'10 | R10 | Sun | Sharks 14-34 Panthers | Toyota

[Jason Maher]

Bloody hell... must have seen the Souths-Tigers ad on Fox and got confused. Never mind...

 

[Scorpio30]

Can't believe Nine are showing this.

I know...I just went to the NRL website to see which was the Fox game and which was the Ch9 game. Cant believe it.

I was sure they would have Tigers V Rabbitohs on 9!...Oh well I will just have to watch it now on Fox instead.

 

[Timmah]

Should've been Cronulla Monday, Manly/Parra 2pm today and this SCG game 3pm.

 

[pantherz9103]

Penrith deserve channel nine games with our good form and they have to give Cronulla a few over the course of the season in fairness. Still Sharks are a chance today, we traditionally struggle at Toyota. Not over confident by any means.

 

[snoozer]

Should've been Cronulla Monday, Manly/Parra 2pm today and this SCG game 3pm.

agreed.

i'm happy to finally get a free to air game though.

 

[Ausguy]

Can't believe Nine are showing this.

Should've been Cronulla Monday, Manly/Parra 2pm today and this SCG game 3pm.

I know...I just went to the NRL website to see which was the Fox game and which was the Ch9 game. Cant believe it.

I was sure they would have Tigers V Rabbitohs on 9!...Oh well I will just have to watch it now on Fox instead.

Anyone watching the tigers v rabbits game would agree you are not missing much...

bludger of a game...

random stat but compeltion rates in the first ten minutes 0/3 and 0/5

 

[Billythekid]

Anyone watching the tigers v rabbits game would agree you are not missing much...

bludger of a game...

random stat but compeltion rates in the first ten minutes 0/3 and 0/5

It also doesn't help that the coverage has been woeful.

 

[skeepe]

Ray Warren forgot to mention Cronulla's 1997 grand final loss.

 

[Jason Maher]

Ray Warren forgot to mention Cronulla's 1997 grand final loss.

Obviously working on behalf of the ARL conspiracy... :sarcasm:

 

[chrisD]

Was worried about this game but I'm confident now, we look up for it today.

 

[Ausguy]

u dont thin the score being 28-14 with 10 to go is a good indication they are up for it?

 

[pantherz9103]

Happy with the win as I was nervous going into the game. Jenko nabbing 3 tries may help his cause for SOO, although I'm still not sure if he's right.

 

[Frailty]

Stuart blames referees again.

 

[Kilkenny]

Stuart blames referees again.

I'm not sure how he can blame Jason Robinson. 9-4 penalty count overall. 9-2 until the last couple of minutes when he awarded Penrith 2 back to back in the space on 1 minute. The heavy penalty count against the Panthers gave the Sharks the field position to keep the scoreline reaonably close. The Panthers only did what they had too. The Coote pass when backwards out the hand and then bounced forward. It was a fair try, no argument.

 

[mxlegend99]

I don't see how they could blame the referee. They had a 9-2 penalty count in their favor around the 70th minute and were still being thumped. Although as per usual the referee tried to even things up after the game was over.

if anything, I thought the Sharks probably had more of the 50/50 calls and wrong decisions go in their favor. The worst decision against them was the scrum against Sharks from the Gallen offload after the referee prematurely called held. Considering they got away with a few knock-ons it evens itself out.

 

[Doomednow]

Agreed, ref let a clear knock on in goal go so the sharks could have another shot. The only seriously bad call he made all game was the Gallen offload.

I was surprised he called that sharks try held up. He was right but I was certain he'd give them the benefit of the doubt. Stuart's got absolutely no case, especially with that penalty count.

 

[nqcowboy87]

recorded the match on eyetv on the mac and picked this up, that is one of the worst 10m ive ever seen, jennings is almost in the sharks line

 

[Kilkenny]

recorded the match on eyetv on the mac and picked this up, that is one of the worst 10m ive ever seen, jennings is almost in the sharks line

Your right. Robinson stuffed up and should have made the penalty count 10-4.

The Sharks had enough ball on the back of a generous penalty count in there favour and never seriously threatened. The Panthers did what they had to do and never really got out of second gear. Maybe not pretty for television in respect of the Channel Nine game but personally I couldn't care less.

 

[Caged Panther]

I really think this game was a case of penrith doing what they had to do against an opposition that was struggling. Not an inspiring performance by any means and the number of tries we're scoring off kicks continues to be a worry IMO.

Nevertheless a win is a win and I'll take it's one less we have to get later on to make the finals.

 

[Danish]

Didn't penrith knock the pass down and give the sharks another set of 6 on that tackle anyway??

Sharks got about 4 "high" tackle piggy back penalties and still couldn't score a try. They had knock ons let go, penalties given away ignored (Coote being tackled in the air without the ball in the 2nd half)..... and they still couldn't get within cooee of Penrith.

To top it all off Stuart blames the refs and then declares Gallen a must for Origin, despite being outplayed by Lewis all afternoon