Round 5 vs Cowboys

[Copperhead]

1 Matt Moylan
2 Josh Mansour
3 Dean Whare
4 Jamal Idris
5 Dallin Watene Zelezniak
6 Isaac John
7 Peter Wallace (c)
8 Sam McKendry
9 James Segeyaro
10 Jeremy Latimore
11 Sika Manu
12 Isaah Yeo
13 Elijah Taylor

Interchange
14 Tyrone Peachey
15 Nigel Plum
16 Reagan Campbell-Gillard
17 Bryce Cartwright
18 Apisai Koroisau

NSW CUP:

Panthers v Tigers
Saturday, April 4
Pepper Stadium, Penrith
Kickoff: 3pm

Coach Garth Brennan has named another strong team this week with Waqa Blake retaining the fullback jersey, while Will Smith will play in the halves with Sam Scarlett.

Dave Simmons was impressive last week and will keep his spot on the wing, with George Jennings on the other side of the park.

1. Waqa Blake

2. George Jennings

3. Nu’u Akeripa

4. Robert Jennings

5. David Simmons

6. Will Smith

7. Sam Scarlett

8. Sam Anderson

9. Sione Katoa

10. Leilani Latu

11. Tupou Sopoaga

12. James Fisher-Harris

13. Brendan Attwood

INTERCHANGE

14. Andy Saunders

15. Rodney Coates

16. Matt Eisenhuth

17. Chris Smith

NYC:

Panthers v Cowboys
Monday, April 6
Pepper Stadium, Penrith
Kickoff: 4.45pm

Coach Cam Ciraldo has done a bit of reshuffling this week after last weekend’s disappointing loss to Newcastle.

His back row is predominantly the same as last week with the exception of Soni Luke, who moves into the halves, while there are a few fresh faces in his forward pack.

1. Brent Naden

2. Braidon Burns

3. Christian Crichton

4. Jack Nelson

5. Josh Jay

6. Dylan Edwards

7. Soni Luke

8. Stanton Albert

9. Maliko Filino

10. Moses Leota

11. Kaide Ellis

12. Corey Harawira-Naera

13. Tyrone May

INTERCHANGE

14. Oliver Clark

15. Paea Pua

16. Thompson Tuigamala

17. Josh Grant

 

[Fibroman]

dOCKER MUST STILL BE SUSPENDED.

 

[Copperhead]

dOCKER MUST STILL BE SUSPENDED.

He got two weeks didn't he? Back next week.

Thanks for posting to my unloved thread. MX beat me to the punch by a few seconds

 

[murraymob]

its the best side we can pick.Last thing we need to shuffle players around in different positions.The key could be the opening 20 minutes we got to stay with them in the forwards

 

[abpanther]

Hearing Mansour may be out with hand/forearm injury. Anyone got the scoop?

 

[PenrithPanther45]

http://blog.williamhill.com.au/nrl/...ial&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1427935416
Rumors that Isaac John is out again with Cartwright to play five eight and yeo to play centres??? Idris to second row or where injured don't have a clue but don't know how to feel about that.

 

[billypilgrimnz]

Yeo is not a centre. We should not be playing him there when we could have Blake make the step up. Hope its not true.

 

[PenrithPanther45]

Yeo is defensively good but offers next to nothing in attack. If it is true I have extreme concerns for this game. We seem incredibly unsettled and if we are upgrading Idris or have an injury cleary better bring waqa blake in. It's the kind of enthusiasm and spark we need, not a boring player who will fill a void because of familiarity in the team

 

[Big Mick]

Damn...getting hammered with injuries. Here's hoping we are getting them out of the way now...unlike last year.

 

[Kilkenny]

http://blog.williamhill.com.au/nrl/...ial&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1427935416
Rumors that Isaac John is out again with Cartwright to play five eight and yeo to play centres??? Idris to second row or where injured don't have a clue but don't know how to feel about that.

Cartwright has yet to truly deliver at the top level and he is certainly not going to do that at five eighth.

I don't rate Issac John but if he is out then god please not Cartwright.

 

[Copperhead]

Cartwright has yet to truly deliver at the top level and he is certainly not going to do that at five eighth.

I don't rate Issac John but if he is out then god please not Cartwright.

With Soward, John and Davis missing from the halves and Brown, BMM and Docker missing from second row, our only other choices are Peachey (which further depletes the 2R) or Smith, who didn't really do much last year (and that was with Soward, not Wallace).

I can see why now might be a good time to push Idris forward, but not replace him with Yeo. Although I don't know what they're doing with Blake playing FB. He's not making that great a fist of it, and leaving him in the centres would have seemed a better preparation for his step up to first grade.

I don't like the way Monday is shaping up, and then there's another 5 day backup to Manly.

 

[PenrithPanther45]

All I can think is that yeo may be replacing Idris due to the defensive issues but really

 

[umina panther]

Bryce was still 100% better than John at 5/8

 

[Luke Bowden]

I trust Ivan to make the right choices for the team and the individual players.

 

[CCJohnC]

With Moss injured I would suggest Blake is Moylan's understudy.

 

[benntash]

Could Api play 5/8?

 

[Copperhead]

With Moss injured I would suggest Blake is Moylan's understudy.

I'll bet DWZ will be happy to hear that.

 

[Copperhead]

Hearing Mansour may be out with hand/forearm injury. Anyone got the scoop?

Final call on whether he plays will apparently be made on Sunday, but you'd think if Jennings and Blake play NSW Cup on Saturday he'll be lining up.

 

[billypilgrimnz]

I trust Ivan to make the right choices for the team and the individual players.

The same Cleary who persisted with Whare at fullback and Kingston at hooker until injury finally allowed players better suited to those positions to play and ..... shock ...... play well?

He's not infallible. Otherwise we wouldn't be 2-2.

 

[umina panther]

Ivan has made some great calls but if not for injuries and no other club willing to take him then Moylan would never have played first grade for Penrith