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**Late, late show for Manly, Penrith**
Christian Nicolussi
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/late-late-show-for-manly-penrith/story-e6frexnr-1225882484703
PENRITH and Manly fans will be forced to stay up late on Friday with Channel Nine set to continue its prime-time love affair with St George Illawarra.
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The entertaining Panthers and Sea Eagles have featured on a Friday night just once respectively this season, yet that has not stopped Nine executives from bumping the two NRL heavyweights to its dreaded 9.30pm timeslot.
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Young fans of both clubs will not be in bed until just before midnight because of the huge number of commercials that are squeezed into the second game.
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To make matters worse, the 7.30pm St George Illawarra-Wests Tigers clash features two sides who have already featured on a Friday 13 times.
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The Tigers have another two Friday games to follow this weekend, while the Dragons will again be shown on Nine's coveted Friday coverage in rounds 19 and 20.
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All four sides are coming off last-start victories - and Nine pulled the perfect rein when it locked in the games 10 weeks ago - but the later timeslot for the already Friday-deprived Penrith and Manly is sure to upset fans.
What a stupid article. Does this guy honestly believe that Panthers vs Manly will outrate Dragons vs Tigers???
Christian Nicolussi
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/late-late-show-for-manly-penrith/story-e6frexnr-1225882484703
PENRITH and Manly fans will be forced to stay up late on Friday with Channel Nine set to continue its prime-time love affair with St George Illawarra.
>
The entertaining Panthers and Sea Eagles have featured on a Friday night just once respectively this season, yet that has not stopped Nine executives from bumping the two NRL heavyweights to its dreaded 9.30pm timeslot.
>
Young fans of both clubs will not be in bed until just before midnight because of the huge number of commercials that are squeezed into the second game.
>
To make matters worse, the 7.30pm St George Illawarra-Wests Tigers clash features two sides who have already featured on a Friday 13 times.
>
The Tigers have another two Friday games to follow this weekend, while the Dragons will again be shown on Nine's coveted Friday coverage in rounds 19 and 20.
>
All four sides are coming off last-start victories - and Nine pulled the perfect rein when it locked in the games 10 weeks ago - but the later timeslot for the already Friday-deprived Penrith and Manly is sure to upset fans.
What a stupid article. Does this guy honestly believe that Panthers vs Manly will outrate Dragons vs Tigers???