared and ready to go.

“I also feel like we’ve got two really good leaders in our captains that know how to direct and steer the ship around off the field as well.”

With Cleary set to be back in the box on Saturday night, he’ll no doubt be hoping his side can build off last weekend’s statementmaking result.

Trent Robinson’s men have won their last two games and have re-entered the top four after their upset win over Parramatta.

“It’s no surprise that they’re back in the top four. 1-17 they are a really strong side and a real dangerous attacking side across the field,” Sorensen said.

“Coming off another good win on the weekend, I think they’re building really nicely and I think they’re really starting to play some good footy.

“Hopefully we can build off our result on the weekend and put up another strong performance against the Roosters because we’re going to have to – they’re a really, really strong side.”

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Cowboys taking on the Storm – 1 v 4 and 2 v 3 on the ladder – and it promises to be an all-time night of viewing on Fox League.

The Roosters fought hard last year to have Joseph Suaalii cleared to play by the NRL before his 18th birthday, and while there were glimpses in 2021 at the undeniable talent he has, the teenager is suddenly one of the more dangerous wingers in the NRL. He has a very strong carry of the ball when the Roosters are working it out of trouble, can step with anybody in the competition, and when it comes to leaping for high balls in attack he’s just as good as Daniel Tupou, who has long been an obvious target on the Tricolours’ left edge.

Suaalii and Tupou both stand at 196cm, which is 15cm taller than both of the men who’ll be marking them for the Panthers, Brian To’o and Taylan May. If the kicking game of Keary and Walker is as sharp as it’s been over the past two weeks for the Roosters, there’s no doubt it will provide plenty of headaches for the Panthers, who will need a team-effort on both sides of the field to try and stop the Roosters wingers.

That’s the bad news for the Panthers. The good news is that when the boot is on the other foot – Nathan Cleary’s most notably – the Penrith captain will try and expose the Roosters by targeting the colossus that is Viliame Kikau, who will line-up against Keary and have just as big a height advan-

tage as Suaalii and Tupou at the other end of the field. Size isn’t everything, but boy it helps.

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ne of the great things about Magic Round in Brisbane is the first-hand opportunity to see how the NRL’s top playmakers go about their business.

And the big guns didn’t disappoint.

Nathan Cleary was pivotal as the Panthers unpicked the depleted Storm, Chad Townsend continued to prove the critics wrong for the Cowboys, Luke Keary nailed the big moments for the Roosters, and Adam Reynolds would be voted in as Mayor of Brisbane in a landslide if an election was held tomorrow.

Each of them bring different skillsets to their teams’ attack, but the one thing they all possess is a gold-plated kicking game.

Reynolds’ chip-and-chase effort to set Suncorp Stadium alight against the Sea Eagles brought back memories of the great Allan Langer, who watched Reynolds’ piece of individual brilliance from the vantage point of the Broncos bench and no doubt loved every second of it.

Adam Reynolds might now be referred to as Alfie Reynolds from this point forward.

Roosters five-eighth Sam Walker produced a similar try from a kick over the top for himself against a 12-man Eels outfit, and when he and Luke Keary get to go head-to-head with Nathan Cleary and Jarome Luai at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Round 11 this weekend, it really will put the super into Super Saturday.

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t’s almost certain that by the time he finishes his career, Nathan Cleary may not only go down as the greatest player and point scorer the Panthers have ever produced but maybe the highest point scorer in the history of rugby league.

This somewhat bold prediction is made just as Nathan passes Penrith legend Greg Alexander as the second highest point scorer in Panthers history.

Cleary finished the weekend on 1108 points, four clear of Brandy’s career tally of 1104. There’s no doubt Alexander’s total would have been a lot higher if he hadn’t played two seasons with the Warriors (1995-96) but unfortunately you can’t re-write history.

Well, not unless you’re Nathan Cleary.

The man known as ‘Clez’ is only 464 points behind current Penrith all-time number one point scorer Ryan Girdler (1572). This record will fall in the next two years if Cleary stays healthy.

At 24, Cleary already holds several point scoring records. He’s already the second youngest player behind Graham Eadie to pass 1000 career points and he also holds the record of most points scored in a single match for Penrith with 34 (Rd 25 v Newcastle 2019). That figure is also the second most points scored in a single NRL game.

While Girdler’s record may be a couple of years away, the next one in Nathan’s sights would have to be his father’s. Yep, currently

Proving popular: Nathan Cleary mixes with fans. Photo: NRL Images.

Ivan Cleary sits at number 25 in the NRL all-time point scoring record holders with 1363 points.

I expect Clez to pass that figure next year.

Now, let’s take a look at who currently sits atop the mountain as rugby league’s number one point scorer. Yes, it’s the Melbourne Storm’s Cameron Smith with a phenomenal 2786 points.

As a guide Smith was 37 when he retired and played another record breaking 430 rugby league games.

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Nathan Cleary is at ‘Base Camp’ when it comes to reaching that Everest peak but he’s certainly well on his way.

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enrith Panthers Jersey Flegg Cup coach Jono Rolfe believes the team is well-placed heading into the middle of the season, despite three straight losses earlier in the year.

After a pair of victories to open the season, COVID-19 and NSW Cup commitments saw several players and an assistant coach miss games.

Despite that, losses against Souths and Canterbury were only by two and four points respectively, with Rolfe believing that the Panthers were the better side for most of the game against the Bulldogs.

“I actually felt we were the better side [against Canterbury],” Rolfe said.

“We just had one or two moments where we led with 15 minutes to go and blew that game. We turned a corner then I felt.

“I had a couple of tough conversations with a few players.

“Even though we didn’t get the result that day I felt that we probably should have.”

The reversal in form has been strong, winning four straight games by 20 points or more.

The ability to select virtually the same squad each week also helped with that according to Rolfe, especially the spine.

In addition to the turnaround in form, Rolfe was also happy with the way the players have come together, particularly those from outside the Penrith system.

“We had some kids from outside the

system and they’ve really started to find their feet and understand what the club is about,” he said.

“Culturally, they’ve really been buying in.”

Rolfe said he was proud of the effort the team was making, along with their willingness to improve, but did note that there’s still plenty to work on coming into the Origin period when players will be called up to NSW Cup. “There’s always something to improve on.

We’re just nailing each week with our preparation,” he said.

“I wouldn’t say there’s one particular weakness in our side at the moment but it’s about playing for 70 minutes.”

Rolfe nominated Ativalu Lisati, Niwhai and Hohepa Puru, Connor Mason, Isaiah Iongi, Bradley Fearnley and Hanna El-Nchar as just some of the players who have impressed him heading into Saturday’s clash with the Roosters at Leichhardt.

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