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The win all but sees the Panthers lock up a home game in the first week of finals.The Penrith Panthers overcame two first half sin binnings to hang on for a 22-16 win against the Melbourne Storm.The loss for the Storm makes the race for the minor premiership interesting with the Roosters able to snatch the top spot with a 26-point win over the Eels tomorrow night.The Panthers made it a harder assignment than it needed to be, missing five conversions to hang on for the six-point win, despite outscoring the Storm five tries to two.The Storm had conceded 18 straight points in the second half to fall behind by 12.The Panthers had a sparkling runs of tries through the second half.Down 10-6 at half-time, Penrith drew level early in the second half.Quick hands brought the Panthers level to start the second half after Waqa Blake was put away down the left edge before sending Josh Mansour over in the corner.Waqa Blake claimed a double, pouncing on a bouncing ball in the ingoal.A cross-field kick from James Maloney went through a Storm winger Justin Olam’s hands and bobbled on the ground with the Penrith centre diving on.Nathan Cleary putting on a third kick after the ball was charged down and soccered along the ground, finding Blake for his second.Minutes later, Panther winger Cameron Crichton took an intercept near halfway and streaked away for a 22-10 lead.Scott Drinkwater have given the Storm a chance to hang on to the minor premiership with the debutant halfback scoring but it was too little too late.A try saver from Nathan Cleary shutdown a later foray by the Storm.The win puts the Panthers in the box seat for a home elimination final next week.The Penrith Panthers are in the bad books tonight with two players being sin binned in the first half against the Melbourne Storm.Josh Mansour was the first sent to the bin.
As we approach Round 7 of the 2018 NRL Season, it’s a perfect time to shine the spotlight on some of the great work coming from the The four-part series, produced entirely in-house, aired over two weeks in March with the goal of giving fans a unique insight into what it takes to prepare for an NRL season.Wests Tigers CEO, Justin Pascoe, said that the series was designed to show fans a side of the club not seen before.“This is an exciting initiative that is aimed at bringing the fan inside the professional world of Rugby League,” said Pascoe.
@2017-2018 - Digital Sports Labs. Round 1. The Storm made the Panthers pay with Felise Kaufusi crashing over.With eight minutes left in the half, James Tamou was also sent to the bin for repeated penalties.The Storm kicked out to 10-4 with five minutes left in the half before the Panthers edge two-points closer with a penalty goal.The Panthers started the match in perfect fashion with an early try.In 2018, Penrith are nine from nine when scoring first.Winger Josh Mansour went into dummy half and twisted and muscled his way over the line.The New Zealand Warriors will head into the finals with confidence after a thrilling win featuring miracle plays and horrible blunders in New Zealand.After conceding an early try with Josh Papalii crashing over, the Warriors hit back as Solomona Kata barged over.But it was the Warriors second try which had tongues wagging.In freezing and wet conditions, the Peta Hiku threw a no-look pass to put David Fusitu’a over for his 22nd try of the season.He’s now one try behind Francis Meli for the most in a Warriors season.Fox League commentator Mark Gasnier was gushing in his praise of the pass, saying it “was one of the best passes I’ve ever seen”.Shaun Johnson had a tough night with the boot, hitting the post with his first kick and not being able to curl a near-miss with his second conversion attempt.But the highlights would continue as Warriors five-eighth Mason Lino was rocked in a bell-ringer and coming off a little worse for wear after a hit from Joey Leilua.Going to the break at 8-all, the Warriors kicked out to 16-8 after an early try through Hiku.It was short-lived as the Raiders pulled off a miracle play, while the Warriors contributed a horror blunder to bring the Raiders back in.The ball looked to be going dead in-goal off a grubber before Raiders winger Jordan Rapana flew in and knocked the ball back.The Warriors’ Solomone Kata then spilled a ball straight up in the air with second-rower Elliott Whitehead pouncing on the loose ball.A penalty goal drew the sides together at 16-all but two penalty goals gave the Warriors a 20-16 edge.Luckily for the Warriors, two tries were disallowed with a knock on from Blake Austin and an obstruction with five minutes remaining.The win sees the Warriors move up to fifth on the ladder but with Penrith, St George-Illawarra and Brisbane still to play, New Zealand may finish as low as eighth.Simon Mannering has made history tonight — the first New Zealand Warriors player to tally 300 games.He is the 34th player in NRL history to reach the achievement but, in something becoming far more rare, he is the 16th player to reach the milestone with one club.Second-rower Simon Mannering will become the first Mannering announced in July he would retire at the end of the current NRL season.James Graham got in the face of his young teammates.St George Illawarra coach Paul McGregor confirmed a blow-up between James Graham and Matt Dufty last Sunday.The incident apparently too place after Graham noticed some of the Dragons’ younger brigade on their phone and smiling after the loss, which was the side’s biggest ever loss at Jubilee Oval.“What’s said in the locker room stays in the locker room,” McGregor said on Friday.“I wasn’t around the conversation but we’ve all been around footy long enough, we’ve said different things to each other along the way and it’s not going to change next week, or the week after.Dufty had an afternoon to forget in Kogarah, starting from the bench and having little impact on the game.Graham didn’t fare much better, making only 27m in 49 minutes of football.Dragons hooker Cameron McInnes said the dressing room stouch wasn’t a drama ahead of finals.“They bounce off each other and have their little fun arguments and that’s the whole team. All Right Reserved.The Content Game: The NRL highlights of 2018 so far NRL highlights of the 2018 season opener between the St George Illawarra Dragons and the Brisbane Broncos at UOW Jubilee Oval, Kogarah. With the top eight locked up, it’s a fascinating finish to the season.The Warriors beat the Raiders in New Zealand to move into the top six and in pole position for home semi-final, although the Dragons and Broncos still have to play.The Panthers were too strong for an under-strength Storm, putting the minor premiership back in play.