Penrith Panthers
44
Match Complete
North Queensland Cowboys
12
| N. Cleary |  | 73 | ||
| B. To'o |  | 72 | ||
| N. Cleary | | 68 | ||
| N. Cleary | | 67 | ||
| N. Cleary | | 63 | ||
| S. Turuva | | 62 | ||
| 49 | | S. Drinkwater | ||
| 48 | | Z. Laybutt | ||
| 44 | | S. Drinkwater | ||
| 43 | | G. Neame | ||
| N. Cleary | | 39 | ||
| L. Sommerton | | 38 | ||
| B. To'o | | 32 | ||
| N. Cleary | | 27 | ||
| L. Martin | | 26 | ||
| N. Cleary | | 23 | ||
| S. Turuva | | 22 | ||
| S. Crichton | | 4 |
| 8 | Tries | 2 | ||
| 6 | Conversions | 2 | ||
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
Round 27 of the NRL premiership continues this evening when the Penrith Panthers take on the North Queensland Cowboys at BlueBet Stadium in Penrith. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 5:30pm (AEST).
Despite a few wins by big margins as of late for the Panthers, there was a feeling that they weren’t at their 100% which could be exploited as the season went on. And that’s exactly what happened last week with the Eels hammering the Panthers by 14 points. But what would hurt them more is the shoulder injury to Jarome Luai.
While Jack Cogger is a handy backup halves partner, the Penrith attack looks to be more one dimensional without the Samoan superstar. In a big boost for the hosts, Dylan Edwards and Sunia Turuva return to the Panthers backline.
Despite winning only one of their past four matches, the Cowboys are still in with a chance of playing finals football. But they will have to do it at arguably the toughest ground to win at. Following a thumping victory against the Dolphins in Brisbane, Todd Payten has stuck with the same 17 to get the job done in Sydney.
Prediction
While the Panthers could change their backline last minute as they’re guaranteed a home final in week one of finals, I think they’ll keep Cleary and Cogger in the halves to form a combination with Luai unavailable. But I think the Cowboys will win in a tight contest out of their desperation to make it into finals football. Cowboys by 1
Game information
Venue: BlueBet Stadium
Kick-off: 5.30pm (AEST)
TV: Fox Sports
Streaming: Kayo Sports, Foxtel
Odds: Panthers $1.29 Cowboys $3.60 – odds via PlayUp
Panthers: 1. Dylan Edwards 2. Sunia Turuva 3. Tyrone Peachey 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Brian To’o 6. Jack Cogger 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Moses Leota 9. Luke Sommerton 10. James Fisher-Harris 11. Scott Sorensen 12. Liam Martin 13. Isaah Yeo 14. Soni Luke 15. Lindsay Smith 16. Spencer Leniu 17. Zac Hosking 18. Jaeman Salmon 19. Izack Tago 20. Thomas Jenkins 21. Luke Garner 22. Matt Eisenhuth
Cowboys: 1. Scott Drinkwater 2. Kyle Feldt 3. Zac Laybutt 4. Peta Hiku 5. Murray Taulagi 6. Tom Dearden 7. Chad Townsend 8. Jordan McLean 9. Reece Robson 10. Jason Taumalolo 11. Luciano Leilua 12. Heilum Luki 13. Reuben Cotter 14. Jake Granville 15. Coen Hess 16. Griffin Neame 17. Kulikefu Finefeuiaki 18. Jamayne Taunoa-Brown 19. Robert Derby 20. James Tamou 21. Brendan Elliot 22. Jack Gosiewski
Brendon Waldron
Roar Pro
Only if you take it seriously
Panthers
Roar Rookie
A different story against the Cowboys at home . Not many NSW Cup players.
Panthers
Roar Rookie
Pretty pathetic thing to say.
jimmmy
Roar Rookie
We are what we are Sporacle. We definitely are a top 8 chance with a few improvements but a premiership is quite a way away imo. Still love those Cowboys.
The Sporacle
Roar Rookie
Couple of tweaks and next years looking OK for the Cows :thumbup:
Choppy Zezers
Roar Rookie
Griffin just ahead of Sheens
jimmmy
Roar Rookie
Ssssssh.
jimmmy
Roar Rookie
Congrats Penrith. Way better than us tonite. Absolutely best team in the regular season and well deserved minor premiership. Win the GF and undoubtedly you guys have had the best football era since the 80s Parra side.
WithTheDawn
Roar Rookie
Has to be!
WithTheDawn
Roar Rookie
Either way he clearly dropped it and it went up no try. Cannot believe they gave it...
WithTheDawn
Roar Rookie
No try* autocorrect messed me up
Marathonman
Roar Rookie
Questions remaining. Will storm win again at suncorp? Can the mighty chooks defeat either sharks or knights? Who will get coach of the year? Sheens, Ciraldo, Griffin,Demetriou or Big Sam?
souvalis
Roar Rookie
Abdo: D. Edwards has made 193 assists. Dyl's face : scrunge
eagleJack
Roar Guru
Makes the next game tonight & tomorrow very interesting in terms of order of finish.
Brendon Waldron
Roar Pro
What a let down
NQR
Roar Rookie
The bloke standing right above it called him short and losing possession. The Bunker over ruled without any conclusion vision?
Arnab Bhattacharya
Roar Guru
FULL TIME PEN 44 NQL 12 The Panthers have showed their dominance despite a slow start to 2023 and have won the minor premiership. Massive momentum to build on for finals as they take on the Warriors next week for the qualifying final. The Cowboys didn’t turn up for the first half and by the time they did, it was too late. Thank you all for joining. Off to a short break and I’ll be back for Knights v Dragons.
eagleJack
Roar Guru
Warriors regretting the resting strategy. Although to be fair the Dolphins likely would have beaten their top side too.
csps
Roar Rookie
Congratulations to Roosters and Raiders.
NQR
Roar Rookie
It went up No try.