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MATCH PREVIEW PANTHERS

1 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

2 Josh Mansour

3 Dean Whare

4 Waqa Blake

5 David Simmons

6 Jamie Soward

7 Peter Wallace (c)

8 Nigel Plum

9 Api Koroisau

10 Reagan Campbell-Gillard

11 Issah Yeo

12 Bryce Cartwright

13 Elijah Taylor

14 Lewis Brown

15 Jeremy Latimore

16 Sam McKendry

17 Tyrone Peachey 18. S Manu

RABBITOHS1 Alex Johnston

2 Joel Reddy

3 Dylan Walker

4 Bryson Goodwin

5 Aaron Gray

6 Luke Keary

7 Adam Reynolds

8 George Burgess

9 Isaac Luke

10 Tim Grant

11 Glenn Stewart

12 John Sutton

13 Chris McQueen

14 Ben Lowe

15 Chris Grevsmuhl

16 David Tyrrell

17 Thomas Burgess 18. J Clarke

The Penrith Panthers roared back into finals contention last weekend with an impressive 35-12 victory over the Wests Tigers, and return home this Friday night to play the Rabbi-tohs with their confidence sky high.

It has been well documented that the Panthers ravaged the Tigers’ left-side defence after Tim Simona was taken off the field injured, but Penrith’s big win was about more than that.

It was about Peter Wallace defying the critics and producing his best game of the season so far.

It was about Dean Whare showing the form we know he’s capable of to secure man of the match honours.

And yes, it was about David Simmons and those four tries.

Despite ex-Panther and Channel Nine

commentator Brad Fittler saying Penrith looked “sleepy” in the warm-up, the side looked anything but as they produced a performance that could very well start an important run of wins at a crucial part of the season.

The Panthers face the Rabbitohs this weekend and the Roosters the weekend after.

The fortnight ahead is not going to be easy, but the Panthers enter the gauntlet in the best possible head space after doing against the Tigers what they’ve struggled to do in the past few weeks – score points.

The Rabbitohs did enough to beat lowly Manly on Friday night but are far from the side that won the 2014 premiership. There’s no doubt that they’re vulnerable heading into this game, particularly given superstar fullback Greg Inglis will be miss-ing due to Origin duty. In some ways, it evens the playing field given the Panthers are also without their number one, with Matt Moylan still on the sideline.

Souths have been up and down all season, and their past three matches exemplify their yo-yo of a year.

In round 13, they hammered the Warri-ors 36-4 in Perth. Less than seven days later, the Tigers totally outplayed them to win 34-6, while last weekend they were good without being great against Manly, winning 20-8.

While David Simmons has earned most of the praise following last weekend’s win over the Tigers, it was his opposite winger, Josh Mansour, who made a huge differ-ence to Penrith’s fortunes.

His defence was rock solid and aggres-

sive, while his fantastic try in the corner of Leichhardt Oval probably wouldn’t have been scored by Waqa Blake, who despite his best efforts has struggled in similar situations while filling in for ‘Sauce’.

Mansour ran for 187 metres (the most by any Panther on Sunday), made 12 tackles, produced a line break and scored that freakish try in a stellar display.

The short turnaround is an obvious issue for the Panthers but when you win like they did on Sunday, there’s every reason to believe that playing again just five days later is not such a bad thing.

Jamie Soward came out of Sunday’s match with a corked leg and seemed to be struggling at the club’s recovery session on Monday, but should be right to play.

Ivan Cleary has named an unchanged team for the match.

Penrith go into the game as outsiders, but with Inglis out, Mansour in and the Panthers back in the winners’ circle, there’s every reason to be confident of back to back victories.

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» He’s the unheralded veteran of the Pen-rith Panthers (with a small cult following from a few die-hards), but David Sim-mons turned back the clock at Leichhardt Oval to score four tries and bag his 100th four-pointer in the NRL last weekend. The record number of tries for Penrith in one game remains at five, with Peter Langmack holding that honour from a match against St George back in 1974. Simmons joins a host of players who have scored four tries in one match includ-ing Luke Rooney, Amos Roberts, Craig Gower, Peter Jorgensen, Gary Freeman and Glenn West.

» Talking of Simmons, his great perfor-mance last Sunday has again prompted people to ask about his future. For the record, Simmons is off contract and is yet to decide if he wants to go around again. The 30-year-old told The Australian’s Brent Read on Sunday: “I’m just taking it week by week, seeing what’s out there. I haven’t decided yet. I am just seeing how the body pulls up after each week.”

