DIEHARD
Administrator
PANTHERS vs TITANS
Sunday 15 April 2018 - Panthers Stadium
Round 6: PANTHERS vs TITANS (2018)
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JunctionBlock
Moderator
Have you heard that James is looking at 1-2 weeks for the hit on Croker?
teke
Coach
He will get a few weeks
JunctionBlock
Moderator
Apparently he's playing with an injury too so hopefully a couple of weeks will help it heal.
Mr Bods
Inactive User
Didn’t think he’d get charged at all when I saw the replay at the time. I’d be challenging it.
RavShamrock
First Grader
I recon he'll take the early plea with 1 week out.
He acted injured on that play which I think made it look a little less suspect (well at least he was hoping).
He acted injured on that play which I think made it look a little less suspect (well at least he was hoping).
Mr Bods
Inactive User
With our win-loss ratio being 3-2 we aren’t in a must win scenario so there is an argument there to cut our losses and take the penalty. I guess Matthews can come straight in for him so the disruption to team organisation would be minimal.
Dobes
QLD Cup
Fox Sports reporting that there is a major concern with Waqa Blake for the Panthers this week.
Will Matthews is a possibility to return. Dale Copley also being monitored closely.
Will Matthews is a possibility to return. Dale Copley also being monitored closely.
Mr Bods
Inactive User
Copley was concussed wasn’t he? Surely he will be be Right. What’s up with Waqa Blake?
RavShamrock
First Grader
Penrith have confirmed Waqa Blake is set to miss at least four weeks with a a high grade syndesmosis injury.
I was waiting for the mini gf call....
Mr Bods
Inactive User
It will be next week if Penrith defeat us
Hahahahaha. Couldn’t help myself
DavidBouveng
Coach
at least when we finally get the premiership decider we wont be nervous after playing in so many GF's the last year or two
Dobes
QLD Cup
I think this is a game we can definitely win. Penriff obviously have a few wins, but literally all of their games so far have been against the out of form teams. Not to mention they lost to the Dogs a couple of weeks back. Especially with the loss of Waqa Blake, I’m thinking we should do pretty well.
DIEHARD
Administrator
Waqa Blake adds to Panthers' injury woes
Penrith centre Waqa Blake faces a significant stretch on the sidelines after being diagnosed with a high-grade syndesmosis injury in his right ankle, suffered late in his team's 12-6 win over Parramatta on Sunday.
Penrith are hopeful Blake will only be sidelined for four weeks, but the 23-year-old will visit a specialist this week to determine whether he requires surgery, which would rule him out for considerably longer.
Blake's ankle twisted awkwardly when tackled by Daniel Alvaro and Kaysa Pritchard. He initially stayed on the field but was eventually removed with less than 12 minutes on the clock.
It leaves coach Anthony Griffin with a significant shortage of outside backs ahead of Sunday's clash against the in-form Gold Coast Titans.
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak remains sidelined with a broken jaw, while off-season recruit Tyrone Phillips remains about a month off returning from a torn pectoral.
Griffin will name his team on Tuesday afternoon, with one option to move Tyrone Peachey to the centres and hand youngster Jarome Luai an NRL debut alongside James Maloney in the halves.
Peachey's versatility has been crucial this season in covering the loss of halfback Nathan Cleary, who is still a minimum of six weeks off returning from a knee injury.
"Unluckily Nath went down with a knee injury and they needed someone to fill in there, so I was up," Peachey said.
"I find I'm enjoying it there, Jim [Maloney] helps out a lot and makes it a lot easier for me. I just listen to him, and he directs everything and I get to play whatever footy I see."
Penrith have won both games without Cleary, and the only match they lost this season was against Canterbury when their superstar half didn't return to the field after the main break.
It has put them in third spot on the ladder behind the unbeaten Dragons and Warriors, although Griffin's injury crisis is threatening to hit breaking point.
Maloney has been superb in Cleary's absence, spearheading a strong win against the North Queensland in Townsville before laying on a try and producing several key defensive plays to help down the Eels.
"He's awesome, he's helped the club out a lot, he just brings that how-to-win attitude and that's what we needed," Peachey said.
"We've got a lot of young players here and Jimmy's helped out a lot.
"He's a massive leader, he knows how to win, he came from [premiership-winning clubs] Cronulla and the Roosters, so he's seen the winning culture."
Peachey said Cleary's injury had galvanised the playing squad.
"He was the heart and soul of the team . . . so to see him go down was awful," Peachey said.
"We've got a pretty versatile bunch. When Nath went down we knew it was going to be a harder job and it did bring everyone together.
"That first game he went down we lost against the Doggies. We didn't know what was going to happen, and when Hook [Griffin] told me I was playing five-eighth I just knew all I can do is play my football and see what happens at the end of it.
''It's been good the last few weeks, we've been lucky to get a win, hopefully we can keep the momentum going and move onto the Titans next week."
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/
Penrith centre Waqa Blake faces a significant stretch on the sidelines after being diagnosed with a high-grade syndesmosis injury in his right ankle, suffered late in his team's 12-6 win over Parramatta on Sunday.
