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rom the moment the full-time siren rang out through Accor Stadium last Wednesday night, the last team in the competition you wanted to be was Newcastle.

Nathan Cleary was always going to respond to his Origin performance. And respond he did, with an effort that tossed aside any doubts that may have entered his head after that poor performance for the Blues.

When the Knights lost Kalyn Ponga to a head knock early, it was curtains for Newcastle – and the Panthers ran riot, producing the biggest win of Round 14 and showing no signs of slowing down as the season rolls on.

Let’s face reality: This Saturday evening’s match against the Warriors in Redcliffe could be a bloodbath.

Even with homegrown hero Stacey Jones in

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Jones has rolled the dice, with very little to lose, and made a couple of changes this week, including bringing in teen sensation Ronald Volkman to make his first grade debut in the halves. They say this kid is something else.

But it is a mighty introduction to the NRL to come up against Jarome Luai and Nathan Cleary, the game’s best halves. They will show little mercy on Saturday night.

There really is no downside to the Panthers at

the moment. Whether they’re down on troops, dealing with significant representative drain or facing a danger game, the side responds. It shows how much growth this team has gone through in the last couple of years, and Ivan Cleary appears to have found the magic potion so many defending Premiers fail to discover.

So how can the Warriors possibly find a game plan to stop this seemingly unstoppable force, that only Parramatta has managed to halt this year – even then, by just a couple of points?

To be honest I can’t find the answer. Their best chance is hoping that Penrith’s plane is delayed from leaving Sydney airport or that Cleary and Luai forget to pack their boots. It’s that dire for the Warriors.

In any other year you’d suggest Shaun Johnson’s kicking game could get them out of

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trouble, but that’s looked less unreliable than a Western Line train in the middle of summer this season.

Last week the Warriors were throwing the ball around close to their own try line like they’d simply run out of ideas; and perhaps they have.

There’s just no connectivity in this team, almost no desire and very little defensive spirit.

It was nice to see Penrith’s right side attack get plenty of ball against Newcastle and that may be the case again this weekend, with both Stephen Crichton and Brian To’o in improving form. But there’s no doubt that it’s the left where Penrith will do the most damage. The spark of Jarome Luai, the absolute beast mode of Viliame Kikau and the try-scoring prowess of Taylan May will no question run riot on Saturday.

Tip: Panthers by 54.

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1 Dylan Edwards

10 James Fisher-Harris

1 Reece Walsh

2 Taylan May

11 Viliame Kikau

2 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak

10 Jazz Tevaga 11 Jack Murchie

3 Izack Tago

12 Liam Martin

3 Jesse Arthars

12 Tohu Harris

4 Stephen Crichton

13 Isaah Yeo

4 Adam Pompey

13 Josh Curran

5 Brian To’o

14 Mitch Kenny

5 Marcelo Montoya

14 Chanel Harris-Tavita

6 Jarome Luai

15 Scott Sorensen

6 Ronald Volkman

15 Aaron Pene

7 Nathan Cleary (c)

16 Spencer Leniu

7 Shaun Johnson

16 Dunamis Lui

8 Moses Leota

17 Jaeman Salmon

8 Bunty Afoa

17 Bayley Sironen

9 Apisai Koroisau

18 Robert Jennings 19 Matt Eisenhuth

9 Wayde Egan

18 Freddy Lussick 20 Eliesa Katoa

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Sliding doors: Cameron Ciraldo is edging towards signing with the Wests Tigers on a long-term deal as head coach, but he knows it’s a pivotal moment in his life and career. It won’t be talked about publicly, but there’s definitely an unwritten plan at Penrith for Ciraldo to replace Ivan Cleary when he eventually decides to hang up the clipboard and potentially move into another role at the club. Cleary doesn’t see himself still coaching beyond the next five or six years and has made that point to many people privately. But it’s a big call to ask Ciraldo to hang on for that long when an opportunity is knocking now. I’m told the Tigers are feeling increasingly confident that they’ve got their man.

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Cleary in ICU: Penrith’s incredible run during the representative period has been made even more challenging with coach Ivan Cleary missing training sessions and games due to ongoing issues with his knee. Things got so serious last week that Cleary ended up in ICU with blood clots. He’s on the mend but it’s a testament to the system at Penrith that the team hasn’t been majorly disrupted by the ongoing issue.

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All in a name: You may have noticed Izack Tago’s (pictured below) name being pronounced differently during Channel Nine’s broadcast of the Knights v Panthers match on Sunday. Usually this is a result of a player requesting the correct or traditional pronunciation of his name be used. But not in the case of Tago, who is more than happy for the ‘Aussie’ version of his name to be used in commentary.

Nobody at Panthers or in the Tago camp know why or how Nine suddenly decided to use the traditional Pacifica pronunciation of his surname on Sunday. Bizarre.

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Brothers in arms: Taylan May recently resigned with Penrith, and I can reveal the club is also very keen on his brother Terrell, who is currently at the Roosters, where he made his NRL debut this season. I’m told the Panthers have tabled the 22-year-old an offer for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. There was some talk he’d already re-signed with the Chooks but no official announcement has been made.

