Trial against the Warriors (14/2)

[murraymob]

Are you guys naming a team or is that a game day surprise?

Out of curiosity, if Cleary doesn't see Moylan as being ready for the halves and DWZ is dead set on being a fullback when his contract is up in 2016, what would you guys do?

the team was supposed to be named at 4 today with members getting a email.Never happened sadly.But to give you a idea the back line will be mostly young kids.Soward is playing wallace is not

 

[grifter]

When will the team be named to the general public?

 

[Copperhead]

Kickoff: 3pm (NZ ), 1pm (AUS – Live on Fox Sports 5)

Panthers coach Ivan Cleary will field a strong side for Saturday’s trial match against the Warriors in Rotorua, with 28 players making the trip to New Zealand to kick start the 2015 season.

There’s a handful of players returning to the line-up from off-season injuries and surgeries, including Jamie Soward, Peter Wallace, Bryce Cartwright and Elijah Taylor. Young guns Matt Moylan and Tyrone Peachey will miss the trial due to their All Stars commitments.

A few first grade debutants will have a run this weekend including Eddie Aiono, Andy Saunders and Christian Crighton who are all looking to impress and push for a permanent spot in the side.

After a successful 2014 campaign, the team is looking forward to giving their fans a good result ahead of round 1, and they’ll be aiming to give the Warriors a tough contest in front of their home fans.

PANTHERS NRL SQUAD

1. Kieren Moss
2. Robert Jennings
3. Dean Whare
4. Isaah Yeo
5. George Jennings
6. Jamie Soward
7. Peter Wallace (c)
8. Brent Kite
9. James Segeyaro
10. Jeremy Latimore
11. Lewis Brown
17. Bryce Cartwright
13. Elijah Taylor

Reserves

12. Ben Murdoch Masila
14. Apisai Koroisau
15. Isaac John
16. Reagan Campbell-Gillard
18. Will Smith
19. Eddie Aiono
20. Christian Crighton
22 Andy Saunders
23 Topou Sopoaga
23 Leilani Latu

Our NSW Cup and NYC teams will also have trial matches against the Wests Tigers at Windsor Sporting Complex tomorrow evening.

NSW CUP SQUAD

Kickoff: 7pm

Tyrone MAY
Wellington ALBERT
Nu’u AKERIPA
Ray LEOSA
Ratu Luke NADURUTALO
Logan GEYER
Adrian DAVIS
Rodney COATES
Liam AYOUB
Matthew EISENHUTH
Pat HOLLIS
James FISHER-HARRIS
Nathan SMITH
Reece GOLDSMITH
Sam HOLLIS
Oliver CLARK
Josh TANGITAU
Jarrod BRACKENHOFFER
Tala MAPESONE
Dave COWAN
Moses LEOTA
Jordan HALL

Coach: Garth Brennan

NYC SQUAD

Kickoff: 5pm

Dylan EDWARDS
Jamarley FUIAMONO
Braidon BURNS
Brent NADEN
Fuimanau ENISE
Nick GREENHALGH
Soni LUKE
Soni HALA
Sione KATOA
Paea PUA
Fairouz ELKANDER
Maliko FILINO
Dylan FAUD
Josh GRANT
Thompson TUIGAMALA
Stanton ALBERT
Jack NELSON
Brandon NANGAITI
Cameron COLLINS
Shane KIEL
Kade ELLIS
Jordan STRATTON
Sam ELWIN
Corey WADDELL
Ulia APE-ESERE
Jake ENNIS

Coach: Cam Ciraldo

 

[martielang]

Strong side. Good to see Latu in the first grade squad. Good player.

Seriously young NSW Cup squad.

 

[PenrithPanther45]

Does Waqa Blake have an injury he was named on the nrl site and yeo is the centres so hoping he'll replace Jamal come round one

 

[Buzzard Breath]

Cleary likes Yeo I wouldn't be surprised if he was named in the centres for round 1. He is expecting big things this year from him.

 

[franklin2323]

Does Waqa Blake have an injury he was named on the nrl site and yeo is the centres so hoping he'll replace Jamal come round one

Yeah injured. Yeo will play Round 1.

 

[chrisD]

Yeo or Brown at centre is depressing.

 

[franklin2323]

Next week's trial will be close to Round 1's side I'd say. So we will know more then

 

[PenrithPanther45]

Do you have. Any details for Waqa blames injury because fox sports predicted he'd been in the round one side and I really was excited to see him play, is he any chance

 

[franklin2323]

Do you have. Any details for Waqa blames injury because fox sports predicted he'd been in the round one side and I really was excited to see him play, is he any chance

News limited would have no idea whether he will be in or not. They just make stuff up mostly

 

[Westernised Panther]

There seems to be a bit of Yeo hate. Why?

I thought he had a terrific 2014 season.

 

[mxlegend99]

Yeo or Brown at centre is depressing.

This.

If Blake can't get a run while Idris, Mansour and DWZ are injured. There's next to no chance he gets a run at all in 2015. The best chance he and the Jennings boys had this season was getting a run early on while the other guys are injured.

Once we're fully fit, there's almost no chance anyone gets dropped. So barring another 3 injuries to backs, or a combination of injuries and origin picks. There's simply no way that anyone new will get a run in our backline.

It's a very poorly timed injury for Blake, just as it was for George Jennings last year. George Jennings would have likely been a first grade regular by now if he had not been injured in the 9's last year.

 

[betcats]

There seems to be a bit of Yeo hate. Why?

I thought he had a terrific 2014 season.

He did he is a very good prospect and he can handle centre fine, he just isnt flashy enough for some people.

And MX Gould has said that Waqa will play FG this year so I wouldnt worry he will get his chance.

Edit: This isnt the article I was thinking of but he says he would of debuted last year.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...next-greg-inglis/story-e6frf3tu-1227194284619

 

[grifter]

Pretty sure Blake is injured

 

[PenrithPanther45]

How do you guys know blake is injured and what happened and how long will it take??

 

[maple_69]

I think with the great season we had last year we probably forget that Clearly is typically pretty conservative with blooding young guys. I guess it's worked pretty well but I certainly wouldn't expect a Jennings, Blake, Whare, Jennings back line round one.

 

[betcats]

^that backline would likely get carved up if we ran them out round one.

 

[billypilgrimnz]

Yeo is not a very good centre. That's why some of us don't like him playing centre.

 

[MaxPower]

Yeo is not a very good centre. That's why some of us don't like him playing centre.

Playing the injured guy is obviously a better option, right?