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PANTHER RUMBLINGS

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SAUCE HAMPERED » Josh Mansour’s return to peak fitness

is being hampered by a couple of niggling injuries, the most recent to his wrist.

While he’s playing on and still doing well after recovering from a serious ACL injury, there’s little doubt that the powerhouse winger will be much better next year with a full pre-season under his belt.

» Meanwhile, Mansour has admitted that

a number of players got a little too excited about the side’s premiership prospects this year and got caught up in the hype of the favouritism tag. He made the admission during a one-on-one interview with Peter Sterling on Fox League on Tuesday.

» Could Tim Grant possibly play out the

twilight years of his career where it all began at the Panthers? The 29-year-old is off contract at the Wests Tigers and is unlikely to be retained by Ivan Cleary.

There’s a few whispers doing the rounds suggesting that Grant wants to return to the foot of the Mountains and could be willing to ply his trade in reserve grade.

» The brand new rugby league video

game has been released this week on PS4 and Xbox. While ‘Rugby League Live 4’ will never be at the standard of an EA Sports-produced game, it looks like the creators behind this new release have done pretty well to deliver one of the better league games available. However, look out for a few bizarre Penrith-related issues. I’m told Mitch Rein is nowhere to be found in Penrith’s NRL team but is hiding away in the ISP NSW squad, while Peter Wallace looks more like Ed Sheeran than Wallace himself. Peta Hiku is also still floating around as a Panther, but that is sure to be patched pretty quickly.

Game creators also had to tackle the issue of player tattoos, opting to go with one standard set of ink for every player.

» Cryotherapy is the latest trend when it comes to match recovery and plenty of Panthers players are using the machines off-site. In fact, it’s almost replaced the traditional pool session as part of the

team’s recovery. I’m told Phil Gould is weighing up the prospect of getting out the cheque book and purchasing a machine for the Rugby League Academy ahead of next season. For those not in the know, Cryotherapy is a pain treatment that uses a method of localised freezing temperatures to deaden an irritated nerve or alleviate muscle soreness.

» Gould may also be weighing up the

prospect of employing a full-time babysitter at Panthers HQ. There’s clearly something in the water at the Panthers with the partners of Peter Wallace, Josh Mansour, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak and James Fisher-Harris all expecting little ones in the months ahead. Sam McKendry, Tyrone Peachey and Moses Leota all recently welcomed new additions to their families.

» Sitaleki Akauola remains off-contract

at the end of the season with no word on a potential new deal. As the weeks tick by, it’s looking more and more likely that he’ll have to find a new home in 2018.

» Has anyone noticed that Penrith centre

Waqa Blake wears one sock up and one sock down when he’s playing? We asked the two try hero from last week what’s behind the deliberate wardrobe malfunction, and he tells us he’s been playing that way since he was a little kid. The quirk has settled in now and is part of his ritual for game day.

» Leivaha Pulu from the Titans copped

a fine this week after being charged with tripping Penrith’s Josh Mansour in the 51st minute of last Saturday’s clash at Pepper Stadium. All of the on-field officials somehow missed the incident.

» Penrith’s Caleb Aekins and Daniel

Brown have both been selected in the Wales train-on squad for the Rugby League World Cup. Wales will open their World Cup campaign when they face Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby on Saturday, October 28.

Josh Mansour in action last weekend. Photo: Melinda Jane

» A bizarre but rare piece of Panthers

memorabilia popped up on eBay this week. For a bargain price of $2000, you can get your hands on a corner flag from the 1991 Grand Final between Penrith and Canberra. It even comes with a certificate of authenticity.

» Channel Seven is poised to announce

that Dan Ginnane and Andrew Moore will both make the transition from radio to TV and head up the commentary team for the Rugby League World Cup later this year. It comes after a deal with Fox Sports could not be reached.

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t’s so close, yet so far away.

Eighth place on the competition ladder is more within reach than ever, yet it could slip through Penrith’s fingers at any moment.