Penrith are hopeful Blake will only be sidelined for four weeks, but the 23-year-old will visit a specialist this week to determine whether he requires surgery, which would rule him out for considerably longer.
Blake's ankle twisted awkwardly when tackled by Daniel Alvaro and Kaysa Pritchard. He initially stayed on the field but was eventually removed with less than 12 minutes on the clock.
It leaves coach Anthony Griffin with a significant shortage of outside backs ahead of Sunday's clash against the in-form Gold Coast Titans.
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak remains sidelined with a broken jaw, while off-season recruit Tyrone Phillips remains about a month off returning from a torn pectoral.
Griffin will name his team on Tuesday afternoon, with one option to move Tyrone Peachey to the centres and hand youngster Jarome Luai an NRL debut alongside James Maloney in the halves.
Peachey's versatility has been crucial this season in covering the loss of halfback Nathan Cleary, who is still a minimum of six weeks off returning from a knee injury.
"Unluckily Nath went down with a knee injury and they needed someone to fill in there, so I was up," Peachey said.
"I find I'm enjoying it there, Jim [Maloney] helps out a lot and makes it a lot easier for me. I just listen to him, and he directs everything and I get to play whatever footy I see."
Penrith have won both games without Cleary, and the only match they lost this season was against Canterbury when their superstar half didn't return to the field after the main break.
It has put them in third spot on the ladder behind the unbeaten Dragons and Warriors, although Griffin's injury crisis is threatening to hit breaking point.
Maloney has been superb in Cleary's absence, spearheading a strong win against the North Queensland in Townsville before laying on a try and producing several key defensive plays to help down the Eels.
"He's awesome, he's helped the club out a lot, he just brings that how-to-win attitude and that's what we needed," Peachey said.
"We've got a lot of young players here and Jimmy's helped out a lot.
"He's a massive leader, he knows how to win, he came from [premiership-winning clubs] Cronulla and the Roosters, so he's seen the winning culture."
Peachey said Cleary's injury had galvanised the playing squad.
"He was the heart and soul of the team . . . so to see him go down was awful," Peachey said.
"We've got a pretty versatile bunch. When Nath went down we knew it was going to be a harder job and it did bring everyone together.
"That first game he went down we lost against the Doggies. We didn't know what was going to happen, and when Hook [Griffin] told me I was playing five-eighth I just knew all I can do is play my football and see what happens at the end of it.
''It's been good the last few weeks, we've been lucky to get a win, hopefully we can keep the momentum going and move onto the Titans next week."
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/
DIEHARD
Administrator
Bryce Cartwright’s return to form for Titans timely ahead of Panthers NRL showdown
CRITICISED, challenged and relegated to the role of spectator on the bench.
It was a disastrous start to life as a Titan for Bryce Cartwright but his return to form against the Sea Eagles on Sunday could not have come at a better time.
A Titans team now boasting a strong influence of former Panthers — not the least of which is their coach — will travel to Penrith on Sunday eager to consolidate their place in the top eight.
Given the Titans have been on the road for a month now their record of three wins from their opening five games is exciting their supporters and giving rookie coach Garth Brennan a strong platform from which to build.
The final piece of that platform was Cartwright, who joined the Titans from the Panthers just weeks before the start of the season and was thrust immediately into the starting lock forward position.
It proved an uneasy fit and after three weeks Cartwright was dropped back to the bench, playing just a solitary minute in Gold Coast’s 26-14 win over the Broncos.
The 23-year-old’s contribution against Manly was far more significant, a trademark flick pass setting up the first of Jai Arrow’s two tries just 60 seconds after coming onto the field.
But after the likes of Alex McKinnon and Gorden Tallis questioned whether Cartwright played in a tough enough manner to succeed in the NRL, it was his effort areas that garnered the greatest praise on Sunday.
Half of the Panthers’ 1991 premiership-winning second row along with Cartwright’s uncle John, Penrith legend Mark Geyer believes it was the type of performance that will propel him back to the standard that had him touted as a player destined for Origin.
“Yesterday a line in the sand was drawn,” Geyer told Triple M’s The Grill Team.
“He came out and said, ‘I want to be a first grade footballer.
“I’ve felt for him over the last month. He’s copped it and probably rightly so.
“I think he’d be the first to admit that his form has been way down but the only way you can answer your critics or people denying whether you should be a first grader or not is on the field, and he did.”
After difficult questions were asked by prominent people who have played NRL, Matty Johns added his belief that it was a tougher Bryce Cartwright who played 55 minutes against the Sea Eagles.
His nine runs yielded 83 metres and despite having to defend in the centres opposite Dylan Walker for the final 25 minutes of the game, missed just one tackle for the game.
“The people that criticised Bryce Cartwright, it was Gorden Tallis — Gorden is a fan of the Titans — and Alex McKinnon,” Johns added on Triple M.
“Alex said straight after a game that Bryce had to muscle up and play a little tougher.