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Spotted: Panthers Chairman Peter Graham supporting the leagues club by digging into a salmon at Kelly’s on Monday.

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No rest for talented Panthers: Penrith may have the weekend off next week, along with the rest of the competition, but almost everyone in the squad will be playing representative football. If things go as expected only Dylan Edwards, Mitch Kenny and Jaeman Salmon won’t be getting a run next weekend.

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Path to success: A number of players from Penrith’s SG Ball, Harold Matthews Cup and Tarsha Gale Cup teams are taking part in the NSW Police Force Youth Command Sporting Industry Association program. It’s all about the PCYC, the police and players working with youth to try to reduce crime and steer people in a positive direction. Six Penrith players are involved in the program.

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Day tragedy struck: Tuesday will mark 30 years to the day since Ben Alexander (pictured) was killed in a car accident at Colyton, aged just 20. It’s an event that tore the Panthers apart less than a year after the club won its inaugural Premiership and would set off a chain reaction that would impact the club for years.

Both Greg Alexander and Mark Geyer reflect on Ben in their respective appearances on the Weekender’s ‘On The Record’ podcast. Search ‘Western Weekender’ on your podcast app.

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Spotted: Students from Patrician Brothers College on an excursion to the Panthers Rugby

League Academy on Tuesday, where they got to watch the NRL squad train.

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enrith are enjoying their best start to a season in history. And making their 13-1 record even more remarkable, is that they’re doing it while defending a Premiership.

Questions of a Premiership hangover have been well and truly put to bed for now as the Panthers aim for back-to-back NRL titles.

“We’ve just been on the up most of the year and hopefully we can keep going up until Finals time and give it a good crack,” utility Jaeman Salmon told Extra Time.

Penrith have only lost the one game this season, a narrow defeat to Parramatta in Round 9 after star halfback Nathan Cleary missed two sideline conversions. Since then, they “haven’t looked back”, Salmon said.

“We just go back to what works for us – our fundamentals – pretty much the stuff we were doing all pre-season,” he said.

“Sometimes you can go away from that during the year, because you need to do other things, but I think we just went back to basics and what we know, and coach has just made it really simple in terms of what works and what wins games.

“So, the boys really took that on board, and we haven’t looked back since that Parra game.”

The Panthers enjoyed their biggest win of the year last weekend, a 42-6 thrashing of the hapless Knights. Five of Penrith’s Origin brigade backed up in the clash against Newcastle, a huge feat considering they played in an epic encounter just days earlier.

“They were all pretty keen to play,” Salmon said.

“They had a tough 80 minutes against Queensland and for them to back up four days later, just shows a lot of heart from the boys.”

After receiving heavy criticism from NSW’s six-point loss to the Maroons, Clive Churchill Medallist Nathan Cleary hit back in the greatest way possible with his best

performance of the season.

“Nath’s pretty good with that sort of stuff – he’s played at the highest level, so he knows how to handle himself after wins and losses,” Salmon said.

“He just learns from his losses and he wasn’t going to let that loss to Queensland flow into our club game and he really showed what he’s capable of.”

Making Penrith’s 36-point win over the Knights even more special was the fact they did it without their coach, who remained at home after spending time in hospital with blood clots.

It was Ivan Cleary’s third missed game of the year due to various issues with his knee. Salmon said the supercoach returned to Panthers HQ on Tuesday morning and appears on the mend.

“He’s been in the wars at the moment but he’s back today,” the 23-year-old said.

“He’s looking alright, actually.

The past few weeks he’s been struggling a bit, but I feel he’s on the up.”

Utility Jaeman Salmon is all smiles after Penrith’s 13-1 start to the year.

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Ivan Cleary and Wayne Bennett are at it again. Photo: NRL Images.

Fortunately, the Panthers acted quickly and signed the trio to upgraded contracts until the end of 2024.

Just how much more Penrith had to pay to keep these wonderful youngsters because of the Dolphins’ interest is unknown but it wouldn’t have been less, that much is certain.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t end there. We already know that the Dolphins are keen on Stephen Crichton and Brian To’o, but the rumour mill is in full swing now about another outstanding forward prospect in Spencer Leniu.

Yep, you can now add Leniu to the list as well.

That was it, Cleary had seen enough. He smiled as he delivered the line and Bennett’s response in the Sydney Morning Herald a few days later?

“All of us have to remember we get our players from somewhere, and why wouldn’t you take them from the best clubs you possibly can if you can do that?” he said, amongst other things.

It’s fair to say there’s lots more to be said between these two in the coming weeks and months ahead. This is rugby league theatre at its best, something money can’t buy.

I for one, am looking forward to seeing how it all plays out before the final curtain falls.

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es folks, the war of words between Panthers coach Ivan Cleary and Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett has started again.

Only 10 months after Ivan declared he would concentrate on coaching rather than engage in any more ‘mind games’ with Bennett, Cleary couldn’t help but fire a shot across the bow during an interview last week.

“One thing is for sure, we are going to keep bringing guys through our system, that’s our mandate,” Cleary said.

