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'15 | R1 | Sun | PEN 24-18 CBY | Pepper

Round 1: Panthers v Bulldogs

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    36
  • Poll closed .
Doomednow

Doomednow

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Not confident. From what I've heard/read we'll be a little underdone and the Dogs had our measure last time. If the new ruck penalties are enforced we'll have a better chance.
 
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Eddie.

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Bit of a blockbuster here to start the year. The Riff will be looking for a bit of revenge whilst the Dogs will no doubt be looking to go one step further. Be a great game you would think, going for the Dog in a nail biter.

Dogs 23
Panthers 22
 
mxlegend99

mxlegend99

Referee
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Yeah I expect Panthers to start the year slowly. Trials were disappointing and there's talk we will start the year with players not quiet up tp pace.I think it will take 3 or 4 games to get everyone up to speed
 
Noname36

Noname36

First Grade
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I'll go with the Dogs.

This will be an interesting year for Penrith. They overachieved a bit last year taking advantage of a general poor standard of competition. It'll be interesting to see whether they keep improving or they struggle if more teams perform well this year.

I still think they'll go well this year but I think the Dogs might be a bit too good.
 
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ek999

First Grade
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Bulldogs got dis.

Moylan will be forgotten about after a 10/10 performance by Lichaa. Cameron Smith might as well hand over his Australian jersey now
 
Puntastic

Puntastic

Juniors
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993
Dogs, I expect us to be underdone.

That said if the Refs are serious about speeding up the ruck (making a show of it for the first handful of rounds before slacking off) we should have their number. And blokes like Peachy and Segs might run rings around the big boppers.
 
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ek999

First Grade
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How many big minute forwards to the Panthers have?

Bulldogs biggest defence against the new ruck interpretations is that they have Jackson, Graham and Tolman all capable of playing big minutes (T-Rex too but that is because he normally does nothing). That means they can rotate the other forwards fairly regularly to stop them getting fatigued.

Hopefully with Lichaa their attack will be a bit quicker too
 
Blues Riff

Blues Riff

Bench
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mxlegend99 said:
If he starts now he might be done in time for the 2016 season. Then he just needs a dickhead best mate and some cruisers and the rest takes care of itself.
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I'm sure I saw the outline of a big chest tat on Matt during the All Stars halftime break.
As far as behaviour goes, I like to think we have a genuine no-dickheads policy. Time will tell.
 
TheFrog

TheFrog

Coach
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Anyone's game. Depends who scrubs up the best.

Panthers by 7 because they are at home.
 
Dogs Of War

Dogs Of War

Coach
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Doomednow said:
Not confident. From what I've heard/read we'll be a little underdone and the Dogs had our measure last time. If the new ruck penalties are enforced we'll have a better chance.
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Not sure which team they will favor really. Dogs have big boys who other teams won't be able to hold down, which means with our faster hooker, should be able to take advantage of the new ruck penalities much better. That said, Panthers may be able to take advantage of tired forwards for the Dogs towards the end of halves who had to get off players quicker.

Be interesting match to watch, hopefully by then having seen a few games, it will be an easier decision on who should win. I still think big men will have there say.
 
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