And as St George-Illawarra’s shock 52-22 win over Manly last Sunday proved, the Panthers don’t necessarily control their own destiny – other sides will have a say in their fate.

However, with six games remaining it’s fair enough to say that if Penrith keep winning, they’ll play Finals footy in September.

The next fortnight offers an enormous opportunity for the Panthers with clashes against the struggling Bulldogs and Tigers

at Pepper Stadium a chance for Penrith to really solidify their post-season chances.

It won’t be easy, however, especially with captain Matt Moylan missing from the Bulldogs clash due to a worrying hamstring injury that also kept him out of the game against the Warriors a fortnight ago. Tyrone May again comes in to the side to play five-eighth.

It wasn’t so long ago that the Panthers put the cleaners through the Bulldogs 30-0 at ANZ Stadium, but I get the feeling it won’t be so easy this time around.

Canterbury are a club that often responds to and thrives under pressure and with coach Des Hasler’s future in the spotlight this week, the side’s Finals hopes officially gone and Josh Reynolds under investigation for an incident at a Cronulla nightclub, there’s plenty of pressure to go around at Belmore right now.

The Bulldogs will have something to

prove in the latter stages of the competition and the Panthers aren’t necessarily playing first class footy, so there’s every chance of an upset in this clash.

The Dogs are also boosted by the return of skipper James Graham from injury.

Last Saturday’s game against the Titans was scrappy at best, but Penrith did enough to win and pounced on opportunities presented by their opposition, particularly in the second half.

What the Panthers probably lack at the moment is some spark when the game starts to get a little dour late in the first half or mid-way through the second, and the likely return of Bryce Cartwright will help with that issue. He came back via reserve grade last weekend and all reports suggested he created plenty of chaos in the 50 minutes he was out there.

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Reagan Campbell-Gillard on the bench for the opening exchanges and then letting him loose for the final 60 minutes – it’s working well and as long as the Panthers survive the early stages of games, they’re able to bring on the likes of RCG and Leilani Latu and really own the back portion of the first half.

It’s widely known that the Bulldogs struggle to score points, and they’re not suddenly going to turn things around this week, which means the Panthers need to play simple, tough and grinding football.

If Penrith are patient, the points will come and the Bulldogs will ultimately be frustrated out of the contest.

I think this match offers the Panthers a real chance to show the rest of the competition what they’ve got – and with a four point gap now on their nearest rivals, it’s not a match they can afford to lose.

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ith six rounds of the NRL competition to go, there’s nine teams battling it out for the final top eight positions.

For this week’s column I’m going to list my surprise packets for season 2017 as well as my biggest disappointments.

My top surprise packet for this season is the Manly Sea Eagles.

After a slow start to the year and almost $1 million under the cap, what coach Trent Barrett’s done with that roster is unbelievable. He resurrected a number of players’ careers including Akuila Uate and Curtis Sironen, while Blake Green is performing at such a high level.

I love watching Tom and his brother Jake Trbojevic play, and even down 30-0 last week against the Dragons, you knew the Sea Eagles would come back and make a game of it.

My second top surprise packet for 2017 is the Parramatta Eels.

Parramatta have been one of my favourite teams to watch this year, they are a real bunch of footballers. While they haven’t

got as many athletes as some of the other teams in the competition, what they have got is some smart players in their team.

While the combination between Mitchell Moses and Corey Norman is growing each week, they will miss the energy and skill of Clint Gutherson, who was fast becoming one of my favourite players to watch.

My biggest disappointment of the season has to be the Canberra Raiders.

Canberra have got the most talented mix of youth and experience in the competition but haven’t had any consistency with it in 2017.

This could have easily been the Raiders’ season had they won some of those tight games but now they’re going to have to sit down in the off-season and really analyse how to manage a game when it gets close.

It’s been a tough year if you’re a Raiders fan but sometimes you’ve got to be harsh to actually look at the big picture.

