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Freddy’s big gamble: Just a year ago Api Koroisau was on the nose with NSW Origin management after sneaking a woman into the Blues camp; a situation made worse by COVID restrictions at the time. Now he’s the starting hooker for the do-or-die clash with Queensland on Sunday night. Blues coach Brad Fittler has opted to back the playmaking Penrith trio of Jarome Luai, Nathan Cleary and Koroisau to get the job done, with a total of seven Penrith players now in the starting side for the clash in Perth.

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Spotted: The Fiji team training at St Marys Leagues Stadium on Tuesday ahead of their clash with Papua New Guinea on Saturday.

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HOW VILI TRANSFORMED TO A LEADER NATHAN TAYLOR

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iliame Kikau admits getting the opportunity to vice-captain Fiji this weekend will be one of the biggest honours of his career.

Despite the Premiership taking a break for NRL Representative Round, no less than 19 Panthers players will still be in action for various teams this weekend.

This Saturday evening Kikau will help lead the Fiji Bati side alongside Kevin Naiqama when they take on Papua New Guinea at Campbelltown Sports Stadium.

Tomorrow night’s blockbuster clash against the Kumuls will be the first time the 27-year-old has represented his homeland since the Rugby League World Cup 9s back in 2019.

Speaking with Extra Time, Kikau said he couldn’t wait to get into camp and meet some of his new teammates.

“Some old faces will be there and there will definitely be heaps of new faces too – it’s always a good camp to be in,” he said.

“I like it because some of the boys who weren’t born in Fiji get to learn heaps about the culture and the boys that come from Fiji, like myself, are always happy to share stories about home.

I’m really looking forward to it.”

While Kikau has had unofficial leadership roles in the past, this will be the first time the powerhouse backrower has vice-captained his country.

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Viliame Kikau will help lead Fiji this weekend in Campbelltown. Photo: Melinda Jane.

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“That’s one of the things I’ve been trying to learn the last couple of years, is taking a leadership role around here,” he said outside Panthers HQ last week.

“I had a tap on the shoulder from Ivan and he always tells me, ‘you’ve got to be a leader now, you’ve got to lead the team, you’ve got to talk more’, so that’s what I’ve been doing.

“I’ll never say ‘no’ to playing for my country and if I get that honour of vice-captain, that would be massive for me and my family and everyone back home.”

Debuting with the Panthers in 2017, Kikau is in career-best form this season. He’s consistently playing 80 minutes per game and has already scored six tries in 15 matches this year.

“I wasn’t always going to play 80 at the start of my NRL career, that’s for sure, but I’ve learned and experienced a lot and I’m playing whole games now,” Kikau admitted.

Bulldogs-bound in 2023, Kikau said his one and only focus is to get Penrith to the mountaintop again and win another Premiership.

“I think for us the biggest challenge is going from great to great again, which was one of the themes back in pre-season,” he said.

“It’s so hard when you’ve reached the highest point and then you have to go back down and start again. Pre-season built us really well for this. Experience comes with it as well.

“Losing in 2020 and then 2021 we had to go down again to get back up. Same case this year.

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he Panthers will have 19 players representing their state and country in this weekend’s NRL Representative Round. For this weekend only, the competition proper is suspended and State of Origin takes centre stage on Sunday.

There are so many Penrith players on show that I thought I’d put together a little guide on which Panthers to look out for in each game. I’ll even give you my tip!

At the time of writing only the squads were known for each side. The final 17 were not yet selected.

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quartet it is. Izack Tago, Spencer Leniu, Taylan May and Charlie Staines are all in fine form for Penrith, yes, even Charlie Staines albeit in NSW Cup. My tip: Samoa.

Papua New Guinea v Fiji Bati Saturday, June 25 – Campbelltown Sports Stadium – 7.50pm.

Look for both Viliame Kikau and Sunia Turuva to grab starting spots in the Fijian Bati team. We all know how dangerous Kikau is while Turuva is the next big thing in my opinion. He hasn’t played first grade yet but has been the player of the NSW Cup competition and has skill, footwork and speed to burn!

My tip: Fiji Bati.

Under 19’s Men’s State of Origin – New South Wales v Queensland Thursday, June 23 – Leichhardt Oval – 7.45pm.

Look out for youngster Jack Cole who will play for NSW in this match.

My tip: NSW. New Zealand v Mate Ma’a Tonga Saturday, June 25 – Mount Smart Stadium, NZ – 3.30pm.

Apart from the State of Origin game, this will be the one to watch. Potentially you could be watching up to five Panthers in this game. James Fisher-Harris, Moses Leota and Scott Sorensen are all good chances to play for New Zealand while Tonga could have both Soni Luke and young gun Isaiya Katoa in their side.

My tip: New Zealand.

Samoa v Cook Islands Saturday, June 25 – Campbelltown Sports Stadium – 5.40pm.

There will be four Panthers who I think will all be named in the Samoan side and what a

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State of Origin Game II New South Wales v Queensland Sunday, June 26 at Optus Stadium, Perth – 7.50pm.

This is the big one with seven, yes, seven Panthers players to represent New South Wales in the sky blue against the might of Queensland.

