Newcastle Knights vs Penrith Panthers Hunter Stadium, Sunday 14 August 2016 Kick Off 2:00pm 1. Jake Mamo 2. Nathan Ross 3. Dane Gagai 4. Peter Mata'utia 5. Brendan Elliott 6. Jarrod Mullen 7. Trent Hodkinson 8. Sam Mataora 9. Tyler Randell 10. Daniel Saifiti 11. Korbin Sims 12. Mitchell Barnett 13. Jacob Saifiti Interchange: 14. Chris Adams 15. Josh King 16. Pauli Pauli 17. Mickey Paea 19. Pat Mata'utia 1. Matt Moylan 2. Josh Mansour 3. Waqa Blake 4. Tyrone Peachey 5. Dallin Watene Zelezniak 6. Bryce Cartwright 7. Nathan Cleary 8. Leilani Latu 9. Peter Wallace 10. Moses Leota 11. Isaah Yeo 12. James Fisher-Harris 13. Trent Merrin Interchange: 14. Sitaleki Akauola 15. Jeremy Latimore 16. Chris Grevsmuhl 17. Zak Hardaker
Knights unlucky not to be ahead at half-time, thought Penrith were lucky to get their first try after a Cartwright knock-on and probably should've seen Akauola in the bin for a professional foul. Newcastle just turning to shit every time they get into good ball zone. Doing everything else well.
Well gotta feel for the Knights again, blatant obstruction by Penrith and Dave Munro just sits there with the whistle in his mouth waiting for god knows what? Penrith end up scoring on some advantageous field position on the back of it all.
Seems to be a real influx of quality rookies this year, more than in years gone by. Cleary, Fisher-Harris & Saifiti are all top quality.
Shocking defence from Pete Matautia, absolutely nothing on for the Panthers there until he came rushing out. Can see Penrith running away with it from here.
Completely forgot about Latu, haven't been that impressed by Barnett yet. Seems to lack some of the physicality required to be an NRL standard second rower, could easily develop that over the off-season though.
Annoyed that Sione MattUtai has been out for a few weeks, has been good to watch even in such a woeful side.
Yeh I think he'll make a pretty good transition into the second row, reminds me a lot of when Soliola first made the switch.
