Big League Weekly Edition – August 01, 2019

GAME FIVE: Canterbury-Bankstown v Penrith

Round 20 BIG LEAGUE 2019 45

ATTACK

DEFENCE

MATCH AVERAGES

HEAD-TO-HEAD

AT BANKWEST STADIUM

WINNING FORM

PAST8 CLASHES

2018 –

2017 –

2016 –

2015 –

BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS

NEXT CLASH

CASUALTY WARD

DATE:SATURDAY,AUGUST 3
VENUE:BANKWESTSTADIUM
KICK-OFF:5.30PM
REFEREE:BENCUMMINS
ASSISTANTREFEREE:BELINDASHARPE
TOUCHJUDGES:JEFFYOUNIS& DREWOULTRAM
SENIORREVIEWOFFICIAL:STEVECLARK
REVIEWOFFICIAL:BRYANNORRIE
FOXLEAGUE:5PM
LIVERADIO: ABC, 2GB

PANTHERS

7th(20)

297

358

48

72%

39

7

2

60

43

9

8

3

3

17

20

179

351

1539

11

10

3

85%

BULLDOGS

15th(12 )

228

412

40

80%

25

12

3

69

50

10

9

2

4

13

23

184

350

1583

9

13

3

79%

HEAD-TO-HEADLEADERS

AVERAGE METRES

Brian To’o 167

Dylan Edwards 157

AVERAGETACKLES

James Fisher-Harris 44

Aiden Tolman 36

Jeremy Marshall-King 35

LINE-BREAKS

Viliame Kikau 8

James Tamou 5

STATS

BankwestStadium

Saturday5.30pm

Form:TheBulldogsproved

againlastSundaythat

theywon’tbedefeatedon

effortwitha wholehearted

performanceagainstthe

defendingpremiers.The

Roostersneededtoremain

ontheirgamefor 80 minutes

againstDeanPay’smen,

whomayhavelackedtheskill

oftheiropponentsbutnot

theirresolve.ThePanthers

dominatedpossessionearly

againsttheRaidersbuttheir

inabilitytobreachCanberra’s

defenceledtofrustration.

Theyfelltotheirfirstlossin

eightgamesbutwithstiff

competition for places in the

topeight,theywillneedto

refocusquickly.

History:TheBulldogs

establisheda healthylead

inthehead-to-headtally

witha runofvictoriesinthe

earlyyearsofthisfixturebut

thePanthershavemadeup

significantgroundoverthe

past 20 years.Penrithhave

wonfourofthepastfive

encounters,including

a 22-14resultatPanthers

Stadiumwhentheseteams

lastmet(Round8,2018).

Dangersign:TheBulldogs

willhavetheirfirstrunon

BankwestStadiumand

willneedtoadjusttothe

slipperyconditionsthathave

prevailedinmostevening

games at the venue. Most

oftheBulldogs’footballhas

beenplayedindrydaytime

conditionsthisseasonwhile

thePanthers’onlytasteof

Bankwestwasona dewy

surfaceinRound11.They

inflictedtheEels’onlylossat

thenewstadiumthatnight.

BestBet?Thekickinggames

ofJamesMaloneyandNathan

Clearycouldprovidethe

Pantherswitha winningedge.

ThePanthersscorea higher

proportionoftriesfromkicks

thananyteamandwhiletries

maybeata premium,lookfor

Penrithtowinbya 1-12margin.

Money-spinner:Prime

candidatesforFirstTryscorer

areReimisSmithandBrian

To’o,whilefor valuelookto

Corey Harawira-Naera.

byDAVIDMIDDLETON

@Middleton_David

NRLPreview

Respect Bulldogs or pay the price

JAMES FISHER-HARRIS

46

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