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THIS IS THE MATCH REPORT FROM THE OFFICIAL PENRITH PANTHERS WEBSITE.
The Panthers held on to beat the Tigers 22-20 tonight at Penrith Stadium - but the ending was once again the stuff that could convince a coach to book himself into Nepean Private for a heart check.
With 15 minutes left to play Penrith saw a 12 point lead whittled away. They held on - just. On the way, they played some good football and some bad football.
Amos Roberts scored another two tries in three minutes, including a 90 metre intercept that brought back memories of the Grand Final. Former Panther Scott Sattler tried to emulate the magic try-saving tackle that cut down Todd Byrne in the Grand Final, but Roberts was way too quick for him.
Joe Galuvao was denied two tries - being held up both times - before scoring one of the finest you would ever see. He bullocked his way over the line dragging four players with him, having smashed aside another two.
Penrith was denied a third try when Craig Gower was penalised for a double movement.
Sattler found himself on report for a late and high tackle on his former skipper and Ryan Girdler brought up his 1500th point in 1st Grade with his second goal of the night.
Here is most of what John Lang and Craig Gower had to say at the post match media conference -
Journalist: You made it hard for yourselves at times?
John: We made it very hard for ourselves ... it was frustrating probably more than anything. I've never been associated with a more talented, dedicated, hard working, hard training bunch of footballers but we're just coming up with some really stupid plays. I actually thought that we hadn't got our just desserts as a disciplined side in recent weeks but tonight we weren't disciplined, so we got our just desserts as an undisciplined side.
Journalist: How did it compare to the last couple of weeks' performances?
John: I think pretty similar to be perfectly honest. You know, threatening to play well and just coming out with that many stupid plays at vital times and lapses in defence It looked like our defence is rerally good, they were going nowhere and their dummy half picks up and beats two tackles and runs 50 metres and sets up a try, you know. There were times there tonight when I thought our defence really had their measure and we had a 12 point lead with 15 minutes to go and in the end we had to scramble to hang on.
Journalist: Craig, what was it like out there?
Craig: It was pretty frustrating because we know we can do the job and we're doing the job in parts but we're just not doing every play on its merits. We're just coming up with silly errors in defence and our marking is not up to scratch either I don't think.
Journalist: Are you in a slump John?
Craig: I know we're just not playing consistently -
John: I don't think we're in a slump. I've been in slumps where at training they can't put three hit-ups together ... Our training's been improving. We probably hit rock bottom with an ordinary session before we played Melbourne and I thought we were a little bit better before we played St George; a bit better again against Brisbane and a bit better again this week. We keep threatening to play well and so I really don't think we're far away from playing well. We've just got to knuckle down. You know I've never found a magic elixir. The only common thing that I've found is to keep working hard, just keep working at it. And that's one thing I'll say for these guys. They'll keep working at it. They're every bit as frustrated as I am and every bit as frustrated as Craig is. Individuals have got to take responsibility for themselves and not do stupid things, not give stupid penalties away, not push stupid passes ... we're doing some really good things and then wasting it by doing some stupid things ...
Journalist: Is motivational intensity a problem?
John: Certainly motivation's not a problem. I think there are some individuals who are probably struggling at the moment with the whole business of being defending premiers and the rep season coming up. We're just not focussed. To be really focussed has got to be a natural thing - if you've got to concentrate on it you're not really focussed ...we've just got to keep working on it and the wheel will turn. We're a very talented team. But some individuals have got to get some bad habits out of their game and I'll be talking to those individuals about it ...
Journalist: Would you have been confident going into golden point time?
John: No.
Journalist: Do you think Wests would be justified in thinking they had let one slip tonight - that they had an opportunity?
John: Yeah. I think in the end we were probably lucky to get away with it even though I thought we played the better football for a greater part of the game. Their defence on the line at times was absolutely outstanding. I reckon we got within an inch of scoring six to eight times, we had a couple of tries disallowed, and they hung in there extremely well ...we played the better football but in the end they were unlucky not to come away with the win.
Journalist: Did you think Scott (Sattler) was going to get to Amos (Roberts) on his second try? Was there some deja vu?
John: Yeah, there reallty was but Amos has got a Rolls Royce motor. It was always going to be a tough one. I didn't know whether Amos would try to go back infield. He's an amazing athlete, Amos, he looks like he's flat out and he can find another gear. I think he's just a little bit quicker than that other bloke (Todd Byrne).
Penrith Panthers 22 (tries: Amos Roberts 2, Luke Swain, Joe Galuvao; goals: Ryan Girdler 3)
Wests Tigers 20 (tries: John Wilson, Brett Hodgson, Ben Galea, Luke Duffy; goals: Brett Hodgson 2)
JERSEY FLEGG
Penrith Panthers 40
Western Suburbs Magpies 4
Crowd: 20,028
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THIS IS THE MATCH REPORT FROM THE OFFICIAL PENRITH PANTHERS WEBSITE.