“Cartwright played tough. He didn’t try to do too much with the ball and came up with a real good try-saver as well.”
Brennan first coached Cartwright when he was just 18 years of age and he elevated him into Penrith’s under-20s squad.
Bryce Cartwright’s relationship with Garth Brennan stretches back some five years.
The Titans coach has an unfailing belief in Cartwright’s ability and was thrilled to see an improvement in the little areas of his game.
“Bryce just did his job, carried the ball and got down and played the ball a few times,” Brennan said.
“He wasn’t looking for the offload all the time ... but set up a try with a nice little offload which he is more than capable of doing.
“I thought he defended really well with that one-on-one tackle on (Daly) Cherry-Evans in the first half and then with that miss (on Brian Kelly) where he ran back hard and saved the day for the team.
“He is a work in progress but I am really happy and I think he took a real step forward today.”
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/
CRITICISED, challenged and relegated to the role of spectator on the bench.
It was a disastrous start to life as a Titan for Bryce Cartwright but his return to form against the Sea Eagles on Sunday could not have come at a better time.
A Titans team now boasting a strong influence of former Panthers — not the least of which is their coach — will travel to Penrith on Sunday eager to consolidate their place in the top eight.
Given the Titans have been on the road for a month now their record of three wins from their opening five games is exciting their supporters and giving rookie coach Garth Brennan a strong platform from which to build.
The final piece of that platform was Cartwright, who joined the Titans from the Panthers just weeks before the start of the season and was thrust immediately into the starting lock forward position.
It proved an uneasy fit and after three weeks Cartwright was dropped back to the bench, playing just a solitary minute in Gold Coast’s 26-14 win over the Broncos.
The 23-year-old’s contribution against Manly was far more significant, a trademark flick pass setting up the first of Jai Arrow’s two tries just 60 seconds after coming onto the field.
But after the likes of Alex McKinnon and Gorden Tallis questioned whether Cartwright played in a tough enough manner to succeed in the NRL, it was his effort areas that garnered the greatest praise on Sunday.
Half of the Panthers’ 1991 premiership-winning second row along with Cartwright’s uncle John, Penrith legend Mark Geyer believes it was the type of performance that will propel him back to the standard that had him touted as a player destined for Origin.
“Yesterday a line in the sand was drawn,” Geyer told Triple M’s The Grill Team.
“He came out and said, ‘I want to be a first grade footballer.
“I’ve felt for him over the last month. He’s copped it and probably rightly so.
“I think he’d be the first to admit that his form has been way down but the only way you can answer your critics or people denying whether you should be a first grader or not is on the field, and he did.”
After difficult questions were asked by prominent people who have played NRL, Matty Johns added his belief that it was a tougher Bryce Cartwright who played 55 minutes against the Sea Eagles.
His nine runs yielded 83 metres and despite having to defend in the centres opposite Dylan Walker for the final 25 minutes of the game, missed just one tackle for the game.
“The people that criticised Bryce Cartwright, it was Gorden Tallis — Gorden is a fan of the Titans — and Alex McKinnon,” Johns added on Triple M.
“Alex said straight after a game that Bryce had to muscle up and play a little tougher.
“Cartwright played tough. He didn’t try to do too much with the ball and came up with a real good try-saver as well.”
Brennan first coached Cartwright when he was just 18 years of age and he elevated him into Penrith’s under-20s squad.
Bryce Cartwright’s relationship with Garth Brennan stretches back some five years.
The Titans coach has an unfailing belief in Cartwright’s ability and was thrilled to see an improvement in the little areas of his game.
“Bryce just did his job, carried the ball and got down and played the ball a few times,” Brennan said.
“He wasn’t looking for the offload all the time ... but set up a try with a nice little offload which he is more than capable of doing.
“I thought he defended really well with that one-on-one tackle on (Daly) Cherry-Evans in the first half and then with that miss (on Brian Kelly) where he ran back hard and saved the day for the team.
“He is a work in progress but I am really happy and I think he took a real step forward today.”
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/
RavShamrock
First Grader
James Accepts Early Guilty Plea
Author Titans.com.au Timestamp Tue 10 Apr 2018, 11:40 AM
Captain Ryan James has today accepted the early guilty plea on the charge handed down by the NRL Match Review Committee yesterday.
James was charged with a Grade 1 'Dangerous Contact - Head/Neck' that comes with 105 points. With a prior non-similar offence, James receives 20% loading so will have 90-points remaining, if charged again.
The skipper will miss the Panthers fixture and be available to face the Cowboys, in Townsville.
Author Titans.com.au Timestamp Tue 10 Apr 2018, 11:40 AM
Captain Ryan James has today accepted the early guilty plea on the charge handed down by the NRL Match Review Committee yesterday.
James was charged with a Grade 1 'Dangerous Contact - Head/Neck' that comes with 105 points. With a prior non-similar offence, James receives 20% loading so will have 90-points remaining, if charged again.
The skipper will miss the Panthers fixture and be available to face the Cowboys, in Townsville.
Titanic
Immortal
And our captain this week will be ... ?