Penrith Panthers
36
Match Complete
Canberra Raiders
6
| N. Cleary |  | 73 | ||
| V. Kikau |  | 72 | ||
| N. Cleary | | 69 | ||
| T. May | | 67 | ||
| N. Cleary | | 59 | ||
| S. Crichton | | 55 | ||
| N. Cleary |  | 36 | ||
| N. Cleary | | 33 | ||
| I. Yeo | | 32 | ||
| 18 | | B. Schneider | ||
| 17 | | J. Tapine | ||
| N. Cleary | | 15 | ||
| S. Crichton | | 13 |
| 5 | Tries | 1 | ||
| 5 | Conversions | 1 | ||
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
Round 7 of the NRL Premiership continues this afternoon when the Penrith Panthers take on the Canberra Raiders at BlueBet Stadium in Penrith. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 4.05pm AEST.
To win this weekend, not only do Canberra need to beat a team that is widely tipped to go back to back. They also need to break the Penrith Panthers 20 game winning streak at home. It’s not an easy assignment.
The Broncos went into last Friday night’s game against the Panthers full of hope, after they pushed the Roosters to the brink the week before. Penrith’s 40-12 win was a fair reflection of the gulf between the two teams.
The Penrith pack are, in all likelihood, the best in the competition. If they even just achieve parity up front, Nathan Cleary’s kicking game pins the opposition down and they slowly pick you apart. It’s clinical.
Ivan Cleary is lucky enough to be able to name the same 17 for the 4th consecutive week.
Let’s be honest, Canberra were diabolical last Thursday night. To give up a 12 point half time lead at home against the Cowboys bordered on the inexcusable. Certainly, Ricky Stuart felt that way.
Some of the team are either lacking in confidence or are not prepared to put in the effort. The Raiders are a better team on paper than what they are delivering on the field. They need to start to change that.
Ricky Stuart has made some changes, with Jordan Rapana starting at fullback in place of Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad. Xavier Savage getting a start on the wing. Harry Rushton debuts from the bench with Emre Guler going back to the reserves.
Prediction
After a poor performance, teams tend to bounce back and we can expect the same of the Raiders.
Will that be enough to upset the Panthers at home?
For Canberra fans, the answer is sadly no.
Penrith Panthers by 20.
Game information
Kick-off: 4:05pm AEST
Venue: BlueBet Stadium
TV/Stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel, Nine Network
Betting: Panthers $1.12, Raiders $6.50 – odds via PlayUp
Penrith
1. Dylan Edwards 2. Charlie Staines 3. Izack Tago 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Taylan May 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Matt Eisenhuth 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. James Fisher-Harris 11. Viliame Kikau 12. Liam Martin 13. Isaah Yeo
Interchange: 14. Mitch Kenny 15. Scott Sorensen 16. Spencer Leniu 17. Jaeman Salmon
Canberra
1. Jordan Rapana 2. Nick Cotric 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Semi Valemei 5. Xavier Savage 6. Jack Wighton 7. Brad Schneider 8. Josh Papali’i 9. Tom Starling 10. Joseph Tapine 11. Corey Harawira-Naera 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Ryan Sutton
Interchange: 14. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 15. Harry Rushton 16. Adam Elliott 17. Corey Horsburgh
Mike
Guest
Hi Brookvale, I'm Mike not GB, I follow Canberra, I did not like the negative way the Panthers fans acted towards Raiders fans. What does this have to do with Manly vs Souths fans.
Neil
Guest
Thanks Jenny for clarifying these rules, so if you win 7 games you can be a jerk to other teams, I thought it was 6.
Say What..
Guest
Of course they would have complained. Regardless of whether the opposition was offside or not. As they’re Biased. I’m glad that you could at least see that the ‘Horsburgh’ strip was completely wrong. Maybe as a Raiders supporter you can send a request to the club & ask them to stop stripping the ball out & giving away penalties? However, try get their names right , when you contact the club .
Brookvale
Guest
Hey Glory Bound In Jan, Mike & James clothing. Get off your High Horse! South’s supporters in your Burrow are the worst supporters around . They abuse & spit at other Supporters, just for turning up to watch their club play, at South’s home games.
Paul
Guest
If a crowd had shown disrespect to Iceland & their Viking clap . That would be disrespectful. As that’s being disrespectful to their heritage & history. As they’re only having a go at the Canberra Raiders Viking clap . It’s just some banter. As Canberra has nothing to do with Vikings, Iceland or anything like that. It’s just a borrowed promotional tool . As for crowd behaviour. Come back & let us know when they abuse at the opposition crowd , spit at them , throw cans at them & their clubs reserves , coaches , players etc. Like happened to Penrith’s players, Coaches , Reserves, Supporters at Leichhardt last year. Then they’d have something to complain about!
Adam
Guest
No it's about negative behaviour vs positive.
Richard
Guest
Not dominant, just holding down longer
JennyFromPenny
Guest
It's getting a bit hard to argue, they have nothing to be brash about. When a basketball team makes a big slam dunk and then is in the other teams face about it, that's not really any different is it? When an AFL player scores and then gives his opponent a shove, that's really not any different is it. This is about Penrith, and peeps simply can't cop it.
JennyFromPenny
Guest
Wow, no exclamation marks to strengthen your case. You must be right.
JennyFromPenny
Guest
Dominant tackles allow for it. That's not breaking the rules.
Jon
Guest
You can celebrate positively by e.g. singing your team song or negatively by bagging out the opposition. Panthers fans and players show they are negative like Kikau singing glory glory. Pretty sad for them.
Robbo
Guest
Also Atkins is a Penrith life member, can't believe he's anywhere near a game.
Mike
Guest
No one said Vikings are from Iceland same as Panthers aren't from Penrith. Those Panthers fans doing the clap are angry deep down and it shows they can't just enjoy the win.
James
Guest
Who said any Vikings came from Canberra. The Panthers fans were being bad winners.
Mike
Guest
That's it Jenny, dig your way out of the hole.
Mitch
Guest
The refs allow Penrith to hold in tackles longer, they are the new and improved Storm in that area.
Joe
Guest
Seriously? Defending arrogance? Wow!
EastOfDivide
Guest
What you’re saying is that Penrith met Canberra’s determination in defence, with dominating Canberra & driving them backwards in gang tackles in defence. So you don’t like that. Penrith players didn’t ‘ pick Canberra players up & drive them backwards ‘, any more than Canberra players did to them. By the way. I thought the Canberra defence was amazing for all the time that they had to defend. It was far better than they’d defended in many other games this season.
Taree Raider
Guest
Geoff, I was so proud of the Raiders tonight. The Official on the Field & in the Bunker were appalling. The penalty count was excessive, it truly reflected the possession rate & therefore the metres ran. The Horsbourgh strip was completely wrong. The Panthers were continually offside in defence & were not penalised until the last 5 minutes. No team could be competitive against such circumstances. I was still very proud of the way the Raiders played. No other team would have got any better result facing similar favouritism from the match Offical/s. If it was a home game the fans would have continually complained about the Panthers being offside in defence ALL night.
Muzz
Guest
The Viking clap now belongs to the mountain men.