New Zealand Warriors vs Penrith Panthers: NRL live scores, blog
Roar Guru By Junior, 19 Aug 2012 Junior is a Roar Guru & Live Blogger
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Warriors Vs. Penrith |
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2012 NRL Premiership Season, 19 August, 2012 |
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| Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | ||
| Penrith 18 defeated Warriors 16 | ||
| Warriors | Penrith | |
| 16 | FINAL SCORE | 18 |
| 3 | TRIES | 3 |
| 2/3 | CONVERSION KICKS | 3/3 |
| 0/0 | PENALTY GOALS | 0/0 |
| 0/0 | FIELD GOAL | 0/0 |
Top scorers:
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Important moments:
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| Referee: G Badger |
| Touch judges: Henry Perenara & Jay Farlow |
The New Zealand Warriors host the Penrith Panthers at Mt Smart Stadium. Join us for live scores and commentary from 12.00pm AEST.
Both teams have had a miserable 2012 and there will be little other than pride (and match payments) to play for when 13th (Warriors) takes on 15th (Panthers). There’s more chance of Julian Assange getting a ticker tape parade down George St than there is of either of these teams making the semis.
Penrith could argue they have been in a rebuilding phase this season, though when coach Ivan Cleary signed on from the Warriors, his and the Penrith board’s expectations would surely have been higher than 15th place.
This will be Cleary’s first game back in Auckland since he walked from the club and he will doubtless be out to prove a point. The question is whether he can get his team go with him.
As losing grand finalists in 2011, the Warriors have no such excuses. New coach Brian McLennan is already coming under pressure to justify his position but he appears safe to start the 2013 season in charge. Injuries have played a part but that is no different to any club at this stage of the season and some home truths will surely have to be spelt out over the summer months.
The Warriors have slumped to five straight losses after being in finals contention at the beginning of July. That a total of 97 points have been conceded in their last two outings is more than mildly disturbing. A sixth straight loss would equal the Warriors’ worst run since 2007, a year where they amazingly still made the semis under Cleary.
In team news, Manu Vatuvei again captains the Warriors in Simon Mannering’s absence (high ankle sprain). The enigmatic winger will be looking for his first win as skipper. Impressive youngster Carlos Tuimavave gets a start at fullback to cover for the equally impressive, but slightly older, youngster Kevin Locke. He is also out with a high ankle sprain.
Lewis Brown lines up in the centres for the Warriors against the team he will play for next year, while Elijah Taylor returns after missing last week’s drubbing at the hands of the Cowboys due to personal reasons. Meanwhile, Pita Godinet has been included on a five-man bench.
For the Panthers, looking for only their second win at Mt Smart since 2005, Travis Robinson comes in for his first run-on start replacing the suspended Michael Jennings. Leeds-bound Mitch Achurch will play at the expense of Ryan Simpkins off the interchange bench, while injury prone forward Danny Galea is a late withdrawal, giving Adam Docker his debut in the top grade.
Will Cleary have enough tools in his box to motivate his underperforming troops on the road or will the Warriors frustrate their fans once again and put on a rugby league clinic just when everyone had put a line through them?
Find out from 12.00pm AEST as we cover the action with live scores and commentary. If you’re watching or following along, feel free to leave a comment in the space below.
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2:44pm
QLD KIWI said | 2:44pm | Report comment
My god, how much longer do i have to put up with this incompetent football team. Sort it out or you can forget anyone following you Warriors……….
2:02pm
Junior said | 2:02pm | Report comment
FULL TIME THOUGHTS: Panthers 18 Warriors 16
An ugly first half was followed by a lacklustre second half. Warriors were pipped in the end in a game that you can guarantee won’t be talked about beyond tomorrow’s papers. Penrith did enough, just enough, to get the points. Coach Cleary will be happy with that but not much else. Walsh and Coote, while far from outstanding, overshadowed the NZ halves pairing. The Panthers pack, a combination of hardened pros, players in their prime years and raw youngsters stood up in the second half and laid the platform for the backs to use the space. That said, the Warriors look a shadow of the 2012 vintage and despite leading for much of the match, rarely looked good. The less said about the game the better. Little wonder these teams are out of finals contention.
That’s it for today’s action from Mt Smart (did he say action?). Hope you enjoyed our live blog and commentary. Be sure to flick over for more live NRL coverage on The Roar this afternoon and again tomorrow night.
1:50pm
Junior said | 1:50pm | Report comment
FULL TIME: Panthers 18 def Warriors 16
Coote drags down Maloney looking to shift it wide to Tupou. All over. Six straight losses for McClenna and the Warriors.
1:48pm
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80′ Panthers 18 Warriors 16
Warriors rush to scrum and will get one more shot despite hooter having sounded. Panthers players will be livid if they concede here.
