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Panthers five-eighth Jarome Luai needs to be loading up on Powerball tickets this week after one way or the other avoiding suspension for the shoulder to the top of Melbourne Storm enforcer Nelson Asofa-Solomona.
Fair play there wasn’t a complete lot of drive in Luai’s shot on huge Nelson however by the identical token if the roles had been reversed and it was Asofa-Solomona placing the same shot on Luai then the Storm front-rower is doing 10 minutes within the sin bin.
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If it had been huge Nelson, the Storm ahead would have additionally received a few weeks off for the shot.
The Panthers five-eighth jumped off the bottom to make contact with huge NAS’ melon, the Storm ahead misplaced possession of the ball and it one way or the other wasn’t even a penalty?
Then Luai is subsequently placed on report within the aftermath and hit with a grade one careless excessive sort out from the match evaluate committee.
Given it’s Luai’s fourth match evaluate committee cost for the season it’s clear the Panthers villain has turn out to be an on-field protected species.
Let’s not overlook he was despatched off on the finish of Origin II for the love faucet headbutt with Reece Walsh, positioned on report for harmful contact with Jahrome Hughes the final time Penrith beat the Storm in spherical 18 and was cited for opposite conduct for touching a referee in spherical 12.
Yet what number of weeks has the Panthers participant, who opposition sides like to hate, spent on the sideline — zero. It’s turning into a working joke.
We’re huge followers of James Fisher-Harris, Moses Leota, Nathan Cleary, Dylan Edwards, Mitch Kenny, Liam Martin and Brian To’o on the Panthers.
But we are able to’t tumble into Luai’s on-field antics.
Luai apart, the Panthers are rumbling alongside in ominous type after simply dealing with fellow heavyweights the Melbourne Storm on Friday evening.
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Despite lacking Spencer Leniu and Izack Tago, the Panthers ahead pack and Nathan Cleary placed on a clinic in opposition to the Storm.
With six wins in a row it’s simple to know why the back-to-back premiers at the moment are a particularly short-priced quote to turn out to be the primary facet because the Parramatta Eels in 1981, 82 and 83 to win three straight premierships.
It’s solely honest to provide coach Ivan Cleary an enormous rap as properly. Despite dropping his two chief assistant coaches in Andrew Webster and Cameron Ciraldo and various big-name stars over the previous two seasons the Panthers coach has nonetheless received the Penrith manufacturing line in full swing.
We additionally cherished the Broncos conflict with the Cowboys on a flat and quick Saturday afternoon in Townsville. What an thrilling recreation of soccer stuffed with end-to-end assault.
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If there’s a crew going to problem the Panthers then Brisbane look the almost definitely with Reece Walsh the wildcard who can create one thing out of nothing.
Sure Melbourne had been lacking Jahrome Hughes and Xavier Coates however they give the impression of being to be one huge ahead mild when it comes to punch within the pack.
South Sydney had been terrible in opposition to the Sharks and had the look of a facet who solely thought they solely wanted to indicate up and undergo the motions.
Well performed to Cronulla whose season was in free fall earlier than grinding out a gutsy win.
What had been your likes or dislikes from spherical 23?
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