Look for Jarome Luai and Nathan Cleary to bounce back in a big way in the halves and link up with teammate Isaah Yeo who will feed the ball to both Stephen Crichton and Brian To’o in the backline. Liam Martin is also expected to start. You can also expect Apisai Koroisau to provide plenty of punch and guile as he starts the match ahead of Damien Cook, who has been dropped in somewhat of a surprise.

Only don’t blame me if Blues coach Freddy Fittler makes some late changes, which makes what I just wrote invalid.

My tip: New South Wales.

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EMOTION WILL RISE TO THE FORE IN HUGE WEEKEND OF FOOTBALL I

can hear the Haka already. Maybe a bit louder, stronger and scarier than usual, if that’s possible.

Representative rugby league makes a return to New Zealand on Saturday when the Kiwis play Tonga.

What an emotional event it will be as part of a bigger celebration for the game in and around Auckland.

Mount Smart Stadium will host first-class rugby league for the first time since the Warriors went down to Souths on Friday, August 30 2019.

Nearly three years ago.

The Kiwis are in Auckland for the first time since beating Great Britain in November 2019.

Shortly after that COVID descended, the Warriors moved to Australia, international rugby league went in the too-hard basket and the above dates drifted into the dark recesses.

Use the back of your mind to hear the Kiwi Haka and Tongan Sipi Tau as you read this and imagine the emotion of the pre-game theatre, knowing the players will be high on adrenalin, wearing the jersey of their birth nation or family heritage, having spent precious little time at home – if any – and are performing in front

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of family and friends, who mean the world to them. Then thank God you don’t have to make the first tackle.

Both these countries could make some noise at the World Cup later this year and will want to fire a big shot here.

New Zealand boast the best forward in the game right now – Canberra’s Joe Tapine, who has a host of career-high statistics at Canberra this season. Jahrome Hughes is ‘going OK’ for Melbourne too. The same can be said of James Fisher-Harris, Isaiah Papali’i, Te Maire Martin and the list goes on.

Let’s remember Tonga won their last two Tests – taking down Great Britain and Australia in late 2019.

The cornerstones of that rousing performance against the Kangaroos are back – Jason Taumalolo and Addin Fonua-Blake. Only this time they’ll be supported by debutants Haumole Olakau’atu and Keaon Koloamatangi. Can’t they play?! If you’re still imagining that first tackle, I suggest you stop before you get hurt.

The bumps and bruises will keep coming at Campbelltown when Samoa lines up against Cook Islands and Papua New Guinea plays Fiji. What a day on Fox League!

Before you know it, Origin II will be over and it’s onto Round 16 – where the Warriors go home against Wests Tigers. The Mt Smart crowd will stand and applaud, which the rest of us should do as well. They gave up the most to save the NRL. NSW v QLD might dominate at this time of year but make sure you save some room for Mt Smart Stadium this weekend and next.

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PANTHERS GO INTO BYE WEEKEND WITH PLENTY OF CONFIDENCE T

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he Penrith Panthers have returned to the top of the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup ladder with a convincing 26-6 win over Newtown.

Running into a strong Henson Park breeze, the Panthers were forced to defend their tryline for a lot of the first half, however they held solid.

The Panthers opened the scoring in the 11th minute when the returning Sean O’Sullivan backed up an offload and raced 30m to score.

Newtown got on the board in the 25th minute when Kayal Iro pounced on a loose grubber.

Penrith attempted to build pressure, but it amounted to nothing when J’Maine Hopgood was held up shortly before Charlie Staines was denied due to an obstruction.

John Faiumu crashed over seconds before the siren to give Penrith a 12-6 half-time lead.

The lead was doubled immediately after halftime when Staines sliced through Newtown’s kick-chase and set up Trent Toelau to race away, with O’Sullivan converting from touch.

Penrith’s confidence began to grow and they started chancing their arm, leading to a try out wide by Daeon Amituanai in the 48th minute.

The match developed into an end-to-end contest and both sides failed to capitalise on opportunities, before Amituanai crossed for his second nine minutes before full-time to blow the lead out to 20.

It was good news for the Jersey Flegg Panthers as well as they broke a four-game losing streak to beat Cronulla 30-18.

The Panthers got away to a perfect start when William Fakatoumafi scored after just four minutes.

Both sides suffered from ill-discipline, but it was the Sharks who were made to pay as Niwhai

Niwhai Puru in action for Penrith. Photo: Jake Hunter

and Hohepa Puru both scored in the final five minutes of the first half.

The Sharks got on the board shortly after the resumption through Kai Parker, however that was quickly cancelled out by Fakatoumafi’s second.

It was a similar story shortly after as Ryan Rivett crossed for the Sharks, only for Niwhai Puru to

score his second immediately after.

Samuel Healey crossed with 10 minutes left to give the Sharks a sniff of a comeback, but a pair of penalty goals by Addison Williams gave Penrith a much-needed win.

The rep weekend means that both the NSW Cup and Jersey Flegg teams don’t play this weekend.

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NAME: GLENN WILTON | SUBURB: REGENTVILLE up against the defending Premiers at their home ground we were given little chance. It was a great game and it was topped off by a Soward field goal with 10 seconds left, what a way to win. It was great being there and we celebrated well into the night.

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