This is where the NRL grand final will be won and lost.
This grand final is a dream match-up for the NRL: the battle of the golden west.
That said, I think the Eels have a red-hot chance. They have the style of attack that worries the Panthers: they have ball movement, offloads, short passing from their big men in the middle. When it sticks, and they get forward in the middle, they’re really tough to stop. Front-rowers Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Junior Paulo are in career-best form. On the left, they have Dylan Brown, Shaun Lane and Maika Sivo. On the right, Isaiah Papali’i and Mitchell Moses.The key to beating Penrith is putting them under pressure and holding them there, which comes down to the quality of your kicks.
A goal for Moses is two repeat sets in each half, two tries off kicks and try to get winger Waqa Blake one-on-one with Penrith opposite Brian To’o in the air. If you do that, you don’t let Penrith fall into that rhythm that makes them so dangerous. Once they do that, they’re near impossible to beat.Keep an eye out for Paulo’s late offloads, Mahoney’s bullet pass from dummy half – and, hopefully, you won’t be seeing Moses headbutting Viliame Kikau’s knees.Penrith can win any way they need to: they can win flamboyantly, they can grind it out, they can win ugly.
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