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Panthers surge rolls on in toppling of Chooks (Wide World of Sports)

Friday NRL AS IT HAPPENED: Nathan Cleary shines as Panthers overcome gallant Roosters; Edrick Lee scores five tries in record-breaking night against Titans.

As soon as he turned his shoulders, Nathan just went 'whack!'." The Roosters continue to challenge the Panthers as prop Sio Siua Taukeiaho slices through in the 47th minute. The ball squeezes out on a Joey Manu run, and Verrills swoops on burrows through the Panthers defence. The underdogs score a second try in succession and steal the lead for the first time, as Sam Verrills wills his way over. The Penrith Panthers host the Sydney Roosters in round 16 of the 2022 NRL Premiership. The Tricolours turned in a defiant display and even stole the lead through a Sam Verrills try in the 53rd minute, but a deadly Cleary move shortly after swung the match back in Penrith's favour.

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Newcastle Knights beat Gold Coast 38-12, Penrith Panthers defeat ... (ABC News)

The Panthers withstand a fierce Roosters challenge at home to extend their winning streak to eight matches, after the Knights take care of the Titans.

The tally of eight was the most scored by the Knights in a game this season. Lee's hat-trick combined with a brace to Young in the 10th and 27th minutes. But a 10-point margin was as close as the visitors got, with the avalanche of late points consigning the Titans to a sixth straight loss. In the second half, Titans prop Jarrod Wallace was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Knights utility Simi Sasagi close to the Gold Coast line. But Crichton managed to remain on the field and the Panthers confirmed the injury was not a concern to medical staff at half-time. Earlier the Knights comprehensively defeated the Gold Coast Titans in front of a home crowd in Newcastle.

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NRL 2022 As it happened: Panthers deny gutsy Roosters with late ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The Roosters shook up their spine and gave the premiers an almighty scare on their own turf, with only Penrith's very best stretching their lead at the top ...

Joey Manu took the diplomatic route - ‘happy to play wherever’ - when asked about staying at five-eighth. The Roosters meanwhile, gee they still look like a finals side. Hard to see them coughing up poll position even this far out given the form they’re in.

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Manu-look approach: Time right for Joey to move into Roosters ... (The Roar)

Joey Manu will start in the halves against Penrith. He needs to stay there.

If Walker can do his part of the bargain, which is taking up Keary’s slack in organisation and kicking, then the Roosters might solve their big issue. This will only be his second game ever in the halves, but he has such a huge potential. Walker has split roughly 50/50 between five eighth and halfback, but was clearly told to take second fiddle to Keary where possible. The plan worked to a tee. The touches are emblematic. The job is to put it together.” Prior to the start of the season, I thought that Robinson would actually empower his star centre to roam the field and find stuff for himself to do, especially in mid to good ball, but that hasn’t really been the case. Keary has played almost all his career as a five eighth, save for this year, three games at the start of last year, and half of 2016 with Souths. His career win percentage as a 7, for what that is worth, is less than 50%, while at 6, it is closer to 65%. Now, with Keary out and likely out for a while, Robinson has made his move, and his words about getting the footy in his star centre’s hands more often certainly have a lot of sense in them. “It’s important for him to impact the game in his style and as much as possible, and that’s our role as well. When using Facebook to create or log in to an account, you need to grant The Roar permission to see your email address When using Facebook to create or log in to an account, you need to grant The Roar permission to see your email address

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