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IDRIS SET TO QUIT PANTHERS No deadline on decision about Jamal’s future at the foot of the Mountains

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FACT CHECK Ê Penrith defeated Manly earlier this year at Pepper Stadium Ê The Panthers lost their last game at Brookvale Oval in the dying seconds Ê The Panthers welcome back James Segeyaro from injury but lose Tyrone Peachey to a two week suspension

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few weeks ago, Manly were under more pressure than Clive Palmer’s belt buckle after a big Chinese meal.

And while they still sit on the bottom of the NRL ladder, victories over Melbourne and Newcastle in their last two outings have well and truly put the Sea Eagles back into finals contention.

This Monday night they take on a Penrith side that produced the toughest performance I’ve seen from them all year against the Broncos last Friday night.

It was a heartbreaking finish but with Jamie Soward back in charge, it was clear the Panthers were a more disciplined, structured outfit.

And while Soward got most of the praise, the return of Elijah Taylor shouldn’t go without mention.

Back from injury, his incredible defen-

sive efforts were on show again with 49 tackles in 61 minutes.

Manly’s win over Newcastle last weekend was on the back of a stellar performance by halfback Daly Cherry-Evans, who will be aiming to convince Queensland selectors that he deserves his spot on the interchange bench after suggestions that he may miss out when the team is named next week.

Cherry-Evans has had a tough three months with contract speculation at the forefront of his mind, but in recent weeks he’s done his talking on the field and proved why he’s one of the game’s leading playmakers.

When Cherry-Evans and Brett Stewart are both on the field at Brookvale, Manly grow another leg.

Last Sunday’s win was a trademark Manly performance with Stewart scoring two tries and Cherry-Evans involved in anything and everything.

The Panthers, however, match CherryEvans and Stewart through Jamie Soward and Matt Moylan, albeit with a little less flair.

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Penrith toughed it out against the Broncos last week but in the end, the home side won the mental battle. It would have been an exhausting encounter to be a part of and with master coach Wayne Bennett at

the helm, Brisbane just know how to close out those games a little better than the Panthers.

The Panthers will be without Tyrone Peachey for this match after he was suspended for his dangerous throw on Adam Blair, but in a huge boost, will welcome back hooker James Segeyaro.

That allows Cleary to shift Apisai Koroisau to five-eighth to partner Soward. Peter Wallace is rated a slim chance of returning.

On their last trip to Brookvale Oval, the Panthers lost in heartbreaking and controversial circumstances back in 2014. But the two sides have already met this season, with the Panthers easily accounting for the Sea Eagles only a few weeks ago. It’ll be a little bit tougher this time around given Manly’s recent good form, but a similar game plan wouldn’t go astray.

The Panthers need to shut down Manly on the fringes and take them on in the middle. Stay committed, stay focused and the Panthers should have the talent to win the match.

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will be happy to see: captain Peter Wallace being put through his paces at training earlier this week. Wallace is expected to return from injury against Parramatta at Pepper Stadium on May 29, but there’s a sneaky whisper doing the rounds that he could be a late inclusion in the side to play Manly on Monday night.

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pretty much guarantee that Jamal Idris won’t be in a Panthers jumper next season. There’s been rumours swirling around for a while that Idris might be looking to exit the club, with Manly said to be one of the teams interested in his services. Panthers boss Phil Gould took the extraordinary step of taking to Twitter on Sunday to address newspaper reports that Idris was potentially heading elsewhere. “We will support any decision Jamal makes,” Gould said. “Our priority here is for Jamal to be healthy and happy. Whether that future involves Panthers and/or rugby league is totally up to Jamal.” Gould said that no deadline would be put on Idris’ decision. There is no doubt that Idris’ season-ending injury has only added to the speculation and given the big centre time to think about his future both on and off the field.

» I told you last week about the sudden

departure of Panthers media manager Emma Duxbury. Her ‘resignation’ has prompted various side-issues to pop up, including the cancellation of any work experience that had been lined up for high school students with the media department. The Panthers are yet to officially announce a replacement for Duxbury.

» Brydens Lawyers have signed on as the exclusive law partner of the Panthers for the next three years.

» It’s been revealed that the Panthers

were close to securing the services of Kurt Mann before he decided to join the Melbourne Storm. A versatile player who can slot into fullback or the halves, Mann had detailed conversations with Panthers boss Phil Gould before deciding to join Craig Bellamy at the Storm, where he made his first grade debut last year.

