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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:45:40 GMT 10
FRIDAY 29th MAY: Parramatta Eels v Penrith Panthers at Pepper Stadium, 7.45pm
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:45:59 GMT 10
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Panthers v Eels - Fri 29 May, 7:45pm Pepper Stadium | BUY TICKETS
Panthers
1 Matt Moylan
2 Josh Mansour
3 Waqa Blake
4 Dallin Watene Zelezniak
5 David Simmons
6 Jamie Soward
7 Peter Wallace
8 Nigel Plum
9 James Segeyaro
10 Sam McKendry
11 Lewis Brown
12 Isaah Yeo
13 Elijah Taylor
Interchange
14 Bryce Cartwright
15 Jeremy Latimore
16 Sika Manu
17 Reagan Campbell-Gillard
18 Apisai Koroisau
Coach: Ivan Cleary
Eels
1 Reece Robinson
2 Semi Radradra
3 Will Hopoate
4 Brad Takairangi
5 Ryan Morgan
6 Corey Norman
7 Chris Sandow
8 Danny Wicks
9 Nathan Peats
10 Tim Mannah (c)
11 Manu Ma'u
12 Tepai Moeroa
13 Anthony Watmough
Interchange
14 Junior Paulo
15 Joseph Paulo
16 Daniel Alvaro
17 Pauli Pauli
Coach: Brad Arthur
Josh Mansour returns on the wing, while Peter Wallace is back at halfback pushing Jamie Soward to his familiar five-eighth role. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au.
Chris Sandow replaces Luke Kelly at halfback, with Reece Robinson returning to fullback, Will Hopoate at centre and Ryan Morgan shifting to the wing. Danny Wicks and Junior Paulo also switch between starting and the bench, while Richie Fa'aoso and Peni Terepo are replaced by Joseph Paulo and Daniel Alvaro on the interchange. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:46:18 GMT 10
NRL.com
Penrith Panthers v Parramatta Eels
Pepper Stadium
Friday 7.35pm
A vintage local derby will kick of Round 12 of the Telstra NRL Premiership at the foot of the mountains as the embattled Eels travel to face a Panthers side coming off a gritty win and welcoming some key players back.
Penrith will also be relatively well-rested after the bye and with no players having to back up from Origin, following their gritty 11-10 win at Brookvale in Round 10.
The Eels, however, are coming off yet another heartbreaking loss: a late 14-12 defeat to the Rabbitohs at ANZ last Friday, having led with full-time in sight. It is the second straight tough loss for Brad Arthur's men after a golden-point defeat to the Warriors at home a week earlier.
They are still without the services of forwards David Gower (ankle, Round 13) and Darcy Lussick (suspension, Round 13) and have added Peni Terepo (pectoral, season) and Richie Fa'aoso (shoulder, indefinite) to the casualty ward.
Penrith welcome back tackle-busting winger Josh Mansour from a knee injury on the wing in a straight swap for George Jennings, who has a fractured leg. Halfback Peter Wallace also returns from a knee injury, pushing Jamie Soward to five-eighth and Api Koroisau to 18th man.
The Eels have a host of changes; after a mixed game at fullback last week Chris Sandow is back at halfback with Luke Kelly out of the side and Will Hopoate has been named to return from Origin duty at centre, pushing Ryan Morgan to wing and Reece Robinson to fullback.
With Fa'aoso and Terepo out, Joseph Paulo returns to first grade and Daniel Alvaro will make his debut off the bench.
Watch out Panthers: The Eels have been going close in recent weeks without quite getting the job done. Even with all their injuries their robust forward pack, including the likes of Junior Paulo, Tepai Moeroa, Manu Ma'u, Danny Wicks, skipper Tim Mannah and 2015 recruit Anthony Watmough can match it with most. It's just their execution letting them down so if livewire half Chris Sandow can bring the sort of form he is capable of, and that he showed for Wentworthville in his one-off dumping recently (four try assists, a 40/20 and eight from eight conversions) they are capable of lighting up.
Watch out Eels: Penrith now have their first-choice 'spine' back after fielding a different halves combination almost every game this year. James Segeyaro was the form hooker of the early rounds and despite having missed three games with injury his 23 tackle breaks is still the most by a hooker so far in 2015. With Wallace and Soward reunited at the scrumbase to control proceedings, form fullback Matt Moylan (11 try assists, second in NRL after Johnathan Thurston) has the form, skill and confidence to finish off attacking movements.
Key Match-Up: Peter Wallace v Chris Sandow. Two halfbacks of more contrasting styles you will not see. Will it be Wallace's cool, calm demeanour or Sandow's free-flowing exuberant high-risk style that helps their side home? Sandow is more likely to win you a game but Wallace is more likely to play an efficient role in a team win, and he certainly proved it last year.
