Warriors vs Panthers

Their left edge was fire tonight with Kikau leading the charge with his dangerous running game a real threat, while he also showed that he passing game is just ...

Warriors coach Stacey Jones had to shuffle his deck, with Wayde Egan, Euan Aitken and Jack Murchie unavailable through injury and Lussick, Dunamis Lui and ...

Against most predictions, the Warriors began well, going toe to toe with the defending premiers. The Warriors pain was quickly exacerbated. But the Warriors showed some starch, with Katoa running off a lovely Harris pass to score, after Walsh had created an opening, and stemmed the tide for a while. The early stages of the second period continued the pattern, with tries to Stephen Crichton and Viliame Kikau, to set up a daunting final 25 minutes. The Warriors attack wasn't particularly smooth but there were further chances, with Watene-Zelezniak going close from a Johnson bomb and Walsh close to snaring his own grubber. Penrith were slightly off early – with four handling errors in the first quarter – but the visitors were full of aggression and energy, with some strong defending.

The Warriors have fallen to another heavy defeat, as the Penrith Panthers ran in eight tries to claim a comfortable 46-12 victory at BlueBet Stadium.

Star dazzles in reminder of what Panthers will miss; shining light in Warriors mess: 3 Big Hits.

“His work rate is phenomenal, he has had to play with the No.10 on his back after the departure of Matt Lodge, but he is almost playing like a front rower and five-eighth at the same time.” The Panthers will be hoping to get through their clash with the Warriors unscathed as they prepare for finals. On the stroke of halftime, the Panthers worked “in a phonebox” to cross with only seconds on the clock. “He hasn’t had a lot of help has he, Tohu Harris, the one thing he can do is keep his head high,” Ennis said. “Absolutely, he is such a wonderful player, we have seen his ball-playing ability tonight, he is doing it all for the Warriors the poor bugger,” Ennis said. Despite going down to the Panthers in a 34-point rout, Warriors gun Tohu Harris delivered a near-perfect display. “Alarming one is the Panthers have only missed one tackle, 25 from the Warriors,” Tallis said. “Koroisau coming from the field, it takes a little bit of time to adjust,” Ennis said. The Warriors finished the contest with a staggering 42 missed tackles, while the Panthers recorded only seven, and the New Zealand side’s defensive issues were laid bare. The Panthers were then awarded a penalty try with seconds on the clock after Reece Walsh used his leg to stop Isaah Yeo from scoring. But from then on, the Panthers went to work, starting with a “brilliant” no-look Kikau pass to find young gun Taylan May. The Panthers have overcome an early scare to dominate the Warriors with a 46-12 victory at BlueBet Stadium – breaking a longstanding record.

Round 24 of the NRL Premiership continues tonight when the Penrith Panthers host the New Zealand Warriors at BlueBet Stadium in Penrith. Join The Roar for…

Jack Murchie has been left out with Josh Curran moving into the second row. They simply ran into a team that just needed a win much more than the Warriors. The Warriors certainly weren’t alone in copping a beating last weekend. In some big ins for the Panthers, Luai returns from injury and James Fisher-Harris is also back from suspension. With Nathan Cleary and Jarome Luai, we have seen other senior players bolstering their roles. Dylan Edwards has been magnificent and he is clearly one of the most underrated fullbacks running around. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 6:00pm AEST. 0 That was definitely the case last round with a 48-4 loss to the Cowboys. S. Euan Aitken is out for personal reasons, with Dunamis Lui and Ben Murdoch-Masila the new faces on the bench. Crichton

The Penrith Panthers have resumed transmission trouncing the hapless New Zealand Warriors side by 34 points this evening with returning superstars Jarome ...

Penrith sealed their twentieth victory of the season with a strong showing tonight, they've been assured of a home final for a while now, but they'll be on their way to North Queensland for Round 25. Unfortunately for the Warriors, they could not hold on until the break when a big miss from Josh Curran on Sean O'Sullivan allowed him to break free and he could get it onto Edwards who found To'o for his second. A significant shift out to the left sees the combination finally fire with Luai getting it onto Kikau before a great ball saw Taylan May crash over for his 15th try of the season and get the scoreboard back level.