1:47pm
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80′ Panthers 18 Warriors 16
NZ have one set to get it back. Here we go!
1:46pm
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78′ Panthers 18 Warriors 16
Massive second half from the veteran Clint Newton. Terrific chrages pulling in two and three defenders each time. McKendry very good too.
1:45pm
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77′ Panthers 18 Warriors 16
TRY PANTHERS: Travis the man goes in after McKendy ran over two defenders and charged downfield. Support player was dragged down. Walsh got the ball on the last, darted back to the blind where an overlap had been created. Kick successful.
1:42pm
Junior said | 1:42pm | Report comment
75′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
Johnson finds touch professionally. Scrum Panthers 10m from their own line.
1:41pm
Junior said | 1:41pm | Report comment
73′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
Travis Robinson loses the ball trying to stand up to play it. Travis is the brother of Reece (from the Raiders) by the way and has looked OK today.
1:40pm
Junior said | 1:40pm | Report comment
73′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
Maloney pass ruled forward. Right call. Penrith scrum 40m out. Yet another chance for Penrith. Haven’t been in front the whole game.
1:39pm
Junior said | 1:39pm | Report comment
72′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
Luck back on for Warriors to add some defensive starch. Coach McClennan looking to ice the game and post his first victory in six weeks.
1:37pm
Junior said | 1:37pm | Report comment
71′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
Line bust from Mateo! Yes, a line bust! Dragged down sure, but we got a line bust.
1:35pm
Junior said | 1:35pm | Report comment
70′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
Knock on Penrith. Scrum Warriors. My keyboard needs a “knock on” button.
1:34pm
Junior said | 1:34pm | Report comment
68′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
Maloney dives bravely on Walsh’s grubber and stays in field of play despite pressure from Tim Grant. Warriors have to work it out again.
1:32pm
Junior said | 1:32pm | Report comment
67′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
[Insert name here] knock on for Warriors. Scrum Penrith.
1:31pm
Junior said | 1:31pm | Report comment
66′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
Johnson’s head strapped up like a mummy and back out there for the Warriors.
1:30pm
Junior said | 1:30pm | Report comment
66′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
Lillyman knocks on. Scrum Panthers. Luck groggily back to his feet after latish hit from McKendry. Nothing in it, play on.
1:29pm
Junior said | 1:29pm | Report comment
65′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
Again, Penrith look to get on roll but Walsh gets it, runs across the field and throws a forward pass to a teammate who knocks it on. Penrith running out of chances. Warriors bring it away. Game stopped for friendly fire blow from Packer to Johnson head.
1:27pm
Junior said | 1:27pm | Report comment
64′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
Tuimavave knocks on. Turnover to Penrith.
1:26pm
Junior said | 1:26pm | Report comment
62′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
Strong runs by McKendry and Grant but Docker loses it and releases the pressure. A stronger team would have at least got to their kick there.
1:24pm
Junior said | 1:24pm | Report comment
61′ Warriors 16 Panthers 12
TRY PANTHERS: Coote runs it on the last. Maloney, suspect at the best of times, falls off the tackle badly, Coote swivels away and runs 5 metres to go under the posts. Right back in it. Gordon makes conversion
1:21pm
Junior said | 1:21pm | Report comment
59′ Warriors 16 Panthers 6
Lillyman knock on. Penrith scrum 30m out. Another chance to get back into it.
1:20pm
Junior said | 1:20pm | Report comment
58′ Warriors 16 Panthers 6
Hands in the ruck by Warriors. More pressure to withstand but Walsh pass goes forward. Again going across the field looking for runners but timing of run and timing of pass not in sync.
1:18pm
Junior said | 1:18pm | Report comment
56′ Warriors 16 Panthers 6
Panthers get easy video ref decision go their way. No try but they get the ball back via a scrum. Deep in attack.
1:17pm
Junior said | 1:17pm | Report comment
55′ Warriors 16 Panthers 6
Walsh again looking to link up with runners going across the field. They don’t seem to be calling the right plays or players just not timing their runs. Looks like they haven’t played before sometimes. For the record it’s round 24.
1:15pm
Junior said | 1:15pm | Report comment
54′ Warriors 16 Panthers 6
Penrith showing a little more spark in that attack with their small men Walsh, Coote, and Gordon getting on the ball. Taylor scythes down the Panthers runner on the last and that’s a turnover.
1:14pm
Junior said | 1:14pm | Report comment
52′ Warriors 16 Panthers 6
Called back for forward pass by Tuimavave. Only about 3 metres forward. Refs on the ball today.
1:13pm
Junior said | 1:13pm | Report comment
51′ Warriors 16 Panthers 6
Grubber ruled to have been played at by Penrith. Harsh. Warriros get it back through a scrum. Chance to go on the attack.