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Peter Wallace at Panthers training this week. Photo: Melinda Jane awareness, reduce stigmas and educate Australians about the risks associated with bowel cancer – the nation’s second biggest cancer killer. The NRL will encourage Australians to take a simple 60-second bowel cancer detection survey that could save a life. Now in its second year, the NRL’s partnership with Bowel Cancer Australia, The Gut Foundation and Cancer Council NSW will run throughout 2015. Every year, 15,000 cases are detected and 4000 people die from the disease.

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Brown’s future not certain Lewis Brown says he wants to stay at the Panthers next season but the off-contract star may be forced out due to salary cap issues

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anthers star and New Zealand international Lewis Brown says his number one priority is to remain at Penrith beyond this season, but only time will tell if he gets his

wish.

In recent weeks the 28-year-old has been linked with a number of clubs, including the Wests Tigers, who could afford his services for next year and beyond.

But Brown, a Kiwi incumbent, has quashed rumours that he’s engaged with any other clubs besides the Panthers.

“There have been a few rumours I’m going places but I haven’t spoken to any other clubs. Only my manager and I have been talking,” Brown told Extra Time.

“Obviously I’d love to stay at the club but apparently there’s some salary cap issues.

“Well see what happens over the next month or so and see if we can work something out. If not, I’ll have to sort something else out but obviously my first intention is to stay here.”

Extra Time understands that Brown is after a significant pay rise with Panthers yet to come to the table with an offer.

Lewis Brown’s future at the Panthers is uncertain. Photo: Melinda Jane If Panthers manage to free up some cash by releasing players early from their contracts, it could pave the way for Brown to remain a Panther into the future.

“We’ve spoken and they know I want to stay here,” Brown said.

“I’ve just got to let my footy do the talking. The team comes first and I’m a team man.”

Meanwhile, Brown says he’s happy to be back on the field after being sidelined

for more than a month with rib cartilage damage.

When Brown made his return during Penrith’s clash against the Sharks, coach Ivan Cleary selected him as captain and he didn’t disappoint – scoring himself man of the match honours.

“I’ve played a fair few games in the NRL and you’ve got to be a leader. Having the captain next to your name makes you want to lead and I’m enjoying it,” he said.

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ORIGIN FOOTBALL IS HERE AGAIN an you smell that?

Ahhh yes, the sweet scent of Origin is in the air again.

No one really knows why this flawed concept works but it just does.

Little has changed in the plot of this state vs state footy drama in 35 years.

Queensland, despite winning eight of the last nine series’, are still for some reason the sentimental favourites just as they were when State of Origin was conceived way back in 1980.

It’ll never work, they said!

You can’t have club team mates playing against each other, they won’t take it seriously, they said.

Somehow the exact opposite happened and it’s been gripping ever since.

So here we are in 2015 and NSW fans think the Maroons are old, arrogant and vulnerable. But are they?

Coach Mal Meninga has no real selection headaches as the team practically picks itself.

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because that’s not how the Maroons work. Mal simply hands out the jerseys to the same old obvious candidates who never let anyone down.

Even if Mal is forced to blood someone new – no problem, they play like they’ve played Origin all their life.

NSW never seem to have the same luxury. Despite almost always having more choice and depth of talent in key positions, the Blues every year end up in constant debate about who will get picked and who won’t.

Will it be the in-form Mitchell Pearce and James Maloney in the halves this year or the out of form incumbents Trent Hodkinson and Josh Reynolds?

Fullback was up in the air until Josh Dugan had a blinder against Souths on Monday night and put that question finally to bed.

The Blues are a basket case going into game one and the Maroons are sitting back chuckling to themselves.

For me there’s one reason why NSW can and will win again: Laurie Daley.

WITH KEVIN KINGSTON

PANTHERS ARE IN A GOOD PLACE here is definitely something building at Panthers. Over the past two weeks there has been an obvious improvement in attitude and the ruthless ability to compete hard for 80 minutes on the field.

In the home game against the Sharks the foundation built over the last two seasons shone through in the boys’ performance, it wasn’t anything fancy but an iron will to win anything and everything.

Jamie Soward returned last week and added some spark to our attack and steered the team around well on the back of that strong platform the forwards laid.

Don’t ever underestimate how hard it is to win in Brisbane.

We didn’t get the victory at Suncorp Stadium but the team went to Brisbane and competed hard against the form side in the competition.

The players will take a lot of confidence from that experience and know they can match it with the best in the league.

