The Panthers just look so much fitter and faster than everyone else, across the entire park. Every player in their team will be one of the quickest and fittest in the comp in their position I reckon.
And their basic skills are very impressive - there’s nobody in their team who you expect to make an unforced error.
I think the best way to beat them is to turn up with the mindset of making it a bloodbath. Up in their faces, hit the playmaker everytime, regardless, slow the ruck - might mean giving away a million penalties, but just make it rough and messy. The only issue with this, the way the NRL are dishing out bans like lollies at the moment, you’d struggle to have a team on the park the following week, so might have to save those tactics for the GF.