2025 R5 Fri - Penrith 18-22 North Qld @ CommBank

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2025 - Round 5
Penrith Panthers v North Queensland Cowboys
CommBank Stadium, Parramatta / Burramattagal (TICKETS)

Friday 4 April 2025
Kickoff 6:00pm AEDT
Live on Fox, Kayo.

1. Daine Laurie 2. Paul Alamoti 3. Izack Tago 4. Thomas Jenkins 5. Casey McLean 6. Jack Cole 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Moses Leota 9. Mitch Kenny 10. Lindsay Smith 11. Isaiah Papali'i 12. Liam Martin 13. Isaah Yeo
14. Brad Schneider 15. Matt Eisenhuth 16. Liam Henry 17. Luke Garner
18. Blaize Talagi 19. Mavrik Geyer 20. Luron Patea 21. Luke Sommerton 22. Jesse McLean

Out: Brian To'o (wing), Trent Toelau (halfback), Scott Sorensen (second row)
In: Casey Mclean (wing), Nathan Cleary (halfback), Matt Eisenhuth (bench), Blaize Talagi (reserve), Mavrik Geyer (reserve), Luron Patea (reserve), Luke Sommerton (reserve), Jesse McLean (reserve)
Changes: Isaiah Papali'i (front row to second row), Lindsay Smith (bench to front row)

1. Scott Drinkwater 2. Robert Derby 3. Jaxon Purdue 4. Viliami Vailea 5. Murray Taulagi 6. Tom Dearden 7. Jake Clifford 8. Jordan McLean 9. Reece Robson 10. Jason Taumalolo 11. John Bateman 12. Kai O'Donnell 13. Reuben Cotter
14. Sam McIntyre 15. Jeremiah Nanai 16. Griffin Neame 17. Coen Hess
18. Harrison Edwards 19. Zac Laybutt 20. Thomas Duffy 21. Karl Lawton 22. Thomas Mikaele

Unchanged 17
In: Harrison Edwards (reserve), Zac Laybutt (reserve), Thomas Duffy (reserve), Karl Lawton (reserve), Thomas Mikaele (reserve)

Referee: Peter Gough
Sideline Officials: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski, Daniel Luttringer
Video Referee: Gerard Sutton

HEAD TO HEAD - 1995 - 2024​

	TOTAL	PEN	NQL	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	48	26	22	0
COMMBANK	0	0	0	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2022	Round 25	NQL 38-8	QLD C. Bank	23840
2023	Round 16	NQL 27-23	QLD C. Bank	17277
2023	Round 27	PEN 44-12	BlueBet	21525
2024	Round 8	PEN 26-20	QLD C. Bank	20960
2024	Round 17	NQL 16-6	BlueBet	15777

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2004	Round 24	PEN 56-6	Penrith	12391
2013	Round 22	NQL 36-4	Centrebet	6611

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Round 9
PENRITH	DOL (A)	SYD (A)	MAN (H)	BRI (H)
NORTH QLD	SOU (A)	BYE	GLD (H)	WAR (A)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 2		Round 3		Round 4
PENRITH	SYD	L 32-38	MEL	L 24-30	SOU	L 18-28
NORTH QLD	CRO	L 12-36	BRI	L 16-26	CAN	W 30-20

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
PENRITH	13th	4	0	1-3-0	102	118
NORTH QLD	14th	4	0	1-3-0	70	124

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Penrith by 18+

 

[soc123_au]

Cripple fight

 

[Apey]

Two very average football teams here but I think the Panthers get this done something like 28 - 22.

 

[Trifili13]

Tamou Cup

 

[This Year?]

This is going to be fun for all the wrong reasons.

 

[chrisD]

Mama said knock you out.

 

[Fangs]

Penrith by 14.

 

[JamesRustle]

Penrith's season starts here. 42-6.

 

[Saxon]

Panthers not going great, but this year's Cowboys are a very average side. Smug to win by 16.

 

[Vic Mackey]

This game deserves 6pm Friday status.

Panthers by 7, the 3,000 there to hate every minute of it.

 

[Chins]

You'd think the last 3 games would have humbled me but you'd be wrong.

Pamfers 13+

 

[Stinkfinger]

If Pamfas give Cows the quality pill they gave Souffs in the first half last week the result will be the same for them.

 

[Someone2]

Panthers by 20

 

[Sime_11]

if Penrith lose this - Ivan needs to stop this nice approach and drop players for poor performance (cue Chins targetting Tago )

for Yeo's 250th (the first panther to reach this) - losing is not an option and we fail our greatest Panther ever if we lose tonight

Cows at $4.25 is ridiculous overs -

 

[Warrimoo3]

Watching the Panthers v Storm game a few weeks ago convinced me that the Panthers were a certainty for 5 straight. The Storm threw everything at them but at various stages of the match were repelled with interest. The look of resignation on Bellamy’s face during that match, despite winning, was telling. He knew that the Panthers have his team covered . When they shifted gears at various times during that match the Storm couldn’t go with them.

The Panthers are just waiting for the finals to come around and then it will be business as usual. It’s normal to be a bit complacent after you’ve won 4 straight. Will do what they have to do tonight. Panthers by 10 .

 

[Fangs]

Cowboys don't have the gears. We have the gears.

 

[League Unlimited News]

Cotter out for NQ, reshuffle in Penrith's forwards:

 

[This Year?]

Yeo's 250th is going to be a night to remember

 

[chrisD]

No issue with experimenting with papali’i in the middle but is this the time for it?