Penrith Panthers

A strong second half performance by the Penrith Panthers was too much for the Raiders, going down 36-6 at BlueBet Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

This point scoring run extended the Panthers lead to 36-6 and sealed the deal to keep them undefeated in the 2022 season after seven rounds. A strong run by Stephen Crichton within Canberra’s 20-metres led to a try in the 55th minute and Crichton’s second try of the game. The restart by Corey Harawira-Neira was perfect, bouncing in the in-goal and going dead to force a goal-line dropout.

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“They are a different side the Raiders when Starling is out attacking. “Soni Luke is a great story. “Just watch him change his line and punch into the hole. He has knocked around in NSW Cup. He has been in the Penrith system for a long time. “He had a year at the Wests Tigers. He had a big off-season and came in for a train and trial contract and impressed the staff that much that they signed him for another two years. “Soni Luke came onto the field and came out of dummyhalf and took on the metres and opened up the space for Isaah Yeo,” Alexander said. “The last 10 minutes of the first half saw 26-year-old Soni Luke come on and he laid on a beautiful try with one of his first touches for Isaah Yeo through the middle,” Ennis said. “With their first opportunity it is Starling the little dummyhalf scheming out of the ruck and Tapine who has had a tremendous start to the game,” Ennis said. “He had two runs in the opening set on the back of the dominance form their middle forwards and the momentum he was able to run on the back of. “It all starts with Api Koroisau who is absolutely terrorising the ruck of the Raiders at the moment with his deception and his tempo,” Ennis said after the first try to Crichton. With the first try of the game for the Raiders Tom Starling showed the blueprint for success only for the Green Machine to ignore what works for most of the rest of the afternoon.

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"I don't think we had a play-the-ball in their half in the second half. Something had to give after the opening 13 minutes with the Raiders camped on their line and Crichton finally crossed for the Panthers in the right-side corner. Fittler is likely to have a vacancy in his centre ranks for the opening Origin game in Sydney on June 8 with both incumbents Latrell Mitchell (hamstring) and Tom Trbojevic (knee) still several weeks from returning.

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“I was really proud of them tonight, the second half in particular,” Ivan Cleary said. I was glad the boys stuck at it.” It wasn’t as devastating as Siosifa Talakai’s first-half demolition of the Sea Eagles, but Crichton was just as efficient. “I don’t think he’d let anyone down [in the Origin arena],” Ivan Cleary said. “It was very hard. Rarely has a substitute player been greeted with such enthusiasm coming onto the field. The Raiders were far better than the team who wilted against the Cowboys last week. Fittler could do worse than choose both; Crichton in the centres and Talakai as a bench forward capable of also playing out wide. I spoke to him after the game and we’re all sweet. But just being better doesn’t cut it against the Panthers juggernaut, unbeaten through seven games this season. “In the heat of the moment, just going back and forth at each other, I went to shake [Wighton’s] hand but obviously the fire was still there. But asked if he would do it again, Crichton said: “Of course.

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To stay for longer now and be part of this community is really special.” “It wasn’t really that hard of a decision for me … I’m absolutely blessed to be at this club. “It’s pretty unbelievable, it’s hard to put into words,” Nathan said.

An unprecedented clause has been revealed in the new contract of Penrith superstar Nathan Cleary.

"Nathan's future is tied to Ivan's future, and you would be a brave man to punt the coach knowing that." "But it turns out there has been a very interesting clause that has been added to the deal. But less than a fortnight later, journalist Michael Chammas has revealed an unusual detail in the contract of Nathan.

See the best snaps as the Panthers dismantled the Raiders on their way to a 36-6 victory at BlueBet Stadium.