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Manly Warringah Sea Eagles v Penrith Panthers
Brookvale Oval - Sat 24th May
Kick Off @ 3pm
Listen Live @ 89.9FM
http://www.hawkesburyradio.com.au/
Match Preview
(Courtesy of NSWRL Website)
Unable to make it three wins in a row for the first time in three years last weekend, the Sea Eagles will look to bounce back here against a Penrith side that is looking to post their fourth straight win. In fact, the Panthers have only tasted defeat once since opening the season with two straight losses and could perhaps lay claim to being the hottest team in the competition right now. A professional seven point win against the Bulldogs last Friday night now sees the Panthers sitting pretty inside the top four, and well within striking distance of the first placed Magpies. The Sea Eagles had ample opportunities last weekend to get home over the top of the Warriors but couldn't do so. With that said, they were once again very competitive and they do appear to have turned a corner from the side that lost their opening five games of the season. Manaia Rudolph is looking increasingly comfortable each and every week in the Sea Eagles colours and his match up against Panthers halfback Tom Humble may well hold the key to this clash.
Come get some: We are always excited by some of the great individual match ups that we get to see each and every week in the VB NSW Cup, and the one here between Waqa Blake and Cheyse Blair is another that has us licking our lips. Blair has an obvious advantage in terms of experience having tasted first grade at Parramatta and more recently with Manly, however Blake has first grade written all over him, and is definitely a player on the rise. Both of these centres are strapping young lads and love to mix it up physically on the field. Look for them to go at it right throughout.
Prediction: The Panthers won't get it all their own way but should come out on top. Panthers by 10.
Manly Sea Eagles
1. CLINTON GUTHERSON
2. JAYDEN HORO
3. TONY SATINI
4. CHEYSE BLAIR
5. DOMENIC REARDON
6. MASADA IOSEFA
7. MANAIA RUDOLPH
8. LIGI SAO
9. JAYDEN HODGES
10. TYSON ANDREWS
11. JAMES HASSON
12. MICHAEL CHEE KAM
13. DANIEL HARRISON
Interchange
14. JAMIL HOPOATE
15. DYLAN KELLY
16. LUKE BARTLEY
17. EPALAHAME LAUAKI COACH: LUKE WILLIAMSON
Penrith Panthers
1. KIERAN MOSS
2. ETO NABULI
3. WAQA BLAKE
4. KEVIN NAIQAMA
5. DALLIN WATENE-ZELEZNIAK
6. WILL SMITH
7. TOM HUMBLE
8. SAM ANDERSON
9. KIERRAN MOSELEY
10. REAGAN CAMPBELL-GILLARD
11. BEN MURDOCH-MASILA
12. ISAAH YEO
13. RYAN SIMPKINS
Interchange
14. BRYCE CARTWRIGHT
15. LIAM AYOUB
16. VAIPUNA TIA KILIFI
17. NATHAN SMITH
18. ANTHONY CHERRINGTON COACH: GARTH BRENNAN
Brookvale Oval - Sat 24th May
Kick Off @ 3pm
Listen Live @ 89.9FM
http://www.hawkesburyradio.com.au/
Match Preview
(Courtesy of NSWRL Website)
Unable to make it three wins in a row for the first time in three years last weekend, the Sea Eagles will look to bounce back here against a Penrith side that is looking to post their fourth straight win. In fact, the Panthers have only tasted defeat once since opening the season with two straight losses and could perhaps lay claim to being the hottest team in the competition right now. A professional seven point win against the Bulldogs last Friday night now sees the Panthers sitting pretty inside the top four, and well within striking distance of the first placed Magpies. The Sea Eagles had ample opportunities last weekend to get home over the top of the Warriors but couldn't do so. With that said, they were once again very competitive and they do appear to have turned a corner from the side that lost their opening five games of the season. Manaia Rudolph is looking increasingly comfortable each and every week in the Sea Eagles colours and his match up against Panthers halfback Tom Humble may well hold the key to this clash.
Come get some: We are always excited by some of the great individual match ups that we get to see each and every week in the VB NSW Cup, and the one here between Waqa Blake and Cheyse Blair is another that has us licking our lips. Blair has an obvious advantage in terms of experience having tasted first grade at Parramatta and more recently with Manly, however Blake has first grade written all over him, and is definitely a player on the rise. Both of these centres are strapping young lads and love to mix it up physically on the field. Look for them to go at it right throughout.
Prediction: The Panthers won't get it all their own way but should come out on top. Panthers by 10.
Manly Sea Eagles
1. CLINTON GUTHERSON
2. JAYDEN HORO
3. TONY SATINI
4. CHEYSE BLAIR
5. DOMENIC REARDON
6. MASADA IOSEFA
7. MANAIA RUDOLPH
8. LIGI SAO
9. JAYDEN HODGES
10. TYSON ANDREWS
11. JAMES HASSON
12. MICHAEL CHEE KAM
13. DANIEL HARRISON
Interchange
14. JAMIL HOPOATE
15. DYLAN KELLY
16. LUKE BARTLEY
17. EPALAHAME LAUAKI COACH: LUKE WILLIAMSON
Penrith Panthers
1. KIERAN MOSS
2. ETO NABULI
3. WAQA BLAKE
4. KEVIN NAIQAMA
5. DALLIN WATENE-ZELEZNIAK
6. WILL SMITH
7. TOM HUMBLE
8. SAM ANDERSON
9. KIERRAN MOSELEY
10. REAGAN CAMPBELL-GILLARD
11. BEN MURDOCH-MASILA
12. ISAAH YEO
13. RYAN SIMPKINS
Interchange
14. BRYCE CARTWRIGHT
15. LIAM AYOUB
16. VAIPUNA TIA KILIFI
17. NATHAN SMITH
18. ANTHONY CHERRINGTON COACH: GARTH BRENNAN