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Team lists

Penrith Panthers:
Lachlan Coote,
Michael Gordon,
Brad Tighe,
David Simmons,
Sandor Earl,
Travis Burns,
Luke Walsh,
Tim Grant,
Kevin Kingston,
Petero Civoniceva,
Trent Waterhouse,
Nigel Plum,
Luke Lewis.

Interchange: Sam McKendry, Matthew Bell, Adrian Purtell, Masada Iosefa.

Newcastle Knights:
Kurt Gidley (C),
James McManus,
Junior Sa’u,
Wes Naiqama,
Akuila Uate,
Beau Henry,
Jarrod Mullen,
Antonio Kaufusi,
Isaac De Gois,
Evarn Tuimavave,
Zeb Taia,
Neville Costigan,
Chris Houston.

Interchange (from): Matt Hilder, Cory Paterson, Richie Fa’aoso, Dan Tolar, Joel Edwards

panthers will have to much bite........................

I like the look of Newcastle this season, they look to have made a couple of decent signings but not good enough to beat Penrith.

im going knights

panthers over achieved last season and i think theyll mis the 8

newcastle players have to impress tinkler so knights 10 or less

Panthers...by a shed load!

Poor game between two very average sides - expect heaps of errors

Tough game to call this one. No Jennings for Penrith. I reckon Necastle might just pinch this one.

Would like to see Mullen and Henry form a good partnership this year

Could go any way, but i'm going for the Knights.
Got some exciting players, Uate and Gordon could both be playing for NSW this year. Uate had a great year last season, top try scorer, big, strong, fast. Gordon actually looked better when he moved to FB but Coote is back and he looked great aswell when fit. Hopefully he stays fit this year because he's great to watch when he is. The Panthers backline is lightening quick when Jennings comes back, Coote, Gordon, Jennings, Simmons, Earl.
Panthers got alot of points from kicks last year and maybe need to not be so reliant on Walsh's boot, especially with the speed they have. Good pack, Kingston was impressive at hooker and Waterhouse and Lewis are both back from injury. Lewis is a fantastic player and they need him fit and firing if they are to go well again.
The Knights have got a very good forward pack although why is Houston at 13 and not prop? Still they look a decent side, Mullen needs a big year and hopefully Beau Henry makes the step up well. Not convinced with the backs, Uate is brillant and Gidley is so important for them but i'm not convinced. They can beat anyone on their day, but they can lose to a team like the Sharks the next.

33c at KO and Penrith are in thier all black kit!

panthers are terrible

1st home game of the season and they are getting belted.

knights are solid without being spectacular

panthers are awful

penalties for offside at the drop out and kick restart, forward passes, poor PTB

30 - 2 with 20 mins to go

poor game this tho not newcastle fault

cronulla and penrith for the spoon if this continues

panthers play the eels next week

on current form parra will put 100 on them

if this keeps up matty elliot will be looking for a job soon

Panthers were bloody awful.

Their complete lack of discipline will be a real worry for Matty Elliott.

No leadership and a complete lack of direction in the Panthers side today. When the chips were down, no one put their hand up to do anything about it.

Another worrying sign for Elliott, is that the Knights didn't even have to get out of second gear to stick 40 odd points on them.

Panthers should have played the Worrlord

who?

Matt Elliotts face said it all , They were terrible.

Well, thanks to Matty Elliott I managed to double that fiver deposit and a bit more that I put in the bet365 account. At 22-2 down they were 8/1 to win by 31+! in black jerseys in 33 degree heat I thought I'm having some of that

The PA guy on the 60 minute drinks break came out with... "For those of you leaving early... Umm... Please come back!"



Cracked me up did that. We don't get ad breaks here so we were just sat in silence waiting for the 9 comms to come back on.