» Penrith will play Thursday Night Football for the first time, with the NRL scheduling round 24’s clash against St George-Illawarra on Thursday, August 20 at WIN Stadium. Details on the final five rounds of the competition, released this week, are available on the NRL website.

» Panthers CEO Justin Pascoe has recently returned from an overseas trip, which included a stint at the famed Harvard University. The Panthers flew Pascoe, who was in the company of NBA superstar Dwyane Wade during his time in Harvard last month, on a fact-finding mission to help develop the club’s brand and enhance his capabilities as a CEO. A few narks have labelled the trip a “jun-ket” on Twitter but there was some ex-traordinary benefits for Pascoe and those who attended the trip, with the Panthers keen to employ world-standard practices at the club moving forward.

» Who feels like a post-season trip to Hawaii? There’s talk that the Panthers will play Brisbane in an exhibition match at Aloha Stadium in October.

» Panthers boss Phil Gould didn’t com-mentate on Sunday’s match against the Tigers for obvious reasons, but he expressed his glee on Twitter afterwards. “Very proud of Panthers today. Been

tough for players & coaches all season, but I have great belief in these young men. They won’t give up,” Gould said.

» Sunday afternoon’s game between the Panthers and Tigers was a winner for Channel Nine, with 452,000 viewers tun-ing in, including 312,000 in Sydney.

» The A-League draw was released this week and I’ve always wondered why

they persist in starting the season just four days after the NRL Grand Final. The A-League competition is run in the sum-mer months to avoid the NRL and AFL juggernauts, but any publicity surround-ing the start of the season is washed away by post-NRL Grand Final coverage, which is going to happen no matter what two clubs are involved. The A-League would be far better off starting a week later when the hype has died down.

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It may have taken a few weeks but Panthers fullback Dallin Watene-Zelezniak said he’s finally starting to feel more comfortable in the number ‘1’ jersey.

The 19-year-old, who took over the full-back role from injured star Matt Moylan early last month, said he’s still a long way off from filling Moylan’s shoes but is getting there with every game.

“I’m still warming up, I’ve still got so much work to do and so much to learn. I’m learning every training session and every game,” Watene-Zelezniak told Extra Time.

“I don’t think Moyza’s shoes can be filled but I’m certainly giving it my all.”

Since switching from wing to fullback in Round 13, Watene-Zelezniak enjoyed his best game last Sunday afternoon at Leichhardt Oval – bagging himself a try and setting up another.

The Kiwi sensation helped set up Penrith’s first victory in more than a month and said the 35-12 win over the Wests Tigers would instil a lot of confi-dence into the side.

“We needed that win, we needed to

know what it felt like to win again. It’s something we can build off going into the next three games,” he said.

“We’re up for a tough game this Friday night against the Rabbitohs and it’ll be a good challenge to test ourselves against one of the better teams of the competi-tion.”

Meanwhile, Watene-Zelezniak admits he’s thrilled to have his older brother Malakai back at the club.

After starring in Penrith’s Holden Cup team a number of years ago, the older Watene-Zelezniak took time away from rugby league to pursue interests in rugby.

Recently, Watene-Zelezniak returned to the Panthers on a lower tier deal which saw him play for Penrith’s NSW Cup team last weekend.

“It’s awesome… there’s nothing better than having your brother back at the club,” Watene-Zelezniak said.

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Dallin fi nds his feet at fullback

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak celebrates a try earlier this season

Young superstar Dallin Watene-Zelezniak says he’s feeling more and more comfortable at fullback after replacing Matt Moylan last month

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David Simmons passed 100 tries on the weekend, what a massive achievement! Only 65 players in

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Simmo is one of those players I hold on a pedestal, if anyone has had the oppor-tunity to speak to him you will know you are greater for the experience.

He is truly a role model and mentor for young footy players and young men in general with the way he approaches life on and off the field. There wouldn’t be many days I don’t see him doing extra video or skills work with one of our rook-ies. Over his 13 year career he has built up a wealth of knowledge and experience. No disrespect to other wingers but he is the smartest I’ve played with or against.

