Matt Attard previews the Sunday afternoon clash between Penrith and Canterbury-Bankstown.
MATCHDAY NEWS
MATCHDAY SCHEDULE
Penrith Panthers vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Venue: BlueBet Stadium, Penrith.
Date: Sunday July 23, 2:00pm
MATCHDAY TEAM NEWS
Panthers: 1. Dylan Edwards 2. Sunia Turuva 3. Izack Tago 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Brian To’o 6. Jarome Luai 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Moses Leota 9. Mitch Kenny 10. James Fisher-Harris 11. Scott Sorensen 12. Liam Martin 13. Isaah Yeo 14. Soni Luke 15. Lindsay Smith 16. Spencer Leniu 17. Luke Garner 18. Jack Cogger 19. Matt Eisenhuth 20. Jaeman Salmon 21. Thomas Jenkins 22. Tyrone Peachey
Bulldogs: 1. Jake Averillo 2. Blake Wilson 3. Jacob Kiraz 4. Paul Alamoti 5. Jeral Skelton 6. Matt Burton 7. Kyle Flanagan 8. Max King 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 11. Jackson Topine 12. Jacob Preston 13. Corey Waddell 14. Harrison Edwards 15. Kurtis Morrin 16. Tevita Pangai Junior 17. Jayden Okunbor 19. Sam Hughes 20. Hayze Perham 21. Chris Patolo 22. Josh Addo-Carr 23. Viliame Kikau
Referee: Chris Butler
Embed from Getty ImagesMATCHDAY PREVIEW
As far as outsiders go, the Bulldogs head into this clash with Penrith as the biggest outsiders of the year.
With a big injury toll, horrendous form, and seemingly endless ways to gift opponents tries, the visitors will do well to keep Penrith – who welcome back Origin and injured stars including Nathan Cleary – to 50 and under.
Despite the likely return of Viliame Kikau and Josh Addo-Carr, the Bulldogs are now missing key halfback Toby Sexton to concussion.
Even with him, it’s hard to imagine anything other than a Penrith victory. They’re starting to build momentum heading into the final few weeks of the regular season.
Dylan Edwards has been the form fullback of the competition, and on the back of another big week last start (19 runs for 175m, eight tackles, two tackle breaks), he’s sure to carry the same momentum into this weekend’s game.
Expect both sides of Penrith’s edge to collect tries, particularly Sunia Turuva, who is up against one of the competition’s weakest edge defences.
LAST TEN MATCHES
Panthers 8, Bulldogs 2
MATCHDAY PREDICTION
Panthers by 48 points.
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