I couldn’t split my next two disappointments in the New Zealand Warriors and Canterbury Bulldogs.

Both these sides have big talented packs and huge names on their roster but they haven’t been able to put it together on the field. I like to think if you swapped

the Warriors’ mentality with the Titans’ mentality; you’d probably have a top eight team.

It’s hard to believe that the Warriors boast the New Zealand international spine, yet no one is able to unlock their capabilities on a consistent basis, and the same goes for the Bulldogs.

Canterbury have had so much drama surrounding Des Hasler this season that it’s finally taking its toll. The Bulldogs just

haven’t developed their game or changed their attack and that’s why they are in the situation they are today.

It’ll be interesting to see how the next six weeks plays out and whether the Penrith Panthers (currently ninth) can sneak their way in.

While Penrith need some results to go their way as well as win themselves, they are more than capable of getting in and upsetting some teams in the Finals.

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Waqa Blake breaks free

he photograph accompanying this story says it all – Waqa Blake is oozing confidence right now and nobody is going to get in his way.

The exciting Panthers centre produced one his best attacking performances of the season last weekend, scoring a double and running an impressive 199 metres against the Titans.

While his NRL career got off to a shaky start a number of years ago, there’s no denying that the rangy Fijian is now well and truly a force to be reckoned with.

The 22-year-old credited his teammates for making him the player he is today.

“I think it just comes off the back of the group of boys that I play with,” Blake admitted.

“My teammates really help with my confidence and, after a slow start to my career, I now know what to do out there.”

And those “group of boys” know Blake and his game very well, having risen through the Panthers system together as teenagers.

In 2013, Blake won the Under 20’s Holden Cup Grand Final alongside many of his current NRL teammates including Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Bryce Cartwright, Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Isaah Yeo. A second group of Holden Cup graduates from Penrith’s premiership-winning 2015 side are also making a name for themselves in first grade including Nathan Cleary, Dylan Edwards, Tyrone May, Moses Leota, James Fisher-Harris and Corey Harawria-Naera.

There’s no denying that Penrith has become an incredible breeding ground for exceptional talent, which will only be beneficial to the club now and in the future.

“When you grow up and play with each other, you know what style they play and you can feed off their confidence and help each other out,” Blake said.

“Just the other day when Tyrone May made his debut, we were talking about how awesome it is that we are all playing together now.”

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SINGING THE BLUES NATHAN TAYLOR @natetaylor87

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eagan Campbell-Gillard has arguably been Penrith’s best forward all year, and now teammate and fellow big man James Tamou believes the 24-year-old has the attitude and natural ability to take his career to the next level.

During the pre-season, the former Cowboy and Premiership winner singled out Campbell-Gillard as the player he couldn’t wait to play with and the one who he predicted would make a giant leap in 2017.

20 rounds in the can and the humble kid from Mount Druitt hasn’t let anyone down.

Speaking with Extra Time, Tamou strongly believes that if Campbell-Gillard can continue his good form into next year, he will play Origin footy in 2018.

“While Reagan Campbell-Gillard has been relegated to the bench in recent weeks, that in no means is a demotion,” he said.

“If he keeps playing like he is, he’ll be playing Origin next year.”

Since coming off the bench against the Titans and Warriors over the past fortnight, Campbell-Gillard has put in two of his best performances of the season, averaging 180 metres and 28 tackles.

Despite some initial head scratching from experts and fans, Campbell-Gillard’s move has proven to be a tactical masterstroke from coach Anthony Griffin.

Tamou said Campbell-Gillard likes to play with a chip on his shoulder.

“Reg really takes it personal in games,” he said.

“He’s a raw player that really just takes it to them and he can create something out of nothing.

“He’s just one of those players that really takes it personal and really does good things for the team.”

While Campbell-Gillard is firing at the right time of the season, so are Penrith who – on the back of three straight wins – sit just two points outside the coveted top eight. Despite winning ugly against the Gold Coast Titans last Saturday afternoon, Tamou said the side is finally clicking and doing enough to grind out victories.

