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TYRONE PEACHEY: MY BRAIN SNAP Panthers utility breaks his silence over “that tackle” on Brisbane’s Adam Blair

STORM SHUT OUT WOEFUL PANTHERS Error-riddled Panthers thrashed by Melbourne

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New membership record The Panthers have hit 17,000 members but want to surpass the 20,000 mark by the time the season is over, and they need your assistance...

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he Penrith Panthers have set a new all-time membership record with more than 17,000 committed fans signing on already this season. But the club isn’t stopping there with an even bigger target already in sight. The Panthers are laying down the FIVE 4 TWENTY challenge to members, fans and the entire Penrith community to help the club reach 20,000 members in 2015. As the name suggests, there are some great rewards on offer for those who assist the club to reach the historic milestone. Any Panthers member who recruits five new members will receive 20 per cent off the cost of their membership next season. But the ultimate, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity lays in wait for the dedicated fan who recruits the most new members. He or she will get to spend a match day with Panthers coach Ivan Cleary – an incomparable inner sanctum experience. The winner will join Cleary in the Pepper Stadium sheds for his pre-match team talk, watch the team warm up from the sideline, enjoy the match from the players’ enclosure, experience the half-time talk

Panthers star Jamie Soward with Consumer Manager Nathan Russell and, hopefully, the team celebrations after the final whistle. Panthers General Manager Consumer, Nathan Russell, is encouraging the Penrith community to lead the charge towards 20,000 members with the FIVE 4 TWENTY initiative. “This is the perfect opportunity for our loyal members to reach out to their mates who are Panthers fans and encourage them to take up a membership,” he said.

“With every referral, our members put themselves in contention to spend a match day with Ivan and soak up the experience of being in the sheds and on the sideline with the team. “Even those who miss out on this incredible major prize still enjoy a substantially discounted membership next season.” Panthers members can start recommending their mates now at membership. penrithpanthers.com.au/five-4-twenty.

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» It’s been a rough year both on and off

the field for Panthers captain Peter Wallace, who has struggled with injuries and sadly has had to deal with the passing of his mother. Now I’m hearing that there could be further twists in Wallace’s season with a little bit of talk going around that the halfback won’t be at the club next season. Wallace is contracted for 2016, but watch this space.

» Trent Barrett is as good as gone from

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Penrith’s coaching staff, with reports coming through on Monday evening that he’s officially been offered the head coaching job at Manly next season. It’s understood the Sea Eagles have offered Barrett a three year deal. Penrith boss Phil Gould has said previously that he would not stand in the way of Barrett leaving the club if a head coaching job was up for grabs.

» The Panthers have put plenty of faith

in young forward Reagan CampbellGillard, offering him a new deal that will see him at the club until the end of 2019. “It’s extremely exciting for me to commit to the Panthers for another four years,” Campbell-Gillard said. The 21-year-old local junior says he has an ambition to be a one club player.

» There’s a few rumours doing the

rounds suggesting the Panthers are close to announcing the signing of Roosters forward Sam Moa for next season.

» The Panthers have their eyes on a

15-year-old superstar playmaker in the making, who is currently based in New Zealand. Kalani Waa will visit Penrith later this year at the club’s expense. The Panthers will put the teenager through his paces to see if he has what it takes to be a future NRL star.

» The first indication that Jamie Soward

was out of last Saturday’s game against Melbourne came from Greg Alexander 48 hours before kick-off. ‘Brandy’ said on Fox Sports that he thought Soward was out, despite everyone else saying he’d play. The confusion came because Soward was in fact right to play, but given the Panthers have a bye this weekend, everyone involved thought it was better to give Soward’s injured shoulder a little more time.

» Talking of Soward, he’s doing a great

Will Peter Wallace be at the Panthers next season? job setting himself up for a career in the media after football. Soward made his debut as a panellist on ‘The Back Page’ last week and did a fantastic job, while he’s absolutely killing it on Triple M’s NRL coverage. Soward has truly been one of the great rugby league transformation stories and slowly, is winning the support of the rugby league community.

» Sika Manu is unlikely to have his con-

tract renewed by the Panthers. Manu has had a mixed season and is keen to stay in the NRL, but I’m told it won’t be at Penrith. There’s rumours doing the rounds that Manu has had interest from at least one Sydney club. The former Melbourne forward is coming to the end of a three year deal with the Panthers.

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On the brink of disaster A season with so much promise is being torn apart by injury and Ivan Cleary faces a huge task to turn things around in the second half of the year

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enrith’s season is on the brink of disaster with three huge games coming up that could determine the fate of the side’s 2015 campaign. The Panthers have slipped out of the top eight after an embarrassing 20-0 loss to Melbourne last weekend and face the Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium, Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval and Souths at Pepper Stadium in the weeks after this weekend’s bye. With superstar fullback Matt Moylan on the sidelines until at least round 20 and Ivan Cleary finding it impossible to field a consistent halves combination due to injuries, the Panthers’ 2015 premiership hopes are almost in tatters. Against Melbourne last week, the Panthers completed just 18 of their 36 sets, made 17 errors and missed 23 tackles. How Melbourne didn’t score 50 points is anyone’s guess. “It didn’t surprise me really. It was probably going to happen at some point against a good side that was very motivated,” coach Ivan Cleary said after the game. “It was a totally disjointed effort.”

