supercoach
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@jedi_tiger said in [Wests Tigers Team v Penrith](/post/1379554) said:
Been a long time since Leichhardt actually delivered us a win in a big match. The fear of the place is long gone.
Wests Tigers Team v Penrith
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Been a long time since Leichhardt actually delivered us a win in a big match. The fear of the place is long gone.
upthetigers
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@supercoach said in [Wests Tigers Team v Penrith](/post/1379713) said:
Let's build Leichhardt into a fortress again and it starts Friday night
westTAHger
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Could this be the chance for the ever elusive score line of
wests tigers **25**
opponents **18**
wests tigers **25**
opponents **18**
pawsandclaws1
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@geo said in [Wests Tigers Team v Penrith](/post/1379573) said:
Then QLD will select him for game 2.
@avocadoontoast said in [Wests Tigers Team v Penrith](/post/1378746) said:
Agree. They are leading all three grades. They are still a strong side. If we win though, I don't care what is said, the 2 points is desperately needed.
Simpkin and Simpkins drop off. MCK and Cooper remain.
gallagher
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@wt2k said in [Wests Tigers Team v Penrith](/post/1379973) said:
So that's Coopers debut?
@gallagher said in [Wests Tigers Team v Penrith](/post/1379975) said:
Nope, just in the 19 as back cover I assume
mike
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@gallagher said in [Wests Tigers Team v Penrith](/post/1379975) said:
Not yet. Still out of the 17. He is one of the reserves. I’d expect MCK to be named 18th man.
Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan
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Lots of media people are expecting us to upset Penrith. If we manage to do it, we will have won a lot of people over. Otherwise it will be same old.
Spud_Murphy
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@moh said in [Wests Tigers Team v Penrith](/post/1379712) said:
Have to take a few more than 5 out of Penrith before we’re even in the same league, imo.
TigerBlood93
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@muffstar said in [Wests Tigers Team v Penrith](/post/1380005) said:
Penrith are faster and that’s why they will win? If that comment has any merit it would be because we give them holes or offloads to their quicks to score. So defence needs to be spot on! We have the jet and they have Staines. Edwards and Crichton quite quick aswell. The rest are about as quick as our backs.
The panthers that are filling in will be very motivated to continue the winning streak, they will come out strong! We won’t smash them. But we can win! I just hope we turn up and put on our best performance of the year. Gotta stop those easy tries we let in. Dogs kept kicking the ball out to ruin their rhythm. Good tactic aswell as bashing the halves and getting in their face. That should be the plan.
innsaneink
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@9-is-the-new-8 said in [Wests Tigers Team v Penrith](/post/1378732) said:
You forgot the 1 points
mikey
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@jrtiger said in [Wests Tigers Team v Penrith](/post/1379146) said:
If we do win the whole hill blowing kisses at Cleary would be amazing.
diedpretty
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Nick Campton
NRL 2021: Wests Tigers will deploy one of the biggest benches in NRL history against Penrith on Friday night
As Wests Tigers attempt to end Penrith’s lengthy regular season winning streak, the joint venture will unleash one of the biggest benches in rugby league history - 442kg worth of front-rowers.
Nick Campton
The Tigers will hit a 442kg bench press in an effort to hand Penrith their first regular season defeat in almost 12 months.
When the joint venture host the Panthers at Leichhardt Oval on Friday night, they’ll do so boasting one of the biggest benches in NRL history as coach Michael Maguire calls on four giants who will shake the old stadium to it’s foundations when they hit the hallowed turf.
At 191cm and 115kg, Stefano Utoikamanu is the youngest and biggest of the enormous quartet while Tom Amone (110kg) and Thomas Mikaele (109kg) aren’t exactly munchkins themselves.
Usually Shawn Blore is the biggest unit in any side he plays in, but this time he’s the runt of the litter at a mere 108kg - all together the Tigers bench adds up to almost half a tonne of prime, rugby league beef between the four large lads.
“It’s a pretty big bench. Our starting middles in Jimmy Tamou and Alex Twal have been setting the platform, they take the sting out of the game, but after 20 or 25 minutes the big boys come on and the game opens up,” said halfback Luke Brooks.
“I’ll be looking to play off the back of them for sure. I think our bench, when they come on, they’ve got a fair bit of impact.
“I’ve noticed a difference because it helps my running game when we get those quick play-the-balls, it plays into my hands.”
The Tigers forward pack has quietly worked their way into form in recent weeks with the joint venture winning the yardage battle in four of their past five matches.
Two wins from their last three starts has the club just one win off eighth spot and an upset win over Penrith could help reignite their season.
It won’t be easy against a Panthers side that still boasts plenty of quality despite a lengthy list of unavailable Origin players, but the Tigers big bench gives them every chance - especially with the fiery Blore leading the charge against his former club.
“He does get pretty fired up during the games, you saw that from his first game when he took on the Parramatta pack. He played his junior football at Penrith, so he’ll be fired up,” Brooks said.
