[2020] R2 Dragons v Panthers - Game Day Thread

SteveTidball · February 22, 2021, 2:36am

Game Day Information #NRLDragonsPanthers


Match	St. George Illawarra Dragons v Penrith Panthers
Venue	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Kogarah NSW
Time	Friday 20th March 2019 6:00pm
Tickets	Not Available due to Lockout [LINK]
Gates Open	Event Closed to Public
Other Matches	CCN Penrith Panthers v St. George Illawarra Dragons SAT 21/3 5:00pm* JFC Penrith Panthers v St. George Illawarra Dragons SAT 21/3 3:00pm*
Weather	Sunny 30°C (0% Chance of Rain )
Broadcast	Fox League (Channel 502) [LIVE] NRL Live Pass [LIVE] Kayo Sports [LIVE] ABC Sydney 702AM [LIVE] 2GB Sydney 873AM [LIVE] MMM Sydney 104.9FM [LIVE]
Notice	NRL Matches starting from Round 2 will be played at venues closed to the public. Please refrain from traveling to the stadium or congregating outside stadiums as this is not encouraged.

_{* Canterbury Cup and Jersey Flegg matches to be held at Windsor Sports Complex}

Telstra Premiership | Full Time


	Penrith Panthers	32	Tries Apisai Koroisau, Nathan Cleary, Brent Naden, Viliame Kikau, Stephen Crichton Goals Nathan Cleary (6/6)
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	28	Tries Matthew Dufty (2), Brayden Wiliame, Zac Lomax, Corey Norman Goals Zac Lomax (4/5)

Daly M Awards Points


3pts	Penrith Panthers	Nathan Cleary
2pts	Penrith Panthers	Josh Mansour
1pt	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Matt Dufty

Postgame Media

PANTHERS MATCH REPORT

MATCH REPORT

POST MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

MATCH REPLAY

MAN OF THE MATCH VOTING

SteveTidball · March 17, 2020, 9:28am

Teams

Telstra Premiership	Canterbury Cup NSW	Jersey Flegg Cup
Dragons v Panthers	Panthers v Dragons	Panthers v Dragons
Friday 20th March 6:00pm	Saturday 21st March 5:00pm	Saturday 21st March 3:00pm
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	Windsor Sports Complex	Windsor Sports Complex
TEAM
1. Caleb Aekins	1. Daine Laurie	1. Glenn Mcgrady
2. Josh Mansour	2. Charlie Staines	2. Ezra Coulston
3. Dean Whare	3. Jed Cartwright	3. Taylan May
4. Brent Naden	4. Thomas Jenkins	4. Matthew Faauila
5. Brian To’o	5. Jake Tago	5. Logan Cohen-Dickson
6. Jarome Luai	6. Tyrone May	6. Maurice Trindall
7. Nathan Cleary	7. Kurt Falls	7. Dylan White
8. James Tamou ©	8. Kaide Ellis ©	8. Thomas Affleck
9. Api Koroisau	9. Mitch Kenny	9. Luke Sommerton
10. Zane Tetevano	10. Lindsay Smith	10. Liam Henry
11. Viliame Kikau	11. Pat Hollis	11. Ratu Nanovo
12. Isaah Yeo	12. John Faiumu	12. Zac Duclos
13. James Fisher-Harris	13. J’Maine Hopgood	13. Chase Chapman
INTERCHANGE
14. Stephen Crichton	14. Brendan Hands	14. Fred Pupu
15. Billy Burns	15. John Trimboli	15. Aaron Mawhinney
16. Moses Leota	16. Jayden Tanner	16. Hanna El-Nachar
17. Liam Martin	17. Alex Myles	17. Ethan Clark-Wood
RESERVE
18. Matt Burton	18. Jarrod Brackenhofer	18. Flynn Isaacs
19. Jed Cartwright	19. George Tsikrikas
20. Kaide Ellis
21. Mitch Kenny
COACH
Coach: Ivan Cleary	Coach: Peter Wallace	Coach: Guy Missio

Match Officials

	Telstra Premiership	Canterbury Cup NSW	Jersey Flegg
Referee	Matt Cecchin	TBA	TBA
	Jon Stone	TBA	-
Sideline Official	Drew Oultram	TBA	TBA
	Adam Cassidy	TBA	TBA
Video Referee	Ashley Klein	-	-
	Bryan Norrie	-	-

Referee Success Rate

Referee	Active Since	2020	Overall	Pen. For	Pen. Against	Ratio
Matt Cecchin	2001	(0/0) 100.00%	(15/34) 44.12%	107.5	106	1.01
Jon Stone	2016	(0/0) 100.00%	(6/10) 60.00%	39.5	39	1.01

SouthernHillFan · March 17, 2020, 9:33pm

I do hope we play fish up front, Yeo at lock and Martin out wide again.