Ivan Cleary and Peter Wallace speak to the media In some good news for the Panthers, the side is likely to welcome back Jamie Soward and Josh Mansour from injury against the Bulldogs next weekend. But Brent Kite is still at least a month away from returning while Jamal Idris is unlikely to return this season unless the Panthers make the finals.

The next three games are a huge test for Penrith and are likely to determine the fate of their season. “We’ve just got to look forward to the second half of the year and reboot our season and hopefully get a little bit more continuity than what we’ve had so far,” Cleary said.

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“It was a stupid brain snap” Panthers utility Tyrone Peachey has spoken about his regret over ‘that tackle’ on Brisbane forward Adam Blair at Suncorp Stadium...

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enrith Panthers utility Tyrone Peachey has labelled his shocking lifting tackle on Brisbane’s Adam Blair a “brain snap”. Speaking for the first time about the incident, Peachey said he fully regrets the tackle that could very well have seen him become the first player sent off since season 2013. “It was just a stupid brain snap and I regret doing it,” Peachey told Extra Time. “I went and apologised to him (Adam Blair) after the game and he was pretty cool with it. “I’ve done nothing like that before, I was never put on report growing up and that was the first time I’ve ever been suspended in my life. “It was just a massive brain snap and it won’t happen again.” Peachey was charged with a Grade 2 Dangerous Throw and was suspended for two games. Many fans and league experts called the tackle one of the worst they had seen in years and thought the 23-year-old got off rather lightly.

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“They showed it compared to Greg Bird’s lifting tackle (Bird was suspended for eight matches) but he had a way worse record than what I did. I’m pretty clean,” Peachey said. “Everyone said I got lucky but I was pretty happy with the two weeks and I won’t be doing that again.” Before Peachey made his return during Penrith’s 20-0 loss to the Melbourne Storm last Saturday night, he admitted his short stint away from the game brought back memories of when he was injured last season. “Yeah it was a little reminder of last year when I hurt my pec and how much I missed out on playing,” he said. “I was getting hammered by Ronnie Palmer and doing a lot of fitness these last two weeks.” With Peachey back on the field, he hopes to regain some of the form that saw him become one of the NRL’s most exciting players last season. “I’ve been trying all year to play like that again, I guess last year no one expected me to do any of that stuff and now teams are doing their homework on me and it’s a lot harder,” Peachey said. “I’m trying each week to get better and better.”

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EVERYTHING IS ON THE LINE FOR NSW t’s Origin time again and what a great sporting drama we have. NSW with their backs to the wall after losing game one at home and now a must win game at the famous MCG. They get back their captain Paul Gallen who played his first game in two months for the Sharks over the weekend. Brett Morris also returns to the side from a hamstring injury and also after just one club game. This could go either way for the Blues. The argument for is they are true Origin players who bring much needed experience and toughness to the side. Brett Morris, of course, adds speed and try scoring power to the wing. Not to mention plenty of toughness in defence as we saw last year when he entered Origin folklore by stopping a try with a broken shoulder. The argument against, of course, is they haven’t played enough footy and will struggle under the incredible fatigue that is Origin. Time will tell but Laurie Daley obviously believes in the argument for!

For me the question is not about talent or toughness but as always in these battles it’s about what goes on between the ears. I am again with the Blues in camp at Coffs Harbour, and I can tell you there is more work going on in the players’ heads than on the training paddock. The boys again will do sessions with life coach Garie Dooley, who was invited back this year after his success last year. The big challenge for him will be to get the players to believe they can overcome Queensland’s brilliance at being able to close out a game. Few would argue that NSW in game one looked the better side for the most part but, in the crucial final section, they just couldn’t come up with the right play to win, while Queensland did. No doubt the Blues will turn to the absence of Cooper Cronk for Queensland as a reason to believe they have the edge, after all that was the difference last year. As always though Origin is a beast like no other and with a full MCG, it will be must watch sporting drama.

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PANTHERS BUILD FOR THE FUTURE hile the on-field performance of the Panthers NRL side gets most of the media attention, behind the scenes, the club is constantly building for the future. There has been some great news this week with local junior Reagan Campbell-Gillard extending his contract until the end of 2019. He’s been a shining light for Penrith this year and despite being only 21-years-old, he’s already played for the NSW City Origin side and made his international debut for Fiji. Along with Bryce Cartwright, Reagan is an outstanding role model for any local youngsters who dream of forging a career in the NRL. But don’t forget the Panthers have also this week done deals with a quartet of young guns in Sione Katoa, Viliame Kikau, Zach Dockar-Clay and Ben Garcia. You might not know them now but if they fulfil their potential, these guys could be household names within a couple of years. However recruiting the right players to Penrith isn’t just about looking into the future – you can already see it starting to pay dividends right now.

