What did you get on the Warriors at Warrior? They were paying something stupid when I had a look amd I'm kicking myself I didn't get on. I heard one of the bookies on the radio going on about how the Panthers have been targeting this game ever since the infamous cry baby match over here, but surely with the way the Warriors cankeep the ball alive and the truly awful defensive record of the Panthersour boys had to start firm favourites.
People are going to bring out the old "jeckyl and hyde" cliche this week trying to play down the Warriors' hopes, butpeople have to realise thatthe 2001 NRL is one of those very rare competitions where even wooden spoon contenders candominate a high quality game against anyone on their day. Both sides do need to work on their defence though - for the Warriors I think it's a stamina thing while for thePanthers it's a bit more to do with technique.
If these stats are anything to go by, the Warriors played asolid game all round against prettyworthy opponents, especially for an afternoon game underthe blazing sun in Oz :
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LIVE SCORES
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Panthers
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Penrith Football Stadium</td> <td valign=bottom width=140>
Warriors
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TRIES</td> <td rowspan=9 valign=top width=220> <table border=1 bordercolor=#006532 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=220> <tbody> <tr> <td width=35>
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<a target=_top>PENALTIES</a></td> <td width=35>
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SCRUMS</td> <td width=35>
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24/31 </td> <td bgcolor=#006633 width=150>
COMPLETION RATE</td> <td width=35>
26/35 </td></tr> <tr> <td width=35>
209 </td> <td bgcolor=#006633 width=150>
<a target=_top>TACKLES</a></td> <td width=35>
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<a target=_top>MISSED TACKLES</a></td> <td width=35>
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<a target=_top>HITUPS</a></td> <td width=35>
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<a target=_top>LINE BREAKS</a></td> <td width=35>
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<a target=_top>OFFLOADS</a></td> <td width=35>
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<a target=_top>HANDLING ERRORS</a></td> <td width=35>
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<a target=_top>SIN BINS</a></td> <td width=35>
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TRIES</td></tr> <tr> <td width=140> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>John Cross </td></tr> <tr> <td>Craig Gower ( 2 ) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chris Hicks ( 2 ) </td></tr> <tr> <td>David Woods </td></tr></tbody></table></td> <td width=140> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Henry Faafili </td></tr> <tr> <td>Stacey Jones ( 2 ) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ali Lauitiiti </td></tr> <tr> <td>Francis Meli ( 2 ) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Logan Swann </td></tr> <tr> <td>Clinton Toopi </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=#006532 width=140>
CONVERSIONS</td> <td bgcolor=#006532 width=140>
CONVERSIONS</td></tr> <tr> <td width=140> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td align=left>Chris Hicks(4/6)</td></tr></tbody></table></td> <td width=140> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td align=left>Ivan Cleary(8/8)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor=#006532 width=140>
PENALTY GOALS</td> <td bgcolor=#006532 width=140>
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FIELD GOALS</td> <td bgcolor=#006532 width=140>
FIELD GOALS</td></tr></tbody></table>