It hasn’t been all beer and skittles for Dave, he’s had his share of injuries and time in reserve grade but that resilient attitude is what has made him the player he is. Back in 2010 he joined the Panthers from the Sharks and spent the whole season in reserve grade except for one game. In that game he received man of the match honours against the premier-

ship winning Dragons. What makes his career all the more impressive is that he only started playing rugby league in his teenage years.

David is a very passionate family man. I personally know the highlight of his week is sharing his time on the field with his wife and four children after a hard fought win at Pepper Stadium.

I’d personally like to offer my congratu-lations to Simmo for his achievements so far.

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Penrith Panthers winger Josh Mansour says he’s thrilled to be back on the field and hopes his days on the sideline are well and truly over.

The 25-year-old Australian international returned to Penrith’s line-up last Sunday following 10 weeks on the sideline with a knee injury.

Speaking with Extra Time before last Sunday’s match against the Tigers, Mansour said he was relieved to finally be back after an agonising couple of months.

“It’s been a roller coaster to be honest, it was frustrating sitting there watching the boys on the sideline but I’m happy to be back,” he said.

Mansour’s return against the Tigers last week was only his sixth game all year after he spent the opening weeks of the season recovering from off-season ankle and shoulder surgery.

Mansour injured his knee during Penrith’s loss to the Titans in Round 7 and was named to return for the Panthers a number of weeks ago but had to withdraw after a setback at training.

“Initially I was meant to be sitting out for 10-12 weeks and we tried getting back earlier but unfortunately that wasn’t the case,” he said.

“I just had to stay as positive as I could because the moment you drop your head it’s going to be a long season.

“We have a great rehab team and they got me back on deck as fast as possible.”

During Mansour’s lengthy stint on the sidelines, Penrith’s form also dwindled, winning just two of six games. Mansour said it was difficult to watch his team-mates struggle on the field and hoped his return would inspire a resurgence for the remainder of the season.

“It’s always tough to watch the boys after a loss but there is still a long way to go, we’re sitting in the middle of the pack and hopefully with a few more wins we’ll be back up there,” he said.

Mansour also hopes to return to his try scoring and ‘metre eating’ best very soon too.

“My greatest strength is getting the boys yardage, being that extra forward,” he said.

“At the end of the day I’m there to do a job and hopefully get a few tries too.”

Mansour scored a try in his return last Sunday and ran a team-high 187 metres.

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CAN THE BLUES DO THE IMPOSSIBLE?

Hello from the NSW camp in Coffs Harbour.

The Blues are once again prepar-ing for the seemingly impossible that is to win a State of Origin decider at “The Cauldron”.

It’s only been done twice before in 2005 and in 1994.

Laurie Daley has some problems with his uncertain line-up but once again this incredibly cool and likeable coach is making all those around him feel relaxed and believe.

Robbie Farah is so desperate to play he’s joined the camp less than 24 hours after having an operation to repair his broken hand.

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That’s the way Laurie rolls. He’s shown unwavering loyalty to his players by naming the same 17 two games in a row, something that hasn’t been done for a long long time.

Josh Reynolds has also been brought into camp along with Ryan Hinchcliffe to share the role of running at hooker at training in place of Farah.

Queensland are definitely showing signs of being rattled with all this nonsense about a lack of respect on the field.

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NRL LADDER & FIXTURESCLUB PD W D L B F A +/- PTS

1 Broncos 15 12 0 3 1 355 248 +107 26

2 Cowboys 15 11 0 4 1 327 299 +28 24

3 Roosters 15 9 0 6 1 318 200 +118 20

4 Dragons 14 8 0 6 2 238 190 +48 20

5 Rabbitohs 15 9 0 6 1 294 262 +32 20

6 Storm 15 8 0 7 1 262 222 +40 18

7 Warriors 15 8 0 7 1 327 314 +13 18

8 Bulldogs 15 8 0 7 1 310 316 -6 18

9 Sharks 14 7 0 7 2 249 282 -33 18

10 Panthers 14 6 0 8 2 237 256 -19 16

11 Raiders 15 6 0 9 1 347 354 -7 14

12 Eels 15 6 0 9 1 298 348 -50 14

13 Titans 15 6 0 9 1 311 368 -57 14

14 W. Tigers 15 5 0 10 1 277 313 -36 12

15 Knights 15 5 0 10 1 280 364 -84 12

16 Sea Eagles 14 4 0 10 2 210 304 -94 12

ROUND 17

Panthers v RabbitohsFriday, July 3, 7.45pm

Pepper Stadium

Dragons v CowboysSaturday, July 4, 7.30pm

WIN Stadium

Sea Eagles v SharksSunday, July 5, 4pm

Brookvale Oval

Tigers v EelsMonday, July 6, 7pm

ANZ Stadium

Maroons v BluesWednesday, July 8, 8pm

Suncorp Stadium

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Wyong has defeated the defending premiers in dramatic fashion 19-18 in a game where Penrith were in the driver’s seat leading 18-6 with 15 minutes to go but failed to put the game beyond the reach of the Roos.