Phil Gould with Campbell-Gillard Both our NYC side and NSW Cup team lead their respective competitions and have been playing some top-class rugby league over the last month. With the first-graders getting the week off, this Saturday is the perfect chance to see our NSW Cup stars in action – they play the Knights at Pepper Stadium at 3pm. On a final note it was fantastic to see so many of our loyal fans at Members Day last weekend. Coming off such a disappointing result against the Storm, it gave the players a real boost to meet and mingle with you all. You can be sure the players will be doing everything in their power to snatch a win against the Bulldogs next weekend.

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PANTHERS ENTER BYE WEEKEND THREE POINTS CLEAR AT THE TOP OF THE HOLDEN CUP TABLE The Penrith Panthers are now sole leaders of the Holden Cup competition following a 36-16 thrashing of the Melbourne Storm at Pepper Stadium last Saturday night. After recording their eighth straight win, the Panthers (22 points) now sit three competition points clear of their nearest rivals North Queensland and Brisbane (19 points) who are tied for second place. Despite Penrith’s excellent starts since their streak began in early April, it was the Storm who opened the scoring first through Chanel Seigafo in the 13th minute. The Panthers were quick to respond, however, with half Soni Luke putting on a great individual display to find the line. With Penrith up 6-4, it was the Storm’s turn to hit right back through their captain Junior Kirisome, who scored in the corner. With Melbourne back in front 8-6, the Panthers quickly regained the lead after fullback Brent Naden slipped the ball to centre Braidon Burns to cross over. For the rest of the half, it was all the home side with Naden getting a try for himself as too Sam Elwin, who backed

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himself to evade two Melbourne defenders to score next to the uprights. Penrith went into the half-time break up 22-8. Melbourne cut Penrith’s lead to 10 points not long into the second half when big Charlie Galo shrugged off two Panthers defenders to score. However, as was the story of this game, Penrith hit right back in spectacular fashion. Penrith’s fifth tackle kick rebounded out of the defender’s arms for Tyrone May to snatch the ball and find space to score. Soon after Penrith extended their lead to 32-12 after Naden shot a spiralling pass to Fuimanu Enese who showed off his incredible speed and power to score uncontested. The Panthers then scored their final try of the game when Christian Crichton caught a great cut-out pass from Sam Elwin to slip through and get over. With Penrith in front 36-12, Melbourne scored a late try though Latreu Robinson but the damage on the scoreboard was well and truly done. Penrith will enjoy their final bye of the season this weekend before playing the Canterbury Bulldogs next Saturday evening at ANZ Stadium.

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Penrith came away from a rain-soaked Port Macquarie Regional Stadium battered and bruised but kept Wentworthville scoreless in recording a 16-0 win last Saturday night. With results going their way, the win sees Penrith move into outright first for the first time in 2015 despite having to defend the majority of the second half with just one interchange player after Kieran Moss (ankle), Nathan Smith (bicep) and Matt Eisenhuth (concussion) succumbed to injury. Moss’ serious ankle injury in particular is a cruel blow, given he had only recently returned from a serious foot injury and, if surgery is required, will once again rule the fullback out for an extended period. Late changes were made to the named line-up with Holden Cup squad members Maliko Filino and Stanton Albert, both making their NSW Cup debuts in place of Tom Eisenhuth and Sam Anderson. Centre Geoff Daniela, signed from the Illawarra Cutters during the week, was also a late call-up into a side that is short on outside backs, after Nu’u Akeripa retired for personal reasons. Penrith led 10-nil at half-time after tries to Tupou Sopoaga and Isaac John, and scored again early in the second half

through Will Smith, converted brilliantly from the sidelines by Adrian Davis before the Panthers defended grimly for the remainder of the second half to complete the double over the Magpies, who are a better side than what their lowly position on the table suggests. Penrith finally return back to Pepper Stadium for the first time since Round 7 for this Saturday’s second grand final replay of the season against an in-form Newcastle Knights side with kick-off at 3pm. Fourth placed Newcastle come into this clash with a strong win over former league leaders Mounties 34-22 and have named a strong side for this clash that features Jake Mamo, Pat and Chanel Mata’utia, Sam Matoara, Chad Redman and Joseph Tapine and led by former Panther, Clint Newton. Penrith have named a reshuffled side to accommodate for the loss of Kieran Moss, which sees Andy Saunders return to the side on the interchange bench, while Nathan Smith has been named despite potentially suffering a relapse of a bicep injury that saw him miss the first half of the season. This game should be a beauty, so make sure you get down to watch it!

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