Seems the best fit as Yeo shines in the middle, and Martin on the edge.

Likely Burns and Ellis come onto the bench. I think Zane will be a scratching.

Kevin · March 17, 2020, 11:05pm

I’d have Liam Martin in 3, keep Carty on the bench.

Whare was hopeless, when I say hopeless, just did not get involved, a stint in reggies might spark him up!

SouthernHillFan · March 18, 2020, 12:02pm

Not as silly as it sounds Kev, Martin is certainly mobile enough and can sure read the defense

Kevin · March 18, 2020, 11:14pm

100% SHF, I think we all know that Whare (when on) is more of a defensive centre, but both Martin and Carty are of the same ilk. The thing with Martin is, he is also fairly quick for the first 10-20 metres, thus if he can produce a passing game…….problem solved !

To be fair, Whare “has been” good, but that was in the past, I doubt we will see him produce his best again. He may be in it for longevity now

Puss · March 19, 2020, 8:48am

may not score length of the field tries but he can stop ‘em.
Just sayin !!,

mrwalker · March 20, 2020, 6:11am

Well, sitting here waiting for the Kayo kick-off, practicing social separation There will be just 4 of us in the lounge room.

Beers cheaper than at the ground, but not sure how the boys will play in the silence??

We always seem to get beaten at Kogarah, & chicken-legs hates us almost as much as Cummins does.

Hoping for a good display! Cheers

Puss · March 20, 2020, 6:14am

“ four of us in the lounge room”, 1.5m apart?

mrwalker · March 20, 2020, 6:19am

Chairs already set up Well ones for the wife, so that’s all good. When our son & his girlfriend arrive for the game, no kisses, hugs or handshakes, maybe just elbow bumps

Mutley · March 20, 2020, 7:12am

Very strange without a crowd there. It is great hearing the collisions though.

Puss · March 20, 2020, 7:40am

bloody hell, we’ve given up a 12 point start
thru cheap turnovers. Discipline concentration
out the window. They need a rocket !

Puss · March 20, 2020, 7:48am

and what about Mansour?

Mutley · March 20, 2020, 7:48am

That was a half of two halves

Puss · March 20, 2020, 8:17am

on the attack 10m out, saint gets a blood nose
courtesy of his own teamate. Let’s hold the game up
All advantage lost. What a load of rubbish !

Puss · March 20, 2020, 8:27am

now a penalty against in the play the ball,
is that the first ???

Puss · March 20, 2020, 8:31am

That’ll do me, night !

steamboatfarmer · March 20, 2020, 9:05am

i will take the win but you won’t win the comp playing like that against quality teams.

Crichton is showing something very special and i think Aekins might have played his last game at 1.

Might be even hard for Edwards to get back if Crichton continues his surge

Scary to think we have the composure and know we have potency in attack to score points, but again against a team who has more class than Dragons…might not work

Great to see we have options in attack

Oh well, now its onto Melbourne next week for a real showdown and it will only be 3 games but will give us diehards a real sense of where we are at against a benchmark team like the Storm

Enjoy again boys but lots to learn from this win

SteveTidball · March 21, 2020, 12:49pm

Round 2 Panther Pride Man of the Match voting is now open here

SouthernHillFan · March 20, 2020, 9:09am

Hope you watched the last 10 minutes Puss!

High quality match considering no crowd and the stifling heat.

I think we came out of the blocks a little too hard, hence the middle comeback from the Dragons.

As much as he’s a great clubman, that will do me for Whare. Either Crichton in the centres, or if we can risk it, Crichton at fullback and Martin in the centres.

Either way Whare needs a spell in reggies, and Crichton needs to play 80 minutes.

How good was Cleary!