Wests Tigers
12
Match Complete
Panthers
19
| 74 |  | N. Cleary | ||
| 72 |  | D. Edwards | ||
| 71 |  | N. Cleary | ||
| A. Doueihi |  | 59 | ||
| 46 | | N. Cleary | ||
| 45 | | S. Crichton | ||
| T. Talau | | 33 | ||
| A. Doueihi | | 28 | ||
| M. Eisenhuth | | 27 | ||
| 3 | | N. Cleary | ||
| 1 | | S. Crichton |
| 2 | Tries | 3 | ||
| 1 | Conversions | 3 | ||
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 1 |
The Penrith Panthers are in dangerous form, and that spells bad news for a Wests Tigers outfit with little recent success against the men from the mountains. Join The Roar for live scores of their Saturday-night encounter from 7:35pm (AEST).
Sitting pretty in second at the start of Round 8, the Panthers have been one of the unexpected success stories of the season so far. Today they take on the Wests Tigers, against whom they’ve won five of their last six.
The Tigers are one of the NRL’s great enigmas, capable of producing the sublime and embarrassing from week to week. Last round was certainly an example of the former, Michael Maguire’s men towelling up the lowly Bulldogs to the tune of 34-6.
Wests have gone with an unchanged side on the back of that performance, while there’s just the one change to the Penrith lineup which got the better of Souths last week: winger Josh Mansour comes back into the team for Brent Naden.
Game information
Kick-off: 7:35pm (AEST)
Venue: Bankwest Stadium
TV: Fox Sports
Live stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel, NRL Live Pass
Teams
Tigers
1. Adam Doueihi, 2. David Nofoaluma, 3. Joey Leilua, 4. Moses Mbye, 5. Tommy Talau, 6. Josh Reynolds, 7. Luke Brooks, 8. Josh Aloiai, 9. Harry Grant, 10. Oliver Clark, 11. Luke Garner, 12. Luciano Leilua, 13. Matthew Eisenhuth
Bench/Reserves: 14. Elijah Taylor, 15. Thomas Mikaele, 16. Sam McIntyre, 17. Michael Chee-Kam, 18. Benji Marshall, 19. Chris Lawrence, 20. Billy Walters, 21. Russell Packer
Panthers
1. Dylan Edwards, 2. Josh Mansour, 3. Dean Whare, 4. Stephen Crichton, 5. Brian To’o, 6. Jarome Luai, 7. Nathan Cleary, 8. James Tamou, 9. Apisai Koroisau, 10. James Fisher-Harris, 11. Villame Kikau, 12. Liam Martin, 13. Isaah Yeo
Bench/Reserves: 14. Matt Burton, 15. Zane Tetevano, 16. Moses Leota, 17. Billy Burns, 18. Mitch Kenny, 19. Brent Naden, 20. Spencer Leniu, 21. Tyrone May
Derek Murray
Roar Rookie
Was perfect, in running I didn’t see how he skipped the defender. Beautiful positioning by the support and perfect pass. Lovely stuff
Derek Murray
Roar Rookie
Yeah, if a high shot to the head of a bloke without the ball doesn’t get a red, what is required? Phil Gould would burp up a complaint that the game was getting soft but FFS, RL needs to move into the 21st century
Tom G
Roar Rookie
Api Korasau is a super player. Never seen him have a bad game. I wish Manly could’ve kept him. Penthers very solid tonight.. a real threat this year
Bonza
Roar Rookie
100% Mansour successfully milked it. Cleary can slot field goals all he likes, but yet to see any smart ball play or putting players into space. Overrated and did nothing in Origin. Tiges slowly starting to show some Madge DNA
Stormy
Roar Rookie
Brave effort, Tigers, up until the last few minutes. Certainly not disgraced.
egbert
Guest
Don't remember the rivalry between these clubs being particularly nasty over the years, so is this bad feeling purely due to the Cleary coaching episode?
Muzz
Guest
BJ lol what a liability. One day he will look back and realize.
JGK
Roar Guru
That pass was one of the sweetest things I’ve seen this year.
jimmmy
Roar Rookie
You guys are building something Fred. Chin up mate.
Cadfael
Roar Guru
Last tackle there should have been a send off. Ref totally lost it.
JGK
Roar Guru
Can’t believe that’s not a send off.
egbert
Guest
What is the Tigers' problem here? Thuggish stuff.
Fred
Guest
Yeah once his brother got taken out it was pretty much guaranteed BJ would go silly.
souvalis
Roar Rookie
In the car park..
Geoff from Bruce Stadium
Roar Rookie
Jeez - these teams don't like each other - a few hotheads on both sides
Cadfael
Roar Guru
Sin bin? Useless. he should have been sent straight off.
Geoff from Bruce Stadium
Roar Rookie
Terrible performance by the ref
souvalis
Roar Rookie
Was always going to happen..he’s a maniac..
Geoff from Bruce Stadium
Roar Rookie
So dumb by BJ - sympathise with Tierrs fans i I've seen it all before - classic rocks and diamonds - too many rocks
Fred
Guest
Ah well, at least it was a good effort, in the past we would have got flogged by a team as good as this Panthers side. The team gave their all, Madge has toughened them up not just physically but mentally.