“Everyone is looking at our club now, particularly with the Dolphins coming in. They’re treating our club like their backyard.”

Now before I give you Bennett’s response, let’s see what led to Cleary making that comment in the first place.

It’s safe to say that Bennett’s poaching of promising young Panthers half Isaiya Katoa in February on a rich three-year deal rattled Cleary’s cage. Penrith had developed Katoa over the years and he was seen as an important cog in the Panthers machine going forward.

Now in the scheme of things, it wasn’t the end of the world. It was, however, the beginning of a new storm. You could see the dark clouds forming.

Coach Cleary was further agitated when Bennett then proceeded to make offers to more Penrith players. One was Robert Jennings, which the Dolphins were able to snare. Fair enough, you can’t keep them all. Halfback Sean O’Sullivan looks a safe bet to make the move to Redcliffe as well.

It doesn’t stop there, it’s no secret that Bennett and the Dolphins also made ‘enquires’ about promising and up-and-coming players like Taylan May, Sunia Turuva and Lindsay Smith.

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LEGENDARY PANTHERS IMPORT DIES TROY DODDS

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he Penrith Panthers are mourning the loss of Bill Ashurst, the English import who played 46 games for the club in the 1970s.

Ashurst, credited as Panther #100, joined Penrith from English club Wigan for a record fee in 1974.

He became a match winner for Penrith, scoring 165 points including 19 tries, 55 goals and six field goals during this three-year stint with the club.

Ashurst was on track to become one of the great import success stories but he dramatically quit Penrith and returned to England in time for the 1977 season, later citing home sickness.

He was named in Penrith’s Team of Legends in 2006, recognising his extraordinary impact on the club over a relatively short period of time.

Ashurst returned to Penrith in 2017, reflecting on his time in the city and how much it has changed in an exclusive interview with the Weekender.

“Everything looks different but, at the end of the day, the Panthers are still the Panthers and I’ve always been a Panther and I always will be,” he said.

“I always say there are only two teams in my life – the Wigan Warriors and Penrith.”

During his 2017 visit Ashurst was given a tour of the new Panthers Rugby League Academy and watched the NRL team play Canterbury

Bill Ashurst during his visit to Penrith in 2017. Photo: Melinda Jane.

and the Warriors.

“Brad Waugh took me around the Academy and I couldn’t believe what I saw, it was unbelievable,” Ashurst said at the time.

“I remember our old sheds, buying our own boots and making our own way to the ground.

Heck, I even smoked when I played, even at half-time!

“To be honest, I wouldn’t like the lifestyle the players have these days – there’s too much pressure and far too many mobile phones.”

In all Ashurst played 265 first class games across his career at Wigan, Penrith, Wakefield Trinity and Runcorn Highfield.

He represented Great Britain in three Test matches.

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he Penrith Panthers have suffered their biggest defeat so far in the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup season, going down 34-12 against the Canberra Raiders at Belconnen on a chilly Saturday afternoon.

The Panthers were still missing several regulars due to State of Origin and were thoroughly outclassed by the Raiders to suffer their third straight loss.

It was a nightmare start for the Panthers, conceding a try to Elijah Anderson in the opening set of the game.

The visitors were quick to hit back, with Sunia Turuva scoring in the 10th minute. Niwhai Puru’s conversion gave the Panthers a 6-4 lead.

Too many first half errors proved costly for Penrith as Canberra took the lead back through Ata Mariota in the 18th minute, before further tries to Albert Hopoate and Rayden Burns pushed the score to 22-6 at half-time.

The Panthers needed to be first to score after the resumption to be any chance of a comeback, and Turuva provided just that when he scored his second in the 45th minute.

Hopes of a comeback were short lived though, with Hopoate scoring his second for Canberra five minutes later.

Clay Webb scored in the shadows of full-time for the Raiders to push the final margin out to 22.

The story was similar for the Jersey Flegg Panthers, falling to the Raiders 28-18.

Canberra scored early through Harrison Leadbitter before Angelis Hotere-Papalii opened the Panthers’ account not long after.

It was the Raiders who took the lead into the sheds courtesy of a Thomas Casey try 10 minutes before the break.

Two tries in the first eight minutes of the

It’s been a tough few weeks for Penrith’s lower grade teams. Photo: Jake Hunter.

second half opened a 22-6 lead for the Raiders, before tries to Zac Lipowicz and William Fakatoumafi brought the Panthers back within four points inside the final 10 minutes.

Penrith’s hopes of a comeback were finally extinguished on the stroke of full-time as Sione

Moala crossed, giving Canberra a hard-fought 10-point win.

In Round 15, the Jersey Flegg Panthers head to Cronulla to face the Sharks at 1pm on Saturday, while the KOE Cup squad takes on Newtown at Henson Park at 3pm.

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As a 10-year-old watching the Panthers win

their first Premiership in 1991 is a lasting childhood memory of mine. In 2021 I sat with my 10-year-old son and watched them win again. Seeing the elation on his face was amazing and I know it will be a lasting childhood memory of his too.

How long have you been supporting the Panthers?

About 35 years.

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