Welcome to our live coverage of NRL round eight Friday night action, as the Panthers look to continue their...
An early sending off to Karl Lawton for a dangerous tackle puts Manly on the back foot as South Sydney run away for a 40-22 win.
Penrith's victory marked the first time in history a team had won the opening eight games in back to back seasons. He showed his class, grubbering for Izack Tago to score his sixth try in eight games in the 43rd minute. They shot out to a 10-2 lead in the 13 minutes after Lawton was sent from the field, and also refused to go away when trailing 30-16 early in the second half. Daly Cherry-Evans in particular kicked brilliantly to keep the Sea Eagles in it, while Josh Schuster was back to his dangerous best in his first game back from an ankle injury. But despite spending 72 minutes with just 12 men, and losing Brad Parker to injury, Manly somehow stayed in the fight and threatened to become the first team since they did it in 2008 to win while down a man from the first half. In doing so, Lawton joined Canberra star Nick Cotric in becoming the only players to be dismissed for a dangerous throw during the NRL era.
Penrith are 1-17 with Chris Smith as 18th player. Gold Coast Titans. 1. AJ Brimson 23. Corey Thompson 3. Brian Kelly 4. Patrick Herbert 5. Greg Marzhew ...
Chris Smith Will Smith 7. Penrith are 1-17 with Chris Smith as 18th player. Jarome Luai 7. Jamayne Isaako Isaako 18th player.
See the best snaps as the Panthers secured a gritty 14-point victory over the Titans at CBus Super Stadium.
'Rattled' Panthers overcome first-half scare as Titans' Fifita dilemma deepens: Big Hits.
It’s a big job, a lot of work to be done and I think he’s their best fullback at the moment,” Flanagan said. Justin Holbrook conceded last week that he needed to try new things to get the Titans back into the winner’s circle. His halves have got to get him the ball in the right place at the right time. Steve Roach called the first 40 minutes “un-Penrith-like” and one look at their stats sums up why. Good players it’s what they do off the ball, you can’t see it a lot of the time, but they’re moving “I think it worked really good for us at the back end of last year and that’s all we need from him — a real impact. “Just watching Penrith play I don’t think I’ve seen them this rattled or clunky. That whole set he never touched the ball. I hope it does, we want to see the best of David Fifita. Fifita was unleashed in the 24th minute. He got three tackle busts — an underwhelming number by Fifita’s standards. “But it just hasn’t worked this year.
The Panthers were below their clinical best but the magical boot of Nathan Cleary carried them to an 18-4 win over the Titans at Cbus Super Stadium on ...
I'd rather he play 60 minutes that are full of quality rather than get gassed and try to push him to 80 minutes just for the sake of it. I'd like the luxury of starting Dave, getting him off, and then getting him back on but you have to worry about your middles. Jayden Campbell will have two Qld Cup games under his belt and is expected to be back on deck from the rib injury that has sidelined him since round three. The try sent the home side to half-time with a 4-0 lead and feeling mighty good about themselves. That's our jobs - to win games." "It was a win for our culture tonight.
Back at home for Round 8, the Gold Coast Titans showed plenty of effort in defence, but it wasn't enough to overcome the Penrith Panthers, going down 18-4 ...
The barnstorming back-rower beat three defenders before being dragged to ground... Penrith finished the match with a try to Jarome Luai in the 76th minute to ice the game, taking the two competition points back to Sydney. The Panthers came out of the sheds in the second half and scored two quick tries to take the lead - Izack Tago in the 43rd minute and Nathan Cleary in the 47th minute; but the Titans' showed plenty of defensive resolve in a number of occasions throughout the second half to contain the defending premiers.
The Round 8 clash was brought to halt at Cbus Super Stadium when a woman ran onto the pitch midway through a Panthers set, leaving the likes of Nathan ...
Javon Johanson, 28, was dumped by her boyfriend the following day. Another week, another pitch invader in the NRL as another game was disrupted by an intruder The woman went from one side of the pitch to another before she was stopped in her tracks by a security guard, who brought her down to the turf as fans in the stands celebrated.
Star second-rower David Fifita was moved to the Titans bench in a surprise decision ahead of their match against the Panthers on Friday night.
"I just thought that we need impact from him. Regardless of the injury, the Titans coach remained steadfast in his approach, suggesting that starting Fifita on the bench could be a long-term strategy. Following their 18-4 loss to the league-leading Panthers, Titans coach Justin Holbrook explained that starting Fifita on the bench was done with the intention of maximizing the output of their million-dollar man.
Penrith were nowhere near their best but still beat the Gold Coast easily, with the Titans going around in circles as they try to locate some form.
And there are so many teams in the NRL, the Titans chief among them, who would do anything for two points on the competition ladder. That was the case here and the important thing is they still won with plenty in hand. And this was a genuine off night, riddled with errors (12) but offset but typically organised defence that stomped on almost everything the Gold Coast sent in their direction.