1:11pm
Junior said | 1:11pm | Report comment
50′ Warriors 16 Panthers 6
Vatuvei defuses bomb and rumbles out to the 20m line for the quick tap. Solid 10m charge by the Best.
1:10pm
Junior said | 1:10pm | Report comment
49′ Warriors 16 Panthers 6
Penalty to Panthers (too long in the tackle) gives them a chance to hit back quickly.
1:09pm
Junior said | 1:09pm | Report comment
48′ Warriors 16 Panthers 6
TRY WARRIORS: Ben Henry scores on the back of some textbook adlib Warriors play. Checked upstairs to see if there was any work on the try scorer but nothing in it. Vatuvei and Mateo combining well on the other side of the field in the lead up. Henry dummied and dived over on the end of a stop-start backline move. Maloney gets kick from out wide.
1:05pm
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44′ Warriors 10 Panthers 6
More mistakes. NZ lose the ball on the second tackle. In their set the ball hits Achurch who wasn’t expecting it and so we pack down a scrum. Another scrum.
1:03pm
Junior said | 1:03pm | Report comment
42′ Warriors 10 Panthers 6
Simmonds knocks down a Warriors pass out wide and NZ will get six again from the scrum.
1:02pm
Junior said | 1:02pm | Report comment
41′ Warriors 10 Panthers 6
Mansour penalised for a block on the Warriors bomb that was fielded by Simmonds. Warriors a good chance early in the second half.
1:01pm
Junior said | 1:01pm | Report comment
41′ Warriors 10 Panthers 6
We’re underway in the second half. Penrith, defending the southern end, kick off. Johnson takes the shortish kick and finds Mateo who makes good ground.
12:57pm
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HALF TIME THOUGHTS: Warriors 10 Panthers 6
Scrappy game in truth. For a 15 minute period early in the half there, we didn’t see a completion. Warriors looked to be doing it easier early on and made their dominance count with two lucky tries to Henry and Johnson (intercept). Penrith looked like they didn’t really want to be out there at times and were just going through the motions. They began to pick it up as the half went on with some backline raids that showed some promise. Got good reward with their late try from one such backline shift. If you want evidence why these teams are battling it out near the bottom of the table, look no further than this half of football. On paper, Warriors should really have too much with half a dozen or so internationals in their line up but if the attitude isn’t there, it won’t matter. Hopefully the quality of the contest will improve in the second half. For now it’s tight but it ain’t pretty.
12:48pm
Junior said | 12:48pm | Report comment
HALF TIME Warriors 10 Panthers 6
Maloney puts up a bomb but ball is fumbled and Mansour picks it up for the Panthers only to be squashed by Manu. Probably wishes the hooter sounded 30 seconds earlier.
12:47pm
Junior said | 12:47pm | Report comment
39′ Warriors 10 Panthers 6
And as I say that they lose possession and Warriors have 30 seconds to do something.
12:46pm
Junior said | 12:46pm | Report comment
39′ Warriors 10 Panthers 6
Weston brings it back strongly off the kick off. Good momentum from the Panthers heading into the break. Friend’s shoulder dislocated so won’t be back.
12:45pm
Junior said | 12:45pm | Report comment
37′ Warriors 10 Panthers 6
TRY PANTHERS: Kingston goes over after Mansour puts Coote through. Draw and pass and Kingston backing up on the inside goes in. The best play of the match so far in what’s been a pretty dire affair. Gordon gets the conversion.
12:42pm
Junior said | 12:42pm | Report comment
35′ Warriors 10 Panthers 0
Ball ruled to have gone forward off a Penrith hand from the bomb. Scrum Warriors deep in their own territory.
12:41pm
Junior said | 12:41pm | Report comment
34′ Warriors 10 Panthers 0
Walsh appears to be running across field too much. No penetration from the runners either. Awarded soft penalty are are now on the attack. Try here would get them back into game.
12:38pm
Junior said | 12:38pm | Report comment
31′ Warriors 10 Panthers 0
Penrith attack looking a little disjointed in that set. Ciraldo putting in the kick on the last confirms that.
12:36pm
Junior said | 12:36pm | Report comment
29′ Warriors 10 Panthers 0
Bit of a nothing kick there from Walsh on the last. A chip with no chase and Manu lets it dribble into touch.
12:34pm
Junior said | 12:34pm | Report comment
27′ Warriors 10 Panthers 0
Friend being helped off for Warriors. Looks like a busted shoulder. Godinet comes in but Warriors lose a lot of stiffness up the middle with Friend off.
12:33pm
Junior said | 12:33pm | Report comment
24′ Warriors 10 Panthers 0
Lots of easy metres there for Warriors and finish the set with a good kick chase, Panthers have to ruck it away again.
12:31pm
Junior said | 12:31pm | Report comment
24′ Warriors 10 Panthers 0
TRY WARRIORS: Shaun Johnson takes intercept off Gordon pass and cruises 60m to go over untouched. Penrith were looking a lot sharper in that six but Johnson picked off the pass. Kick converted 10-0.