The Panthers held on to beat the Tigers 22-20 tonight at Penrith Stadium - but the ending was once again the stuff that could convince a coach to book himself into Nepean Private for a heart check.
With 15 minutes left to play Penrith saw a 12 point lead whittled away. They held on - just. On the way, they played some good football and some bad football.
Amos Roberts scored another two tries in three minutes, including a 90 metre intercept that brought back memories of the Grand Final. Former Panther Scott Sattler tried to emulate the magic try-saving tackle that cut down Todd Byrne in the Grand Final, but Roberts was way too quick for him.
Joe Galuvao was denied two tries - being held up both times - before scoring one of the finest you would ever see. He bullocked his way over the line dragging four players with him, having smashed aside another two.
Penrith was denied a third try when Craig Gower was penalised for a double movement.
Sattler found himself on report for a late and high tackle on his former skipper and Ryan Girdler brought up his 1500th point in 1st Grade with his second goal of the night.
Here is most of what John Lang and Craig Gower had to say at the post match media conference -
Journalist: You made it hard for yourselves at times?
John: We made it very hard for ourselves ... it was frustrating probably more than anything. I've never been associated with a more talented, dedicated, hard working, hard training bunch of footballers but we're just coming up with some really stupid plays. I actually thought that we hadn't got our just desserts as a disciplined side in recent weeks but tonight we weren't disciplined, so we got our just desserts as an undisciplined side.
Journalist: How did it compare to the last couple of weeks' performances?
John: I think pretty similar to be perfectly honest. You know, threatening to play well and just coming out with that many stupid plays at vital times and lapses in defence It looked like our defence is rerally good, they were going nowhere and their dummy half picks up and beats two tackles and runs 50 metres and sets up a try, you know. There were times there tonight when I thought our defence really had their measure and we had a 12 point lead with 15 minutes to go and in the end we had to scramble to hang on.
Journalist: Craig, what was it like out there?
Craig: It was pretty frustrating because we know we can do the job and we're doing the job in parts but we're just not doing every play on its merits. We're just coming up with silly errors in defence and our marking is not up to scratch either I don't think.
Journalist: Are you in a slump John?
Craig: I know we're just not playing consistently -
John: I don't think we're in a slump. I've been in slumps where at training they can't put three hit-ups together ... Our training's been improving. We probably hit rock bottom with an ordinary session before we played Melbourne and I thought we were a little bit better before we played St George; a bit better again against Brisbane and a bit better again this week. We keep threatening to play well and so I really don't think we're far away from playing well. We've just got to knuckle down. You know I've never found a magic elixir. The only common thing that I've found is to keep working hard, just keep working at it. And that's one thing I'll say for these guys. They'll keep working at it. They're every bit as frustrated as I am and every bit as frustrated as Craig is. Individuals have got to take responsibility for themselves and not do stupid things, not give stupid penalties away, not push stupid passes ... we're doing some really good things and then wasting it by doing some stupid things ...
Journalist: Is motivational intensity a problem?
John: Certainly motivation's not a problem. I think there are some individuals who are probably struggling at the moment with the whole business of being defending premiers and the rep season coming up. We're just not focussed. To be really focussed has got to be a natural thing - if you've got to concentrate on it you're not really focussed ...we've just got to keep working on it and the wheel will turn. We're a very talented team. But some individuals have got to get some bad habits out of their game and I'll be talking to those individuals about it ...
Journalist: Would you have been confident going into golden point time?
John: No.
Journalist: Do you think Wests would be justified in thinking they had let one slip tonight - that they had an opportunity?
John: Yeah. I think in the end we were probably lucky to get away with it even though I thought we played the better football for a greater part of the game. Their defence on the line at times was absolutely outstanding. I reckon we got within an inch of scoring six to eight times, we had a couple of tries disallowed, and they hung in there extremely well ...we played the better football but in the end they were unlucky not to come away with the win.
Journalist: Did you think Scott (Sattler) was going to get to Amos (Roberts) on his second try? Was there some deja vu?
John: Yeah, there reallty was but Amos has got a Rolls Royce motor. It was always going to be a tough one. I didn't know whether Amos would try to go back infield. He's an amazing athlete, Amos, he looks like he's flat out and he can find another gear. I think he's just a little bit quicker than that other bloke (Todd Byrne).
Penrith Panthers 22 (tries: Amos Roberts 2, Luke Swain, Joe Galuvao; goals: Ryan Girdler 3)
Wests Tigers 20 (tries: John Wilson, Brett Hodgson, Ben Galea, Luke Duffy; goals: Brett Hodgson 2)
JERSEY FLEGG
Penrith Panthers 40
Western Suburbs Magpies 4
Crowd: 20,028
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