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Panthers five-eighth Jarome Luai must be loading up on Powerball tickets this week after by some means avoiding suspension for the shoulder to the top of Melbourne Storm enforcer Nelson Asofa-Solomona.
Fair play there wasn’t an entire lot of pressure in Luai’s shot on huge Nelson however by the identical token if the roles have been reversed and it was Asofa-Solomona placing an analogous 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 bought 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 by some means wasn’t even a penalty?
Then Luai is subsequently placed on report within the aftermath and hit with a grade one careless excessive deal with from the match assessment committee.
Given it’s Luai’s fourth match assessment committee cost for the season it’s clear the Panthers villain has turn into an on-field protected species.
Let’s not neglect 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 kind 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 grasp why the back-to-back premiers are actually an especially short-priced quote to turn into the primary aspect for the reason that Parramatta Eels in 1981, 82 and 83 to win three straight premierships.
It’s solely truthful to offer coach Ivan Cleary an enormous rap as effectively. Despite dropping his two chief assistant coaches in Andrew Webster and Cameron Ciraldo and quite a few big-name stars over the previous two seasons the Panthers coach has nonetheless bought 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 filled with end-to-end assault.
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If there’s a staff going to problem the Panthers then Brisbane look the most certainly with Reece Walsh the wildcard who can create one thing out of nothing.
Sure Melbourne have been lacking Jahrome Hughes and Xavier Coates however they appear to be one huge ahead gentle by way of punch within the pack.
South Sydney have been terrible in opposition to the Sharks and had the look of a aspect 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 have been your likes or dislikes from spherical 23?
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