It was a disappointing finish to the game for Penrith, who conceded numerous penalties and made crucial errors when in possession that allowed Wyong to ulti-mately steal the game with a last minute field goal.

Goal kicking was also an issue for the Panthers who, despite having scored four tries, only kicked just the one goal.

The loss reduces Penrith’s lead at the top of the NSW Cup to two points as they head into this week’s bye.

Penrith were forced into some changes with Robert Jennings omitted from the side altogether, replaced by Malakai Watene-Zelezniak, the older brother of Panthers NRL fullback, Dallin, while Rodney Coates (shoulder) was ruled out, replaced by Reece Goldsmith.

Wyong led 6-0 after eight minutes of play when Tyler Cornish provided a nice short ball for Lagi Setu to explode through the defensive line from 25 metres out to score.

Against the run of play, Penrith levelled

the scores after 25 minutes when Tupou Sopoaga powered his way over to score from 15 metres out.

Penrith led 10-6 on the stroke of half-time after Will Smith’s grubber kick was regathered in the in-goal by Watene-Zelezniak.

The Panthers opened up a 12-point lead midway through the second half through tries to Will Smith and Adrian Davis, but crucially Will Smith missed a relatively simple conversion attempt that may have put the game out of Wyong’s reach.

Wyong sprung into life through tries to Eloni Vunakece and Nathan Smith to trail by two before referee Liam Nicholls gifted Wyong a game-levelling penalty 10 metres out and in front after Penrith were deemed to be accidently offside.

A line-break by Eddie Aiono and sub-sequent penalty gave Penrith great field position to set-up for the match-winning field goal. But Wyong’s Abraham Papalii had other ideas as he not only charged down a poorly executed early tackle field goal attempt from Adrian Davis but regathered to take the Roos deep into Penrith’s territory.

Wyong showed composure to wind down the clock before Cornish calmly nailed the match-winning field goal.

HOLDEN CUP NSW CUP

PENRITH GIVE UP 18-6 LEAD TO LOSE 19-18 IN A THRILLER AGAINST WYONG ROOS

The Penrith Panthers Holden Cup team have proved they are human after all, losing their first game in nearly three months last Sunday afternoon.

The Panthers headed into the clash at Leichhardt Oval aiming for their 10th straight win but the Wests Tigers had other ideas, defeating Penrith 10-6 in the second lowest scoring Holden Cup game in history.

The game didn’t reach any heights, especially in the first half, with both teams struggling to complete their sets and convert attacking opportunities.

The Tigers were the sole try scorers in the opening 40 when centre Marion Seve crossed from close range after 20 minutes.

With the Tigers up 6-0 at the break, many fans thought they’d see a different Penrith side when the teams headed out for the second half… they were wrong.

Penrith continued their poor form in the second stanza with more dropped ball and incomplete sets.

The Tigers, while not brilliant, were nowhere near as bad as the Panthers and made the visitors pay in the 52nd minute with another easy try to go up 10-0.

10 minutes later the Panthers finally

posted first points through prop Paea Pua, who bumped off a couple of Tigers defenders to crash over and score.

Debutant Nathan Cleary, son of first grade coach Ivan Cleary, slotted over the extras to inch Penrith closer 10-6.

However, that’s where the scoring ended for both sides with the Panthers unable to find any rhythm for the rest of the match.

Despite the four point loss, the Pan-thers (26 points) still remain one point clear of the North Queensland Cowboys and Brisbane Broncos (25 points) atop of the Holden Cup competition.

This Friday afternoon the first-placed Panthers will look to bounce back when they go up against the 13th placed South Sydney Rabbitohs at Pepper Stadium.

SHOCK LOSS TO TIGERS; NOW PANTHERS LOOK TO BOUNCE BACK AGAINST RABBITOHS

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