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Panthers tilt at the title runs out of Petero
Daniel Lewis
August 31, 2010
"I'M six foot four, mate!" Panthers captain Petero Civoniceva cried in his defence. "It's a swinging arm, mate," referee Steve Lyons replied. "You hit him in the chin, you're off."
In that moment, Penrith's tilt at the premiership took a blow as heavy as the crude hit Civoniceva put on Bulldogs lock Gary Warburton with 10 minutes to go at ANZ Stadium.
Civoniceva is set to miss two to three matches after being charged with a reckless high tackle following his send off. The Panthers can accept an early guilty plea which would rule him out for two weeks but faces an extra week’s suspension if found guilty while challenging the case at an NRL judiciary hearing on Wednesday night.
Penrith's woes were compounded when playmaker Luke Walsh limped off five minutes after half-time with a serious injury to his left ankle.
The Panthers went on to win the game in a spectacular manner, however. The scores were locked at 18-all with seconds remaining when the ball went to Bulldogs halfback Brett Kimmorley about 30 metres out and right in front of the posts for a field-goal attempt.
His kick was heroically charged down by Penrith five-eighth Travis Burns, and lock Luke Lewis showed all his skills to scoop the ball up and offload it to flying centre Michael Jennings to streak away and plant the ball under the posts.
Michael Gordon converted to make it 24-18 and give the Panthers an unlikely victory.
The win all-but guarantees Penrith a top-four finish and a home final. If they beat Cronulla at CUA Stadium on Saturday night, and the Titans beat the Tigers, Penrith could finish as high as second.
General George S. Patton once declared: "I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood."
It's from the World War II US military leader that departing Bulldogs fullback Luke Patten gets his nickname, "The General".
The Bulldogs, were determined to give Patten a good send-off. They were prepared to throw the ball early, but the first try to winger Steve Turner in the right-hand corner in the fourth minute was really a result of lazy defence by Walsh.
The second Dogs' try, in the ninth minute, was vintage Kimmorley. The halfback sent centre Jamal Idris into a gaping hole with a long, beautifully timed pass.
The third try, to Bulldogs skipper Andrew Ryan, had an air of inevitability about it as Canterbury charged forward confidently while the Panthers defended like big cats that had had their teeth and claws removed. Bryson Goodwin's conversion attempt missed, but it was 16-0 after 16 minutes.
Penrith finally got on the scoreboard with three minutes of the half left, and not surprisingly the spark was provided by Gordon, the winger who has been in sublime form at fullback filling in for the injured Lachlan Coote.
He opened up the Canterbury defence with a great angled run then squeezed a fantastic one-handed flick pass to winger Sandor Earl, who went over in the right corner and then improved the angle to give Gordon an easier kick, to make it 16-6 at half-time.
The first 20 minutes of the second half were an arm-wrestle, but the Bulldogs continued to look the hungrier side. But the Panthers were first to score through centre Brad Tighe, and then Trent Waterhouse bagged a try off another Burns kick.
Gordon converted and Penrith led 18-16 with 14 minutes to go. The Panthers then gave away a penalty for offside, and the Bulldogs levelled at 18-all.
Penrith 24 (S Earl M Jennings B Tighe T Waterhouse tries M Gordon 4 goals) bt Bulldogs 18 (J Idris A Ryan S Turner tries B Goodwin 3 goals) at ANZ Stadium. Referee: Tony De Las Heras, Steve Lyons. Crowd: 13,794.
Panthers tilt at the title runs out of Petero
Daniel Lewis
August 31, 2010
"I'M six foot four, mate!" Panthers captain Petero Civoniceva cried in his defence. "It's a swinging arm, mate," referee Steve Lyons replied. "You hit him in the chin, you're off."
In that moment, Penrith's tilt at the premiership took a blow as heavy as the crude hit Civoniceva put on Bulldogs lock Gary Warburton with 10 minutes to go at ANZ Stadium.
Civoniceva is set to miss two to three matches after being charged with a reckless high tackle following his send off. The Panthers can accept an early guilty plea which would rule him out for two weeks but faces an extra week’s suspension if found guilty while challenging the case at an NRL judiciary hearing on Wednesday night.
Penrith's woes were compounded when playmaker Luke Walsh limped off five minutes after half-time with a serious injury to his left ankle.
The Panthers went on to win the game in a spectacular manner, however. The scores were locked at 18-all with seconds remaining when the ball went to Bulldogs halfback Brett Kimmorley about 30 metres out and right in front of the posts for a field-goal attempt.
His kick was heroically charged down by Penrith five-eighth Travis Burns, and lock Luke Lewis showed all his skills to scoop the ball up and offload it to flying centre Michael Jennings to streak away and plant the ball under the posts.
Michael Gordon converted to make it 24-18 and give the Panthers an unlikely victory.
The win all-but guarantees Penrith a top-four finish and a home final. If they beat Cronulla at CUA Stadium on Saturday night, and the Titans beat the Tigers, Penrith could finish as high as second.
General George S. Patton once declared: "I believe in the old and sound rule that an ounce of sweat will save a gallon of blood."
It's from the World War II US military leader that departing Bulldogs fullback Luke Patten gets his nickname, "The General".
The Bulldogs, were determined to give Patten a good send-off. They were prepared to throw the ball early, but the first try to winger Steve Turner in the right-hand corner in the fourth minute was really a result of lazy defence by Walsh.
The second Dogs' try, in the ninth minute, was vintage Kimmorley. The halfback sent centre Jamal Idris into a gaping hole with a long, beautifully timed pass.
The third try, to Bulldogs skipper Andrew Ryan, had an air of inevitability about it as Canterbury charged forward confidently while the Panthers defended like big cats that had had their teeth and claws removed. Bryson Goodwin's conversion attempt missed, but it was 16-0 after 16 minutes.
Penrith finally got on the scoreboard with three minutes of the half left, and not surprisingly the spark was provided by Gordon, the winger who has been in sublime form at fullback filling in for the injured Lachlan Coote.
He opened up the Canterbury defence with a great angled run then squeezed a fantastic one-handed flick pass to winger Sandor Earl, who went over in the right corner and then improved the angle to give Gordon an easier kick, to make it 16-6 at half-time.
The first 20 minutes of the second half were an arm-wrestle, but the Bulldogs continued to look the hungrier side. But the Panthers were first to score through centre Brad Tighe, and then Trent Waterhouse bagged a try off another Burns kick.
Gordon converted and Penrith led 18-16 with 14 minutes to go. The Panthers then gave away a penalty for offside, and the Bulldogs levelled at 18-all.
Penrith 24 (S Earl M Jennings B Tighe T Waterhouse tries M Gordon 4 goals) bt Bulldogs 18 (J Idris A Ryan S Turner tries B Goodwin 3 goals) at ANZ Stadium. Referee: Tony De Las Heras, Steve Lyons. Crowd: 13,794.
