2020 Rd 13 V Panthers: Teams and Previews *Teams p1*

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Who will win?

Raiders 13+
2
13%
Raiders 1-12
7
44%
Draw
0
No votes
Panthers 1-12
4
25%
Panthers 13+
3
19%
 
Total votes: 16

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2020 Rd 13 V Panthers: Teams and Previews

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Canberra Raiders V Penrith Panthers
Saturday August 8 7:35pm
Panthers Stadium
TV coverage: Fox League Channel 502
Radio: ABC, 2CC, Mix 106.3

Who would you like to see line up for the Green Machine in Round 13? Tell us your team here and see how you go in comparison to the official squad when announced. We will include the official line ups in the first post of this thread as soon as they're available.

MATCH PREVIEW: Check out The GH's match preview of the Canberra Raiders clash with the Penrith Panthers. Team news, history, stat attack, key match-ups and more! All you need to know: http://ow.ly/A88350AOUl7

OFFICIAL SQUADS

Canberra Raiders

1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
2. Jordan Rapana
3. Jarrod Croker
4. Curtis Scott
5. Nick Cotric
6. Jack Wighton
7. George Williams
8. Josh Papalii
9. Siliva Havili
10. Dunamis Lui
11. John Bateman
12. Elliott Whitehead
13. Hudson Young

14. Tom Starling
15. Joe Tapine
16. Ryan Sutton
17. Corey Harawira-Naera

18. Sam Williams
19. Michael Oldfield
20. Kai O’Donnell
21. Matt Frawley

Injury/Suspension

Semi Valemei, Knee (Rd 16-17)
Emre Guler, Ankle (Rd 17-19)
Corey Horsburgh, Foot (Indefinite, until at least Rd 19, possibly season)
Sia Soliola, Palate (Indefinite, until at least Rd 20, possibly season)
Bailey Simonsson, Shoulder (Season)
Josh Hodgson, Knee (Season)
Andre Niko, Knee (Season)
Sebastian Kris, Extended sick leave

Penrith Panthers

1. Caleb Aekins
2. Josh Mansour
3. Brent Naden
4. Stephen Crichton
5. Malakai Watene-Zelezniak
6. Jarome Luai
7. Nathan Cleary
8. James Tamou
9. Apisai Koroisau
10. James Fisher-Harris
11. Viliame Kikau
12. Liam Martin
13. Isaah Yeo

14. Tyrone May
15. Spencer Leniu
16. Moses Leota
17. Zane Tetevano

18. Mitch Kenny
19. Matt Burton
20. Billy Burns
21. Daine Laurie

Officials

Referee: Gerard Sutton
Touch judges: Chris Butler, Todd Smith
Video referees: Steve Chiddy, Bryan Norrie

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Same team that beat Cowboys
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7 days to get ready for this game.
Hopefully they have a rest day and get ready to put in an even bigger effort.
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1. CNK
2. Rapana
3. Croker
4. Scott
5. Cotric
6. Wighton
7. Williams
8. Papa
9. Starling
10. Lui
11. Bateman
12. Whitehead
13. CHN

14. Havilli
15. Young
16.Tapine
17. Harley Smith Shields / Sutton
Or papa has a week off and Sutton starting..

Edited, to include raps, my bad
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Panthers look fantastic against manly so far
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Boy Penrith are putting on a clinic tonight.

Our attack is going to need to be on otherwise we're in for a long long night.
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Neegez you dropping Rapana?


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1. CNK
2. Rapana
3. Croker
4. Scott
5. Cotric
6. Wighton
7. Williams
8. Papalii
9. Havili
10. Lui
11. Bateman
12. Whitehead
13. Young

14. Starling
15. CHN
16. Sutton
17. Tapine


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2020: 1. Nicol-Klokstad 2. Cotric 3. Croker (c) 4 Leilua 5. Scott 6. Wighton 7. G. Williams 8. Papalii 9. Hodgson (c) 10. Sutton 11. J. Bateman 12. Whitehead 13. Tapine ----
14. Simmonson 15. Soliola 16. Guler 17. Horsburgh
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Brew wrote: August 1, 2020, 8:25 pm Neegez you dropping Rapana?


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Oops, nah, swap for semi.. he's had a few games now, let semi have a week off
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Dusty wrote: August 1, 2020, 8:32 pm 1. CNK
2. Rapana
3. Croker
4. Scott
5. Cotric
6. Wighton
7. Williams
8. Papalii
9. Havili
10. Lui
11. Bateman
12. Whitehead
13. Young

14. Starling
15. CHN
16. Sutton
17. Tapine


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I'll take one of these too
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I think we have to be quite physical with Penrith.. starting with Tapine might be something to consider
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Massive improvement going to need to be required
But my sense of this footy team is we tend to play up and down to the level of competition.
I think we'll be up for this one and i think we'll be better for CHN and Bateman getting some legs under them and CNK probably back.
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1. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad
2. Jordan Rapana
3. Jarrod Croker (c)
4. Curtis Scott
5. Nick Cotric
6. Jack Wighton
7. George Williams
8. Josh Papalii
9. Siliva Havili
10. Dunamis Lui
11. John Bateman
12. Elliot Whitehead
13. Joseph Tapine

14. Tom Starling
15. Corey Harawira-Naera
16. Hudson Young
17. Ryan Sutton

With Liva and Lui coming off after short initial stints I'm not that worried about a lighter bench. Young ran for 150m so he's fine in the middle and probably more effective off the bench.
I think we need to start stronger so Tapine gets a start after less minutes against the cows .
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Raider47 wrote: August 1, 2020, 8:15 pm Boy Penrith are putting on a clinic tonight.