“The players Penrith have coming in are good though, their reserve grade side has only lost the one game, so they’re full of confidence.”
The Tigers could soon give refuge to another former Panther in Canterbury’s Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, who has been linked to the club as a possible mid-season transfer.
Negotiations between the Tigers and Bulldogs are ongoing, but Watene-Zelezniak could provide a fearsome one-two punch with winger David Nofoalouma if the former Kiwi Test skipper was to head to Concord.
“He’s a strong ball-carrier coming out of yardage and that’s a massive part of the game now,” Brooks said.
“Wingers have become so important. If he did come that’s what he’d bring. But I haven’t heard too much about it.”
The Tigers have managed to win two of their three matches since Maguire controversially switched Adam Doueihi to the centres and instilled Moses Mbye as Brooks’ halves partner.
Given Doueihi’s form at five-eighth earlier in the year, it raised plenty of eyebrows, but the uptick in form speaks for itself with Brooks able to take a firmer grip on the side while Doueihi is still talented enough to make a creative impact from one spot wider in the backline.
“For me, I’ve taken more control of the side. Moses came in and told me he’d play second fiddle and that’s been a good thing to know my role, to be in control of the side,” Brooks said.
“I’ve been doing most of the kicking and that gives me a definite role heading into the game and it’s helped me.
“When Doueihi was in there I was letting him do the same thing. Moey is happy to play second fiddle, so that’s been working for us.”
NRL 2021: Wests Tigers will deploy one of the biggest benches in NRL history against Penrith on Friday night
As Wests Tigers attempt to end Penrith’s lengthy regular season winning streak, the joint venture will unleash one of the biggest benches in rugby league history - 442kg worth of front-rowers.
Nick Campton
The Tigers will hit a 442kg bench press in an effort to hand Penrith their first regular season defeat in almost 12 months.
When the joint venture host the Panthers at Leichhardt Oval on Friday night, they’ll do so boasting one of the biggest benches in NRL history as coach Michael Maguire calls on four giants who will shake the old stadium to it’s foundations when they hit the hallowed turf.
At 191cm and 115kg, Stefano Utoikamanu is the youngest and biggest of the enormous quartet while Tom Amone (110kg) and Thomas Mikaele (109kg) aren’t exactly munchkins themselves.
Usually Shawn Blore is the biggest unit in any side he plays in, but this time he’s the runt of the litter at a mere 108kg - all together the Tigers bench adds up to almost half a tonne of prime, rugby league beef between the four large lads.
“It’s a pretty big bench. Our starting middles in Jimmy Tamou and Alex Twal have been setting the platform, they take the sting out of the game, but after 20 or 25 minutes the big boys come on and the game opens up,” said halfback Luke Brooks.
“I’ll be looking to play off the back of them for sure. I think our bench, when they come on, they’ve got a fair bit of impact.
“I’ve noticed a difference because it helps my running game when we get those quick play-the-balls, it plays into my hands.”
The Tigers forward pack has quietly worked their way into form in recent weeks with the joint venture winning the yardage battle in four of their past five matches.
Two wins from their last three starts has the club just one win off eighth spot and an upset win over Penrith could help reignite their season.
It won’t be easy against a Panthers side that still boasts plenty of quality despite a lengthy list of unavailable Origin players, but the Tigers big bench gives them every chance - especially with the fiery Blore leading the charge against his former club.
“He does get pretty fired up during the games, you saw that from his first game when he took on the Parramatta pack. He played his junior football at Penrith, so he’ll be fired up,” Brooks said.
“The players Penrith have coming in are good though, their reserve grade side has only lost the one game, so they’re full of confidence.”
The Tigers could soon give refuge to another former Panther in Canterbury’s Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, who has been linked to the club as a possible mid-season transfer.
Negotiations between the Tigers and Bulldogs are ongoing, but Watene-Zelezniak could provide a fearsome one-two punch with winger David Nofoalouma if the former Kiwi Test skipper was to head to Concord.
“He’s a strong ball-carrier coming out of yardage and that’s a massive part of the game now,” Brooks said.
“Wingers have become so important. If he did come that’s what he’d bring. But I haven’t heard too much about it.”
The Tigers have managed to win two of their three matches since Maguire controversially switched Adam Doueihi to the centres and instilled Moses Mbye as Brooks’ halves partner.
Given Doueihi’s form at five-eighth earlier in the year, it raised plenty of eyebrows, but the uptick in form speaks for itself with Brooks able to take a firmer grip on the side while Doueihi is still talented enough to make a creative impact from one spot wider in the backline.
“For me, I’ve taken more control of the side. Moses came in and told me he’d play second fiddle and that’s been a good thing to know my role, to be in control of the side,” Brooks said.
“I’ve been doing most of the kicking and that gives me a definite role heading into the game and it’s helped me.
“When Doueihi was in there I was letting him do the same thing. Moey is happy to play second fiddle, so that’s been working for us.”
