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he path to glory was never meant to be easy. After riding high for the first half of the season, the Panthers have hit a significant form slump with disappointing losses to the Roosters and Sea Eagles in consecutive games placing Anthony Griffin’s side in a precarious position. The Panthers were lifeless against Manly last Saturday afternoon. The fact that replacement forward Jack Hetherington ended up with the ball on the last tackle on three separate occasions just typified Penrith’s poor execution throughout what was a dour and boring contest. Things don’t get any easier this Friday night with Penrith to face the New
Zealand Warriors without Nathan Cleary, James Maloney or Tyrone Peachey due to Origin commitments. When you throw in Dylan Edwards’ season-ending injury and Peter Wallace’s retirement, the Panthers will face the Warriors with a completely makeshift spine. It is an enormous task but despite the difficulty of what faces Penrith with the inexperienced Tyrone May and Jarome Luai in the halves, the side simply has to find a way to win. The Dragons, Rabbitohs and Storm – Penrith’s top four colleagues – all grabbed the two competition points last weekend despite poor performances. They found a way, Penrith didn’t. May and Luai are certainly not poor players and in fact May showed plenty to be excited about in first grade last season. Should the Warriors beat the Panthers, Griffin’s side will slip out of the top four and may find it very difficult to fight their
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way back in with tough games against the Sharks and Broncos to come. The Warriors had a strong start to the season but have been inconsistent through this middle period, and would be disappointed to not have closed out the game against Cronulla last Friday night. Across the park, there is little question the Warriors on their best day should be winning this contest. With the likes of Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Solomone Kata in the backline, Blake Green and Shaun Johnson in the halves and the hard-tocontain Issac Luke at hooker, the Warriors have flair and flight all over the park. The patched-up Panthers are really doing it tough at the moment. Players who should have only played a couple of first grade games this season are being forced to play much more than that, and some are just not up to it. Thankfully, some of the calvary do return
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this Friday night with Waqa Blake back from injury and Corey Harawira-Naera also returning after resting a niggling groin problem. Penrith’s best hope is to get back to basics. Try to dominate possession, muscle up in defence and find much better last tackle options than Cleary and Maloney did against Manly last weekend. The Panthers appear afraid to kick on the last tackle close to the line for fear of giving away a seven tackle set, but the result is almost always poor with the opposition easily getting the ball back. For the first time this season, I was very close to tipping against the mighty Panthers in this clash, but my heart just can’t do it. If there is fight left in this Penrith side, now is the time to show it. It would be a mighty victory if this secondstring team can get up and win. Tip: Panthers by 2
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REVIEW? WHAT REVIEW? » Talk of a review into the performance
of head coach Anthony Griffin is being blown way out of proportion. The club held a review into its on-field operations during the representative round two weeks ago, which is not unusual. I’m told things got fiery at various times during the process but Anthony Griffin was well involved in the reviews and the plans moving forward. There is no new review into Griffin. On Channel Nine’s ‘100% Footy’ on Monday night, Panthers boss Phil Gould denied he and Griffin have fallen out and confirmed Griffin was under contract until the end of 2020.
» Whatever respect Daily Telegraph
journalist Phil Rothfield had left within the Panthers organisation is quickly diminishing. ‘Buzz’ played a significant role in the Griffin story being re-ignited on Monday, but it seems his entire piece was based around Griffin not returning a phone call and text message. He then bizarrely tossed Des Hasler’s name around as a possible replacement – a story so far off the mark it isn’t funny. But the strangest claim of all? Buzz mentioned the possibility that Griffin was being ‘gagged’. Hard to believe when you consider he fronted open press conferences on both Friday and Saturday, where no question was off limits. Rothfield chose to attend neither.
» Scoop confirmed: I told you way back
in March that the Panthers were looking to re-sign Reagan Campbell-Gillard on a long-term deal. The big fella secured his future with an epic six-year contract last week.
» Youngster Caleb Aekins has signed a
new two-year deal with the Panthers. The contract extension means the 20-year-old outside back will remain with Penrith until at least the end of the 2020 season. Originally hailing from New Zealand, Aekins starred for the Panthers’ NYC side in 2016 and 2017 before making the step up to the Intrust Super Premiership NSW this season.
» Prop Kaide Ellis has also signed a new
Caleb Aekins signs his new deal alongside recruitment manager Jim Jones this week
deal with the Panthers. The 21-year-old was off-contract at the end of the season but has signed on for the next two years. “I didn’t think twice when the opportunity came to re-sign with Panthers,” Ellis said.
Moses Leota on Tuesday afternoon. Gus was very present at the club’s media session on Tuesday, even playing the role of media intern and joining in on an interview between two journalists and Trent Merrin.
» The baby boom continues at the
Panthers with James Tamou and his wife Britt welcoming their fourth child, a son, late last week.
» Meanwhile, Tamou’s nappy buying
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Maloney, Nathan Cleary and Tyrone Peachey will all play for the Blues in the third and final Origin match at Suncorp Stadium. Meanwhile, Penrith youngsters Brian Too and William Burns have been selected in the NSW Under 20’s side.
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enrith fullback Dallin WateneZelezniak says he isn’t using it as an excuse but he does believe the State of Origin and representative period is playing a role in the club’s form slump of late. While some clubs are handling the Origin period relatively well, the Panthers have struggled ever since they touched up the competition-leading St George-Illawarra Dragons back in Round 12. Speaking with the media on Tuesday, Watene-Zelezniak believes having so many players missing from training sessions due to rep duty and injury is hurting the side’s preparation. “The biggest change of late is not having everyone there at training. A few of us had to skip some sessions while others haven’t been here at all – that’s the biggest thing,” he said. “The last time we were together as a team training was before the Dragons game. The last couple of weeks have been interrupted. “We can’t use that as an excuse but it all comes down to how we prep.”