12:27pm
Junior said | 12:27pm | Report comment
20′ Warriors 4 Panthers 0
Much better set from Penrith there. A few strong forward charges and a few silky backline moves but Mansour grubber under pressure goes dead.
12:24pm
Junior said | 12:24pm | Report comment
18′ Warriors 4 Panthers 0
Luck, on for Mateo, and grasses a difficult ball. More errors. This is looking like a memorable game in the making.
12:23pm
Junior said | 12:23pm | Report comment
16′ Warriors 4 Panthers 0
Plum nails Ikahihifo in typical Plum style. Panthers offiside next play so Warriors get a chance here.
12:21pm
Junior said | 12:21pm | Report comment
15′ Warriors 4 Panthers 0
Someone anyone give us a complete set! Warriors give up possession again.
12:20pm
Junior said | 12:20pm | Report comment
14′ Warriors 4 Panthers 0
Penrith cough it up again and Warriors bring it away through Henry.
12:19pm
Junior said | 12:19pm | Report comment
13′ Warriors 4 Panthers 0
Enterprising play from Warriors but pass ruled forward. Scrum Penrith. Bit stop start at the moment.
12:18pm
Junior said | 12:18pm | Report comment
12′ Warriors 4 Panthers 0
Eisenhuth drops easy ball and relieves pressure. NZ scrum win 10m out
12:17pm
Junior said | 12:17pm | Report comment
10’ Warriors 4 Panthers 0
Penalty Panthers. Worked over in the tackle. Penrith start their best attacking six so far, 25m from NZ line
12:16pm
Junior said | 12:16pm | Report comment
10’ Warriors 4 Panthers 0
More solid ground from the Warriors pack. Maloney finds touch 10m out from Panthers line. Penrith feed.
12:15pm
Junior said | 12:15pm | Report comment
8’ Warriors 4 Panthers 0
Walsh kick goes dead. 20m tap from NZ. Might be a tactic, let’s see.
12:14pm
Junior said | 12:14pm | Report comment
7’ Warriors 4 Panthers 0
Panthers defence waiting for the Warriors big men already. Not a great sign early. Simmonds retrieves kick and Panthers look to bring it out from inside their 20m.
12:12pm
Junior said | 12:12pm | Report comment
5’ Warriors 4 Panthers 0
TRY WARRIORS: Kicked through on 4th tackle, Panthers fullback Gordon fumbles the grubber and Ben Henry places left hand on the loose ball. Little too soft there. Kick missed by Maloney 4-0
12:09pm
Junior said | 12:09pm | Report comment
4’ Warriors 0 Panthers 0
Tuimavave cleans up another Walsh kick and brings it back strongly. Penalty Warriors for strip. Deep in attack in Panthers territory.
12:07pm
Junior said | 12:07pm | Report comment
2’ Warriors 0 Panthers 0
Panthers get to their kick Tuimavave brings it back for NZ.
12:06pm
Junior said | 12:06pm | Report comment
1’ Warriors 0 Panthers 0
We’re off! Should be an open game of football with both teams having nothing to lose. Warriors kick off and Tim Grant brings it back for the Panthers.
11:56am
Junior said | 11:56am | Report comment
Panthers in pink today. Something to do with strawberry milk again? Women in League has come and gone so that’s my best guess.
11:52am
Junior said | 11:52am | Report comment
In team news, Brad Tighe has pulled with a high fever for Penrith. He will be replaced by Tom Eisenhuth who will make his first grade debut. Along with Adam Docker, that’s two debutants for the away team today.
For the Warriors, Konrad Hurrell played for the Vulcans yesterday and is out today. Ben Henry moves from the second row into the centres to cover, Elijah Taylor moves up to second-row and Sebastine Ikahihifo comes off the bench into lock. Russell Packer will start the game at prop and Sione Lousi will move back to the bench. Pita Godinet, named as 18th man will also start from the bench.
Join us shortly for kick off. Feel free to share your thoughts during the game.
11:47am
Junior said | 11:47am | Report comment
Toyota Cup FT score: Warriors 18 def Panthers 16.
Both of these NYC teams are in the eight, with the Warriors in third and the Panthers in fifth. Some consolation for both clubs after a forgettable season in first grade.
11:43am
Junior said | 11:43am | Report comment
Good morning (morning?) and welcome to Mt Smart Stadium for this bottom of the table clash between the Warriors and the Panthers. The home team has an outside sniff of making the eight, but with five straight losses heading into today and the need for the planets to be in perfect alignment, hopes aren’t high. Little to play for in reality. To call this a pre-season trial for 2013 would not be entirely inaccurate.
First grade kicks off in about 20 mins. We’ll have team news shortly.