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Reagan Campbell-Gillard in action against the Titans. Photo: Melinda Jane “I think everyone is just coming together, we know what we are capable of and what we can do. It’s just putting it all together, putting it on the same page and everyone working it out,” he said.

“The belief is there and we just have to take all the positives out of the Titans game last Saturday – it wasn’t very pretty but sometimes that’s how you have to win.”

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We’re expecting plenty from a bunch of kids...

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are still growing up. In very few other workplaces do we expect so much from someone so young.

The pressure on elite, maturing athletes is extreme.

For the best part I think the young men in our game handle it well.

Sure, from our seat we’d consider a professional footballer the dream job, but when these young men go to work there’s literally hundreds of thousands of people watching, analysing and commenting on their every action. Is this level of judgement across all workplaces? The simple answer is ‘no’.

Watching this group (and their mates) mature in their workplace is going to be something special over the coming years.

However, while these kids are Penrith’s future, they are also Penrith’s now ... and over the next six weeks we’re expecting a lot of them, largely because the season didn’t start to script.

So the race to September football has come early and these are the youngsters that will largely determine if the Panthers do or don’t play Finals. A tonne of pressure at such a young age.

Enjoy the run to the post-season.

o.... what do you want to be when you grow up?

I turned 26* in May and to be honest I’ve still got no idea. That’s OK though. These decisions can’t be made in a split second, they take time and I’m certainly taking mine but that’s exactly what rugby league fans won’t accept on a football field. We expect young men to make thousands of spilt second decisions every week, and always the right one. We expect a lot, probably too much. They’re only kids! Well, the Cubs of Penrith are anyway.

For proof, check this out direct from the Fox League Bunker... ** Dylan Edwards only shaves once a month. ** Isaah Yeo still has a weeknight curfew. ** Matt Moylan wears Thomas The Tank Engine undies. ** Reagan Campbell-Gillard sleeps in a racing car bed. ** Nathan Cleary’s favourite book is Dr Seuss. ** James Fisher-Harris... actually, I’ll stop there. JFH, he scares me.

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Marvel at their talents and cheer at their triumphs... but most of all please be patient. They’ll only get better as they grow up.

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t’s hard to believe that it’s been 40 years since the mighty Penrith Panthers won their first ever major lower grades title.

The year was 1977, and the Panthers were massive underdogs up against a star-studded Parramatta Eels line-up in the Jersey Flegg Cup Grand Final.

Despite Parramatta boasting the likes of Eric Grothe Sr., Brett Kenny and Steve Ella, Penrith’s team of unknowns shocked the rugby league world that afternoon by prevailing 15-3 winners.

Phil Baker, who these days is a teacher at Blaxland High School, remembers that 1977 season and subsequent Grand Final like it was yesterday.

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Penrith’s successful 1977 Jersey Flegg side earlier in the year quite convincingly before we got our revenge on Grand Final Day,” he told Extra Time.

“Parramatta were red hot favourites after going through the season proper undefeated.

“We had no stars when you compare it to that Parramatta side. A team of champions got beaten by a champion team that day.”

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just how tough it was going up against Grothe in the decider.

“I was very fit back then, I’ve never been fitter but I was bloody knackered chasing Grothe around because he was so big and fast,” he recalled.

While a few members of Penrith’s team that day went on to play first grade including Graeme Jennings and David Cartwright, many didn’t quite reach the heights of their Grand Final opponents.

However, they remain history makers.

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tr ivia 1. How many tries did Matt Moylan (pictured) score against the Titans last weekend?

2. Who did the Panthers play in the opening round of the 2017 NRL season?

3. Who is currently playing hooker for the Panthers?

4. Against which club did Tyrone May make his NRL debut earlier this season?

ANSWERS: 1. One 2. Dragons 3. Peter Wallace 4. Warriors

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