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Thursday <strong>July</strong> 5 <strong>2018</strong><br />
Sport<br />
Depleted Panthers may feel the pinch against Warriors<br />
IN WHAT will be an abbreviated<br />
round 17 due to Origin, the<br />
clash between the fourth-placed<br />
Panthers and fifth-placed<br />
Warriors will be a huge game for<br />
both teams tomorrow night.<br />
In one corner are Penrith<br />
– they have battled injuries<br />
all season and will be without<br />
Origin trio Tyrone Peachey,<br />
Nathan Cleary and James<br />
Maloney, reported nrl.com.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Panthers have done a great<br />
job to stay in the top four virtually<br />
all year but might be finally<br />
feeling the pinch after back-toback<br />
losses,<br />
<strong>The</strong>y will be facing a near fullstrength<br />
Warriors outfit and go<br />
into the game as definite underdogs<br />
on paper. Anthony Griffin’s<br />
NRL coach of the year prospects<br />
will soar if he can guide his team<br />
to victory, in spite of reports suggesting<br />
his role was the subject of<br />
a mid-season review.<br />
While the Warriors have<br />
obviously buried talk that<br />
they are top eight pretenders,<br />
they are coming off a narrow<br />
home loss to Cronulla and it’ll<br />
be interesting to see if their<br />
confidence has been shaken.<br />
Both teams have 50 per cent<br />
win-loss records, although the<br />
Panthers boast a superior points<br />
differential.<br />
•For the Panthers to win: <strong>The</strong><br />
forwards have to take it upon<br />
<strong>2018</strong> NRL<br />
TIPPING COMPETITION<br />
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themselves to lay a solid platform<br />
for an inexperienced halves<br />
duo to create scoring chances.<br />
Easier said than done, especially<br />
with Reagan Campbell-Gillard<br />
sidelined with a broken jaw. That<br />
means experienced leader Trent<br />
Merrin needs to have a blinder<br />
and show he’s still one of the top<br />
forwards in the game.<br />
•For the Warriors to win:<br />
Curiously the Warriors have<br />
struggled at home and been terrific<br />
on the road this season. That<br />
bodes well for their battle in Panthers<br />
country, particularly with<br />
Penrith well below full strength.<br />
<strong>The</strong> big factor should be the<br />
Warriors classy spine of Roger<br />
Tuivasa-Sheck, Green, Johnson<br />
and Issac Luke – it’s hard to see<br />
the Panthers containing all four.<br />
•Penrith Panthers v New Zealand<br />
Warriors kicks off at 9.55pm<br />
(NZ time) at Panthers Stadium,<br />
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