Big League Weekly Edition – July 25, 2019

GAME EIGHT: Penrith v Canberra

Round 19 BIG LEAGUE 2019 51

ATTACK

DEFENCE

MATCH AVERAGES

HEAD-TO-HEAD

AT PANTHERS STADIUM

WINNING FORM

PAST8 CLASHES

2019 –

2018 –

2017 –

2016 –

2016 –

BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS

NEXT CLASH

CASUALTY WARD

DATE:SUNDAY,JULY 28
VENUE:PANTHERSSTADIUM
KICK-OFF:4.05PM
REFEREE:ASHLEYKLEIN
ASSISTANTREFEREE:DAVIDMUNRO
TOUCHJUDGES:TIMROBY& LIAMNICHOLLS
SENIORREVIEWOFFICIAL:STEVECHIDDY
REVIEWOFFICIAL:BENGALEA
CHANNEL9 & FOXLEAGUE:3.30PM
LIVERADIO: ABC, 2GB, TRIPLEM,NRLNATION

RAIDERS

4th(24)

359

248

59

78%

40

15

4

43

25

12

6

3

3

21

15

174

331

1560

8

8

4

76%

PANTHERS

7th(20)

279

328

45

71%

37

6

2

54

38

9

7

3

3

16

19

179

353

1539

11

10

3

85%

HEAD-TO-HEADLEADERS

AVERAGE METRES

Brian To’o 168

Dylan Edwards 152

AVERAGETACKLES

James Fisher-Harris 44

Mitch Kenny 37

Elliott Whitehead 34

LINE-BREAKS

Viliame Kikau 8

Brent Naden 6

STATS

PanthersStadium

Sunday4.05pm

Form:ThePanthershavenot

beena teamtodothingsby

halvesin 2019.Whenthey’ve

lost,they’velostdecisively,falling

in sixconsecutivegamesearly

in theseasontosinktolastplace

onthecompetitionladder.When

they’vewon,theyhavestrung

togethervictoriesin styleandthis

Sundaytheywillbeplayingfor

a club-recordeightconsecutive

wins.OpponentsCanberrashape

asoneoftheirmostformidable

opponentsandtheirrecentrunof

formhasnettedthemfivewins

fromtheirpastsixgamesand

a placein thetopfour.

History:ApartfromPenrith’s

early dominance in which they

woneightofthefirstnine

encounters,neithersidehas

establisheda lengthyperiod

ofsuperiorityinthisfixture.

ThePanthersmanaged

four-straightwinsin2017-18

buttheRaidershaltedtheirrun

witha 30-12victoryatWagga

earlierthisseason.Anall-time

rivalrybetweentheseclubs

wassealedwhentheymetin

back-to-backgrandfinalsin

1990-91.TheRaidersclaimed

the 1990 resultwithan18-14

victorybeforethePanthers

exactedrevenge 12 months

laterwhentheywon19-12.

Dangersign:ThePanthers

won’tbelackinginconfidence

aftertheirrecentrunandthey

have shown a preparedness

tothrowtheballwide

whenevertheopportunity

presentsitself.Canberrawill

backtheirforwardstrength

toclaimvictorythroughthe

middlebeforeunleashing

backlinestrikeweaponsJack

Wighton,CharnzeNicoll-

KlokstadandJordanRapana.

BestBet?If theconditionsare

favourable,thiscouldbeoneof

themostentertainingcontests

oftheseasonandtheoutcome

couldcomedowntoa single

point.LookfortheRaidersto

consolidatetopfourplacewith

a victoryby1-12points.

Money-spinner:Optionsfor

FirstTryscorerincludeBrianTo’o

andJordanRapanaorforvalue

consider Frank Winterstein.

byDAVIDMIDDLETON

@Middleton_David

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