We take on Manly this week and then have two weeks to prepare for our big home game against the Parramatta Eels on Friday, May 29.

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of the season, I thought we were unlucky to get our byes so close together and get the full effect of the rest.

But it has worked out perfectly.

Our players returning from injury have time to get their bodies absolutely perfect as well as not playing too many back to back games so early after long stints on the sideline.

If we can keep the effort up for the rest of the season, the calibre of players set to return will definitely add momentum to the side for a strong finish to the regular season.

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FAN OF THE WEEK Years supporting the Panthers: 26 years.

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What’s your best Panthers memory? The 2003 Grand Final victory.

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PANTHERS NOW SHARE COMPETITION LEAD AFTER IMPRESSIVE WIN OVER BRISBANE

ISAAC JOHN RETURNS AS PANTHERS LOOK TO CONTINUE PROMISING PREMIERSHIP DEFENCE

The Penrith Panthers are now joint leaders of the Holden Cup competition following a 40-24 thumping of the first-placed Brisbane Broncos last Friday night.

The Panthers enjoyed one of their best games of the season, and it all started just three minutes in when PNG sensation Stanton Albert scored the opening try of the game to put the Panthers up 4-0.

Brisbane were next to score and with a conversion jumped out to a narrow 6-4 lead.

The Panthers then scored three times to finish the half, first via the way of Brent Naden, who busted through the line with sheer strength to get over.

The next try came through Corey Harawira-Naaera, who put on a great individual display to put the Panthers up 12-6.

The final try of the half came when Dylan Edwards put up a deft cross kick that wasn’t cleaned up by the Broncos, which saw Harawira-Naera pounce and score.

Penrith were in front 18-6 at the break.

When both sides came out of the sheds, it was the Broncos who were the more enthused – scoring the next

A star-studded Wentworthville backline failed to make an impact as Penrith maintained second spot on the ladder with another professional performance to win 16-4, in a game that didn’t reach any great heights given the extremely windy conditions at Ringrose Park.

Once again, Penrith’s game plan proved to be the difference as the Panthers got to their kick with far more regularity than their opponents and relied upon their defence, the best in the NSW Cup, to frustrate the Magpies into countless errors.

Penrith’s team, forced to play players out of position for the second week in succession after losing the likes of Ben Murdoch-Masila (high ankle sprain), Robert Jennings and Sione Katoa (Holden Cup) from their last start win over Mounties, were given a timely boost with the late inclusion of Will Smith.

Scores were level 4-4 after a John Folau try cancelled out a try to Panthers winger Eddie Aiono, before Josh Tangitau broke the deadlock to give Penrith a handy 10-4 half-time lead after some good lead-up work by Wellington Albert close to the Magpies tryline.

Penrith extended the lead to 12, early in the second half when Nu’u Akeripa steamed onto a long flat pass from Will

The Panthers last Friday three tries take a 24-18 lead. Midway through the second half Penrith finally found some form when big Oliver Clark crossed the line to level the scores.

Penrith then had all the momentum for the rest of the half – scoring another three tries unanswered through Chrichton, Naden and winger Maliko Filino.

The Broncos had some late chances in the dying minutes but the game belonged to the Panthers.

Penrith were scheduled to take on Manly this Monday at Brookvale Oval but the condition of the ground has forced the match to be moved. It’ll now be played at St Marys Leagues Stadium on Saturday.

Smith to score from close range. Wentworthville’s game continued to deteriorate during the second half through several errors, allowing Penrith to run out easy winners 16-4, securing their fifth win in a row, having kept their opponents scoreless in the second half for the third time in four weeks.

The win did come at a cost with Nu’u Akeripa (hamstring) expected to be sidelined for 2-3 weeks.

The Panthers now face the long trip to North Sydney Oval this Saturday afternoon when they take on the last placed North Sydney Bears, keen to atone for their heavy 38-6 loss in Bathurst back in round two. The Panthers will be looking for six wins in a row and are keen to maintain pressure on league leaders Mounties but the likes Daryl Millard, Ed Murphy, Cody Walker and Darren Nicholls will be pulling out all the stops to cause an upset win and continue their promising form of late that includes a convincing 32-6 win over Wyong and a close 26-22 loss last start to Newcastle.

In team news, Penrith welcome back Isaac John into the halves, which sees Will Smith move back to fullback and Tom Eisenhuth replacing the injured Nu’u Akeripa on the wing.

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