The History: Although the Eels have been unsuccessful on their past two visits to the foot of the mountains, they have actually won four of their past eight trips out west.
What Are The Odds: Money is pretty much split 50/50 between the Panthers and the Eels in head to head betting. Sportsbet reports Panthers 13+ has been the most popular option in margin betting. Latest odds at Sportsbet.com.au
Match Officials: Matt Cecchin & Gavin Morris; touch judges: David Ryan & Adam Reid; Video Referees: Shayne Hayne & Ben Galea.
Televised: Channel Nine, Live, 7.30pm
The Way We See It: While we're not completely writing off the Eels, especially in the topsy-turvy world of NRL in 2015, we're finding it pretty hard to make a case for them. Panthers by 12.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:46:39 GMT 10
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In-form Penrith fullback Matt Moylan is facing a lengthy layoff with an ankle injury in a double blow for a Penrith side that went down 26-20 in a helter-skelter loss to Parramatta at Pepper Stadium on Friday night.
Moylan went off with a suspected medial ligament strain after just 10 minutes, with his side already down 12-0. Despite being blown away Penrith managed to come back and level the scores in the second half following a predictable Parramatta fade-out before a blistering Semi Radradra double shot the Eels ahead before yet another Penrith comeback almost produced a final twist.
Penrith were also without five-eighth Jamie Soward for a period in the second half with an AC joint injury due to a late hit from Eels giant Pauli Pauli, who found himself on report for the shot, while Eels centre Brad Takairangi (ankle) and captain Tim Mannah (wrist) also finished with injury concerns.
Maligned halfback Chris Sandow nailed five from five goal attempts, two from right on the sideline, in a welcome return to kicking form.
The Eels absolutely exploded out of the block to start the game, producing two sets of almost perfect attacking rugby league before a slick right-side movement with lots of bodies in motion and quick passing led up to a silky tap-on from Will Hopoate to put Ryan Morgan over.
Just three minutes later, without the Panthers getting the ball back in between, a left-side shift allowed Corey Norman to fire a cut-out that put Semi Radradra into space. He drew fullback Matt Moylan before putting his own No.1 Reece Robinson over for a 12-0 lead after seven minutes.
Things then went from bad to worse for the home side as Moylan went down awkwardly in an innocuous Manu Ma'u tackle and had to be assisted from the field.
The only further points in the half came from a Sandow penalty goal but the Eels remained positive, tackling strongly and refusing to allow Penrith to come close to getting over the advantage line and forcing them to play from their own end.
Good sliding defence from the Eels – typically a weakness for them in 2015 – helped shut down what looked like certain tries on either side of the field. Parramatta finished with almost double the running metres of their opponents in the opening 40 with Penrith being forced to make 60 more tackles than the visitors.
Only one team made it out of the sheds at half-time as the disciplined Eels fell apart in the face of a Bryce Cartwright-inspired comeback, the talented back-rower in everything as the Panthers levelled at 14-all.
First a James Segeyaro burst put Isaah Yeo over in the same play in which Soward was hurt, leading to a missed conversion from Cartwright.
Then a brilliant sliding run to the left from Cartwright and an offload around the back of Hopoate put David Simmons over.
It became three tries in eight minutes when Cartwright crossed himself after selling Hopoate a dummy on the same edge.
Looking down and out, the Eels then blew the game open with a three-minute double to Radradra, playing at centre while Takairangi managed an ankle injury on the wing.
The first came as a Radradra pass helped Takairangi into space, the outside man putting it on the toe for Radradra to win the chase for the ball, then a perfect flat ball from Sandow at the Panthers line found its mark to make it 26-14 with 15 to go.
The final stanza was frantic, and the comeback looked on when a try to stand-in fullback Dalin Watene-Zelezniak made it a six-point ball game with 10 to play but despite some desperate attacking sets from the home team, Parramatta held on.
Parramatta Eels 26 (Radradra 2, Morgan, Robinson tries; Sandow 5 goals) defeated Penrith Panthers 20 (Yeo, Simmons, Cartwright, Watene-Zelezniak tries; Wallace 2/3 goals) at Pepper Stadium. Crowd: 17,821.
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:47:33 GMT 10
 Ryan Morgan scores a try. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:48:20 GMT 10
 Semi Radradra scores a try. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:49:05 GMT 10
 Chris Sandow in action. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:49:51 GMT 10
 Corey Norman |
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:50:42 GMT 10
 Chris Sandow kicking downfield. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Jul 19, 2020 14:51:35 GMT 10
 The Eels celebrate a try. |
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Post by Electric Eel on Sept 8, 2021 13:25:04 GMT 10
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