Panthers v Warriors
An all Western Sydney Super Saturday kicks off at Penrith as the Warriors cross the ditch with aspirations of clawing two points out of the Panthers.
Here뭩 another example of a team having the wood on another in recent seasons, with New Zealand suffering 6 losses from the past 7 games. They did snap a six game losing streak against the Panthers at home in round 17, but they seem to be averse to travelling against the Panthers. Across the board though I like the look of the Warriors outfit and with Webb returning at the back I think that should provide plenty of strikepower for them to have a crack. Their centre combination is also superior to that of Penrith뭩 after Lewis pulled out through injury with Mannering and Martin in better form than O묱alloran and Hookey. One has to wonder what sort of motivation they뭠l be taking with them though.
It뭩 not often you lose a game after leading 24-6 at halftime, but the Penny have made an art form out of it against Manly in recent years. So, I think you can consider last week뭩 loss an aberration in the grand scheme of things. They still have a strong line-up with Gower, Campbell and Wesser being the key players here and all three went well last week, or so I thought. All Panthers fans will be hoping Clinton keeps his mouth shut because if there뭩 one pack you don뭪 want to encourage a bashing from it뭩 the Warriors.
Overall I뭢 leaning towards Penrith in this one. Home ground advantage and needing to make up for last week should see them take home the chocolates.
An all Western Sydney Super Saturday kicks off at Penrith as the Warriors cross the ditch with aspirations of clawing two points out of the Panthers.
Here뭩 another example of a team having the wood on another in recent seasons, with New Zealand suffering 6 losses from the past 7 games. They did snap a six game losing streak against the Panthers at home in round 17, but they seem to be averse to travelling against the Panthers. Across the board though I like the look of the Warriors outfit and with Webb returning at the back I think that should provide plenty of strikepower for them to have a crack. Their centre combination is also superior to that of Penrith뭩 after Lewis pulled out through injury with Mannering and Martin in better form than O묱alloran and Hookey. One has to wonder what sort of motivation they뭠l be taking with them though.
It뭩 not often you lose a game after leading 24-6 at halftime, but the Penny have made an art form out of it against Manly in recent years. So, I think you can consider last week뭩 loss an aberration in the grand scheme of things. They still have a strong line-up with Gower, Campbell and Wesser being the key players here and all three went well last week, or so I thought. All Panthers fans will be hoping Clinton keeps his mouth shut because if there뭩 one pack you don뭪 want to encourage a bashing from it뭩 the Warriors.
Overall I뭢 leaning towards Penrith in this one. Home ground advantage and needing to make up for last week should see them take home the chocolates.