Our attack is going to need to be on otherwise we're in for a long long night.
Panthers were not very impressive previous 2 weeks against Cowboys and Titans. Yes, we have to improve on tonight but they also need to maintain their form.
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Raider47 wrote: August 1, 2020, 8:15 pm Boy Penrith are putting on a clinic tonight.

Our attack is going to need to be on otherwise we're in for a long long night.
I don't really understand the theory about our attack needing to be on or it will be a long night.

If the panthers are on, it is our defence that needs to be up for it not our attack. If we can put in a massive defensive effort it will give us a good chance to grind out an ugly win. Based on the Panthers form this weeks training should be primarily about defence.
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Neeeegz wrote: August 1, 2020, 8:01 pm 1. CNK
2. Semi
3. Croker
4. Scott
5. Cotric
6. Wighton
7. Williams
8. Papa
9. Starling
10. Lui
11. Bateman
12. Whitehead
13. CHN

14. Havilli
15. Young
16.Tapine
17. Harley Smith Shields / Sutton
Or papa has a week off and Sutton starting..
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We will win and win comfortably..
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Dusty wrote: August 1, 2020, 8:32 pm 1. CNK
2. Rapana
3. Croker
4. Scott
5. Cotric
6. Wighton
7. Williams
8. Papalii
9. Havili
10. Lui
11. Bateman
12. Whitehead
13. Young

14. Starling
15. CHN
16. Sutton
17. Tapine

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I like that side Dusty. Was it just me or did Tapine seem a bit off the pace last night? He didn't play long minutes (34) so possibly carrying an injury.
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Dusty wrote: August 1, 2020, 8:32 pm 1. CNK
2. Rapana
3. Croker
4. Scott
5. Cotric
6. Wighton
7. Williams
8. Papalii
9. Havili
10. Lui
11. Bateman
12. Whitehead
13. Young

14. Starling
15. CHN
16. Sutton
17. Tapine


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I like this team, there are going to be some serious selection headaches if we get some of our troops back, who drops out of this team down the track?
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I like the pack rotation for the minute. But when they’re all fit CHN > Young by some margin and Bateman of the 3 beat second rowers is most suited to the middle.

Hopefully CNK is fit meaning Valemei misses out.
well, I guess you could say that I'm buy curious.
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RedRaider wrote: August 2, 2020, 6:50 am
Dusty wrote: August 1, 2020, 8:32 pm 1. CNK
2. Rapana
3. Croker
4. Scott
5. Cotric
6. Wighton
7. Williams
8. Papalii
9. Havili
10. Lui
11. Bateman
12. Whitehead
13. Young

14. Starling
15. CHN
16. Sutton
17. Tapine

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I like that side Dusty. Was it just me or did Tapine seem a bit off the pace last night? He didn't play long minutes (34) so possibly carrying an injury.
May have had a touch of the flu.
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Raidersteve wrote: August 2, 2020, 6:14 am
Raider47 wrote: August 1, 2020, 8:15 pm Boy Penrith are putting on a clinic tonight.

Our attack is going to need to be on otherwise we're in for a long long night.
I don't really understand the theory about our attack needing to be on or it will be a long night.

If the panthers are on, it is our defence that needs to be up for it not our attack. If we can put in a massive defensive effort it will give us a good chance to grind out an ugly win. Based on the Panthers form this weeks training should be primarily about defence.
Mainly because we were only good enough to win by 2 and score 14 against a pretty mediocre Cowboys outfit. I don't think it's ludicrous to say the Panthers will throw more attack at us, meaning we're going to have to be better with the chances we have because based on form Penrith have been taking their chances. Yes our defence is strong but I don't think it's unreasonable that our attack really needs some finetuning.
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We will lift against Penrith. Reckon we will give a good account of ourselves.
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Seiffert82 wrote: August 2, 2020, 9:10 am
RedRaider wrote: August 2, 2020, 6:50 am
Dusty wrote: August 1, 2020, 8:32 pm 1. CNK
2. Rapana
3. Croker
4. Scott
5. Cotric
6. Wighton
7. Williams
8. Papalii
9. Havili
10. Lui
11. Bateman
12. Whitehead
13. Young

14. Starling
15. CHN
16. Sutton
17. Tapine

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I like that side Dusty. Was it just me or did Tapine seem a bit off the pace last night? He didn't play long minutes (34) so possibly carrying an injury.
May have had a touch of the flu.
Don't go there :lol:
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Raider47 wrote: August 2, 2020, 9:22 am
Raidersteve wrote: August 2, 2020, 6:14 am
Raider47 wrote: August 1, 2020, 8:15 pm Boy Penrith are putting on a clinic tonight.