For the first time this Origin period, Penrith will be without three of their biggest stars – James Maloney, Nathan Cleary and Tyrone Peachey – for tonight’s important game against the New Zealand Warriors. With reserve graders Tyrone May and Jarome Luai filling in for the winning NSW Blues halves, Watene-Zelezniak is one player who will need to step up with so much experience missing. “Jarome and Tyrone are two young fellas that haven’t played [first grade] in a while and I know they’ll be eager to put their best foot forward this week,” WateneZelezniak said. “For me, I have to talk more and be on my best game to help these boys out as much as possible. “In defence I’m very vocal but in attack I could be better. I’m talking a lot more these days than I used to. It’s something I’ve been working on and I’ll need to step up without James and Nathan in the side.” Meanwhile, the Kiwi international admitted he’s also relishing his new role at fullback – a position he’s always preferred. With regular fullback Dylan Edwards missing for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury, Watene-Zelezniak is determined make the position his.
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Panthers fullback Dallin Watene-Zelezniak fronted the media on Tuesday “I’ve told everyone how much I love playing fullback and it’s a position that I prefer but I’ve always put the team first and will play wherever the coach thinks is best,” he said.
“We’ll just have to see what happens [in the future] but fullback is my preferred position.” Watene-Zelezniak is also a chance of filling in as goal kicker tonight.
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anthers prop Reagan CampbellGillard has signed a new multi-year deal that could see him remain at the club for the rest of his career. The NSW Origin forward’s whopping new deal will keep him at the foot of the Mountains until at least the end of 2024. “Panthers is the club I’ve always wanted to play for and I’m so thankful to have the opportunity to make a long-term commitment,” Campbell-Gillard said. “The fact my future is now secure means I can completely focus on building and improving my game moving forward. “The club has shown a lot of faith in me with this deal and now it’s up to me to repay that faith with my performances. “There is so much young talent coming through the ranks here at Panthers. It’s going to be very exciting over the next few years and I can’t wait to be a part of it.” A local junior, the 24-year-old tasted
premiership success as he progressed through the grades at Penrith. He was a member of the club’s premiership-winning NYC side in 2013 and backed it up with victory in the NSW Cup Grand Final in 2014. He made his NRL debut in 2015 and played every game in his rookie season, capped off by being named the club’s Ben Alexander Rookie of the Year. In 2017 he won the club’s prestigious Merv Cartwright Medal as player of the year and his form was rewarded with a Test debut for the Kangaroos at the Rugby League World Cup. This year he earned his first NSW State of Origin jersey, before unfortunately being ruled out for the remainder of the series with a broken jaw. “Reagan has progressed really well in the last few years and to be able to secure him for that long is great for Reagan and his development here. It’s also magnificent for the club,” coach Anthony Griffin said. Campbell-Gillard is expected to return from injury in early August.
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t’s that time of the season that all fans probably dread. You know, the game your team has to play without its State of Origin stars. The fact that it’s only one game, when in the past it was twice per season that your team was without its Origin players, is hardly comforting. It’s like owning a McDonald’s franchise, then being told there’s one weekend per year where you can’t sell Big Macs. That would hurt the bottom line in the burger business, and it’s less than ideal in the rugby league business, but it’s the sacrifice clubs make to accommodate the cash-cow that is State of Origin. The Panthers find themselves in this predicament on Friday night when they meet the Warriors in a game that has taken on greater importance following back-toback losses to the Roosters and Sea Eagles. From a marketing standpoint, you might look at that scenario and think, boy, this is a hard sell – how do we draw a big crowd for this game? Sure, no James Maloney, Nathan Cleary or Tyrone Peachey hurts Penrith’s chances of winning the game, but if I’m a Penrith
fan I’m going to this game for two reasons. The first is obvious: the halves pairing of Tyrone May and Jarome Luai have a total of 10 NRL games between them, but the former students of Blacktown Patrician Brothers are local juniors with plenty of talent, and they’ll be itching to show what they can do on the big stage. The other reason to be at the game is less obvious, and an under-utilised marketing tool by clubs around the NRL. Shaun Johnson and Roger TuivasaSheck are two of the biggest stars in the game. They’re players that all fans should want to see in action when they come to your home ground. Yes, their presence hurts your team’s chances of winning, but last time I checked the Warriors have lost plenty of games in recent seasons with the two of them on the field. Bill it as the kids full of ambition versus the razzle-dazzle superstars. It’s not quite David versus Goliath, but if underdogs are easy to cheer for, then the Panthers should have sentiment and the local footy fans squarely behind them for this game.
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n the back of a couple of disappointing losses, I’m sure the State of Origin period is having some effect on the Penrith Panthers in recent weeks. In 2011, when I was playing at the Dragons, we lost five in a row out of Origin and went from being first to fifth during that period. It just takes its toll on you. When you come back to your club you have to be up for training every day, you’re back to early morning starts and there’s not much hype surrounding a regular competition game like there is an Origin match. For a young guy like Nathan Cleary – who’s experiencing his first taste of Origin footy – that’s part and parcel of being a rep player. When you return to your club, you’re expected to play like a rep player and you’re expected to hold yourself within the higher standards. While I didn’t play much Origin footy during my career, I personally struggled during that period in 2011 because it’s a totally different environment when you come back.
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