Our attack is going to need to be on otherwise we're in for a long long night.
I don't really understand the theory about our attack needing to be on or it will be a long night.

If the panthers are on, it is our defence that needs to be up for it not our attack. If we can put in a massive defensive effort it will give us a good chance to grind out an ugly win. Based on the Panthers form this weeks training should be primarily about defence.
Mainly because we were only good enough to win by 2 and score 14 against a pretty mediocre Cowboys outfit. I don't think it's ludicrous to say the Panthers will throw more attack at us, meaning we're going to have to be better with the chances we have because based on form Penrith have been taking their chances. Yes our defence is strong but I don't think it's unreasonable that our attack really needs some finetuning.
I think both Bateman and CHN and Scott will be better for the run last night and that will help our attack . We have enough points in us if we can shut them down with defence. I'm no coach but based on the Panthers attack at the moment I would be spending a lot more time during the week tightening up our defence particularly in the middle than I would on attack but that is just me.
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I have no doubt that we will bring the business to the Penrith game.

Whether that is enough to win against a red hot team at the top of the ladder, I’m not sure. But as I learnt from last year, I don’t think it matters greatly. As I’ve said before, it’s about knowing you’re in with a shout when the whips are cracking in the finals.

I am quite confident that our grinding style, our history of playing up or down to opposition and our finals experience from last year means we will be up to our eyeballs in the fight come finals time. And that won’t change by being beaten by the Panthers.

I will say though that the manner of a loss is important. Obviously if we get steamrolled by 40 then it probably creates some doubts. But I don’t think that will happen.

We were apparently going to lose by 50 against the roosters following very underwhelming efforts and we rolled them. We can rise to the ocasión and I believe we will.
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Mickey_Raider wrote: August 2, 2020, 9:43 am I have no doubt that we will bring the business to the Penrith game.

Whether that is enough to win against a red hot team at the top of the ladder, I’m not sure. But as I learnt from last year, I don’t think it matters greatly. As I’ve said before, it’s about knowing you’re in with a shout when the whips are cracking in the finals.

I am quite confident that our grinding style, our history of playing up or down to opposition and our finals experience from last year means we will be up to our eyeballs in the fight come finals time. And that won’t change by being beaten by the Panthers.

I will say though that the manner of a loss is important. Obviously if we get steamrolled by 40 then it probably creates some doubts. But I don’t think that will happen.

We were apparently going to lose by 50 against the roosters following very underwhelming efforts and we rolled them. We can rise to the ocasión and I believe we will.
Totally agree. We've had a tendency to play to the level of our opposition in recent times. Not necessarily a bad thing provided you win. A lot different to the days when we'd put 50 points on the bottom sides then failed to compete against the top ones.

We as fans need to accept this is an ugly grinding team and at our best in those situations. What it's proven this year is the top sides in Storm, Roosters and Eels have really struggled against us. Panthers should be wary of that too, but I sincerely hope they're not.
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We have too many great attacking players to just accept that we're a boring grinding team

Penrith will be a good barometer. They play how I want us to play, they have a thirst for scoring, they have good combinations with each other and they're skillful enough to make use of it
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We failed to score in the grand final against 12 men and it cost us a comp, so let's not be under the illusion that continuing to be a "grinding" team (ie one with a crap attack) is healthy for us
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Canberra Milk wrote: August 2, 2020, 10:16 am We failed to score in the grand final against 12 men and it cost us a comp, so let's not be under the illusion that continuing to be a "grinding" team (ie one with a crap attack) is healthy for us
That style got us to the GF though didn't it?
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Azza wrote: August 2, 2020, 9:34 am We will lift against Penrith. Reckon we will give a good account of ourselves.
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It was our defence that got us to the GF, and "good enough" attack. Why you wouldn't want to improve that I don't know
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Canberra Milk wrote: August 2, 2020, 10:16 am We failed to score in the grand final against 12 men and it cost us a comp, so let's not be under the illusion that continuing to be a "grinding" team (ie one with a crap attack) is healthy for us
The only reason we didnt score because BJ had a moment we all feared he could have but hoped he didnt.
But i do agree in general that our attack is going to hamstring us in the finals if we dont improve.

I dont think you can beat the roosters unless you've got 20 points in you at least. Not sure this raiders team has shown it can consistently carve out 3-4 tries in a game
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Botman wrote: I dont think you can beat the roosters unless you've got 20 points in you at least. Not sure this raiders team has shown it can consistently carve out 3-4 tries in a game
Agree, you don't need to smash teams but you need to be able to hit 20 points with regularity or you're making it very hard for yourself
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Unlike others, I have some confidence that CNK will eventually follow his instincts with the ball and become an effective link in our attack. Add a fit Bateman to the equation and I reckon we are incredibly close to racking up a big score on a few teams.

Ultimately it's our defence which gets us in the conversation though.
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